Favorite Zombie Killing Weapon

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[quote]Plisskin wrote:

  1. How many of you people consider 28 Days Later a zombie movie? Seriously, its a plague movie. The victims of the virus were normal and then went insane with rage. They weren’t rotting corpses, though they did have physical symptoms from the rage virus that included bleeding–but the human body is pretty friggin tough, especially when driven with a constant adrenaline dump. They didn’t eat people, they just wanted to kill them and each other. They were more like wild animals. And it appeared they died from starvation by the end. Seems more like plague victims to me, not the walking dead. Fun movie, but not really a zombie flick.[/quote]

I don’t know if you’ve had any experience with rabid animals or animals with parasitic infections, but this is what the movie reminded me of. And a rabid animal meandering around is the nearest thing I’ve seen in real life to what I would call the walking dead. It’s a zombie movie to me.

Besides, plague movies involve people getting sick and dying rapidly and in large numbers, not getting sick, mauling everyone in their immediate vicinity, and eventually starving to death.

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[quote]lucasa wrote:
Plisskin wrote:

  1. How many of you people consider 28 Days Later a zombie movie? Seriously, its a plague movie. The victims of the virus were normal and then went insane with rage. They weren’t rotting corpses, though they did have physical symptoms from the rage virus that included bleeding–but the human body is pretty friggin tough, especially when driven with a constant adrenaline dump. They didn’t eat people, they just wanted to kill them and each other. They were more like wild animals. And it appeared they died from starvation by the end. Seems more like plague victims to me, not the walking dead. Fun movie, but not really a zombie flick.

I don’t know if you’ve had any experience with rabid animals or animals with parasitic infections, but this is what the movie reminded me of. And a rabid animal meandering around is the nearest thing I’ve seen in real life to what I would call the walking dead. It’s a zombie movie to me.

Besides, plague movies involve people getting sick and dying rapidly and in large numbers, not getting sick, mauling everyone in their immediate vicinity, and eventually starving to death.[/quote]

It was still a damn good movie.

(side note: for the record, The Descent on video now is pretty good too if you can get past the accents and the “girl power/night out” stuff in the beginning. They end up being fairly badass and I guess those monsters could count as zombies".)

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

(side note: for the record, The Descent on video now is pretty good too if you can get past the accents and the “girl power/night out” stuff in the beginning. They end up being fairly badass and I guess those monsters could count as zombies".)[/quote]

To be honest, I had totally dismissed as a bad knockoff of The Cave. But since it comes with an official Prof. X Recommendation, I’ll have to add it to my 'flix list. Thanks.

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[quote]lucasa wrote:
Professor X wrote:

(side note: for the record, The Descent on video now is pretty good too if you can get past the accents and the “girl power/night out” stuff in the beginning. They end up being fairly badass and I guess those monsters could count as zombies".)

To be honest, I had totally dismissed as a bad knockoff of The Cave. But since it comes with an official Prof. X Recommendation, I’ll have to add it to my 'flix list. Thanks.[/quote]

Its better than The Cave…which is pretty cheeseball. And both are bad semi-knockoffs of Jeff Long’s The Descent.

Prof. is right though, its a good entertaining flick. It was created by Neil Marshall, who also did Dog Soldiers (one of the best recent werewolf flicks). It has the same feel. And it has one of the nastiest auto accident scenes I’ve seen in a while. You just have to get by the stuff he mentioned and the fact that none of the actresses look physical enough for their parts.

Also, Prof. I’d have to say they’re less zombies, than freaky cave evolved mutants.

And to those who think of the 28 Days plague victims as zombies, you may be right in terms of zombie being defined as a ‘listless automaton’ of sorts, but not as the standard definition of a walking corpse. Unless we want to argue that they’re on their way to being dead and are rotting as they go, but…Either way, I liked the movie. The concept was also done fairly well in Cronenberg’s Rabid and Romero’s The Crazies, amongst others.

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per Shaun of the Dead my favorite weapon would be either a cricket bat, a spade or whatever bad vinyl I could lay my hands on

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[quote]bluebear wrote:
per Shaun of the Dead my favorite weapon would be either a cricket bat, a spade or whatever bad vinyl I could lay my hands on [/quote]

Just don’t throw Purple Rain!

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Any thoughts on whether or not zmobies die when they freeze? Or do you think they just thaw out in the springtime?

Human cells are made up largely of water, so it would expand when frozen and destroy the brain, but what if they have been zombies long enough to dehydrate?

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[quote]BabyBuster wrote:
Any thoughts on whether or not zmobies die when they freeze? Or do you think they just thaw out in the springtime?

Human cells are made up largely of water, so it would expand when frozen and destroy the brain, but what if they have been zombies long enough to dehydrate?[/quote]

As Plisskin keeps pointing out, this can vary from scenario to scenario, for example true voodoo zombies carry on until destroyed or the curse is broken, completed, or lifted. In addition to zombie type, things like rate of freeze/thaw, length and number of freezings, and a number of biological oddities could allow them to survive winters.

IMO, barring things like supernatural zombies or hypothetical omni-species zombifying parasites, the chance of them surviving winters is relatively low. They would have to undergo massive physiological changes in order to survive. Like drastically altering blood, muscle, and nervous chemistries to survive (like fish), or add enormous amounts of fur and fat (like squirrels and bears).

Zombie bears would, of course, survive.

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[quote]BabyBuster wrote:
Any thoughts on whether or not zmobies die when they freeze?[/quote]

Walking around with a bat and knocking off frozen zombie heads sounds like a great winter sport. Like ice fishing, but without the ice. Or the fish.

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[quote]pookie wrote:
BabyBuster wrote:
Any thoughts on whether or not zmobies die when they freeze?

Walking around with a bat and knocking off frozen zombie heads sounds like a great winter sport. Like ice fishing, but without the ice. Or the fish.

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2018 Winter Olympics’ newest event - Frozen Zombie Decapitation. Ranks right up there with the Skeleton

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bump! epic thread.

Being practical about what i could get, i’d go for…

Close: dual hatchets
katana is a bad choice, due to minimal skull penetration. unless you can stab through the eye, it’s hard as hell to hack through a skull using a thin blade.

Medium: 12 gauge double barrel/m1911 Pistol

Far(if so many that i must pick them off from a distance)-.308 high powered rifle.

I’d keep hair short so they couldn’t grab it. wear lots of leather, form some sort of neckguard (cardboard and duct tape?) cuz zombies always go for the jugular.
Location: ideally I’d go for a shopping mall due the the metal drop down screens. Once i put all those in place and secure the roof by destroying anything usable to climb the building, i am reasonably secure. I’d then use a CB radio to try and contact any other survivors.
oh, and i shoot with my pistol sideways cuz zombies ain’t got shit on me. xD.

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best thread ever

I’ve been waiting for someone to bump this.

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http://www.jibjab.com/view/172853

just found this video. it’s great.
totally zombie-relevant

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Of course it depends on the type of zombies we’re dealing with, but let’s assume we’re talking about the slow moving, only a head shot will do the job, George Romero varity. A .22 magnum, or even a .22LR would be best if the zombies were the only factor.

1- More than adequate to pierce the skull, yet won’t spray infected brain matter everywhere.

2- Ammo is light weight and available everywhere.

3- Quiter than most other firearms, so will draw less attention.

However, if you’ve ever watched a zombie movie you would know that other humans are at least a big a threat as the zombies, and a .22 is not adequate for dealing with looters, rampaging biker gangs, or random people who’ve gone insane from watching their loved ones get devoured. A huge arsenal with options for every situation would be nice, but let’s limit it to just what you could carry.

I’d pick any rifle that used the 5.56 nato round. I’d prefer a G36, or an M4 that would offer both semi-auto for dispatching zombies, and full auto for fire-fights with the still living.

1- More than adequate for dispatching both the pesky living and the undead.

2- Ammo still relatively light and available at any military base, national guard armory, or occaisionally walking around in the ammo pouches of the re-animated corpses of military personel.

I’d also carry a pair of 9mm’s for close-up emergency situations. I love my .45 auto, but 9mm is lighter, you can carry more, and higher capacity mags are more common.

For all you chainsaw weilding fools, have fun getting eaten.

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[quote]BabyBuster wrote:

I for one would never underestimate the efficiency of a good crowbar. Its silent, never runs out of ammo, and can couple as a handy tool. You don’t have the cocky, self-assuredness that comes with a gun, which will keep you moving and on your toes.[/quote]

Hehe, to much Half Life for you.

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A big Warhammer.

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I’m going to go with Uncle Gabby on this - although I do still have reservations about how long the ammo will last. Id also like to have an MP5 at hand.

Even if there are good caches of ammunition though there is still a good chance that once in a while you’d be out before being able to re-arm.

If somebody could knock up a light saber that’d be handy - especially since they never seem to need recharging in Star Wars.

I think that safety would be in numbers so I’d like to get a few good people together. We could also get a few metros in the team so if we do run out of ammo we can feed them to the zombies while we make our escape. That way when they do reanimate they’re not going to be too much trouble to despatch.

Now what about Jamie Eason - Is she one of the living dead or do we need to go and rescue her?

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Reminds me of this comic where there was a zombie infestation and in the midst of the battlefield these guys were high on drugs while raping a zombie woman and got all their heads cut off buy a bigger zombie.

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If the main reason for getting infected is being bitten by a zombie, would it make sense in the long run to limit their supply of dental hygene products so that they all get tooth decay?

Also massively limiting their vitamin C intake would bring on Scurvey which should help their fingernails drop off so no risk of scratch infection.

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I’d agree with Uncle Gabby and Renton - a .22, 9mm, and G36/M4 should pretty much cover the bases. Ammo is obviously a concern, but shouldn’t be too difficult to find. For up close, I’d also include a katana - might be needed in a pinch when a quick decapitation is necessary.
As for fictional stuff, a lightsaber would be optimal; never runs out of ammo and can cut through anything.