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Post by purplefuzzystuff on Dec 26, 2008 20:33:43 GMT -5
I LOVE this book!! Zombies are kind of my thing...they make me giggle.....in fact, zombies and bonnaroo are my two favorite things ever.....an outbreak during bonnaroo and I might die with glee
Yep got it for christmas last year. Can you imagine what a zombie outbreak would do to Bonnaroo!!!! Actually that might be a good movie .
Bonnaroo outbreak. Yeah, although we would taste pretty bad if it went down on sunday. It would be the first time you would here the term stoned zombied
By Marcela Creps 331-4375 | mcreps@heraldt.com October 31, 2008
Bloomington police, with the assistance of officers from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana University, spent Thursday night dealing with a large crowd of zombies that took over an intersection downtown. One of the zombies, Thomas Dagely, 18, was arrested on preliminary charges of obstructing traffic and disorderly conduct. At 10:22 p.m., police received almost a dozen complaints about people dressed as zombies blocking traffic at the intersection of Ninth and Walnut streets. Several people reported the zombies were hitting, kicking and jumping on cars. When Officer Kyle Abram arrived, he found more than 100 zombies completely blocking the road, police said. The zombies then began hitting and kicking Abram’s marked squad car, according to the police report. When Officer Ian Lovan arrived, he witnessed a group of zombies who were attempting to overturn an occupied car on Walnut Street. According to Abram’s report, he was unable to reach the area due to the crowd. While walking, he approached the zombies attacking the car. When the zombies saw Abram, all of them ran except Dagely who continued his attack on the car. Large numbers of police officers arrived and were able to clear the area. At one point, revelers set a trash can on fire at the intersection of Ninth and Walnut streets. Bloomington Fire Department was called to extinguish the fire.
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Dec 26, 2008 20:58:46 GMT -5
^ Ah, crap that's crazy....they kinda give a bad name to the zombie walks. They make it not okay for them to happen.
I went to college near Asheville, NC and I was a little sad to miss this years walk, it was scheduled the same day as a visit from none other than Sarah Palin LOL the secret service had to be informed beforehand so that none of the zombies were taken out haha
Bloomington is an odd town and this isnt the first time fore something like this. College town fun. I read something about that. Sarah Palin could have passed as a brainless zombie
That's a great book. I am a zombie-phile and love how it mimics the Army field manuals.
Be sure and read the "sequel", World War Z. It is even better that the handbook, IMHO. It's an oral history, attempting to document the zombie apocolypse through personal interviews.
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That's a great book. I am a zombie-phile and love how it mimics the Army field manuals.
Be sure and read the "sequel", World War Z. It is even better that the handbook, IMHO. It's an oral history, attempting to document the zombie apocolypse through personal interviews.
You have read it, tell me this would not make a phenomenal movie? I love the way it is written and I think that format would work so well on the big screen, as long as the right person got their hands on it....and this is coming from a person who isn't usually fond of books I like being made into movies
And as to why they are such a big deal right now, I don't really know....I think they go in phases, vampires are big for a while, then they move to zombies, then they move to .....something else lol......It kinda works in my benefit though with how much I love zombies it is so much easier to find zombie themed stuff that I feel like I need lol....
Although with my field we could look at the popularity of the zombie over time, as well as the evolution and see how that relates to society's fear and/or obsession with death.
Yep got it for christmas last year. Can you imagine what a zombie outbreak would do to Bonnaroo!!!! Actually that might be a good movie .
seriously....
im starting to work this out in my mind. it would be so amazing as a film. it would have everything, you could make the main characters be unknown roo attendees with cameos from a bunch of artists. imagine: me and you, running from wayne coyne and les claypool zombies with a ridiculous soundtrack. sex, drogas, rock n' roll.
im starting to work this out in my mind. it would be so amazing as a film. it would have everything, you could make the main characters be unknown roo attendees with cameos from a bunch of artists. imagine: me and you, running from wayne coyne and les claypool zombies with a ridiculous soundtrack. sex, drogas, rock n' roll.
im starting to work this out in my mind. it would be so amazing as a film. it would have everything, you could make the main characters be unknown roo attendees with cameos from a bunch of artists. imagine: me and you, running from wayne coyne and les claypool zombies with a ridiculous soundtrack. sex, drogas, rock n' roll.
Yep got it for christmas last year. Can you imagine what a zombie outbreak would do to Bonnaroo!!!! Actually that might be a good movie .
Yes!
Actually... how about next year, for the late night sets one night, if a bunch of us all meet up at Camp Inforoo beforehand and put on some zombie makeup, then head into Centeroo and weird out all the norms.
The film rights to World War Z have been purchased by Brad Pitt's movie company and are now in pre-production (or at least that's my understanding.) It has the potential to be a GREAT movie.
BTW I've listened to the audio book version of World War Z and it is not vey good, This is surprising as it is supposed interviews and you'd think it would be perfect for audio. But take my advice. Read the book.
As for the zombie craze, zombies tap into a subconscious fear of death and also the idea of a post-apocalyptic world familiar to anyone you remembers the Cold War. And these things come in waves and it's the zombies turn, I guess.
I also think Brooks' books and their semi-satircal, yet incredibly detailed and absorbing style has done a lot to draw people into the "Zombie world" and pique their interest.
Max Brooks does an amazing job of examining all the aspects of a zombie world including the geo-political, psychological, social, religious, miltary, etc. It is incredibly complex and sticks with you.
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I've had that book for a couple of years now. Its a good read.
Funny you mention zombies at 'roo. In '08 a friend of mine (also a big fan of zombies) and I were walking back from a late night show back toward the tent. As we walked back to the entrance/exit, we noticed that the way the giant white light in the background made everyone appear as black silhouettes. I looked at my friend and just said "Zombies!" Next thing I know, he makes us take a pit stop in the porta-potties to regain composure. The second we walk out of the porta-potties, he looks at the mob and says, "They're still here." We walked back to the tent with our arms out like zombies a-la Shaun of the Dead trying to blend in. From that moment on, he swore off all party favors.
Yep got it for christmas last year. Can you imagine what a zombie outbreak would do to Bonnaroo!!!! Actually that might be a good movie .
Yes!
Actually... how about next year, for the late night sets one night, if a bunch of us all meet up at Camp Inforoo beforehand and put on some zombie makeup, then head into Centeroo and weird out all the norms.
This sounds like a brilliant idea. Karma. I'm going to have to add that book to my Amazon wishlist...I do love a good zombie movie!
I've had that book for a couple of years now. Its a good read.
Funny you mention zombies at 'roo. In '08 a friend of mine (also a big fan of zombies) and I were walking back from a late night show back toward the tent. As we walked back to the entrance/exit, we noticed that the way the giant white light in the background made everyone appear as black silhouettes. I looked at my friend and just said "Zombies!" Next thing I know, he makes us take a pit stop in the porta-potties to regain composure. The second we walk out of the porta-potties, he looks at the mob and says, "They're still here." We walked back to the tent with our arms out like zombies a-la Shaun of the Dead trying to blend in. From that moment on, he swore off all party favors.
I have had a horrid day and you, my good man, just brightened it immensely.
Although with my field we could look at the popularity of the zombie over time, as well as the evolution and see how that relates to society's fear and/or obsession with death.
Funny you mention zombies at 'roo. In '08 a friend of mine (also a big fan of zombies) and I were walking back from a late night show back toward the tent. As we walked back to the entrance/exit, we noticed that the way the giant white light in the background made everyone appear as black silhouettes. I looked at my friend and just said "Zombies!" Next thing I know, he makes us take a pit stop in the porta-potties to regain composure. The second we walk out of the porta-potties, he looks at the mob and says, "They're still here." We walked back to the tent with our arms out like zombies a-la Shaun of the Dead trying to blend in. From that moment on, he swore off all party favors.
+1 for making me laugh out loud... what an epic moment.
Although with my field we could look at the popularity of the zombie over time, as well as the evolution and see how that relates to society's fear and/or obsession with death.
Ah, the myriad applications of thanatology...
Just look at zombie movies. Early ones explained zombies as UFO related when we were starting the space race, for a time in the cold war the cause for zombies in movies were nuclear waste or war, then there were a few B movies in the early 80's that explained it as a result of toxic dumping as that problem was causing problems and in the news at that time. Recently it has been super virus obviously there has been outbreaks of virus throughout the world such as the bird flu, mad cow and others.
Just look at zombie movies. Early ones explained zombies as UFO related when we were starting the space race, for a time in the cold war the cause for zombies in movies were nuclear waste or war, then there were a few B movies in the early 80's that explained it as a result of toxic dumping as that problem was causing problems and in the news at that time. Recently it has been super virus obviously there has been outbreaks of virus throughout the world such as the bird flu, mad cow and others.
Well yeah, pop culture is going to reflect the everyday life of a generation and when a generation changes movies, music, and literature are going to change with it. Such is the trend, every couple years there is a new theme. Researchers know that, this kind of expression has been common ever since the dawn of mass communication, the goal is to turn pop culture into an effective tool to help people deal with their fears and insecurities. For a thanatologist, pop culture is the "pot o'gold at the end of the rainbow" because it's full to the brim of people's fears and insecurites about death and to help people we need to know all about them.
And the early zombie movies were based on the Haitian zombie. In the original zombie format... they were simply "the dead" waking and being controlled by another person, and this sprung from a society that was being forced into slavery and governed by outside forces, then came the UFOs. But by UFOs I hope you mean Plan 9 From Outer Space, cause I love that movie and don't know many people who have seen it.....
And I'm sorry if that came off as pretentious, I really don't mean for it to be. I'm just super serious...as serious as you can be....when it comes to zombies lol
Anyone else around here obsessed with the XboX360 game "Left 4 Dead"? It's nothing but killing zombies, which makes it one of the most fun games ever.
Left 4 Dead is effin crazy fun. my brother got it for xmas and we smoked some corn and played the Blood Harvest campaign. i've never cursed and screamed so much at one time as i did at the part when you are in the corn field and you get flanked by hordes and hordes of zombies.