#Team z walking dead series#

The medalists: Zombies of вЂњDawn of the DeadвЂќ (the remake) While most zombies would be no match for a man who вЂњkicks ass for the Lord,вЂќ these zombies manage to use their ability to successfully fall apart to maximum effect, crunching him on the neck with a head that had been kicked off into the sky. But the scene that highlights these creaturesвЂ™ athletic potential the most is their face-off against Father McGruder (Stuart Devenie), a man of God who turns out to be as highly skilled in the martial arts as Chow Yun Fat. Peter JacksonвЂ™s 1992 comedy horror film features all manner of bizarre zombie mayhem, including a creature with a lawn gnome for a head. TheyвЂ™re willing to run and tackle, and they have just the right amount of patriotism for AmericaвЂ™s favorite televised sport (their eyes are bright red thatвЂ™s a third of the American flag).

And the rage-infected men and women of Danny BoyleвЂ™s 2002 thriller are the perfect specimens for this task. The successful football player is the one who can aim to take out a rival player without fear for his own safety. OK, letвЂ™s forget all that inspirational Coach Taylor pep talk stuff about teamwork and aspiring to be better people. The medalists: Infected of вЂњ28 Days LaterвЂќ WhatвЂ™s most important is that these walking corpses show the kind of impressive coordination that would make most breathing men and women jealous. True, the zombies in director John LandisвЂ™ epic music video for Michael Jackson never go near water, but come on, theyвЂ™re dead bodies! Floating is second nature. Granted, a zombie dressage event will most likely end with horse guts strewn about the field, but for a beautiful (if temporary) collaboration between horse and zombie, these shamblers are the best in the biz. Instead, surrounding a horse through overwhelming numbers can provide ample incentive to get the horse to go wherever you need. Forget using a harness or a carrot and stick. But in the first episode of AMCвЂ™s hit drama series, the undead showed the best way to train a horse. TheyвЂ™re generally fixated on the flesh of living Homo sapiens. Zombies donвЂ™t usually get to display their ability with animals. The medalists: Zombies of вЂњThe Walking DeadвЂќ Drawn by the sound of singing on the other side of a wall, the zombies pile on in a gold-medal-level display of teamwork, coordination and balance. Witness their ability to form into a human pyramid during the filmвЂ™s Israeli section. But the infected creatures of вЂњWorld War ZвЂќ show a willingness to work together to achieve their goals that would make team gymnasts everywhere proud.

More often itвЂ™s every ghoul for his or her self. Teamwork is not usually a cherished zombie trait. The winners get gold medals the losers get shivved in the brain pan. To honor the diversity and breadth of accomplishment in the current world of the undead, we humbly present the first Zombie Olympics. These days, some zombies can run, other zombies can climb and still other zombies can actually ask for their favorite meal by name (Brains!).

#Team z walking dead series#

Films like вЂњWorld War ZвЂќ and series like вЂњThe Walking DeadвЂќ show off zombies in enlightening new ways and raise new possibilities for just what these zombies are capable of. But thanks to a variety of recent interpretations of the hungry dead, our view of zombies as rotting gluttons barely able to keep themselves together is beginning to change. But for most of their 45-year history on-screen, the modern image of the flesh-eating ghoul from beyond the grave was shambling and slow-witted, succeeding solely through overwhelming numbers and gross human error. Zombies generally arenвЂ™t regarded as the most athletic of film monsters.