r/zombies

Here's something that has come up a few times that I finally decided was worth its own post: I have long interpreted Rhodes in Day of the Dead as potentially either gay or asexual. What I definitely stand by is that he shows absolutely no romantic or physical interest in Sarah. I have about three lines of reasoning. First, to cover the main objection I've heard, when he does make a few crude (and by all means unacceptable) comments to her, it is in front of the other men, and even then, it's pretty perfunctory compared to what she gets from others, especially Steele. Second, there are several points when he does threaten or mistreat her without making it specifically sexual. Third, and I think most significantly, none of the interactions he has with Sarah are strictly one on one, and he could certainly seek her out in private if he had any intention of coming on to her. In fact, one more detail is that Sarah doesn't show any immediate concern when the one guy she is on friendly terms with warns her to be careful around the soldiers.

What I decided was worth a post is how this affects the story and the development of the character. I have assessed his seeming disinterest in Sarah as a major reason he stays as sympathetic as he is. There is no hint that his conflicts with Sarah are simply retaliation for rejecting him, in the present or at some past time. The absence of ulterior motives makes it especially clear that his criticisms of the scientists' work are reasonable and in fact accurate. At the same time, there is an implied discomfort with asexuality that was already a frequent subtext in horror. Wanting Sarah for himself would be an understandable motive for someone who does act for most of the film like a rational person. His growing fixation on her becomes far more disturbing precisely because there is no simple explanation provided, which by my self advocacy soap box is a far more authentic take on mental illness.

Does anyone remember seeing this youtube animated zombie series? I went to ask gemini for an answer and it gave a title called "The pig" by Asher sturnam, I went to look for this in youTube or google but found nothing, no mention or reference, this is what I remember and hopefully someone can help me
It was the first episode and a group of detectives were looking at a crime scene in which a couple was mauled and dismembered (it was very graphic) and one of the detectives looks at a picture of the couple with the daughter and he asks "where's the girl?" and another guy responds "she's dead" even though they had said previously that she was missing and i don't remember what happens next but he goes back to his car and yells "FUCKING IDIOTS" there was another guy next to him but don't remember if he spoke or not, then there's a cut to a hairless child in a wheelchair in a hospital (don't remember anything after that either) and then the episode ends with a scene of an insect killing and eating another of its own species (likely hinting at zombie infection) and the episode ends but there wasn't a second part, like I said the AI told me it was called "The pig" by Asher Sturnam but found nothing of this, I saw this in 2014 or 2015 maybe 2013, anybody has seen this before? did the creator release the full series? please let me know if anybody knows this series

In rotld how do the zombies know to get brains? Like immediately after they're brought to life they crave brains, but how do they know it acts as a pain killer if they didn't get any. For example, when Trash is brought back her first instinct is to go eat the brains of a homeless person, there were no other zombies around to tell her about brains.

With this i mean:

-No useless sacrifices (Main character goes to save the other main characters bla bla)

-Actual good ending in where its confirmed they survive

These are my own thoughts but one of my biggest annoyances the "modern zombie" era lies within the idea that the zombies themselves are not dead at all but in fact are "infected" and still technically alive but are trapped inside their bodies and can't control any of their actions. It takes away the fear of the genre in my eyes and it makes it just a generic virus theme😒

Resident Evil game franchise:

The zombies in the games within the canon lore and mythology are not dead reanimated corpses. Within the series the viruses specific for those games do not reanimate or cause you to "die" like the traditional zombie mythology. Instead your body gets hunger for flesh, necrosis for your skin, rotting skin that in turn feels itchy, yet the victims are still alive and not able to control their actions. The viruses "mutate" the host and not cause them to reanimate after death at all. I find this baffling especially when you see Elliot in Remake² being half a corpse trying to bite at your ankles, or there are corpses with their throats torn out which would've killed someone otherwise😒🤦

World War Z[Movie&Game]

These again are not "reanimated" corpses, but are just rabid victims who seek to spread the virus which is such a disappointing change compared to the OG novel/audio book which explains that these victims are in fact reanimated corpses that seek out flesh.

Dying Light 1-2/The Beast:

Once again not actual zombies. The victims still are in knowledge they are trapped but can't control their actions. It ruins the mythology of the zombie when you see the slow biters that look more corpse like...

State Of Decay 1&2:

A brain parasite that basically controls its host and takes over. Not zombies.

Days Gone:

Living infected types that sleep, defacate, drink, look for food, again disappointingly not zombies.

Left For Dead 1&2

Once again rabies infected types.

Other examples of "not traditional zombies"

Dead Rising

7 Days To Die

Call Of Duty Zombies[demonic entities looking for souls]

Dead Island 1&2/Riptide

Red Dead: Undead Nightmare

It feels like the only actual "zombies" in gaming or pop culture that aren't just infected living people are

Black Summer

Train To Busan

The George A. Romero franchise

Stubbs The Zombie

No More Room In Hell 1&2

Into The Dead 1-2

Return Of The Living Dead Franchise

All Of Us Are Dead

Dead Set

Shaun Of The Dead

Project Zomboid

Lucio Fulcis Zombi²

The Walking Dead

Blood Quantum

Dawn of the dead Remake

Anna and The Apocalypse

Why are so many filmmakers and game developers so afraid of making zombies actually reanimated, walking corpses???

Every game in the genre is always falling into their not zombies, but are people trapped infected by a parasite or virus.

Its tiresome honestly.

It also doesn't have to be a dedicated zombie game. For instance, it could be the Zombie Mod for Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption.

El cuerpo humano trabaja de una forma extraordinaria, entre todo eso extraordinario, pues el cuerpo naturalmente después de comer, la comida pasa por un proceso y defeca, ahora bien, los zombies no tienen inteligencia, (en teoría) pero el cuerpo sigue trabajando, cuando comen cesos o pedazos de carne fresca, el cuerpo del zombie trabaja, entonces deberia defecar ( cagar), que pasa con esas veces fecales? Si uno no se infecta por mordedura de zombie se infecta por inhalación de esas haces fecales!!!

Que alguien me explique!