Completely understand, been a little busy myself. Let me guess here, Resident Evil II, right? What is even funnier, is how some soccor mom or suburban sheeple survives, but the Force Recon Marine does not.
Hehe, nope, not REII this time. I’ll not give the answer yet, let’s see if Grifter shows up to identify this one.
And you’re absolutely right, almost every zombie movie has the military getting consumed immediately, and some telemarketer or insurance salesman surviving.
That’s probably because all the gun/military types generally shoot for center mass – and we all know that won’t work with zombies or Greg.
They’re also generally waaayyyy too overconfident going in!! Look what happened to all the “Colonial Marines” ie: Hudson – when they landed on the colony with Ripley and Burke!!
Patrick: The mythical “Greg” cannot be killed with a center mass shot, a silver bullet (judging from the body hair) is the only sure way to bring him down.
Even when mortally wounded, however, avoid making eye contact, and be way of his venom filled tongue. It has reduced many mere security-mortals to whimpering masses begging for mercy, or reassignment.
Overconfidence may be an issue, but I think that’s more the movies. The true gun-toting professionals (army/police) I’ve met are cautious even in milkrun situations. I don’t see them charging in and/or freaking out when center mass shots fail.
I could be wrong, guess we’ll have to wait for the zombocalypse to prove the point. As far as I’m concerned however, I’d group with military or SWAT types before I put together the Best Buy Bridage to survive a zombie outbreak.
I dunno I’m thinkin it’s maybe RE1, and Boy Scout camp w/ staff wouldn’t be too bad, cooks, maintenance workers, shotgun, rifle, and archery range (plenty of firearm ammo), plenty of books, cabins/canvas tents, plenty of room, most are by water, mess hall, shit load of crafts so you won’t get bored, and they are WAY out of the way of mankind, most out in the wilderness
Hrm, boy scout camp. I’m going to have to check to see whether the boyscouts up here have been neutered, you know, no guns, bows or sharp objects. Nerf only.
Grif: Hehe, haven’t been able to stump you in ages. I feel bad about this one because the screencap is not representative of the movie. It’s from “Sars Wars”, and is a one minute clip about 15 minutes in (Swat team enters, releases zombies and is massacred…end scene).
Felt like a cheat. I’m exploring the less “mainstream” zombie movies in my collection, so the next few posters should be less easy than recent efforts.
Grif: I know you’ve seen it, you spotted it the last time I used it right away (although the “sword” was a bit of a give away). You do make it hard to find stuff (that isn’t total crap) that you haven’t seen.
Michael: English subtitles on the copy I own I believe, but I’ll double check.
I think the problem with these movies is that their idea of armed professionals are the type of people who, just because they have a hammer, see every problem as a nail.
The scriptwriters assume that the soccer moms and the accountants have to solve their problems differently.
Also, you’ve got Sturgeon’s Law working for you. Only a percentage are the consummate professionals, while the others don’t know what they’re doing. And it’s the dumb ones who usually get those who know what they’re doing into the deepness of the sea of poo.
That’s kind of what inspired my idea for an unfinished tale called “Dead to the World.” Basically, combat hardened troops from Vietnam return to southern California in force, and end up becoming strange bedfellows with the UCLA scientific community. SoCal becomes a bastion of survival thanks to experienced troops holding the line.
And I figure, if a Marine Sniper/Scout team can handle Indian country, they sure as hell can make it overland in the US as far as Chicago.
I like the idea of “Dead to the World”, I’ve long played with the idea in my head of a zombie story/script along the lines of the classic film Zulu (or Dog Soldiers just with zombies instead of Werewolves), just on a larger scale and a more urban setting.
If you’ve got a partially finished story I’d love to give it a read, no pressure however.
Completely understand, been a little busy myself. Let me guess here, Resident Evil II, right? What is even funnier, is how some soccor mom or suburban sheeple survives, but the Force Recon Marine does not.
Hehe, nope, not REII this time. I’ll not give the answer yet, let’s see if Grifter shows up to identify this one.
And you’re absolutely right, almost every zombie movie has the military getting consumed immediately, and some telemarketer or insurance salesman surviving.
Luck of the draw? Bad odds methinks.
That’s probably because all the gun/military types generally shoot for center mass – and we all know that won’t work with zombies or Greg.
They’re also generally waaayyyy too overconfident going in!! Look what happened to all the “Colonial Marines” ie: Hudson – when they landed on the colony with Ripley and Burke!!
Patrick: The mythical “Greg” cannot be killed with a center mass shot, a silver bullet (judging from the body hair) is the only sure way to bring him down.
Even when mortally wounded, however, avoid making eye contact, and be way of his venom filled tongue. It has reduced many mere security-mortals to whimpering masses begging for mercy, or reassignment.
Overconfidence may be an issue, but I think that’s more the movies. The true gun-toting professionals (army/police) I’ve met are cautious even in milkrun situations. I don’t see them charging in and/or freaking out when center mass shots fail.
I could be wrong, guess we’ll have to wait for the zombocalypse to prove the point. As far as I’m concerned however, I’d group with military or SWAT types before I put together the Best Buy Bridage to survive a zombie outbreak.
-GRIN-
I dunno I’m thinkin it’s maybe RE1, and Boy Scout camp w/ staff wouldn’t be too bad, cooks, maintenance workers, shotgun, rifle, and archery range (plenty of firearm ammo), plenty of books, cabins/canvas tents, plenty of room, most are by water, mess hall, shit load of crafts so you won’t get bored, and they are WAY out of the way of mankind, most out in the wilderness
L4D.com (gonna be sweet)
I have been trying to figure this one out for days. I give up……you bested me Mugger, What movie is it?
Nate: Nah, not RE1 either.
Hrm, boy scout camp. I’m going to have to check to see whether the boyscouts up here have been neutered, you know, no guns, bows or sharp objects. Nerf only.
Grif: Hehe, haven’t been able to stump you in ages. I feel bad about this one because the screencap is not representative of the movie. It’s from “Sars Wars”, and is a one minute clip about 15 minutes in (Swat team enters, releases zombies and is massacred…end scene).
Felt like a cheat. I’m exploring the less “mainstream” zombie movies in my collection, so the next few posters should be less easy than recent efforts.
Nice one! I have seen Sars Wars too I am surprised that I didn’t spot it as such.
Never heard of that one before, but now I have and will check it out. There is an English version right?
Grif: I know you’ve seen it, you spotted it the last time I used it right away (although the “sword” was a bit of a give away). You do make it hard to find stuff (that isn’t total crap) that you haven’t seen.
Michael: English subtitles on the copy I own I believe, but I’ll double check.
I think the problem with these movies is that their idea of armed professionals are the type of people who, just because they have a hammer, see every problem as a nail.
The scriptwriters assume that the soccer moms and the accountants have to solve their problems differently.
Also, you’ve got Sturgeon’s Law working for you. Only a percentage are the consummate professionals, while the others don’t know what they’re doing. And it’s the dumb ones who usually get those who know what they’re doing into the deepness of the sea of poo.
That’s kind of what inspired my idea for an unfinished tale called “Dead to the World.” Basically, combat hardened troops from Vietnam return to southern California in force, and end up becoming strange bedfellows with the UCLA scientific community. SoCal becomes a bastion of survival thanks to experienced troops holding the line.
And I figure, if a Marine Sniper/Scout team can handle Indian country, they sure as hell can make it overland in the US as far as Chicago.
Doug: You’re right, of course.
I like the idea of “Dead to the World”, I’ve long played with the idea in my head of a zombie story/script along the lines of the classic film Zulu (or Dog Soldiers just with zombies instead of Werewolves), just on a larger scale and a more urban setting.
If you’ve got a partially finished story I’d love to give it a read, no pressure however.
-GRIN-
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Oh, I’d need an e-mail contact. Doi!
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