The Walking Dead TV show has has some really shocking and some really screwed up moments. Here are my most shocking moments.
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5) A Grimey Moment in Cold Blood
A cannibalistic group of rebels has the group in sights. Making the cannibals think they have left a smaller group behind, they go in for the kill. A clever trap has the cannibals surrounded. The group decides it's best to kill them and Rick lets all his anger loose, brutally murdering the leader in cold blood. Its a moment you realise Rick is starting to lose the plot.
4) Deadly Childbirth
With zombies loose in the prison, heavily pregnant Lori runs with Maggie. Unable to continue as labour begins Lori asks Maggie to perform an emergency C Section. Unfortunately the child birth takes Loris life. Knowing that she will turn, Carl takes the responsibility to shoot his mum when she turns. The beginning of a life, and the end of another at the hands of her son.
3) A Family Reunion Denied
Beth has been trapped in a hospital trying to work off her rescue for some time. Noah, a friend she makes inside manages to escape and finds the main group. They come to rescue her. After thinking she is dead for some time, Maggie, Beth's sister is robbed of her chances to see her again as a shocking twist ends with Dawn, the leader of the hospital group accidentally shooting Beth in the head.
2) Right Under Your Nose
The whole of season two is based around the group trying to find Sophia. They have maps, they are crossing off areas as they expand out from the farm further and further. The group realise that Hershel is holding a load of zombies in the barn and break it open. They start shooting one after the other into the zombies. Hershel still believes all these people are his friends and family and is devastated at the carnage. After all the shooting ends one more zombie slowly emerges from the barn and Sophia is revealed. Suddenly everyone is in complete shock. The scene gives a moment where the group suddenly realise how Hershel felt.
1) Lizzie the Kiddie Killer
This has to be the most shocking and screwed up moment in the whole of The Walking Dead. Lizzie had been defending the walkers for some time and had a belief they are still the same people. She was left alone with her younger sister Mika and baby Judith while Carol and Tyreese went for supplies. Upon return, Carol and Tyreese find a blood soaked Lizzie stood over Mika and Judith with a knife in hand. To prove her theory that they are just like us, she had killed her little sister and was about to give the same fate to Judith.
Look at the flowers Lizzie....
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The Walking Dead was first, a graphic
novel, written by Robert Kirkman and Illustrated by Tony Moore. It
follows Rick Grimes and his family as they survive a zombie
apocalypse.
In 2010, The Walking Dead
received the 2010 Eisner
Award for Best Continuing Series at San
Diego Comic-Con International. It was also adapted into a TV
series, loosely based on the comic book series.
The Walking Dead TV series has become
highly successful, with 5.35 million viewers on it's very first
episode to 17 million viewers tuning in for the premiere of season 5.
With it's high popularity, The Walking
Dead has also been adapted into a video game
...But wait! There's more!
There are also Webisodes which are a
series of short videos which tell the back story of some of the
characters seen on the TV series, including the back story of Hannah,
the half torso Zombie Rick stumbles upon in season 1.
...And if you thought that was all,
then you're in for a treat because there's still more!
Coming in 2015 is “Fear of the
Walking Dead”. Set in Los Angeles we follow a divorced teacher,
Sean Cabrera (Cliff Curtis) and a guidance counselor who is a single
mum of 2 and is said to be the girl next door with an edge Nancy
Tomkins (Kim Dickens) along with others in a kind-of prequel set just
as the zombie apocalypse began. We'll see how humanity handled the
epidemic and perhaps discover how it started. Get ready for it's release in July this year!
Secure your doors and barricade your windows! The Walking Dead are taking over... well, maybe just the entertainment industry.
Hiya Bellistik here! It's another Zombie Zunday and I've just come across some Zombie news.
Eight years after the release of 28
Weeks Later, (the sequel to 28 Days Later) Alex Garland has come up
with an idea for the next sequel, 28 Months Later. As he's not too
fond of sequels he's discussing his concept with Danny Boyle and
Andrew Macdonald for the third film and once again, just like 28
Weeks Later, he won't be writing the screenplay.
28 Days Later, was written by Alex
Garland, directed by Danny Boyle and produced by Andrew Macdonald in
2002. Animal rights activists break into a lab to release chimpanzees
which have been tested on in the name of medical research. However,
they are unaware that not only are they releasing chimps, they're
releasing the Rage virus. 28 days later, Jim wakes from a coma into a
deserted city and people have become zombie-like infected with Rage.
In 2007 a sequel was released but as
Alex Garland isn't crazy about sequels he passed on the writing of
the screenplay and was executive producer instead. In the sequel, 28
Weeks Later, the US army declares the danger of the Rage virus on the
British Isles has past as the whole population has been annihilated.
However, the Rage virus isn't gone and this time, it's worse.
I'm intrigued as to what Garland's idea
for 28 Months Later is, but I guess we'll have to wait and see!
Today is Zombie Zunday and I thought I would look into whether or not a zombie apocalypse could happen. So first we need to see how zombies come about.
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
In the return of the living dead, two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally
release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise
again as zombies. The infection spreads by being bitten by another zombie.
Likelihood: Not possible at all. For this one to happen the dead must walk and to be honest this is not possible. Dead people do not get up and walk around. Okay for the sake of the believers out there lets give this one a 1% chance
So for any movie where the dead actually rise we will skip them. But lets not count out the ones where a virus kills the host and then reanimates them. After all, the host dies in order for the virus to take control. I could see a possibility in this. To me that is not the dead rising but the transition from host control to virus control.
I am Legend
Now, I am Legend is a different story. This one technically isn't zombies but the concept is the same. In I am Legend a genetically re-engineered measles virus, originally created as a cure for cancer,
mutates into a lethal strain which kills 90 percent of those it
infected, and turns the remaining 10% into predatory, nocturnal
"Darkseekers" who are vulnerable to sunlight. The infection is spread through air or contact.
Likelihood: Well for me, this one is going into a more likely side of things. The infected are not dead and do not rise from the dead. Scientists are always screwing around with things they shouldn't be and have on many occasions fucked up.
28 Days Later
This one lies in the same boat as I am Legend. The infected are not dead and nor do they rise from the dead. In 28 Days Later, three activists break into a medical research laboratory with the intent of freeing captive chimpanzees.
They are interrupted by a scientist who desperately warns that the
chimps are infected with "Rage," a highly contagious rage-inducing virus
that is spread through blood and saliva. Ignoring the scientist, the
activists release a chimpanzee, who attacks one of them and immediately
infects her, leading her to infect everyone else present
Likelihood: What country would not want a super soldier. A soldier that will be able to fight longer, faster and hard than any normal human. I would not be surprised if these experiments have already started and even been underway for years. Rage is a very strong emotion which can push a human beyond their normal physiological means. So if a rage virus was ever created we could see a 28 Days Later style zombie apocalypse.
Zombie movies these days are leaning away from the dead rising from their graves and are more leaning to a virus which takes control of the human body. If we look at zombies as less of dead people walking around and more of a virus infected population, then a zombie outbreak could definitely happen.
Do you believe a Zombie apocalypse could happen?
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Hey Guys, SighFye here, welcome to another Zombie Zunday.
Today I was going to do my top 3 zombie movies but there are so many to choose from. Instead I decided to give a list of must see zombie movies. In my opinion a good zombie movie is not about blood, guts and gore. It's how that movie brings something new to the table. This list will be in no particular order. So lets get straight into it.
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun
of the Dead is a zombie movie in the comedy range. Drop beat
Shaun finds himself in a breakup. His girlfriend says he is going no
where in his life and needs someone who has more direction. The next
morning, hungover, Shaun heads to a grocery store in need of a few things, unaware the the zombie apocalypse has happened.
This
hilarious story unfolds as Shaun makes a solid plan to save his mum
from her zombie husband (Shaun's step dad, whom he hates), save his
girlfriend, and prove to her he is the man she needs. A great movie with
a great story line and huge laughs.
Zombieland
Columbus is an uninfected college student who has learned that the way to survive the zombie apocalypse is to follow the rules. He has rules for every situation.
Cardio: You must be fit and must be able to run long distances.
Double Tap: If you kill a zombie, hit it again in the head. You never know when they will get back up
Beware of Bathrooms: Bathrooms are a danger to enter.
Seatbelt: Always were your seatbelt
I think from memory he has about 50 rules to stick by.
Along his travels, Columbus meets Tallahassee. This guy follows no rules and is very reckless. As the pair progress Columbus is forced to revisit his rules and make a few changes. At a grocery store, the pair find themselves bumping into an interested pair of sisters.
This movie is great. It has fantastic laughs, is really well delivered and has a great story line. It brings the zombies away from a horror movie and into a comedy scene.
Warm Bodies
While we are on the comedy side of zombie movies I want to bring to the table Warm Bodies. This zombie movie is from a zombie's perspective. He has a best friend, they meet up each day, more as a brain dead routine than anything, and they feed together. But what happens when a zombie falls in love with a pretty girl.
This movie is like a reverse zombie movie. One zombie is infected with love and his body starts to come alive. As each zombie sees the love in him, they too begin to feel again.
A different zombie movie with a great story. Well worth the watch.
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Dawn
of the dead is a remake of the 1978 zombie movie with the same title.
Ana, a nurse in a local hospital, heads home after a long shift to her
husband and misses the emergency broadcast as they have a steamy shower
together. The next day a neighbourhood girl comes into the bedroom with
blood running down her face. Thinking she is in danger they rush to help but the little girl attacks Ana's husband. With his neck bleeding Ana tried to dial 911 but cannot get through as the lines are busy. Within a few
minutes her husband dies, jumps back to his feet and attacks Ana. With a
lucky escape Ana makes her way out of the city, but ends up in a car
crash. She survives the crash and meets up with an ex cop and another small group of people, they
hold up in a mall for safety.
This movie was the first
time I had ever seen a zombie run. I clearly remember the one armed
zombie walking down the street, he turns to see the group trying to get
into a door and starts sprinting towards them at full pelt. My reaction "Oh
Shit!". A lot of this movie is them safely inside the mall but as time
progresses they realise they cannot stay there. They need to move on. A
great movie and a first for the running zombies.
World War Z
In World War Z, we find ourselves in the midst of a whole new zombie style. These zombies are not the half rotten zombies who are struggling to walk or run. Oh no, these zombies are brutal and will give 110% to get their next prey. They don't slow down to enter doorways, they just all pile in, slamming into walls as they go.
The solution in this movie was also one I did not see coming, which I will also not give away. The movie had me on the edge of my seat all the way through. They had a great knack of making you feel like everything is now safe for a while and then making it crumble all down in an instant. This movie has the most scary zombie situation I have ever seen.
This is my favourite zombie movie of all time. It is well worth every second and cent you spend on it.
I am Legend
This movie was a massive change in the idea of a zombie. A cure for cancer brings a massive victory to the world, until it kills 90% of the infected population, the remaining 10% are turned into vicious predators who are vulnerable to sunlight. Staying behind at ground zero, Neville feels it's his responsibility to find a cure. After all, it was his fault the virus was made. Finding himself alone, and immune to infection, he experiments on infected rats in his basement lab to find fail after fail. While the infected become smarter and more determined to find his home.
As I said before a good zombie movie has got to find a new way to present the zombie story. This is one of the best reinventions. I Am Legend provides an incredible story and on the edge of your seat moments at all corners.
There you have it guys, if you haven't seen these movies I HIGHLY recommend all of them. If you feel I have missed some then please comment below. You can follow me on Twitter here https://twitter.com/SighFye And don't forget to follow the blog to the top-right.
In honour of the new Zombie Zunday tradition SighFye has started, I decided to play a game I bought several months ago on steam. Yet another Zombie Defense first grabbed my attention for having a multiplayer top-down shooter defence style of gameplay, but the more I played it, the more I liked the singleplayer survival experience for the challenge it provides.
I've always been a fan of zombie games that pit you against constant waves of enemies and charges you with the task of surviving as long as possible. Dead Rising on the Xbox 360 was the first game I found that did it well, but you had to complete the main story once in order to unlock the survival mode first. This game ups the anty a little bit by emptying the playing field completely. It's just you and a single lamp post, against the zombie horde, in the middle of an empty expanse of darkness.
Anyone got a flashlight? :/
During the night, you are tasked with defending yourself against the undead. Once a wave of zombies is completed, the game transitions to daytime and you have an unlimited amount of time to purchase weapons & ammo and fortify your base by adding barricades or turrets. Once you have purchased everything you require to survive another night defending against the undead, you select next level to continue.
Back off, undead scum!
I thought this was an odd design choice at first because it removes the difficulty of having a limited amount of time for both defending and fortifying. Later in the game, something occurred to me that made some sense of that particular feature. The fortifications seem to carry over damage from round to round if left in place between rounds. However if you remove all the erected fortifications and rebuild them, from the ground up, they are replaced at full health, allowing you to effectively repair your fortifications and also letting you spend a decent amount of time deciding on the best strategy in laying out your base to provide the best defence.
Put the electric fences on the outside! :D
Since Yet Another Zombie Defense does not have a definitive end, as such, I decided before I started playing that unlocking the "Endless Night" mode by making it past the seventh night would qualify as "finishing" the game for the purposes of the blog.
With the recent additions of player upgrades and better turrets, I was able to survive until the 17th night. Unfortunately at the end of the 16th night, the zombies had become strong enough to overwhelm my barricades before my turrets could eradicate them and ultimately I wore down all of my remaining ammo. Going into the 17th night, I was unable to purchase enough ammo for either the SMG turrets or my Shotgun to last long enough to finish off the zombies.
Lasted a lot longer than the last time I tried to play this game.
I briefly tried the multi-player mode, but it was disappointing. Both players share ammo and currency with the turrets, so I frequently had players join and then spend all the money I had saved up for a blaster on fortifications immediately. I feel like either seperating the money and ammo counts for each player or making both players decide on purchases would be a nice addition.
I feel that money is quite sparse throughout the singleplayer survival experience too as it's extremely easy to run out of money and the amount of money gained each round and the amount of damage done by weapons you carry over doesn't balance well with the increase in zombie difficulty per round. This could be a design flaw, or done on purpose to make sure the game can end without the player continuing indefinitely, but either way it seems a little unbalanced at the moment.
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed Yet Another Zombie Defense as a survival game and, as long as you were playing with friends, I could see the multi-player mode being fun too. Since it's currently on sale for 49 cents each or 79 cents for a two-pack, I would highly recommend to grab it quickly before the sale runs out in about 26 hours.
I have decided to take a page out of Lloyd's book and start a new series. I will be starting a few of them over the following week but today I will begin Zombie Zunday. Every Sunday I will write something about zombies. As a start I thought I would write my top 3 zombie games of all time.
Number 3: Dead Nation
Dead Nation is a top down shooter developed by Housemarque and Climax Studios on the PS3. It's a fast pace game with hordes after hordes of zombies coming from all directions. You have a wide arsenal of weapons to buy and upgrade from a head popping rifle with unlimited ammo, a shocker which send bolts of electricity through hordes of the undead, to my personal favourite, the blade cannon. This weapon fires a saw blade through the horde killing whole groups in one shot.
Each kill gives the player cash and multiplier. Each time you get hit your multiplier goes down which directly effects your overall score. The cash collected is spent on much needed upgrades, armour and ammo refills at the end of each stage.
The graphics are great and at times this game can get rather intense with the amount of zombies racing to get you.
Number 2: 7 Days To Die
My second top 3 game is a game that's currently in alpha. 7 Days to Die is an open world voxel-base sandbox game. You are dropped into either a randomly generated world or a premade world. You must scavenge for items and food to help you survive in this creepy world. This game is a mash up between DayZ and Minecraft. You can mine, farm, hunt, survive, craft weapons and items, build bases and fortify them against the zombie hordes.
The crafting system is very in depth and has many recipes. A lot of recipes must be found in books found in the game before you can even start building those items. There is a leveling system which increases the chance to craft higher quality weapons and items. You must eat and drink to survive. Zombie can see, hear and even smell you.
The best part of this game for me is that every single room in every single building can be entered. The ambient sounds in this game are creepy and the night time is scary. This is a must try game if you love zombie survivals.
Number 1: The Last Of Us
The last of us is by far my favourite zombie game of all time. This game is made by Naughty Dog for the PS3. The story is an emotion roller coaster ride. The story is about a Joel who must deliver Ellie to a safe place. You must pass through zombie infected areas and groups of rebels who have no regard for people outside their group and will kill you for the can of beans in your bag or just because they don't like you.
This game has you sneaking passed zombies with pressing the controller so slightly that if you press it too hard the zombie will hear you and attack. It is so freaky and gets the heart racing. The story also has twist after twist which just pulls at the heart strings. This game will shock the shit out of you.
Brilliant story, brilliant graphics and, brilliant gameplay. This is not only my number one zombie game but also sits as my number one game of all time. Get it, play it and love it. I so hope they make a number 2 of this.
