Zombie Apocalypse: Realistically? Yes or No.

[Ragnarr]

As long as you grow a good supply of red and green herbs, and keep a typewriter handy, you'll be all set. Soylent Green IS people! AAAAGGGGHHH!!!! I get where rongravy's coming from; zombie apocalypse cannot happen in any rational or scientific way that we know at present. It's what we DON'T know that would be the likely catalyst for a possible zombie apocalypse. Not worried here though. I'm pretty well stocked up on weapons, ammo, water and of course, pop tarts (pop tarts never go bad... ever).

[Rancid Carcass]

zombie apocalypse cannot happen in any rational or scientific way that we know at present... ...(pop tarts never go bad... ever). I think you have your answer! The cannibalism thing is an interesting subject, I'm surprised Romero hasn't touched on it already – it fits in rather nicely with his 'we're them and they're us' theme. Human survivors desperation leading to the total collapse of civility and humanity to the point of where there is nothing left that really separates humans from zombies. I think that would also play nicely against the zombies vague memories of who they were and their fumbling attempts to do 'what they used to do', there's some real weighty issues to explore in there, very grim and extremely dark. If you like that sort of thing.

[Ragnarr]

I guess that was the creepiest part of "The Road" when they were looking for shelter and went into that house. The basement was filled with half-starved "future meals" for that dirty, blood stained cannibal family. Nasty! Aside from that house scene(s), I didn't care much for the rest of the flick. Can you imagine hordes of LIVING people trying to break into your boarded up house intent on making you their next meal? Whoa man, now that's a movie idea Romero should consider doing. He can call it, "Night of the Living Living."

[Wyldwraith]

Well, The likeliest possible anything-apocalypse resembling zombies would IMO prolly be something like around the time that nanotech for medical purposes/life span extension etc. become cheap enough to mainstream, but not around long enough yet to be bulletproof-reliable. Say you've got your nanites that are programmed with a template they're supposed to maintain you at. Ie: Their "blueprint of you" and their maintenance road map. After the initial burst of activity, most nanite activity would be self-replication to replace worn out nanobots and general maintenance-functions. Ie: Cleaning out the cholesterol you've recently introduced, cleansing toxins etc... So, one guy/gal, SOMEWHERE ends up in some utterly improbable scenario (such as being exposed to lethal amounts of radiation when the nuclear power plant near your neighborhood gets wrecked by an earthquake ala Japan)... A replication error occurs in a significant minority % of the nanites, while the majority have been flat out destroyed or too damaged to do much. At that point we're talking Xeroxes of Xeroxes to the Nth degree. Under those circumstances, it's difficult to imagine what COULDN'T HAPPEN to such an individuals physiology....and god help us all if some nitwit ever decides we should all have wifi nanites for patch updates and such. There's your root for a "zombie" apocalypse right there. Current technology? Just can't see it. Potential future tech? If nanites could Gray Goo us into extinction, what exactly is impossible?

[Neil]

Me? i actually want a zombie apocalypse to happen plainly because it would be THE ultimate test on Human Survival You don't think:- - Climate change - Polution (of the ocean) - Population growth - Peak oil - Peak resources in general ...is enough to test us over the next few decades?

[Ragnarr]

You don't think:- - Climate change - Polution (of the ocean) - Population growth - Peak oil - Peak resources in general ...is enough to test us over the next few decades? Hmm, not really. In a few decades I'll already be a zombie.

[Sammich]

Steve Quayle did an entire 3 hour show a couple weeks ago presenting evidence and his sincere belief that there will be a real zombie apocalypse. It was heavily in the religious angle but also mentioned the likelihood of a type of engineered pathogen that would have effects similar to "The Crazies".

[Neil]

Steve Quayle did an entire 3 hour show a couple weeks ago presenting evidence and his sincere belief that there will be a real zombie apocalypse. It was heavily in the religious angle but also mentioned the likelihood of a type of engineered pathogen that would have effects similar to "The Crazies". I think the only thing we need to be scared about in this area is a virile avian flu strain!

[Ragnarr]

I think the only thing we need to be scared about in this area is a virile avian flu strain! Living here in the land of "New Joisey", with the whacko terrorists always seemingly focused on NYC, it's likely that some sort of pathogen will blow my way from the north someday. I don't recall the name of a movie I watched recently, but it involved a biological attack on the U.S. west coast. Dude locked himself in his house, duct taped his windows (also covering them in plastic), and wouldn't let anyone in including his girlfriend. Not wanting to spoil the end for those of you who haven't seen the flick, but it turned out really really bad for him.

[rongravy]

Living here in the land of "New Joisey", with the whacko terrorists always seemingly focused on NYC, it's likely that some sort of pathogen will blow my way from the north someday. I don't recall the name of a movie I watched recently, but it involved a biological attack on the U.S. west coast. Dude locked himself in his house, duct taped his windows (also covering them in plastic), and wouldn't let anyone in including his girlfriend. Not wanting to spoil the end for those of you who haven't seen the flick, but it turned out really really bad for him. What was the name of the movie? You can't spoil it for me if I dunno the name yet, lol.

[Ragnarr]

What was the name of the movie? You can't spoil it for me if I dunno the name yet, lol. Did a google search just now. The movie is called, "Right at your door". Wasn't his girlfriend that he locked out, it was his wife. Creepy thought to lock your wife outside in order to save yourself from being infected, unless of course you did not dig your wife too much.

[rongravy]

Did a google search just now. The movie is called, "Right at your door". Wasn't his girlfriend that he locked out, it was his wife. Creepy thought to lock your wife outside in order to save yourself from being infected, unless of course you did not dig your wife too much. Yeah, I can't imagine something like THAT ever happening... Wait, that guy left his old lady to get munched in 28 Weeks Later, too... Guess it's better to cut those ties that bind during an apocalypse so you don't have to sacrifice yourself for a piece of ass that at some point will do something to get you both killed anyway.

[Ragnarr]

Yeah, I can't imagine something like THAT ever happening... Wait, that guy left his old lady to get munched in 28 Weeks Later, too... Guess it's better to cut those ties that bind during an apocalypse so you don't have to sacrifice yourself for a piece of ass that at some point will do something to get you both killed anyway. I think those ties that bind also got the young guy cooked at the gas pump in the original NotLD. His gf's jacket "got caught" at a very very bad time. BOOM!

[Yojimbo]

I think those ties that bind also got the young guy cooked at the gas pump in the original NotLD. His gf's jacket "got caught" at a very very bad time. BOOM! I don't know about the rest of my brothers here, but I personally wouldn't be able to abandon my wife to be torn apart by ghouls or blown up in a truck just to save my own ass. Even if I could short circuit my immediate impulse to save my wife and instead haul ass to save my own, I think that I would want to die for leaving her to die. I don't have children, but I would guess that the same sentiment would apply there and those instincts to protect the one you love would be very hard to ignore, even at your own peril. Sorry, cannot remember how to do the spoiler thing, so if you haven't seen 28 weeks later DO NOT SCROLL DOWN!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!! (Sorry in advance for the incompetence!) As for the coward in 28 weeks later who left his wife for the infected - I think that guy is not a man and is worth less than shit as far as I am concerned. But there was an elderly couple who died in the farmhouse too, and the man sacrificed himself for his wife - that dude is my hero!

[Ragnarr]

Naa, I wouldn't let my gf to get all munched up just to save my sorry carcass. The more likely event would be me sacrificing myself to save her. That was one of the freaky parts in the Walking Dead when the mechanic dude (the one who was bitten on the stomach) mentioned that he watched his family get munched as he got away.