Don't Fear the Reaper

[JustLost]

I was talking to someone awhile back about zombie films and they informed me that they were too afraid to watch them. This got me to wondering why so many people are afraid of the dead.

Seriously, WHY would anyone be afraid of the inanimate? Seems to me that of all the people on the planet, the LIVING are the ones you should fear the most. NOT ONCE has a dead person stolen my car, taken my wallet or threatened any of my friends or family. I've never been cut off in traffic by a dead person and dead people have never tried to sell me something over the phone.

As far I'm concerned, dead people are pretty cool. Someday I'd like to find a house next to a cemetery...what perfect, well behaved neighbors I'd have.

So to all the dead people reading this...I salute you!

 

[Minus]

Possibly there is a difference between dead people and undead/reanimated people. If not then zombies, vampires and the like need to do something about the way they are portrayed in most movies. Even ghosts often don't come off to well.

As far as plain dead people, could that be because many people are afraid of death and dead people remind them on some level of their own mortality?

 

[Bluey]

Yea as long as the dead do as they should be doing and be staying dead then am cool with the dead lol

 

[davechaos]

I cant say that I am a big fan of zombie films...just dont like them...something no right about the dead coming back to life.

 

[Fodderboy]

I've been wrist deep in a cadaver a couple times now... They don't really move around too much... I mean, it's a bit late for CPR... (Although I'm sure I'd get the nobel prize if I could manage to bring a dissected corpse back using only chest compressions and mouth to mouth...) ... Wait... ewww...

 

[Outlawstarl337]

i say just in case of a zombie attack we all by a ton of batteirs and a wireless internet conection so we can all keep in contact on here k.

 

[JustLost]

I wondered if I was going to get any replies to this. In retrospect, it probably should have gone in "Off Topic".

Thanks for the responses. I've always enjoyed zombie flicks and I just felt like giving a shout out to my peeps...my dead peeps I mean.

This is also the last time I will be using the word "peeps". Be thankful!