Zombieland: Double Tap
Zombieland 2 : Double Tapintroduces several new classifications of zombie , include one found on iconic renovate TV characterHomer Simpson . After 10 foresightful age , 2019 meet Tallahassee ( Woody Harrelson ) , Columbus ( Jessie Eisenberg ) , Wichita ( Emma Stone ) , and Little Rock ( Abigail Breslin ) reunify for another round of zombie killing mayhem . Not that things went smoothly for the mathematical group , which spent a majority of the film splintered . Still , they reunited in force just in clock time for their biggest undead battle to date .
One of the bountiful plot of ground development forZombieland 2was its reveal that the shambling undead had somehow managed to evolve over the preceding decade . Four distinct varieties of zombie have made themselves roll in the hay . There ’s Ninjas , fast - actuate ghoul able to sneak up on prey , Hawkings , zombie intelligent enough to work out problems they run into attempt to feed on the living , and most conspicuously thenearly unstoppable T-800s , key after the primaryTerminatormodel in the famous Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise .
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In accession to those three kinds , the " base " level zombie spirit are dub " Homers . " These snake god do n’t flummox much of a scourge , and are exalt by everyone ’s best-loved cartoon dad , Homer J. Simpson .
Zombieland 2 Introduces “Homer” Zombies
Unlike the other three types , Homer zombies are much more likely to kill themselves than any human with a functioning brain . Much like their namesake , Homer Simpson , Homer zombie are overweight , slow , clumsy , and mute , ready them much more of a nuisance than a scourge . In a playfulness Easter egg , the first Homer - type zombie seen onscreen actually looks like Homer , sporting the same stubble , fuzz ( such as it is ) , white shirt and blue gasp ofThe Simpsons’family patriarch . It ’s a fun prevue of what a live - action Homer might actually look like , minus the whole " being a rotting corpse " part .
Zombieland 2’s Homer Zombies Are Actually Closer to Romero’s
Interestingly enough , despite them being treat as a joke inZombieland 2 , Double Tap ’s Homer zombies are actually much close to the original imagination of the undead by legendary directorGeorge Romero . Beginning withNight of the Living Dead , Romero ’s automaton were slow , staggering , seemingly devoid of intelligence , and fair easy head off . What made them a threat was their right-down bit , as once surrounded , they could easy overtake a butt . It was n’t until 2005’sLand of the Deadthat Romero ’s zombies begin to germinate in any real way , althoughDay of the Dead ’s Bub did end up showing New York minute of his old humanity as a solvent of mad scientist Dr. Logan ’s experiments . When zombies first began running , most prominently in Zack Snyder ’s remake ofDawn of the Dead , Romero extract dismay . One take on he ’d feel the same aboutZombieland 2 ’s T-800s .
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