Why do zombies want brains?

[Mister_Rik]

I would imagine that zombies, whose teeth are frequently falling out, find brain tissue easiest to chew

Also, while the zombies in the computer game Diablo II have been known to moan “Braaaaiiins!” as they shuffle toward the player, the zombies in Dungeons & Dragons have no special affinity for brains.

[Dinsdale]

@MacTech

the “Tarman” was the first Undead American (IIRC) to speak and show higher-reasoning abilities

That clip was TOO DAMN FUNNY!
And I loved at the very end, when the kids ran up the stairs, how the one girl’s skirt just happened to catch on the railing and tear completely off.
I may have to rent that masterpiece!

[Cervaise]

It’s a towel, actually.

</fond memories of schlocky 80’s horror>

[kingpengvin]

@Christopher

See now, The Guide strictly discusses terrestrial zombies. To be quite honest, the probability that anyone, much less zombies, has or ever will come from another planet is so low, that I must wonder what reality your living in . Real terrestrial zombies do not have masters.

But they are our dead (say that 10 times fast)… Here is a quote from the masterpiece itself!

@RULER

Plan 9…ah yes. Plan 9 deals with the resurrection of the dead. Long-distance
electrodes shot into the pinion pituitary glands of recent dead.

@TANNA

What do you think will be the next obstacle the Earth people will put in our
way?

@EROS

Well, as long as they can think we’ll have our problems. But those whom we’re
using cannot think. They are the dead. Brought to a simulated life by our
electrode guns. You know, it’s an interesting think when you consider…the
Earth people, who can think, are so frightened by those who cannot: the dead.
Well our ship should be regenerated. We better get started.

See They use our dead to conquer us… No brain eating either… just kinda lumbering around aimlessly and the occasional off screen attack.

[Der_Trihs]

@CalMeacham

As pinkfreud notes, the thing about eating brains comes from Return of the Living Dead, which is non-Romero. Its zoombies, unlike his, speak, are animated by chemical means rather than space radiatioon or whatever, and they can move pretty fast.

I guess that’s why they’re zoombies, eh ?

Yeah, yeah, cheap joke, but I couldn’t resist.

@Christopher

See now, The Guide strictly discusses terrestrial zombies. To be quite honest, the probability that anyone, much less zombies, has or ever will come from another planet is so low, that I must wonder what reality your living in . Real terrestrial zombies do not have masters.

Anita Blake would disagree. And possibly have her zombies beat you up to prove it.

[Tristan]

@Der Trihs

Anita Blake would disagree. And possibly have her zombies beat you up to prove it.

Sadly, she would probably be to busy having sex with him/her and possibly the zombies in question as well to actually give the kill order.

[Rich_Mann]

@Patty O'Furniture

:rolleyes: What a cowardly line.

I give that pun a ten, man.

[ftg]

It’s all a misunderstanding, they actually want branes. And zombies are really just Theoretical Physics grad students who haven’t slept in a couple of years. The best defense is to quote Smolin.