Saturday, September 12, 2009

Rwanda Zombies

I recently watched a couple of 2004 movies for the first time. They were movies about one group of people taking refuge from another group.

The rules in Dawn of the Dead were:
  • Zombies have no reason and they just want to eat you
  • You can't get rid of them. There are too many
  • You may survive if:
    • You are very careful and anticipate every danger
    • You still have food and ammunition
    • You shoot zombies in the head
  • If a zombie bites you, you die eventually
  • You then come to life again as a zombie
The rules in Hotel Rwanda were:
  • The interahamwe have no reason and they just want to kill you
  • You can't get rid of them. There are too many
  • You may survive if:
    • You are very careful and anticipate every danger
    • You have money or goods for bribes
    • You have some information useful for blackmail
    • You have someone who owes you a favour
  • If an interahamwe chops you, you die
  • You do not come back to life
Dawn of the Dead was the more hopeful piece.