Zombie Meme

[thehefner]

Taken by several:

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.

2. one song blasting on the speakers.

3. one famous person to fight alongside you.


1.) After consulting Max Brooks' zombie survival guide, it looks like my ideal weapon of choice would be the M1 Carbine semiautomatic rifle. It doesn't waste ammo and is idea for both long and short range, plus is lightweight with a short muzzle, making it perfect for indoor combat and long journeys on foot. It was a tough choice between that and the WWII M1 Garand; that bayonet would come in awful handy in a tight spot.

2.) What else? Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party." Subject appropriateness aside, it's got a great energy that's upbeat, dark, and also energetic enough to keep one going (see also: Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" in SHAUN OF THE DEAD)

3.) There might be a better choice, but if I had to pick off the top of my head? Teddy Roosevelt.

Comments

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

Dunno. Japanese hair girl looked the type to have zombie minions from hell. (And on an unrelated topic, why has there never been a film called "Zombie Minions From Hell"? Sounds like an awesome film)

The Ring is one of the very few films that has genuinely scared the crap out of me as an adult. I can cope with the Thing, I can cope with the Blob, I can cope with the Wolfman and all his zombie friends, but that little girl crawling out of the TV had me behind the couch wailing in horror. Didn't help that I watched it on a pirated VHS tape.

Actually, scratch that. Just found something else that scares the crap out of me. I'm watching Doctor Who online. The Nasty Thing in this weeks' episode is the Vashtu Nerada aka, The Dark. The writers of Doctor Who has created a monster that doesn't hide in the shadows, it IS the shadows. And it wants to eat you all up. And Doctor Who is considered a family show!

Yes, holding long distance sounds a very good idea round about now.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, maybe I could steal Warren Ellis' brilliant mishearing of the fake trailer HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN and combine it with with yours to create the greatest movie title in the history of humanity: HOBO SHOGUN AND THE ZOMBIE MINIONS FROM HELL.

I am actually ashamed to admit how much the Ring girl scared the fuck out of me too. No, I'm there with you. But then, I have a special fear of images in mirrors, paintings, and TV coming to life and acting on their own.

DOCTOR WHO over the decades seems to have a reputation for both cheesy special effects and life-scarring monsters. Every season it seems like there's some other bad guy destined to ruin some poor British schoolchild's life forever and ever. That Dark thing sounds right up there, holy crap.

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fine, fine film.

The guys at the BBC greenlight DR WHO episodes on how scarring they are to your average eight year old. For example:

Series 1: Small undead child with gasmask sealed to his face in World War Two London. Will speak to you through disconnected telephones & radios, all he'll say is "Are you my mummy?". If he touches you, you too become an undead, gasmask wearing thing who wants a mummy.

Series 2: Satan of the Whole Universe. Ever read Warren Ellis' "JLA Classified: New Maps of Hell", where Satan is a meme, an idea that can be passed on through the reading of a manuscript? Kind of like that, except with no Superman, so everybody's fucked.

Series 3: Quantum angels. Stone statues of angels that don't move as long as you're looking at them. If you blink, they move. Towards you, very quickly, and they want your life.

Series 4: The Dark. I mean, seriously, what the fuck, BBC, why do you put this stuff on the TV at 6.45pm?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I've seen 1 and 3 so far (and yes, I had those specifically in mind), and definitely plan on checking out the whole series. From what I understand, there were some life-scarring creatures all the way back in the 80's and beyond, but I'd have to consult my old-school Doctor fan friend about that.

And yes, well, that's the sad reality of the real world. Without Superman, everyone's fucked. Someone put that on a t-shirt.