Rebecka Gilliam Professor Paul Stark Hum 2020 December 3, 2013 Can a Zombie Have Memories? How do you classify a zombie? Are they just undead, can they be more? Zombies have the following basic characteristics: undead, brainless, and an unsaturated desire to eat human flesh. Slowly, our society is changing the basic zombie, they still want to consume us, however they are gaining intelligence, thoughts and possibly holding on to memories.
Natasha Johnson Eng. 101 T-Th 12:30-1:45 Brains: To Eat or Not to Eat : A Comparison of Early Zombie Films to the Walking Dead Fast zombies, slow zombies, Haitian zombies, Riot Zombies, Flesh Eating zombies, Intelligent zombies, dumb zombies…..what do these all have in common might you ask? They all originated from the same basic origin: Fear of the dead rising back to life and overtaking our society as we now know it. For some reason the thought of our deceased loved ones coming back to life and preying on our brains strikes fear into the hearts of the living. Within the confinement of these pages I will illustrate what a “zombie” film should and should not entail, and how far the image of the zombie has progressed into our modern day visage of the term.
THESIS STATEMENT: The ability for filmmakers to create zombies on film has evolved greatly over time with the use of advanced make-up applications and computer generated images. ZOMBIES ON FILM Evolution of Zombies on Film Rebecca Gardner Western Governors University Abstract The evolution of make-up techniques and special effects in movies have had a profound impact on the creation of zombies in film. First created with mortician's wax and chocolate syrup, now these monsters can be brought to life with advanced make-up applications and computer generated images. Evolution of Zombies on Film The term zombie is referred to as a corpse reanimated through unnatural means, and in some cases, is usually depicted to have a knack for human flesh (Clute & Grant, 1999). Zombies are believed to have originated in the Caribbean Republic of Haiti where witch doctors revive dead people to do their bidding (Chevallier, 2006).
Zombies in popular culture Everywhere we look in the news, media, television, games and in the movies we are seeing all forms of zombies. With the success of television show “The Walking Dead” movies like “World War Z” and games like “Resident Evil” Zombie(s) have become main stream in popular culture (www.esquire.com). Zombie fascination is not new as there are stories and writings dating back hundreds of years on zombies or the undead. The more common reference to zombies is in Voodoo culture where you can raise the dead to obey your commands, be turned into a zombie for crossing a person or be put in a zombie like state and be buried alive as seen in the movie “The Serpent and the Rainbow”( www.imdb.com) . In the movie a journalist is seeking information on a drug that can render a person in a zombie like state where they are buried alive and then emerges from the grave.
Per Organic Consumers Association, Irradiation is a ‘magic bullet’ that will enable the company to say that the product was ‘clean’ when it left the packing plant. The claim, more rather, lacks the key source in evidence, for even the best sanitation and standard antibacterial treatments cannot ensure safety in foods. In addition, irradiation cannot occur properly if the food is too heavily contaminated, preventing industries from using this practice as a substitution for good sanitation practices. Irradiation is not harmful in producing resistant strains of bacteria, nor does it make food radioactive. It simply reduces the amounts of bacteria in foods that may become potential illnesses in humans.
Is the movie Fido just another zombie movie, or does it have underlying messages about modern day culture? It’s the 50s and a few decades ago, the earth drifted into some “space dust” which reanimated corpses into zombies. The living populace fought the “zombie wars” (the equivalent of our WWII) for survival until an enterprising company called Zomcom discovered a method of “eradicating” the zombies and a method of domesticating them. Now every family has a zombie to be their slave. The movie has characters that represent different groups of oppressed people in the modern world, Fido and the other zombies represent racism, Mr. Robertson represents heterosexism, and Mrs. Robertson along with other females show sexism.
Small explosives, such as grenades, were made more deadly and reliable. Anti-tank weapons were not well developed during the start of the war. Germany’s blitzkrieg attacks of tanks were successful because of this. Anti-tank weapons had to be made to prevent Germany from winning the war. Soldiers began carrying high powered rifles with armour piercing bullets and bazooka’s, which were essential in defeating Germany’s almost impenetrable tiger tanks.
Joseph Alvarez Period 4 September 6, 2012 Ms. Wu Pride and Prejudice and Zombies In the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the man character Elizabeth has to fight for survival from a mysteries plague from an English village of Meryton. The plague turns people that have died to zombies. She is determined to stop the plague but meets a haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy in her mission to wipe out the zombie menace. In the beginning Elizabeth meets a boy named Darcy and is attracted to him, then wants to go a ball with him. During the ball zombies start coming out of the windows killing the people there but luckily Elizabeth could fight against zombies with her dagger from her dress to slash through zombies till the finally got out of the ball.
If guns kill people, then pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk, and spoons make people fat. Remember: Hold the person accountable for their actions, not the means they chose to utilize!!! Spoons and forks don't make people fat. Lack of exercise, poor nutrition, and the over-consumption of crappy food makes people fat. Cars don't cause car accident.
Gun Control “How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?” This quote is from Stephen King a famous author and it was in support of banning assault weapons. Stricter gun laws will cut down on gun related deaths and will also prevent future acts of terror and violence. In 2011 there was 12,664 murders in the United States, 6,220 were due to handguns alone, that is about 49% of the total murders. This horrifying number has been the cause of some pretty big arguments over the last 4 years and let me tell you why. Most gun activists stand by the 2nd amendment but does it really make sense to do that lets just think for a second why was the 2nd amendment made?