Zombies: deadly agents of climate change The inescapable advertising blitz for Resident Evil: Extinction has left me with one big question: Why would Las Vegas be buried under sand within a few years of a zombie outbreak? (Watch the sand-stuffed trailer here.) I’m not the only blogger who’s posed this question, and most responses are along the lines of this charmer: “Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert, numbnuts.” But if you’ve been to Vegas, I’m willing to bet you’ve never seen small piles of sand gathering on street corners. Nor have you seen brigades of city sand collectors roaming the streets to keep nature at bay. In fact, when there is sand in Las Vegas, it’s imported from China like everything else. Maybe zombies exacerbate climate change? Or maybe it’s just in their nature, as my favorite commenter supposes: “The real answer is actually that zombies love burying stuff. If you had a zombie, and gave him a shovel, he would bury himself.” —Posted by David Griner

September 20, 2007 in Griner | Permalink

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Most movies like this never made much sence to me. How the story was written determines the outcome and I haven't seen the movie yet. However I've seen movies with a simalar theme and they all turn out the same.
As I have said in the past, "Same show/movie just different people."
There seems to be nothing original anymore.

Posted by: Wolf | Sep 23, 2007 2:57:03 PM

"I'm willing to bet you’ve never seen small piles of sand gathering on street corners."

---Let's see. 1. Sandstorms. 2. Wind. 3. No one removing the sand for 10 years. Conclusion: The desert takes over.

"Most movies like this never made much sence to me."

---Well, movies with happy endings, love stories, comedies with Jim Carrey, don't make much sense to me either. At least horror movies show that life is tough and you have to work very hard to survive. They're not fantasies like the one where Michael J. Fox starts in the mailroom and rises to the top very quickly. Those "family friendly" movies create unrealistic expectations while horror helps people deal with reality.

Posted by: Bobby | Sep 24, 2007 10:40:04 AM

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