No!!

Zombies should only walk and some how appear behind you after running for half a mile.


that is better than them running after you.

Zombies can't run! Their ankles would break. They can only walk for hours and hours while all of their muscles and tendons remain unharmed.

Their eyes never dry out, allowing them to see forever. And their bones stay very strong allowing them to fight you endlessly.

Seriously though...Zombies are supposed to scare people. Long ago, slow Zombies scared people. They don't anymore. If running makes them scary again...let them run.

Times change...so do monsters.

Jimmy

No, the dead cannot run. The logic is that they are too weak, they are deteriorating, decomposing and are essentially a corpse. One of the most recognizable signs of death is rigor mortis. Rigor mortis is caused by a chemical change in muscles after death, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stiff and difficult to move. After about 72 hours, the body relaxes again, this time as a result of decomposition. This is known as resolution of rigor. In this stage the stiffness in the muscle tissues begins to decrease owing to the enzymatic breakdown of structural proteins that hold muscle fibres together. Really they shouldn't even be able to move for a while, but it's alot more likely that they could walk, stiffly, rather than run a marathon.

To add to what I said above. The dead cannot come back to life either, so really you could make them grow antlers if you wanted to. But if you want to follow the rules of physics, death and all of the above (short of the fact that they cannot actually come back to life), they couldn't run and it's much more likely that they could walk.

DUDE!! CHILL OUT ITS JUST A MOVIE..PLUS IN ROMERO"S NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD(ORIGINAL) IT WAS RADIATION THAT BROUGHT THEM BACK,and in Day of the Dead(original) its explained why they cna keep functioning.sooooooo CHILL!

Give me a fucking break...

Now that Romero wants to add real physics and muscle anatomy to a creature like this. How does he explain them coming back to life? Especially after their bodies go through a complete organ shutdown? No fully-functioning musculature? Being able to rip and eat someones body and skull area would take both blood and functioning strong upper body muscle, right? If their ankles would break from running, why don't their arms, wrists, break off when trying to tear at someone and eat someone struggling with them?


Romero should have left them just be "fantasy" monsters. Instead of trying to inject this silly "realism" to it. Because then he opens the floodgates for the rest of the creatures design to be critiqued.

I think it's great that he medically broke down how the dead cannot run.

I, as a movie fan, grew up on zombie movies, and will just say that if anything dead comes back to life, it really shouldn't run. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the new Dawn and both 28 Later movies. I would just prefer the dead walk towards your immenent death.

I agree with him. I like my shambling zombies.

Just a clarification...don't confuse the 'infected' with the returning dead. The people in 28 days later were the living victims of a rage-like disease and should be able to run. I've seen several dead people and if my memory is correct they couldn't run. Zombies are a unique class of being. More details can be found in Gary Gygax's Monster Manual.

Romero should take lessons from his two last crappy movies, with diary of the dead he made the crappiest movie of the genre he created. He talks about real life physics but he can't even manage to direct actors to look credible on a "documentary real life style" movie so ...
running zombies or not? well if it helps make a better movie, hell yeah running.

LOL - "Scientific discussions" about Zombies ;) So THIS is movie-geekness :)

To reiterate what was said above: Different movies have different classifications of the unliving. The 28 ___ later "zombies" weren't actually dead. They scared the piss out of me for 2 reasons:

1) They were faster than I'll ever be.

and

B) they were std zombies.

Ew.

George ramiro is just salty because people liked the 28 days later franchise better. And I agree with what the other guy said. The zombies in 28 days later and Iam legend were more realistic because something like that (in theory) could actually happen. Getting infected by biological or chemical agents. They werent dead to begin with so they should be able to run.

The dead that come from graves should not run for the reasons that Romero stated. But if they have just died or been infected then why the hell not. unless they are OBESE ZOMBIES!!!!

I agree with George.

But if you DONT, read the last few books by MAX BROOKS. "the zombie survival guide' and "world war z".

This will clear up any issues you might have

who the hell cares

Second on the World War Z... read it, learn it, live it, love it.

I remember having a similar convo with a friend about this. Romero is right but only partially. Zombies should be able to run but if they do their ankles should break. So fresh zombies would therefore be the most dangerous. And the rotten old ones would be easier to avoid/kill.

I call bullshit! Zombies should be allowed to "power walk" or ride motorized scooters.

Who gives a crap? I like when people argue about what zombies can and cannot do, as if there are actual case studies on the empirical capabilities of a fictional people.

If I want to make a zombie movie where the zombies can run and talk, then I can and I will.

Zombies lumber and swarm in huge numbers. Doesn't matter
if you're a fast runner if you stay out too long the zombies will
get you and that is what makes them scary. And the fact that
they kill slowly by eating you alive! -shutters-

Doesn't make sense? I think all logic goes out the door when you're dealing with people coming back from the dead.

ITS A FUCKING MOVIE! zombies don't exist so theres already no sense to them. get off your fucking high horse romero.

to me, a movie is more believable if everything that happens in it makes sense. From the time the original Night of the Living Dead came about, there were certain rules and guidelines established with zombies. The Romero zombies die when you shoot them in the head. Other zombies, such as the ones in Return of the Living Dead, are unstoppable. You can shoot them all you want and they still keep coming. That doesn't make sense. Also, in one movie, we are told that 'zombies kill for one reason - they kill for food"....well, in the first place, why wuold a zombie need FOOD? They are DEAD, for crying out loud. To need food suggests they need nourishment but their bodies take no nourishment cuz they are dead. Why do they need food? Also, let's say a zombie eats a whole human being, for example. We know that the only thing about them that is functionable is their brain. For some unknown reason, their brain is activated causing them to walk. Having established that fact, what happens when a zomie eats enough to fill their stomachs up? They can't possibly take a crap because their digestive system doesn't work. So what happens when they get full? Do they just wander around forever, not eating anybody else? There are just too many things about zombies that don't make sense. True, there are no such things and never will be such a thing as a zombie, but to me, a movie is much better if everything in it that happens makes sense.

lol everyone is like "FUCK YOUR SCIENTIFIC SHIT ROMERO ITS A MOVIE" even though he only made a two sentence comment on the monsters that btw he fucking created. He was saying his zombies can't run.
oh and btw

Night and dawn are still the best zombie movies.

the remake is also awesome probably one of the best remakes ever.

Diary was very good and a re imagination of Night

28 Days Later was awesome but I was not a fan of weeks as I like plot and characters in my zombie movies instead of just zombie holocaust

Not only they run, but in Thriller they DANCE!

The next person who tells me that 28 Days Later wasn't zombies is going to get a fist through the heart like they're a zombie from Undead.

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they werent zombies. they were infected. people could still die and not turn into infected. thats the fundamental difference.

I think that when there's no more room in Hell, we'll find out the answer to this. Until then...debatable. Is there a "Room in Hell" countdown widgit that I can download?

By the way, the first ten minutes of 28 Weeks Later is scarier then anything Romero has ever done. So running zombies (I know they're technically not zombies) running zombies are my fav.

i saw romero on that old john favereau show, "dinner for five" - please don't ask me why i watched that smug pat myself on the back while a minority serves us expensive food, show.

but anyways, i got the impression that while romero is the godfather of the walking dead, he isn't one to conceed an opinion he believes in. in fact i'd be surprised if the cat ever admits failure.

zombies - LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIJS PLANET - evolve, so yes they do in fact run. shame on him for bringing logic into this world.

"The dead can’t run. Their ankles would break"
Your missing the point, this quote is legendary, should be imprinted on T-shirts.

I agree, they can't run.

anyone talking shit on romero I will kill you then put a bullet in your head when you reanimate

I think George Romero's main problem is he needs to get rid of those 100 year old, thick, coke-bottle glasses witht the black frames. I swear, I think he's been wearing those guady things since the 60s.

They also shouldn't be able to learn tactics and shoot guns.

Yes, see that goes right along with my assessment of zombies. Day of the Dead featured "BUB", a zombie who was taught to do tricks like shoot guns and saulting and answering a telephone, which is preposterous because in Dawn of the Dead, the tv announcer says "they have seemingly little or NO reasoning power". It goes on to say that zombies are driven primarily by instinct. To suggest that we could "teach" them not to eat people is ridiculous. At this point, i'm confused as to exactly what zombies CAN and CANNOT DO. There seems to be inconsitancies between all of the zombie movies, to a degree.

Ok, lol, I had to put my two cents in here lol. Romero WAS a great director for his time with zombie movies. He did define the genre. He started it all people, without him we wouldnt have the zombie movies we do now. He deserves all the gratitude. Point stated.

Now, back in the early days when everything was in black and white and people had never seen anything like this, yeah that was some scary ass shit. But realistically, his movies from then dont do shit for anyone now. Not scary sorry. I know the thing is dead and all that, yadda yadda yadda, but it moves slow as all hell people, it aint scary if I can run circles around it, and then I fall for some sudden reason because I didnt see the damn rock sitting there that is always there because I am so scared of the 2 mile an hour zombies that are grandma walking towards me lol, come on. Just go in your house and lock the doors lol. Stock up on groceries and you are fine lol. Oh, I am sorry they will break down your door and come in after you right? That leads me to my next point.

If a zombie that cant run because they will break their ankles, because Romero said so, and he is the godfather of zombies, who says they can beat on doors without there hands breaking off, or grab at you without there hands breaking off, or better yet bite you or eat you without there jaws falling off or teeth falling out. Lol, makes no sense what he saying. Also like the posters above said, they eat on instinct because they are DEAD, so every part of them is dead right? Organs and all right? SO what makes there stomachs still work? Oh please you all dont say nothing about there brains, they are dead, so why in the hell do we have to shoot them in there heads, there brains aint working lol. SO basically shooting them in their heads should feasibly be useless also right lol. I mean dead means no organs work lol.

Someone said there is a difference between the infected (28 days, 28 weeks later, I am Legend, and so on) and zombies (Dawn, Day, and Night of the living dead and so on) I am sorry correct me if I am wrong didnt they have some chemical that brought them back to life? Then that would also mean that they were infected by some means also right? Maybe not like the 28 movies but at some sense they are.

Look, if a zombie is dead, and some chemical brings him back to life, and he crawls out of a grave and goes to kill people then no he shouldnt be able to run. But, at the same time, he shouldnt be able to dig himself out of a grave lol. Maybe if he walked out of a morgue or something then yeah but he would just litterally just fall apart everytime he did something lol.

Point being, if he cant run, he shouldnt be able to do anything. Yes, I have read World War Z and cant wait until they make the damn movie lol. But, scary then is way different then scary is now. A slow ass zombie was great then but aint now. To me, 28 movies and the such or way scarier, better, and way more likely to happen then some damn decomposing corpse to come back to life. I mean I can actually picture a terrorist nation coming up with a virus that just makes you into a "ZOMBIE" and yes that is what they are. They are basically just another form acting on aggression. No difference just they are super aggressive and far more scarier. Oh and they run because of the aggression lol.

And lets not forget that makes a way better movie now a days because it is way more feasible and that inturn makes it way more scarier lol...... Anthony

Zombies cant learn to do anything. Like flying out windows or scaling buildings. They posess only the character traits of the person they had been before reanimation. just with stamina to die for.

28 days/weeks is a different take on zombies. They are not the same because they "technically" are infected before they turn and dont die before hand.

George is the godfather of zombies, while Danny Boyle is the prodical son


anyone seen FIDO?

you are all retarded. zombies have been brought about in so many
different ways. take them for what they are, fictional creatures. Romero is amazing and he is, in fact, the godfather of zombies, but that doesn't mean he is right or wrong. the point is, who fucking cares? zombies kick ass no matter what they do.
- night, dawn: the beginning, "standard zombies"
- day of the dead: controversy aside, Bub is fucking awesome.
- dead alive: deteriorating, baby having, rat-monkey-bite zombies.
- bio-zombie: finger-tempura-roll-eating, chemical soda zombies.
- cemetary man: rise-from-grave, talking, loving,, motorcycle-riding, severed head zombies.
- 28 days: "rage"-infected, abnormally-fast running zombies.
- versus: mystical-resurrection-forest zombies.
- fido: six-foot zombie pet.
- zombi 2: swimming, shark-battling zombi? hmm.
etc. etc. etc.

point being: zombies have ran, walked, ridden motorcycles, shot guns, danced, swam, made sushi, fought sharks, talked, fallen in love, and they have even fucked and created little mischievious-zombie-demon babies! who fucking cares if they run or walk as long as i have a shitload of ammo when they do.

Remero has lost all credit due to that last crap fest Diary of the Dead.

He should of quit while he was ahead. That movie was so bad it wasnt funny it wasnt good it just plain and simple sucked ass.

Any how Zombies walk infected Run. Anything else is just silly lol

I think its time George Romero ends his zombie stuff. It seems that every other movie these days has something to do with zombies. It's taken all the fun out of it and has killed my interest in zombies. There needs to be a final movie where they finally discover a way to prevent the dead from returning as zombies. I remmeber when Day of the Dead came out in 1985. All the articles I read on it claimed that this was "the final chapter in G.R.'s zombie trilogy." Well since that trilogy has "ended" we've had a Dawn of the Dead remake (which was way to computer generated) Land of the Dead and now Diary of the Dead. If you go to the nearest Blockbuster and browse through the horror section, you'll see SOMETHING of the Dead all through it. There is one called Gangs of the Dead which was hardly worth the rental fee. And there are tons more just like them. I say let's END the zombie saga once and for all to prevent further bastardizations of the zombie saga from happening.

Honestly, I don't mind a bit of diversity in my zombies, so running/walking/crawling/paddling, I like 'em all.

But with regards to Romero's quote, there's no reason a fresh corpse couldn't run.

It seems unnatural of me for zombies to run.

BUT they should have creative ways of quickly reaching people, ie falling on them from the rafters. their slowness is balanced by their numbers, unrelentlessness, and complete disregard for personal well-being.

"For all I know its the brains who are already dead and its only the idots who are still alive"