Brains and All That Jazz

 Ugh, I had to crawl out from under my rock for this? *sigh* If I must

Braaains...

• Zombies are the embodiment of our innermost fears. Not a fear of being harmed in any physical way, but the fear of loosing ourselves. It's a control issue. In my futile attempt to completely ignore the craze and wait until it all blew over, I never stopped to ask any questions. That was mistake number one.
• Zombies are not evil-doers, but pitiful victims of a harsh fate. How sad. Oh well, their suffering will end in a matter of time (once the zombie craze blows over. In the mean time I am going to crawl back under my rock.)
• Zombies can be used as a metaphor for the effects of technology. This came as a bit of a shock for me. I suppose I was to busy at over-analyzing Portal to see that more than just GLaDOs represented technology gone to far. But it all makes sense. Technology has become like a ball and chain on the ankles of society, slowing us all down, but on the other hand it brings us all together (which isn't always a good thing) and gives us another leisure to use and abuse.

Flesh...

•  I don't like zombies and I never will. Not only are they just ludicrous excuse for a monster, scientifically they are impossible and I don't understand why everyone loves and fears them (leave it to me to be the buzz kill using science as an excuse). As the human body decays and rigor mortis sets in, the corpse would become structurally unstable and stiff, literally falling apart at the seams. How does one expect a creature to hold itself together and move its stiff and swollen limbs?
• Although I dislike the being itself, the metaphor is very cleaver. Human beings becoming sluggish and slow, only waddling about through a world that has turned its back on them. What a beautiful example of humanity as we know it!

 Eeeeehhhhh....

•  When will this fad end? And more importantly, what's next? What apocalypse should we prepare for next? How much makeup will we have to pile on to emulate these supernatural beings for Halloween parties and flash mobs? How were your weeks? Why am I asking so many questions? You mad bro?