Do Resident Evil zombies eventually die out by themselves?

Raccoon Citizen Posts : 1 Join date : 2012-09-19

Or not?

For example... If a zombie was just chilling in the desert with nothing to do or eat will he decay and fall over dead?

Yes. They would eventually starve to death and there organs would fail, especially the brain and that is the only thing keeping them alive.

Anatomically speaking if their brain worked they really wouldn't be dead, so there's really no point in speculation about a mystical fictitious being. If their brian was keeping them alive then yes they would die, if their brain wasn't keeping them alive I don't believe it would eventually die, because it's dead already.

Mercy wrote:: Anatomically speaking if their brain worked they really wouldn't be dead, so there's really no point in speculation about a mystical fictitious being. If their brian was keeping them alive then yes they would die, if their brain wasn't keeping them alive I don't believe it would eventually die, because it's dead already.

Yes but the whole idea of zombie fiction is that there brain is still active although they only maintain primal instincts.
The older myth of zombies was actually just Haitian voodoo and the ability to mind control a host to do once bidding.
Even if a zombie's brain wasn't active then realistically speaking there body would eventually rot and keep rotting until they are nothing but bones.

Mcghie wrote:: Yes. They would eventually starve to death and there organs would fail, especially the brain and that is the only thing keeping them alive.

Exactly. The only way to stop them is to destroy their infectees brains.

"Shoot 'em in the head"

We also have to completely ignore the fact that because they have no blood flow, their muscles would not work. In order for a zombie to actually exist, it would need all of its vitals working properly and blood flow would be essential, especially if they supposedly had more strength than a regular human, which is what a lot of zombie fiction says.

NiteKrawler wrote:: We also have to completely ignore the fact that because they have no blood flow, their muscles would not work. In order for a zombie to actually exist, it would need all of its vitals working properly and blood flow would be essential, especially if they supposedly had more strength than a regular human, which is what a lot of zombie fiction says.

I totally ignored that fact lol
Good point Nite.
This also makes me realise how flawed zombie games and films actually are because most of them have limbs torn or bitten off so it is natural that there bodies blood supply
would have drained out before they turn into a zombie.
I suppose it's just one of the many fictional that kind of makes no sense when you think about it realistically but is a cool idea none the less, like werewolves.

NiteKrawler wrote:: especially if they supposedly had more strength than a regular human, which is what a lot of zombie fiction says.

Almost every zombie flick I've ever seen emphasizes that they're most dangerous in groups, not individually. I certainly don't remember any that portrayed them as physically stronger than humans.

Ghost Leader wrote:

NiteKrawler wrote:: especially if they supposedly had more strength than a regular human, which is what a lot of zombie fiction says.

Almost every zombie flick I've ever seen emphasizes that they're most dangerous in groups, not individually. I certainly don't remember any that portrayed them as physically stronger than humans.

They are very often shown to rip flesh off of people and push their hands into a person's body to grab their yummy insides. That takes strength beyond the average person. I didn't mean that they were pushing down buildings single handedly.

Maybe their strength is a Human's strength pushed to the max. I heard that we'd have pretty good super strength, but our brains don't allow our muscles to work like that because it would cause severe damage to ourselves. Though I don't fully believe this though.

The only zombies that seem to follow the most basic rules of anatomy are the 28 Days Later zombies (assuming you think they're zombies or not). Their body is working pretty much the same aside from they're stomachs ability to keep human flesh down without getting immediate diseases. It's really only the mind that's infected with the rest of their body being almost perfectly fine. A virus that merely infects the brain without killing the victim is probably the most realistic way to portray a zombie.

Of course those zombies did in fact die of starvation and exposure eventually. They're not smart enough to eat each other I suppose.

RaviorStygian wrote:: They're not smart enough to eat each other I suppose.

Or the infected flesh isn't as yummy.

I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Nobudy wrote:: I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Of course they eat. In weeks the blood infects you, but it makes more sense if the zombie's saliva spreads the virus. How else would they infect people, vomiting blood on their face?

In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

Mercy wrote:: In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

Then how are the main characters still healthy?

RaviorStygian wrote:

Mercy wrote:: In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

Then how are the main characters still healthy?

Leon said it's a fog. So chances are, all of them.

Mercy wrote:

Nobudy wrote:: I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Of course they eat. In weeks the blood infects you, but it makes more sense if the zombie's saliva spreads the virus. How else would they infect people, vomiting blood on their face?

In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

28 days and 28 weeks later they actually vomit blood onto people's face or brutally bash peoples heads in.
They are supposed to be zombies but they are not really if you know what I mean, the virus is called rage and rage they do in they films haha

Ah! that must be what that black/purplish cloud is in the advertisement of resident evil 6.

Mcghie wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Nobudy wrote:: I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Of course they eat. In weeks the blood infects you, but it makes more sense if the zombie's saliva spreads the virus. How else would they infect people, vomiting blood on their face?

In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

28 days and 28 weeks later they actually vomit blood onto people's face or brutally bash peoples heads in.
They are supposed to be zombies but they are not really if you know what I mean, the virus is called rage and rage they do in they films haha

Ah! that must be what that black/purplish cloud is in the advertisement of resident evil 6.

And for the record, I think that's stupid. I never really liked the 28 movies.

Yep! Whoever breathes it in turns into a zombie. In the second or first trailer, this monster covered in tits shoots gas at some guy, in a later shot you see the same man as a zombie.

Mercy wrote:

RaviorStygian wrote:

Mercy wrote:: In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

Then how are the main characters still healthy?

Leon said it's a fog. So chances are, all of them.

Is that from Damnation or RE6? I skipped the cut-scenes.

RaviorStygian wrote:

Mercy wrote:

RaviorStygian wrote:

Mercy wrote:: In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

Then how are the main characters still healthy?

Leon said it's a fog. So chances are, all of them.

Is that from Damnation or RE6? I skipped the cut-scenes.

It's in Leon's gameplay. The first thing he says. Play with the subtitles on. I think he says something to the effect of:

"He said it was some sort of fog. I guess if you breath it in that's how the virus spreads."

Or something like that…

Mercy wrote:

Mcghie wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Nobudy wrote:: I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Of course they eat. In weeks the blood infects you, but it makes more sense if the zombie's saliva spreads the virus. How else would they infect people, vomiting blood on their face?

In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

28 days and 28 weeks later they actually vomit blood onto people's face or brutally bash peoples heads in.
They are supposed to be zombies but they are not really if you know what I mean, the virus is called rage and rage they do in they films haha

Ah! that must be what that black/purplish cloud is in the advertisement of resident evil 6.

And for the record, I think that's stupid. I never really liked the 28 movies.

Yep! Whoever breathes it in turns into a zombie. In the second or first trailer, this monster covered in tits shoots gas at some guy, in a later shot you see the same man as a zombie.

Well they where not supposed to be zombies, they where to resemble zombie like people but it was more just virus that turned people into crazy killers.
I think the whole scratching and vomiting blood on victims was a cool idea because in real life if someone was to have AIDS or another life threatening disease it is transmitted heavily through blood and body fluids so to have a infected persons blood go into your eye that would be it in your blood stream and then in time would infect you.
I think they where going for a more realistic touch in 28 days later.
It's amongst one of my favourite zombie flicks

Mcghie wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Mcghie wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Nobudy wrote:: I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Of course they eat. In weeks the blood infects you, but it makes more sense if the zombie's saliva spreads the virus. How else would they infect people, vomiting blood on their face?

In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

28 days and 28 weeks later they actually vomit blood onto people's face or brutally bash peoples heads in.
They are supposed to be zombies but they are not really if you know what I mean, the virus is called rage and rage they do in they films haha

Ah! that must be what that black/purplish cloud is in the advertisement of resident evil 6.

And for the record, I think that's stupid. I never really liked the 28 movies.

Yep! Whoever breathes it in turns into a zombie. In the second or first trailer, this monster covered in tits shoots gas at some guy, in a later shot you see the same man as a zombie.

Well they where not supposed to be zombies, they where to resemble zombie like people but it was more just virus that turned people into crazy killers.
I think the whole scratching and vomiting blood on victims was a cool idea because in real life if someone was to have AIDS or another life threatening disease it is transmitted heavily through blood and body fluids so to have a infected persons blood go into your eye that would be it in your blood stream and then in time would infect you.
I think they where going for a more realistic touch in 28 days later.
It's amongst one of my favourite zombie flicks

Eh, I don't like that idea… personally I think zombies are pure fantasy and if someone tries to make them realistic it takes away the lore for me. But to each their own I suppose. My zombies will always be cannibals who eat but never digests. my favorite zombie film is Zombieland, they just did everything right in my opinion. I have complaints with a lot of movies but Zombieland and Day of the Dead are my top films.

Mercy wrote:

Mcghie wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Mcghie wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Nobudy wrote:: I thought they didn't eat at all. In weeks later, they completely ignored a dinner of pasta in order to chase Don and C.O .

Of course they eat. In weeks the blood infects you, but it makes more sense if the zombie's saliva spreads the virus. How else would they infect people, vomiting blood on their face?

In Resident Evil 6, it seems that the virus is airborne.

28 days and 28 weeks later they actually vomit blood onto people's face or brutally bash peoples heads in.
They are supposed to be zombies but they are not really if you know what I mean, the virus is called rage and rage they do in they films haha

Ah! that must be what that black/purplish cloud is in the advertisement of resident evil 6.

And for the record, I think that's stupid. I never really liked the 28 movies.

Yep! Whoever breathes it in turns into a zombie. In the second or first trailer, this monster covered in tits shoots gas at some guy, in a later shot you see the same man as a zombie.

Well they where not supposed to be zombies, they where to resemble zombie like people but it was more just virus that turned people into crazy killers.
I think the whole scratching and vomiting blood on victims was a cool idea because in real life if someone was to have AIDS or another life threatening disease it is transmitted heavily through blood and body fluids so to have a infected persons blood go into your eye that would be it in your blood stream and then in time would infect you.
I think they where going for a more realistic touch in 28 days later.
It's amongst one of my favourite zombie flicks

Eh, I don't like that idea… personally I think zombies are pure fantasy and if someone tries to make them realistic it takes away the lore for me. But to each their own I suppose. My zombies will always be cannibals who eat but never digests. my favorite zombie film is Zombieland, they just did everything right in my opinion. I have complaints with a lot of movies but Zombieland and Day of the Dead are my top films.

Im assuming you mean Romeros Day of the dead? same for me one of my top 3 zombie movies.

Mercy wrote:: Eh, I don't like that idea… personally I think zombies are pure fantasy and if someone tries to make them realistic it takes away the lore for me. But to each their own I suppose. My zombies will always be cannibals who eat but never digests. my favorite zombie film is Zombieland, they just did everything right in my opinion. I have complaints with a lot of movies but Zombieland and Day of the Dead are my top films.

I get what you mean.
I just liked it because it gave a different perspective on zombies or a zombie like infection.
I think I enjoyed it more because of the film in a whole and because they zombies can run, that scares me more than anything.
If realistically a zombie outbreak happened I would not want them to run anyway !
Zombieland is awesome, I first got the impression from tv trailers that was going to be a far fetched and cheesy zombie movie but god was I wrong.
It was hilarious as well, I don't know if there was meant to be funny parts in it but I found it hilarious but at the same time it had horror thrown into it, kind of the same thing shaun of the dead had.
Anything zombie flick by Romero is golden and Day of Dead is no exception

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