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Stupid Zombie question.

post #1 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:45pm
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Could a Zombie (classic, emaciated, dried up zombie) survive in space or in the moon? If not, what would happen to it?
I know its a strech to ask this, but its a question i have had in my mind for some time.
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post #2 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:49pm
I would say not for long. The swings in temperature would wreak havoc on their already decaying flesh to the point that ghoul bits would be peeling off at a pretty substantial rate every light cycle.
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post #3 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:49pm
Simple answer: Zombiesicle.
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post #4 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:51pm
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Originally Posted by Mattioli View Post
Simple answer: Zombiecicle.
Which is only half as scary as the Zombicycle.
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post #5 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:51pm
Or a Zombie Light Cycle.
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post #6 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:52pm
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Thanks for the anwers, guys...guess that puts the nail on my "Zombies meet a fall of moondust" script idea.
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post #7 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:52pm
But waaaaay better than a zombie menstrual cycle.
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post #8 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:53pm
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Or a Zombie Light Cycle.
If you hit the light trail, you get eaten by zombie pixels?
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post #9 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:55pm
The Menstrual Zombie Lightcycle is truly a terrible sight to behold...

And no, ryo, you only get bitten. Then you become a light trail yourself. Prepare for a very empty, very well-illuminated world...
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post #10 of 28
12/1/09 at 6:58pm
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The Menstrual Zombie Lightcycle is truly a terrible sight to behold...

And no, ryo, you only get bitten. Then you become a light trail yourself. Prepare for a very empty, very well-illuminated world...
How many kb of memory would i end up as a zombie light trail?
Also, Dead Space lied to me, dammit.
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post #11 of 28
12/1/09 at 7:20pm
I'd recommend asking an Astro Zombie, but they are not as advertised.

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post #12 of 28
12/1/09 at 7:44pm
I love that Astro Zombie is listening to an old-school red iPod.
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post #13 of 28
12/1/09 at 7:52pm
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Originally Posted by Sean Blackwell View Post
I would say not for long. The swings in temperature would wreak havoc on their already decaying flesh to the point that ghoul bits would be peeling off at a pretty substantial rate every light cycle.
Wouldn't they be subject to explosive decompression just like anything else subjected to the vacuum? Which is to answer the question "no, but it would explode in a totally bitchin way".
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post #14 of 28
12/1/09 at 9:19pm
ryo, simple, have the zombies all be wearing space suits at the time of infection! Or make them fancy space-zombies. You're the writer, you can make the zombies do whatever you want them to do!
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post #15 of 28
12/1/09 at 10:49pm
Maybe they're infected by alien space microbes that prevent decomposition/exploding. Sort of an undead fleet of MEET DAVE.
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post #16 of 28
12/1/09 at 11:39pm
I think, based on a Nat Geo special on past & projected future space disasters I saw a week or so ago, that the explosive decompression has to do largely with the high water content of the cells in the human body. If the corpse in question were dessicated enough, I don't think that'd be as much of an issue. Although it's eyes & brain - what's left of them - would be the first things to go, as they're more watery than most parts. Cool (re) death scene, if nothing else.
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post #17 of 28
12/1/09 at 11:43pm
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I think, based on a Nat Geo special on past & projected future space disasters I saw a week or so ago, that the explosive decompression has to do largely with the high water content of the cells in the human body.
Ah yes, the very theory that suggested that a fat tub like myself, given the high amount of water in fat cells, would literally explode in sub-arctic temperatures. Science! The positive thing, is that there wouldn't be much left of me to become the dreaded Fat Zombie.
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post #18 of 28
12/1/09 at 11:54pm
I'm sure they suffer the same fate as a human under those conditions.

I was watching "The Universe" on the history channel last week and learned that if you exhaled all of the air in your lungs you could survive for a tiny bit, but the half of you that was facing the sun would be burned beyond belief and the half of you facing away from the sun would be frozen. Trippy, eh?
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post #19 of 28
12/3/09 at 11:36am
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Ah yes, the very theory that suggested that a fat tub like myself, given the high amount of water in fat cells, would literally explode in sub-arctic temperatures. Science! The positive thing, is that there wouldn't be much left of me to become the dreaded Fat Zombie.
Cheer up; same thing happened to Rorschach, and he was really thin.
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post #20 of 28
12/3/09 at 11:59am
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Thanks for the anwers, guys...guess that puts the nail on my "Zombies meet a fall of moondust" script idea.
Don't be so hasty - you could put'em in a moonbase, or get their asses to Mars instead (zombies with eyes and tounges all bugging out! Awesome!).
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post #21 of 28
12/4/09 at 6:58am
Also, to the OP: We're talking about Zombies. We're talking about reanimated corpses eating people. I'm sure nobodies going to notice the difference if you just have zombies on the moon.
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post #22 of 28
12/4/09 at 6:45pm
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Thanks for the help, guys; I agree that if there's zombies in the moon, realism shouldnt be that much of a big issue in the first place.
Maybe if they are actually the result of genetic experiments to create an organism capable of surviving in space...
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post #23 of 28
12/4/09 at 7:47pm
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Thanks for the help, guys; I agree that if there's zombies in the moon, realism shouldnt be that much of a big issue in the first place.
Maybe if they are actually the result of genetic experiments to create an organism capable of surviving in space...
Similar to the Rock's DOOM?
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post #24 of 28
12/4/09 at 7:56pm
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Similar to the Rock's DOOM?
Oh, you bastard....not only you destroyed that idea, you also reminded me of that movie.
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post #25 of 28
12/4/09 at 9:05pm
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you destroyed that idea
Nah. Just do it better.
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post #26 of 28
12/5/09 at 12:49am
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
I'd recommend asking an Astro Zombie, but they are not as advertised.
Holy crap. I actually have this movie on VHS in a box somewhere.
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post #27 of 28
12/8/09 at 8:29pm
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Nah. Just do it better.
Nice challenge, good sir, i'll keep it in mind.
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post #28 of 28
12/9/09 at 4:41pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
I'd recommend asking an Astro Zombie, but they are not as advertised.
Let's see what The Misfits have to say about that:

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Originally Posted by Glenn Danzig

Oh, all I want to know
All I want

With just a touch of my burning hand
I send my astro zombies to rape the land
Prime directive, exterminate
The whole human race

And your face drops in a pile of flesh
And then your heart, heart pounds
Till it pumps in death
Prime directive, exterminate
Whatever stands left

All I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

And all I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

Oh, all I want to know
All I want

With just a touch of my burning hand
I'm gonna live my life to to destroy your world
Prime directive, exterminate
The whole fuckin' race

Then your face drops in a pile of flesh
And then your heart, heart pounds
And it pumps in death
Prime directive, exterminate
The whole fuckin' place well

All I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

And all I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

Oh, all I want to know
All I want to know
All I want to know
All I want oh
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