Power: excellent.

It rides and drives beautifully, so much so that unless we watch carefully, it is easy to exceed the speed limit. The engine is quiet and powerful and the road noise is reduced, so you don’t realize how fast you are going. I’m sure with practice it will be easier to keep under control.

This has the same size engine; 2.4L 4-cyl, as the 2006, so it could be wear and tear on the old one or … more → ]]> We bought a new 2015 Honda CRV-LX yesterday to replace the old one, a 2006 CRV-EX. Here are our first thoughts.

Power: excellent.

It rides and drives beautifully, so much so that unless we watch carefully, it is easy to exceed the speed limit. The engine is quiet and powerful and the road noise is reduced, so you don’t realize how fast you are going. I’m sure with practice it will be easier to keep under control.

This has the same size engine; 2.4L 4-cyl, as the 2006, so it could be wear and tear on the old one or it could be improvements in technology. Or both.

Access: good.

Doors are wide and easy to get in and out. The rear cargo door has been replaced by a hatch. I prefer the hatch myself because it can help keep the rain out while loading and unloading. Makes a good umbrella.

Storage: in a word, bad.
The 2006 had a round (spare tire?) well under the cargo deck: gone. This is now taken up by the spare tire, which used to hang on the rear door. It seems to me, even though the hatch now raises up, it could have still held the spare.

Storage pockets on rear door: gone. This is understandable, since raising the hatch would dump everything out.

Mesh storage pockets on back of front seats: gone. This could be a difference between the LX and EX models, but we will still have to find a replacement.

The 2006 had a sort of foldable flat table between the two front seats with two cup holders and space under to shove things: gone. The new car has a solid console to the floor with a covered compartment. We prefer the old arrangement.

The 2006 had two storage compartments in the center of the dashboard: gone. These were very useful and we’ll miss them.

The 2006 had a third pull-out cup holder between the dash storage compartments: gone.

The 2006 had a half-width shelf on the right side dash above the glove box: gone. We’ll miss this also.

We have a soft, roof-top bag for hauling stuff. I imagine we’ll be using this a lot more in the new car, but first, we’ll need the roof rack. That’s another $600.00

Style:

It’s a pretty vehicle, no doubt about that, but we both deplore the style changes in the CRV over the years. The 2006 was more boxy than the newer ones. We prefer that for the increased interior space. The new ones have a more rounded profile (not just this model year, they’ve been tending that direction for years). This could possibly contribute to the better gas mileage.

Accessories: 

The driver’s seat is adjustable up and down as well as front-back and tilt. That could be a plus, we’ll see.

There is now additional power closer to the rear seats, a good thing. Unfortunately, in a perverse display of form over function, they installed it inside the console storage compartment, necessitating running cords out the front of the compartment (through the thoughtfully provided channels) and then rearward. This is slightly better than running cords from the front power socket all the way back, but not by much. They should have just installed a power socket in the rear of the console. There is also a USB interface inside the console for charging devices.

There are now AC-Heat vents in the rear of the center console, providing direct heat and AC to the rear passengers. THIS IS  A BIG WIN. Our daughter always had trouble keeping warm in the back seat while we were too hot in front. We haven’t discovered this yet, but hopefully the air flow can be turned off at the front while still allowing flow to the rear. We’ll see.

The standard radio-CD includes bluetooth interface. In the old one, we had used the cassette adapter which worked ok. When that broke, we tried the radio adapters for our iPhones, but they picked up regular interference while driving, leaving us to turn off the radio until past those areas or put up with harsh static. We recently tried a bluetooth portable speaker, which was better, but the sound quality wasn’t as good as the built-in system. This set up is much better. ANOTHER BIG WIN.

Controls:

They moved the gear shift from just to the right of the steering wheel to the center console. Ok, we can get used to that, but they moved the indicator from beside the shift lever to the control panel, beside the speedometer. It took us a few minutes to find it. I imagine we’ll get used to it being there with time.

There is a small display inset in the center of the dash. This provides things like entertainment (what radio station or song is playing), and service alerts, to the view from the backup camera. This is our first time in a vehicle with a backup camera, so it will take a while to get used to using it. We’ve been told we can also change the wallpaper of the display by plugging a thumb drive in the USB port and loading image files. The salesman did say they have to be low-res files. Haven’t tried it yet.

Technology:

This vehicle has a CVT (continuously variable transmission) so there are no distinct gears, just a smooth spectrum of power transmission. This also contributes to the improved gas mileage. It also has a “S” and “L” on the shift (second and low?), which I imagine locks the input and output shafts at specific ratios.

Conclusion:

With the loss of storage space, moving the spare tire inside, style changes and the additional technology, what Honda has basically done is change the CRV from a functional vehicle into a yuppie-car. If they had left the storage untouched they could have still added the useful technology (CVT, display, backup camera, better radio, etc.) and still had both a stylish and functional vehicle.

We tend to keep our vehicles long past the pay-off date, so this will be our go-to car for long trips for quite a few years.

This is only our second brand-new car, all the others have been used, so the excitement of the new will last for quite a while I’m sure.  If anything big comes to our attention, I’ll update.

APoS picks up where AToL left off. The returning characters are just as vivid as when we last met them, plus new characters have joined the ensemble and fit in like a hand in glove. There are new dangers, new villains, new allies and, not new, but as yet un-met, family.

We meet Bannon’s two nephews, Semyn and Werfol, a pair … more → ]]> Julie Czerneda’s A Play of Shadows brings us another chapter in the Night’s Edge fantasy series. I reviewed A Turn of Light, the first book in the Night’s Edge, here.

APoS picks up where AToL left off. The returning characters are just as vivid as when we last met them, plus new characters have joined the ensemble and fit in like a hand in glove. There are new dangers, new villains, new allies and, not new, but as yet un-met, family.

We meet Bannon’s two nephews, Semyn and Werfol, a pair of intelligent boys raised by cunning parents in a setting of deadly politics.

We learn some new aspects of Marrowdell’s magic (clever, clever moths!), and more of the Verge and how far it extends, as well as just a little more of the dangers there. There is more Kruar and more to learn of them.

We learn much more of Bannon’s sister, Lila (I don’t ever want to get on that woman’s bad side! and conversely, with her for an ally, I’d confidently stand against the world) and we even get to meet her late in the book. But late or early, she is another memorable person, one who could have a book or two of her own. The tagline on the cover explains both her and Bannan perfectly: “What would you risk for family?” The answer is everything.

Half the book takes place in Channen, one of the chief cities of Mellynne, where Lila’s husband Emon, has gone missing on a diplomatic mission.  Lila sent their sons to Bannan for safe-keeping while she goes to his rescue, but information from a surprising source sends Bannan and Jenn off to Channen to rescue them.

Dragons and kruar and efflet and toads and yling and moths and turtles. Yes, the turtles! Another wondrous addition to the bestiary of Night’s Edge.

Like everything else I’ve read by Julie, the writing  is of the expected superior quality, the characterizations are wonderful, the hints of a wider and fascinating world keep one reading  on and on.

And wishing for more when the ride is done.

Buy this book.

Did you hear that ‘but’ there?

But, I got through the first chapter and was reminded of all the wonderful characters, so I had to stop and re-read A Turn of Light.

I’ve now finished Turn and I’m ready to start Play. The anticipation is building…

Stay tuned for further developments.

Summer Wars (2009) tells the story of Kenji Koiso, a math prodigy and junior at Kuonji High School. He is invited to the country for four days by a senior, Natsuki Shinohara, to celebrate her great-grandmother’s 90th birthday.

It is not until he is introduced that he finds out he is supposed to be Natsuki’s fiancé. At first he is unwilling, but Natsuki convinces him it is only for four days. That first night, Kenji receives an email with an … more → ]]> I’ll probably have to class this as a near-future SciFi film, although the focus is on the importance of family.

Summer Wars (2009) tells the story of Kenji Koiso, a math prodigy and junior at Kuonji High School. He is invited to the country for four days by a senior, Natsuki Shinohara, to celebrate her great-grandmother’s 90th birthday.

It is not until he is introduced that he finds out he is supposed to be Natsuki’s fiancé. At first he is unwilling, but Natsuki convinces him it is only for four days. That first night, Kenji receives an email with an encrypted message. It takes him most of the night, but he decrypts it and replies with the text.

The next day he finds out that his account in a virtual world called OZ, where he is a part-time moderator, is disabled. He sees a news program talking about the hacking of OZ by a young man, and showing his picture as a suspect.

The remainder of the film shows Kenji’s attempts to repair the damage and expose the true culprit, while under suspicion. On top of that, Natsuki’s great-grandmother dies, throwing the entire family into mourning.

The unusual members of Natsuki’s extended family play roles in assisting or hindering his efforts while Kenji and Natsuki gradually grow closer, against a background of the chaos caused by the hacking piled atop the family’s sorrow at the matriarch’s death.

This movie has a great story with memorable characters, although I did have some problems with names and relationships. Luckily Wikipedia’s article about this film includes a genealogical chart showing the family tree.

Ratings…
Story: 4/5
Animation: 3/5
Rewatch: 4/5

Overall, I enjoyed it, although I felt there were a couple of problems, which I will go into later. There will probably be some spoilers at that time, but I will warn you before starting.

This would be what’s classified as a Slice of Life series. It isn’t my usual cup of tea, as I generally prefer speculative over realistic story lines. Now for those of you who have already seen this and are about to take me … more → ]]> I’ve just finished watching this anime series comprising 23 episodes and an OVA. The OVA is an alternative ending to the series.

Overall, I enjoyed it, although I felt there were a couple of problems, which I will go into later. There will probably be some spoilers at that time, but I will warn you before starting.

This would be what’s classified as a Slice of Life series. It isn’t my usual cup of tea, as I generally prefer speculative over realistic story lines. Now for those of you who have already seen this and are about to take me to task because you think it is a fantasy, I say, hear me out to the end. That is one of the problems I alluded to earlier and I will cover it.

The story follows Tomoya Okazaki, a self-described delinquent, in his final year of high school. Tomoya meets and befriends Nagisa Furukawa, a painfully shy girl lacking self-confidence. Nagisa is a year older, but is repeating her senior year because of missing so much of the year due to an illness.

Nagisa’s dream has always been to join the drama club, but it was put on hiatus when the previous members all graduated. Nagisa wants to restart the club. Tomoya decides to help her and the two set out to revive the club. They put their efforts on hold when they meet Fukko Ibuki, a strange girl who is carving wooden stars (she insists they are starfish) to give to all the students in order to invite them to her older sister’s wedding, who used to teach at that school. Tomoya and Nagisa help Fukko carve and distribute the starfish.

Tomoya’s best friend is Youhei Sunahara. Tomoya spends most of his free time in Youhei’s dorm room to avoid going home to confront his problems with his alcoholic father. Tomoya and Sunahara share a common bond of slacker-hood. The two quite often skip school and spend the day doing nothing.

Tomoya seizes every chance to embarrass Sunahara, mostly by saying there is a cute girl who wants to meet him. Sunahara, for his part, seems never to learn that Tomoya is playing jokes on him, and will always rush out to meet the newest love of his life, only to be disappointed. Tomoya’s jokes on Sunahara and Fukko, who occasionally zones out at the drop of a hat, often had me laughing out loud.

Other than Sunahara, Tomoya appears to have no real friends at the start. During the course of the series, Tomoya interacts with other acquaintances and becomes close friends with them. They are:

• Tomoyo Sakagami (yes, the close first names sometimes had me confused about who someone was talking to or about): a year younger than Tomoya, she is set on becoming the next Student Council president. Tomoyo is a good martial artist and although she doesn’t go out of her way to use her skills, she will if necessary. She is a transfer student who has a reputation for trouble-making at her former school. She has been trying her best to avoid a similar reputation here.
• Kotomi Ichinose: Kotomi is in the same grade as Tomoya, although he doesn’t remember ever seeing her before. She is so smart, that she has been given blanket permission to skip her classes. She spends her days in the school library reading books, where Tomoya meets her one day. Kotomi is so involved with her books that she has no concept of how to interact with people. During the course of the series, Tomoya introduces her to his friends, draws her out of her shell, and generally integrates her into the life of the school.
• Ryou Fujibayashi: although Ryou is the class representative for Tomoya’s classroom, she is not very assertive. She appears to have a crush on Tomoya.
• Kyou Fujibayashi: Kyou is Ryou’s twin sister. She is the class representative for another class. She is the more assertive and athletic of the two. She often rushes in to Ryou’s defense. While she doesn’t seem to have formal training, she is quite quick to beat up Tomoya and Sunahara if she thinks Ryou is being picked on. She tries to help Ryou’s romantic intentions toward Tomoya.

There are a few other memorable characters: Nagisa’s Parents, Akio and Sanae; Sunahara’s younger sister Mei.

I found the animation very good. Many of the outdoor scenes, had a golden glow to it that were remeniscant of the golden days of youth. There were scenes where Tomoya and Nagisa were sitting under a tree talking and the patches of sunlight filtering through the leaves weren’t just pasted on but shifted around as the characters moved. I thought that was a very realistic touch.

Many episodes, although not all, contain short clips at the beginning that tell part of a story that appears to be set in a fantasy world. I was confused by these at first, but they soon became a normal and expected part of the series.

Problems

Now for some of the problems. I can’t really point to major problems with specific episodes, rather the issues I had are with the series as a whole.

First, the series starts out with Tomoya helping Nagisa reactivate the drama club, but within two or three episodes, they decide to drop that and help Fukko with her starfish project. This seemed an abrupt change of direction for the series that I thought was strange, to say the least. The Fukko arc continued on through about episode nine or ten. When it resolved, they shifted back to reviving the drama club.

Something similar happened later; Nagisa is out of school for a period of time and Tomoya shifts to helping Sakagami in her bid for the student council presidency. I do, kind of understand that, since Tomoya has no interest in the club per se, just in helping his friend realize her dream.

Ratings…
Story: 3/5
Animation: 4/5
Rewatch: 3/5

Spoilers, Sweetie! This is your one and only warning.

This goes back to my comment at the beginning about whether this is a fantasy or not. In the first episode, Tomoya overhears several conversations about a ghost haunting the school. shortly thereafter he meets Nagisa. I thought at first she was the ghost, but no, they were talking about Fukko. The Fukko Tomoya and Nagisa befriend has been lying in a coma in the hospital for the last two years. Now, the Fukko they know isn’t incorporeal or anything like that, she is very solid. Perhaps this is a difference in the Japanese and American concepts of ghost, or perhaps she is something else, after all, her body still lives in the hospital. When Fukko’s project is resolved, she vanishes and all memory of her goes too, even Tomoya and Nagisa who have been friends with her the longest. However, she does show up several more times for brief attempts to help her friends. Unfortunately, those attempts never work out. She’s kind of a ditz that way.

If you consider just the first ten episodes, then I can see this being classified as a fantasy, but the entire series is twenty-three episodes. Since the majority has nothing to do with Fukko, I can’t really call the entire series a fantasy. A slice-of-life with a single, short-lived fantasy element, perhaps.

There is a second season called Clannad: After Story and a feature length film called simply Clannad.

I have watched Clannad: After Story, and I will review that at some point in the future, but I will say right now that the brief fantasy-like clips do play a role in the After Story series.

It is a sweet, romantic comedy about the Goddess Belldandy who comes to grant a wish to a luckless college student. I love this and I re-watch it on a semi-regular basis. It doesn’t … more → ]]> Recently I’ve been watching a lot of anime. There is quite a lot of anime out there, not all of it available in the U.S., so my sample size is quite small. My first exposure to anime was when a friend introduced me to Oh My Goddess. This was a five-episode OVA, originally released in 1993 on VHS tapes using the characters and situations of the AA! Megami-sama (Ah! My Goddess) manga.

It is a sweet, romantic comedy about the Goddess Belldandy who comes to grant a wish to a luckless college student. I love this and I re-watch it on a semi-regular basis. It doesn’t have deep meaning but I wouldn’t call it totally without philosophical merit.

My friend then lent me other anime from his collection, including Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Through the years I’ve purchased other anime titles, some were supposed to be for my daughter, but I like them too and watch them for my own enjoyment. These titles include Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, The Cat Returns and others.

Recently I’ve purchased a copy of season one of the Ah My Goddess TV series. This is 24 episodes (plus two bonus episodes) on six DVDs. I’ve watched season two on YouTube, called Everyone has Wings in Japan or Flights of Fancy when released in the United States. After that, I started buying the actual Manga in the tankoban digests.

I’ve expanded into watching other anime series, mostly on YouTube until I can purchase copies on disc. I am expecting Angel Beats next week. This is an odd but interesting series. I’ve watched the first five episodes on YouTube before I stopped watching it and ordered the series on Disc. I will likely post a review in the future, once I finish it.

That’s all for now. Expect some upcoming reviews.

The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White

This book is very different in setting than anything else I’ve read of Mr. Brust. Set in modern day Las Vegas, Nevada, it tells the story of Renee, the newest recruit to a world-spanning secret society, and Phil, one of the longest-lived members, who is her sponsor and trainer.

The goal of the Incrementalists is to make the world better, a little bit at a time. They do this by ‘nudging’ people who are at a pivot point in their lives.

Renee is the replacement for Celeste, who recently died, but … more → ]]> Read date: 11 January 2014

The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White

This book is very different in setting than anything else I’ve read of Mr. Brust. Set in modern day Las Vegas, Nevada, it tells the story of Renee, the newest recruit to a world-spanning secret society, and Phil, one of the longest-lived members, who is her sponsor and trainer.

The goal of the Incrementalists is to make the world better, a little bit at a time. They do this by ‘nudging’ people who are at a pivot point in their lives.

Renee is the replacement for Celeste, who recently died, but as the book progresses, questions arise whether she died naturally, by her own hand, or perhaps by another’s.

The hunt for the truth about Celeste’s death parallels the search for the reasons why Renee is not picking up the skills and knowledge that should be almost instinctual, given the method the group uses to induct new members.

Each chapter is organized as alternating point of view changes between the two main characters, Phil and Renee. By the end of the book, you would think I would be used to this, but I still found myself paging back to find who was speaking at particular line. This is the biggest problem I had with this book. I’ve read other works that used this technique, but none to this extent.

This book has some interesting philosophical discussions (altruism as enlightened self-interest), but isn’t short on action either. It provides a very nice blend of the two.

As a reader, it is sometimes difficult to know how collaborations have been affected by the skills of the individual authors. I have read quite a few books by Mr. Brust, but up to now I have not read anything by Ms. White. After this, I shall make a point of trying out some of her other works.

Freedom™ is the sequel to Daemon. I must admit I had left this book sitting around for three years waiting to be read because I wasn’t exactly happy with Daemon. I thought the ending was too downbeat. As a computer professional, I saw those who joined the Daemon’s darknet as, well, not to put too fine a point on it, as not-quite-traitors to the human race. They were joining with, and helping, a computer program against humans.

I finally decided to get this book out of my to-be-read pile. I am happy to say that what I thought … more → ]]> completed: 27-Sept-2013

Freedom™ is the sequel to Daemon. I must admit I had left this book sitting around for three years waiting to be read because I wasn’t exactly happy with Daemon. I thought the ending was too downbeat. As a computer professional, I saw those who joined the Daemon’s darknet as, well, not to put too fine a point on it, as not-quite-traitors to the human race. They were joining with, and helping, a computer program against humans.

I finally decided to get this book out of my to-be-read pile. I am happy to say that what I thought was happening at the end of Daemon was totally wrong.

The book is a great mix of action scenes punctuated by slower, more introspective parts. The mixture works well, giving you time to relax in preparation for the next adrenaline spike.

The characters react like real people, in all their glory and infamy.

I can only hope it doesn’t take something like the events in these two books to deflect our society from the course it seems bent on following. In that sense, science fiction is a genre of warnings, as well as promises.

This book holds both.

My Life as a White Trash Zombie is the story of Angel Crawford, who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of why or how she got there. A package is delivered there with a cooler of strange drinks and a letter stating that she has job waiting for here at the city morgue, and a threat that if she doesn’t take it, the police will find out that she was in violation of her probation.

The rest of the book is about Angel finding out about her new life as … more → ]]>

My Life as a White Trash Zombie is the story of Angel Crawford, who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of why or how she got there. A package is delivered there with a cooler of strange drinks and a letter stating that she has job waiting for here at the city morgue, and a threat that if she doesn’t take it, the police will find out that she was in violation of her probation.

The rest of the book is about Angel finding out about her new life as a zombie, and also trying to find out how she became one. Zombies in this world look normal–as long as they have a supply of brains. Without such a ready supply, they degrade into the typical Romero zombies. If they can get more, they will revert to looking normal. Much of this book is Angel’s attempts to secure a stash of brains to keep herself fed.

This author has a rather unique take on how one becomes a zombie. While a definitive answer of what causes zombieism is never explained (bacteria, virus, other?), zombies can intentionally create others like themselves. It reminds me a lot of Anne Rice’s method of creating vampires.

This is a fun book and I will definitely look for the sequels ( Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues & White Trash Zombie Apocalypse )

Published by DAW books, cover by Daniel Dos Santos

Some spoilers below.

World War Z is a fun, action romp, if you can ignore some logical inconsistencies.

Brad Pitt delivers an excellent performance as Gerry Lane, a man who gave up a globe-trotting life of adventure as a U.N. investigator in order to settle down and concentrate on his family–wife and two daughters. When the zombie apocalypse breaks out, he is forced back into his previous life in order to safeguard the family that means more to him than anything else.

He accompanies Andrew Fassbach, a virologist played by Elyes Gabel, protected by a SEAL … more → ]]> View Date: 6/29/13

Some spoilers below.

World War Z is a fun, action romp, if you can ignore some logical inconsistencies.

Brad Pitt delivers an excellent performance as Gerry Lane, a man who gave up a globe-trotting life of adventure as a U.N. investigator in order to settle down and concentrate on his family–wife and two daughters. When the zombie apocalypse breaks out, he is forced back into his previous life in order to safeguard the family that means more to him than anything else.

He accompanies Andrew Fassbach, a virologist played by Elyes Gabel, protected by a SEAL team, to a U.S. military base in South Korea, trying to track down patient zero. Fassbach is an enthusiastic admirer of Nature as a b*tch out to get everyone. He was a welcome bit of–not light-heartedness, but reduced intensity.

When Fassbach dies in an accident, Lane goes on to Israel alone, following a lead from a CIA agent. Clues he saw in Philadelphia, South Korea, and Israel send him on to a U.N. medical research facility in Wales.

They don’t find a cure, but they develop a ‘camouflage’ technique to make themselves ignored by the zombies. This involves infecting themselves with deadly, but treatable diseases.

Lane is reunited with his family and we have a happy ending. Roll end credits.

Now for some of the logical flaws, as I saw them.

1. I am not a medical researcher, but I wouldn’t think you would need patient zero to develop a vaccine. Any infected individual should do to find the virus and develop a vaccine. This seems like a MacGuffin to allow Lane to jet all over the world. This is reinforced in Wales, when he is told about (and shown on videotape) a researcher who accidentally infects himself while looking for the virus in infected blood. Also, someone in this line of work should be more careful, knowing the consequences of an accident.

2. The zombies in this movie are single-minded (heh) in spreading the infection. They don’t eat, they bite and move on. This seems like an intelligent response, not something of a mindless stimulus.

3. The initial infection (in South Korea) took 10 minutes to develop, but Lane sees 10-second infection times everywhere. That seems like quite a jump.

4. A 50-foot wall was built around Jerusalem very quickly, probably within days, at just the first hint of the zombie plague. That seems impossible given the fast spreading nature of the virus.

5. The zombies got over the Jerusalem wall by climbing over each other, attracted by the sound of singing inside. I don’t fault that, but the Israelis should have known by now that sound was a bad thing and not allowed it to continue. Also, where were the helicopter gunships that should have been patrolling around the city? They showed up later when it was too late to stop the incursion, why not before to prevent it? This appeared to be just a way to force Lane to move on to Wales.

6. The nature of the camouflage technique is both temporary and borderline. Sure they ignore you if you have a deadly disease, but you have to cure yourself before you die of it, then you’re right back in the same boat. How many different diseases are there that will both provide protection and allow for a cure? Once you have been cured of a disease, are you immune from catching it again? If so, then you have to use a different disease next time. At some point any one particular person will not be able to use this technique.

7. How do the Zombies tell you have a disease? I can imagine smell might be one way, but the human nose can’t tell disease by smell. How does a zombie enhance a human’s basic wetware to do that? Even if they can, scenes show zombies running at full speed past, presumably diseased people. They would have to detect the disease from yards away in order to avoid the person at that speed.

8. Oh, yeah. Something that is common with all zombie movies. They are dead. No breathing, no heartbeat, no blood flow. Human cells start to die without at least oxygen. Nerve/brain cells go fairly quickly, but even the more robust muscle cells will die after a few days without oxygen, so how can they continue to function as muscles? How do the zombies move at all, much less at high speeds and with extreme strength?

Anyway, those are the logical flaws. I don’t regret seeing the movie, as I said, it is a fun action romp. Go see it, if that is your thing, and try to ignore everything I’ve said here.