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This is the same series where zombies are vulnerable to blunt-force head trauma, but not crush depth. That is inconsistent with it\'s own rules, unless we accept the \
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This is the same series where zombies are vulnerable to blunt-force head trauma, but not crush depth. That is inconsistent with it\\\'s own rules, unless we accept the \\\"zombies are magic\\\" explanation. The media suppressing the story, while the Internet is entirely ineffectual in letting people know that there are zombies, also not realistic. Yonkers required a military that had already launched covert-ops anti-Z operations to \\\'\\\'somehow\\\'\\\' not know that zombies couldn\\\'t be shocked or awed, despite the fact that some of the people planning and/or executing said covert ops should\\\'ve been involved in the Yonkers planning, unless they all somehow got left out of the loop. There are several more on the relevant Wallbanger page. WWZ is a DarkerandEdgier ZombieApocalypse, but not a deconstruction.
* \\\'\\\'WorldWarZ\\\'\\\' could be considered a deconstruction of ZombieApocalypse fiction by looking at how real-world governments and people would react to a zombie threat: Somewhat predictably, the Chinese attempt to suppress the truth, the Americans rely on first strike special forces but have difficulty achieving a general mobilisation, evacuees are more concerned with temporary entertainment (ref. the disposed discs) than survival and don\\\'t really, properly prepare for a long-term stay away from urbania, the moral damage to the soldiers, how ineffective supposed \\\"shock and awe\\\" weapons would be on targets incapable of feeling either shock or awe, and with a greater tollerence toward shrapnel damage and heat...
* \\\'\\\'WorldWarZ\\\'\\\' could be considered a deconstruction of ZombieApocalypse fiction by looking at how real-world governments and people would react to a zombie threat: Somewhat predictably, the Chinese attempt to suppress the truth, the Americans rely on first strike special forces but have difficulty achieving a general mobilisation, evacuees are more concerned with temporary entertainment (ref. the disposed discs) than survival and don\\\'t really, properly prepare for a long-term stay away from urbania, the moral damage to the soldiers, how ineffective supposed \\\"shock and awe\\\" weapons would be on targets incapable of feeling either shock or awe, and with a greater tollerence toward shrapnel damage and heat...
