Everyone Needs One of These

[Caraccioli]

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(You've got red on you.)

[Pirate Petee]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Next to bruce campell he is my hero.

[Caraccioli]

What's I find kind of interesting is that the actor (Simon Pegg) co-wrote that movie with Edgar Wright. There's a pretty entertaining mini-film showing them storyboarding the movie before it was made on the DVD.

[blackjohn]

TO THE WINCHESTER!

That's great. Such a brilliant movie. Just goes to show you that something that has been done over and over and over again can be done again. All it takes is some original writing.

[Duchess]

Oh yes. wonderful movie. Somehow it was in my mind that you didn't like it, so I was surprised at this post. And pleasantly wrong it appears. You might also like to check out Spaced a television show for which Simon Pegg is 50% responsible as well.

[Caraccioli]

Moi? I kinda' liked Shaun...sure you're not thinking about Priscilla? (About which I have mixed feelings as we've discussed.) I like to see independent guys succeed in the movie business with reasonably good stuff. Shaun is a funny take on a really bleak idea without being overly negative. (Whenever I watch the bonus material, it's a pretty good sign I like the movie. Or I am curious about how they did something.)

What I've always wonder about zombie movies is - in the time line of the Romero world - do they all take place within a year or two period or something? How does this explain the clothing style differences in the excellent Dawn of the Dead ('79 version) and the recent Land of the Dead? Because let's face it - if people were turning into zombies in the method presented , it would only be a matter of time before humanity was completely overtaken. (It's a pretty bleak concept, as I said.)

[Pirate Petee]

I LOVE ZOMBIE MOVIES! These movies will never get old next to pirates and samurai, nothing comes close to takin out zombies.

[blackjohn]

Because let's face it - if people were turning into zombies in the method presented , it would only be a matter of time before humanity was completely overtaken. (It's a pretty bleak concept, as I said.)

You should attend my lecture "Zombie Flick as Metaphor - How the Unthinking Masses Are Devouring Our Society."

ps - Petee! how nice to see you again sir!!! Zombie paintball... let's go!

[Caraccioli]

You should attend my lecture "Zombie Flick as Metaphor - How the Unthinking Masses Are Devouring Our Society."

Hmm...sounds a bit pessimistic... Are you one of those "How do we slice the pie?" people? I'm one of those "Let's bake a bigger pie!" people. ( <- My pirate dog Fydo is also a bigger pie philosopher.) When are you giving it? I've got to arrange a plane ticket, you know. (I'll be the heckler in the pork pie hat.)

Has anyone ever seen any of the silly Return of the Living Dead movies? A very pale reflection of Romero's work, but there's something to be said for the goofy adsurdity. (And little to be said for the acting.)

One of those movies featured a zombie that had been cut off at the waist and was still moving around - s/he could do this because they only need their brains to function of course. (I haven't actually seen this particular movie because -believe it or not- I am not generally a big fan of gore, but I came across a photo in Fangoria or somewhere in my Haunted House research. Yes, research. )

I've always wanted to make a crawling thing with no lower half. A friend was helping me to design the controller and we were going to build it on a RC platform with servos to operate various parts (eyes, movement, jaw.) I have a whole slew of plans I drew up in the early 90's and I revisit the concept occasionally when September rolls around.

I noticed that somebody actually came out with one about three of four years ago, but it was a pretty lame latex things sitting on a Radio Shack RC car. No other effective movement. Mine was to be weighted with moving arms so that the arms pumped up and down with the movement and it rocked back and forth like a real person would do if they were crawling around with no torso. (I know, we actually tried it using an auto mechanic's crawler.)

[McBarnacle]

Now that is a neat action figure!

While we're not ordinarily into name dropping, one of the members of this 'ere little forum actually appeared in "Shaun of the Dead". We'll let you try and guess which one - shouldn't take long as there's only a few members of the forum after all.

[Cap'n Pete Straw]

Good movie...

I cannot recall if I posted this in the Pub (I think I have) but among my arsenal of other weapons (Pirate, Lord of teh Rings, Civil War, Klingon, Batarangs...) is a very large number of anti-Vampire and anti-Zombie instruments. Most of my friends (and a few enemies) know that in case of a widespread plague of real-life vampires or zombies, my house is just about the safest place to go.

Okay, I have "real" anti-zombie weapons. Upon re-examining that action figure, I think I might move my cricket bat in closer proximity to the arsenal...

[Zephaniah W Nash]

Any zombie fan that hasn't yet, should read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

Mostly useful information for the inevitable zombie apocolypse -- even though I don't completely agree with all of his advice. For instance, he is quite enamored of the katana as the best weapon ever made. Personally, for destroying zombie skulls, I would prefer a nice hefty cutlass: heavier blade makes cleaving skulls easier, plus a good bell guard will help protect the hand from random zombie bites.

A very tongue-in-cheek book, but written so well, you must might find yourself actually reaching for something to take notes in, just in case...