View Full Version : Resurrection of: The Zombie plan thread
diela
10-13-2006, 03:00 PM
I didn't see this thread resurrected from the old forums, so I thought I'd throw it out there.
What are your plans should a zombie invasion take place? Where would you go? What would you do?
The only retail chain near me is a Super Walmart. I'd probably load up on water and whatever weapons we can scrounge, and head on up there. It's not too far by car, but if the car decides to be a PITA that day it will be quite a hike. So I may have to borrow some kid's wagon to put the little moppet into, and start running like hell.
Best part about our Super Walmart is that since it's on the highway there is NOTHING around it for miles. Not even too much foliage, being Texas cow country. So, easy to defend from the roof. Second best part... huge knitting and crafts section... (refer to my "Post Apocalypse Trade Skill" thread for further details.) :D
catdogpigduck
10-13-2006, 03:15 PM
Plan A:
I would utilize my current hurricane supplies, plywood up the house. Find a way to collect rain water. Write "Help Me" on the roof and sharpen my bowie knife till help comes... if it comes.
Plan B:
Wait for Bob Newhart to wake and it all was a dream
paulsaves
10-13-2006, 03:19 PM
I would first ducktape a butcher knife to my baseball bat and try to make it to the nearest mall. I'd probably steal a car or two.... or three.
jonathanlondon
10-13-2006, 03:36 PM
Plan A:
I would utilize my current hurricane supplies, plywood up the house. Find a way to collect rain water. Write "Help Me" on the roof and sharpen my bowie knife till help comes... if it comes.
Plan B:
Wait for Bob Newhart to wake and it all was a dream
Dude, don't try and stab zombies. Shoot them from afar or bludgeon them. If you can cut heads off that might work but man are you taking some bad ass risks trying to use a knife! Did Divadawg give you that advice?!?
catdogpigduck
10-13-2006, 03:39 PM
Dude, don't try and stab zombies. Shoot them from afar or bludgeon them. If you can cut heads off that might work but man are you taking some bad ass risks trying to use a knife! Did Divadawg give you that advice?!?
understood. the knife is for me and maybe bob newhart.
tokenuser
10-13-2006, 03:42 PM
What type of Zombies are we talking about here?
28 Days Later? (not to be confused with Zombie movie of a similar name - 28 Days)
Cell? (OK, technicaly, neither 28 Days Later or Cell are Zombe movies, but the end result is the same).
Dawn of the Dead?
Shaun of the Dead?
If it is the 28 Days Later or Cell type zombies, then holing up in a SuperWalmart would work.
All I know is that I would avoid Toronto and Vancouver. They tend to have the highest concentration of Zombies. Actually, I would avoid Canada entirely, and head for an island - perhaps somewhere off the Carolina coast (temperate climate - but prone to hurricane damage) with a single bridge access road that could be defended, then do a house to house sweep through the island, wiping out any Zombies you find until the island is clear.
baulsaak
10-13-2006, 04:12 PM
What type of Zombies are we talking about here?
28 Days Later? (not to be confused with Zombie movie of a similar name - 28 Days)
Cell? (OK, technicaly, neither 28 Days Later or Cell are Zombe movies, but the end result is the same).
Dawn of the Dead?
Shaun of the Dead?
If it is the 28 Days Later or Cell type zombies, then holing up in a SuperWalmart would work.
All I know is that I would avoid Toronto and Vancouver. They tend to have the highest concentration of Zombies. Actually, I would avoid Canada entirely, and head for an island - perhaps somewhere off the Carolina coast (temperate climate - but prone to hurricane damage) with a single bridge access road that could be defended, then do a house to house sweep through the island, wiping out any Zombies you find until the island is clear.
Wasn't 28 Days the Sandra Bullock movie where she is holed up in a rehab hospital?
Wasn't The Cell the movie with Jennifer Lopez where she was holed up in a serial killer's mind in order to find his latest victim?
Is it true that Zombie's can't swim, I wouldn't be so sure.
Zombie's never seem very bright (the best case scenario seems to be Omega Man, but they aren't quite Zombies), so if you holed up in a large apartment building, you could lock the stairwells and they wouldn't necessarily know you are there.
If everyone was turned to zombies the Wal-Mart's and Costco's would be the worst place to go, they're more crowded than any place, you want to go to K-Mart or Zellers, you know, some place where the only people are the 15 year olds that have to work there.
satori
10-13-2006, 04:17 PM
I would buy up all the cadaver brains I could and keep them in a warehouse, then have my own zombie army
tokenuser
10-13-2006, 04:25 PM
Wasn't 28 Days the Sandra Bullock movie where she is holed up in a rehab hospital?
Wasn't The Cell the movie with Jennifer Lopez where she was holed up in a serial killer's mind in order to find his latest victim?
Yes, 28 Days was the Sandra Bullock movie where she was in rehab ... and that wasn't a Zombie movie?? Did you see it? It left me brain dead.
"Cell" - book by Stephen King (and soon to be a movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/)), not "The Cell".
BTW - I loved the Omega Man. Michael Crichton is a hit and miss author - when he is writing a book, it is brilliant, when he is writing a book to turn into a screen play it is terrible.
jonathanlondon
10-13-2006, 05:24 PM
Yes, 28 Days was the Sandra Bullock movie where she was in rehab ... and that wasn't a Zombie movie?? Did you see it? It left me brain dead.
"Cell" - book by Stephen King (and soon to be a movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/)), not "The Cell".
BTW - I loved the Omega Man. Michael Crichton is a hit and miss author - when he is writing a book, it is brilliant, when he is writing a book to turn into a screen play it is terrible.
Omega Man was based on I Am Legend. And the scene of Heston and the girl with the afro jumping the vampires on a motorcycle make it totally worth it. 'Cept she has a beard in that shot...
diela
10-13-2006, 05:33 PM
"Cell" - book by Stephen King (and soon to be a movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/)), not "The Cell".
Augh... they're making a movie of it? For those that haven't read the book (doing this as NON SPOILERY as possible) a big chunk of the world gets turned into zombies by their cell phones.
Don't ask, I'll just spoil too much if I say any more.
It was an okay book, but I have a feeling they're going to **** this one all up.
divadawg9234
10-13-2006, 05:34 PM
I really need to watch more zombie movies!
is there a way to have a zombie as a pet and teach it bite someone on command?
tokenuser
10-13-2006, 05:43 PM
Augh... they're making a movie of it? For those that haven't read the book (doing this as NON SPOILERY as possible) a big chunk of the world gets turned into zombies by their cell phones.
Don't ask, I'll just spoil too much if I say any more.
It was an okay book, but I have a feeling they're going to **** this one all up.Like they did with Dreamcatcher?
I didn't actually read Cell, I listened to the audiobook (full, not abridged) when I went to Europe earlier this year.
Hollywood needs to get some original stories, and authors need to stop writing books so they translate straight into a script. The art of story telling has been lost by the Stephen Kings and Michael Crichtons of the world ... its now all about the movie rights and loses the plot and character development :(
Back on topic - anyone here work in a medical lab? We need to know where we can go for antidotes and research into a "cure".
tokenuser
10-13-2006, 05:44 PM
I really need to watch more zombie movies!
is there a way to have a zombie as a pet and teach it bite someone on command?Try "Shaun of the Dead". It might work as a tutorial for your zombie training efforts.
diela
10-13-2006, 05:55 PM
Like they did with Dreamcatcher?
I didn't actually read Cell, I listened to the audiobook (full, not abridged) when I went to Europe earlier this year.
Hollywood needs to get some original stories, and authors need to stop writing books so they translate straight into a script. The art of story telling has been lost by the Stephen Kings and Michael Crichtons of the world ... its now all about the movie rights and loses the plot and character development :(
Back on topic - anyone here work in a medical lab? We need to know where we can go for antidotes and research into a "cure".
I'm taking the artist discussion to a new thread.
RE: research for a cure, I'd head for one of the Centers for Disease control... yes, SK demonstrated how they could be breached easily, but I still think you'd want to check it out.
muled
10-13-2006, 05:58 PM
I have a two part plan.
Part 1 - Kill all the zombies.
Part 2 - Drink beer.
:)
divadawg9234
10-13-2006, 05:59 PM
I have a two part plan.
Part 1 - Kill all the zombies.
Part 2 - Drink beer.
:)
I like your plan, you and I should hang if there is ever a zombie attack
abacusand13south
10-13-2006, 06:15 PM
Read Max Brooks Zombie Survival Guide people. It will make you feel like you would be able to handle the insane shit that will happen when zombies take over.
To the dude with the baseball bat and knive, if you can stab them through the eye hole with it then youll be ok but if you arnt very efficent with it you will die. I would aslo suggest a crowbar for all its different uses.
I would hole up in an inner city school with lots of food and water and all the weapons I would have at my disposal. I would prefer to have a group of people with me. I could go into the whole thing but I really dont feel like typing up a huge post that no one will read anyway.
paulsaves
10-13-2006, 06:33 PM
To the dude with the baseball bat and knive, if you can stab them through the eye hole with it then youll be ok but if you arnt very efficent with it you will die. I would aslo suggest a crowbar for all its different uses.
I'm pretty dangerous with the Bat and Knife combo.. The crowbar is good idea, I gotta add that to my shopping list.
muled
10-13-2006, 08:51 PM
I like your plan, you and I should hang if there is ever a zombie attack
I lured her away from Costco ;)
funnelfish
10-13-2006, 08:53 PM
I'm currently reading World War Z... dooooooooods! I cannot recommend this book enough! Read it before Paramount and Brad Pitt ruin it with a movie!
bcool
10-13-2006, 09:20 PM
I'd start a death race 2000 league and run down some zombies. Anybody want to join?
harlo
10-13-2006, 09:27 PM
I'd start a death race 2000 league and run down some zombies. Anybody want to join?
I'm in as long as we can stuff some Mad Max shit on the front of the car. Blades and flamethrowers, etc. Make all those brush guards the ****ers living in cities have on their SUVs useful.
bcool
10-13-2006, 09:29 PM
I'm in as long as we can stuff some Mad Max shit on the front of the car. Blades and flamethrowers, etc. Make all those brush guards the ****ers living in cities have on their SUVs useful.
Oh, for sure, anything goes! I'd actually love to see that movie made - half walking dead, half death race/mad max
popltree2
10-14-2006, 04:48 PM
Omega Man was based on I Am Legend. And the scene of Heston and the girl with the afro jumping the vampires on a motorcycle make it totally worth it. 'Cept she has a beard in that shot...
Probably one of the greatest books ever. I think I read that they cast Will Smith in the lead for the new I Am Legend movie. Johnny Depp is also in it. Why do I have a feeling that this movie is going to some how suck and blow at the same time?
popltree2
10-14-2006, 04:54 PM
Let's just say that my plans involve a garden gnome, 3...no, 4...feet of high test fishing line, William Shatner, and the Space Shuttle.
satori
10-14-2006, 06:31 PM
Let's just say that my plans involve a garden gnome, 3...no, 4...feet of high test fishing line, William Shatner, and the Space Shuttle.
Ok smart guy... how the hell are you going to get the feathers on the monkey with that stuff... I don't think so... jeeze. :cool:
One word of advice from someone who would know. Always keep a sharp chain saw with extra gas close at hand. After all nothing will take off a zombies head quite like a chain saw.
I also propose an emergency Geekdrome anti-zombie/ninja/pirate compound where we can all gather and defend when the day comes.
diela
10-14-2006, 07:09 PM
I also propose an emergency Geekdrome anti-zombie/ninja/pirate compound where we can all gather and defend when the day comes.
Exactly! What would be the point of surviving the zombie apocalypse if we can't all get together and geek out about it afterward?
"Did you see Diela wielding that chainsaw? That was ****in' EPIC!" :P
popltree2
10-14-2006, 07:10 PM
Ok smart guy... how the hell are you going to get the feathers on the monkey with that stuff... I don't think so... jeeze. :cool:
What do you think Shatner is for? :D
popltree2
10-14-2006, 07:14 PM
One word of advice from someone who would know. Always keep a sharp chain saw with extra gas close at hand. After all nothing will take off a zombies head quite like a chain saw.
And also don't be afraid to remove one of your hands (preferably the possessed one) with said chainsaw and attach it (the chainsaw) to your newly-discovered stump.
satori
10-14-2006, 07:15 PM
What do you think Shatner is for? :D
awesome... good problem solving skills my friend!
Augh... they're making a movie of it? For those that haven't read the book (doing this as NON SPOILERY as possible) a big chunk of the world gets turned into zombies by their cell phones.
Don't ask, I'll just spoil too much if I say any more.
It was an okay book, but I have a feeling they're going to **** this one all up.Turned into zombies by their cell phones... I don't see how they could possibly get the movie RIGHT. >.<
vegasgeek
10-15-2006, 12:32 AM
i'd do the cleche'... raid the gun store...and go hunting...if i'm gonna die...it will be in glory and gunfire.
fushna
10-15-2006, 06:16 AM
All I know is that I would avoid Toronto and Vancouver. They tend to have the highest concentration of Zombies. Actually, I would avoid Canada entirely, and head for an island - perhaps somewhere off the Carolina coast (temperate climate - but prone to hurricane damage) with a single bridge access road that could be defended, then do a house to house sweep through the island, wiping out any Zombies you find until the island is clear.
Why are we avoiding Canada? I didn't read the last zombie thread, but I'm just now starting to prepare for the zombies. I get the feeling that they are comming.
I was actually invited by my friends to take shelter in the biggest mall in our city when the zombies come. I honestly think it would be a terrible place to stay because there are too many glass walls seperating the outside/inside. I wouldnt feel safe being in there. I would probably just hole up in my house or the police station near my house.
satori
10-15-2006, 06:02 PM
Why are we avoiding Canada? I didn't read the last zombie thread, but I'm just now starting to prepare for the zombies. I get the feeling that they are comming.
Nearly all modern Zombie movies are filmed in Toronto for some crazy reason. Not sure on the Vancouver thing, maybe one of them was shot there.
fushna
10-15-2006, 06:46 PM
Ok then, if the zombies attack I'll move out of Canada.
tokenuser
10-15-2006, 07:45 PM
Nearly all modern Zombie movies are filmed in Toronto for some crazy reason. Not sure on the Vancouver thing, maybe one of them was shot there.I want to say Vancouver got Blade ... and if there are Zombies about, you can bet you don't want to run into vampires as well, so I will just choose to avoid Canadia entirely.
satori
10-15-2006, 07:47 PM
I want to say Vancouver got Blade ....
Yeah, and vancouver gets a lot of Sci-fi flicks and TV series, but Blade's not really a Zombie movie.
briangilmore
10-15-2006, 08:40 PM
blades's not a zombie movie, but he could kick some serious ass...would he be immune to a zombie bite? Would a zombie bite kill a vampire and make it start to decay, or would it not want to bite the vampire b/c the vampire is already dead? I think it's the ladder. latter? latter.
THERE'S ONE THING that even in the old thread people are ALWAYS missing. How they would dress and A FACE MASK. If while slicing and dicing you get any zombie residue in your mouth, it would infect you and you would die.
I would dress like this:
-Black Ninja style face coverage with taped goggles on me.
- knee pads, elbow pads, and a kevlar vest (i'd hit up the cops station before embarking on any journey)
-black jeans, two layers (but not if i couldn'tn find this set up and still move like a gazelle.
- black longsleeve leather.
let's just hope they don't attack during the summer...
oh and my weapon of choice, of course, would be a Kill Bill Style Samurai sword. That and a baseball bat around my back as a backup. get it?! ugh...
briangilmore
10-15-2006, 08:42 PM
on that green tab in the upper left corner of this screen it says "view first unread". I wish it said "view first undead"...:(
tokenuser
10-15-2006, 09:08 PM
Yeah, and vancouver gets a lot of Sci-fi flicks and TV series, but Blade's not really a Zombie movie.True - just saying ... where there's zombies theres a good chance there are vamps as well. Oh yeah ... and if the zombies are the result of biochemical research and happened to follow a loose plot from a video game, again, I'd avoid Toronto.
I tell ya - if it is undead you want in any way, shape, or form - Canadia is the place you'll find them, so it's also the prime place to avoid.
I would throw on a full nights suit of armor and go medieval on their dead a**es.
silent_shadow900
10-16-2006, 12:58 AM
Who wants to start an alternate reality role-playing thread?
big-doze
10-16-2006, 04:51 AM
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=23932308&blogID=175155306&MyToken=58b05299-0a56-40ad-8014-dc7b3dd336ea
It's all good.
And yes, a zombie RPG is genius! What would a Phoenix Down do to a Zombie, I wonder...
popltree2
10-16-2006, 05:49 AM
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=23932308&blogID=175155306&MyToken=58b05299-0a56-40ad-8014-dc7b3dd336ea
It's all good.
And yes, a zombie RPG is genius! What would a Phoenix Down do to a Zombie, I wonder...
Check out Exanimus. It is a zombie MMORPG that is in development.
abacusand13south
10-16-2006, 06:16 PM
I would throw on a full nights suit of armor and go medieval on their dead a**es.
You wouldnt be able to move for shit, and the suit is made of plates that move around alot, youd be better off running around naked than with full knight armor.