From what you've said before about Tery and movies, I can see that. Even when there's something on screen that's physically startling, I barely flinch. It makes my friends mad, and they're always clutching onto me for dear life. ;) I used to be absolutely terrified of scary movies when I was young, and then I went through the whole severe OCD episode, and after that I think I felt like nothing on screen could ever be as scary as what went on in my head, and how it made me feel. But it could also be a subconscious desire not to suspend disbelief because of that.
See, what I don't get about that is if zombies don't have the muscle power to run or even walk, how can they grab someone or use their jaws effectively? If the muscle was that deteriorated or weak, it seems that the only threat would be from them accidentally getting their teeth stuck in you and getting infected from that or something. A lot of the time they're depicted being able to bite quite hard, or sometimes being able to tear a person apart (even if it's a mob, that would require some strength). If that strength is caused by the infection or some crazy magic, it seems plausible that it could be diverted towards speed as well. Ohhhhhh fictional science.
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branchandroot
Re: More than you ever needed to know about my relationship with horror
Date: 2009-11-20 03:11 am (UTC)I used to be absolutely terrified of scary movies when I was young, and then I went through the whole severe OCD episode, and after that I think I felt like nothing on screen could ever be as scary as what went on in my head, and how it made me feel. But it could also be a subconscious desire not to suspend disbelief because of that.
See, what I don't get about that is if zombies don't have the muscle power to run or even walk, how can they grab someone or use their jaws effectively? If the muscle was that deteriorated or weak, it seems that the only threat would be from them accidentally getting their teeth stuck in you and getting infected from that or something. A lot of the time they're depicted being able to bite quite hard, or sometimes being able to tear a person apart (even if it's a mob, that would require some strength). If that strength is caused by the infection or some crazy magic, it seems plausible that it could be diverted towards speed as well.
Ohhhhhh fictional science.