I know, I know, I know…everyone here is psyched over the GH six hour special tonight.  But…if you need a break for an hour or so…"The Walking Dead" begins tonight as well on AMC (check your local listings) and the link for it is in my previous post.  I'm telling you…it's going to a bunch of zombie awesomeness!   

At the very least, it promises to be one of the most violent and goriest made for television shows in history.  Trust me, you're going to come back here and thank me…"Rev, that show was full of zombie awesomeness!  I can't believe how violent it was.  I'm definitely sending you a check made out to 'Cash' in the mail.  Thanks so much!" 

Post edited 12:16 pm – April 26, 2011 by Revenant

Everyday, we are learning more and more about Zombies in an effort to better prepare ourselves for the inevitable Zombie invasion.  This article details the latest break-throughs in science regarding our undead foes:

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.co…..e-science/

And from the animal kingdom…more evidence on the impending invasion:

http://discovermagazine.com/ph…..trol-them/

Also…I can't believe that I haven't post this about the Zombie Research Society.  This site will save lives as it is all Zombie, all day, every day:

http://zombieresearch.net/

Axel Olrik said:

Surely if we are to be overcome by the Undead, it will be by elegant Iintergalactic Vampires, not brain-dead, bowel-eating Zombies, who might better be called Ghouls.

Intergalactic Vampires?  You mean like "The Space Vampires" by Colin Wilson?

Hmmm…I don't know that much about intergalactic vampires, but we have touched on a few topics that might interest you like the Vampire Killing Kits and Shiny, Happy Psychic Vampires.  And if intergalactic vampires were such a threat, then why don't they have any swanky websites like THIS…just the title alone tells you all that you need to know!  Anyway…I love me some Zombies, so here's a quick update…

Back in post #14, I gave you guys a link that featured a particular fungus that literally turned ants into zombies.  Apparently, four new species of that fungi have been discovered:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/re…..171309.htm

First there's one, now four…that's how it always begins…pretty soon…armies of Zombie ants attacking picnic after picnic. 

And here's some pictures of the house that I'm just about to buy:

http://all-that-is-interesting…..roof-house

That's it for your Zombie update.  And like always…keep your shotguns loaded and ALWAYS assume that any stranger that you meet is already infected (unless they're really attractive…then it's probably safe). 

Hmmm…I'm not into the "smart and sexy" vampires.  I fully understand the allure, but too much drama behind the typical goth vamp.  The "I'm good but bad…so tortured" type of thing like the TV show "Angel" and the glittery vamps in the sun like in "Twilight (I still don't quite understand the 'mega-status' of those horrid films)."  Way too much style over substance for my taste.

I prefer my vampires dark, gritty, and almost demon-like.  That's why I have high hopes for "Priest."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..U3-hMAGzB8

And at worst…it stars Maggie Q…so it can't be all bad.

I guess what I love about the zombie thing is how, as a concept, it has seeped into legitimate classrooms and even science.  I'm always intrigued on how far it goes.  I mean the fungi controlling ants and spiders?  How incredible is that?  And in post #16…the Canadian mathematicians working up the mathematical model to survive a zombie attack?  That's just good egg-head fun.  As opposed to the Vampire craze (then again…when have vampires ever NOT been "cool" or popular?), "Zombie-love" is loosely based…and oddly enough, on some weird sense of reality.  It's as real (the fungi controlling ants and spiders) and as crazy (Most Zombie movies) as you want it to be.  The best of both worlds…

HollyDolly said:  

I too am old school,just never was into the zombie thing though.i prefer my vampires to be like Bela Lugosi.

Haven't seen "I Walked with a Zombie" though i have heard of it.And wasn't Lugosi in a movie called White Zombie set in Haiti? Have to look it up.

Yes, the film White Zombie is a cult classic from the 1930's.  And yes, Lugosi played a white Haitian Voodoo master (which…I would kind of believe vampires before I'd believe that concept from the '30's… ).  There was also a sequel called Revolt of the Zombies.  I wouldn't recommend it.  Although…there is one funny part.  Lugosi isn't in the film, per se,…..but his eyes are.  When the horrifying "zombification powers" are used, you see a close-up of Lugosi crazy wild-eyed stare from the first movie.   Other than that…it falls flat.

The thing with the fungi and the ants is really strange,yet fascinating. Several shows have done stories about zombies and mention has been made of the thought that some sort of drug made from various plant or other natural ingredients were given to people to create the zombies.

This is still hotly debated.  Wade Davis, in which the film The Serpent and the Rainbowis based on, came out with the theory that two powders are introduced into the bloodstream (usually through a ceremonial "wound") and create Zombies.  The first powder would be based upon TTX (tetrodotoxin). That's the crazy strong neurotoxin from Pufferfish (the fish the Japanese eat that sometimes results in death if not properly prepared).  The second powder seems to center around a dissociative drug cocktail that serves to reduce or block sensory perception.  Many top notch doctors and scientists have questioned many technical aspects of these powders and how or if they even work.  If interested, I could grab a few links, but be warned…they aren't easy reading. 

Vaguely I recall something how if one gave a zombie salt in say food, and they ate it,that they would stop being undead

Salt has been used in magical spells and wards…probably since the day after that man discovered it.  If Wade Davis is correct and crazy powerful drugs are used to create Zombies…I don't see what salt would do when TTX is corsing through your veins.  Anyway…here's some fun with salt and magic (I think this site is the polar opposite of SV… ):

http://www.luckymojo.com/salt.html

Axel Olrik said:

I can't recommend "I Walked with a Zombie" highly enough.  One of the strangest, most beautifully eerie films ever made.  And probably closer to the real "zombie" experience than anything before or since.

 

Yes, very cool movie.

And the very latest Zombie news…again…

Apparently the Center for Disease Control has seen the horror that are Zombies and decided to have a little fun with them:

http://emergency.cdc.gov/socia…..s_blog.asp

Of course…in doing so, everyone wanted to take a look…which sent their website crashing to its knees:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43100961

Hmmmm…even the CDC is getting involved.  I don't remember any US government agency showing vampires any love.  :P