Showing posts with label Zombies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zombies. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 May 2015

The Walking Dead's Most Shocking Moments

The Walking Dead TV show has has some really shocking and some really screwed up moments. Here are my most shocking moments.

WARNING: This post has some MAJOR spoilers for The Walking Dead. If you have not seen it you have been warned.
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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....

I would love to know if you would put a scene in the top five so leave a comment below. You can also find us on Facebook and find me on Twitter.

SighFye

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Kill The Beast: Ep3: Theres no place like home

Hey guys, today is Way Back When's Day and I thought I would do my Minecraft series today because well it was supposed to be done way back on Monday.


Last time I left you guys, we had had a major battle with cave spiders which almost ended it for me. Well that battle took all my food so I needed to find some more. In previous days of playing, I have found that fishing is a great source of food. After the epic cave spider fight I had managed to pick up a lot of string. So I made myself a bow and a fishing rod.



With my new tools in hand I set out to find a fishing hole. On the way there I found my world had become corrupt, with a massive chasm. I saw in the chasm my torches so I knew my cave had now become useless, or at least difficult to navigate.


I started fishing in a local river. About ten minutes past and I had not caught a single fish. Maybe I was doing it wrong. I decided to move location to try somewhere else but once again, in about ten minutes, I had only caught one fish.


I decided it would better to look for some cows, sheep or chickens instead. But my luck was not too good in this frontier either. As night time fell I was still without food, my hunger running lower and now I had to fight the monsters of the dark.


After about fifteen minutes I stumbled across a cow stuck in a tree. I was saved.


But my night was not safe yet, monsters started to arrive. I first saw a skeleton but managed to take him down with ease.



But turning the corner I ran into big trouble. A whole horde of monsters coming at me.


The closest creeper even managed to get close enough to attack.


Every where I turned more and more monsters came out of the night.


By this time I was well and truly lost. I had no idea where home was, no idea which way to turn so I went for a new plan, to find a village. Villages are great with enough food to sustain me and rooms to hide.  I climbed into the trees to get a higher view, and a rest from the mob behind me. I saw clear land, land where villages are likely to spawn.


But heading there gave no relief from the mobs, in fact I ran into two enderman. Luckily I already knew to avert my eyes and all is fine.


It wasn't long until I found this little cove with plenty of food, that I can raise and a horse I could tame. This would be my new home.


And as the sun rose to clear the land of any more monsters I thought, today will be a better day. Today I start a new.


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Geek it up readers :P

SighFye

Sunday, 17 May 2015

Fear The Walking Dead

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. 

Sweet Dreams

Bellistik 

8 Years Later

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!


Catch you next time

Bellistik

Could Zombies Become Reality?

Hey guys SighFye here

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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Stay Geeky

SighFye

Sunday, 3 May 2015

Zombie Zunday - Must See Movies

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.
  1. Cardio: You must be fit and must be able to run long distances.
  2. Double Tap: If you kill a zombie, hit it again in the head. You never know when they will get back up
  3. Beware of Bathrooms: Bathrooms are a danger to enter.
  4. 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.

Thanks Again Guys

SighFye

Saturday, 10 January 2015

The Dead... no longer... Linger

SighFye here...

On April 29th 2012, Sandswept studios announced their KickStarter project, The Dead Linger was successfully funded and would go into full steam development. I personally was one of those kickstarters as I liked the idea they had.

Sandswept promised a planet size randomly generated world where all buildings could be explored. They claimed you could "Slay the undead hordes with WHATEVER you want." Crafting new weapons from trash around the town. Interact and explore EVERY item, weapon, object and building you see. It was to be the zombie survival game of all time. Their slogon was "We are bringing the zombie era back from the dead..." or something like that. Here's some of the concept art they provided.








Looks damn awesome right?

So finally the day came when they released a playable alpha. We were all so excited to play. My friends and I logged in for the first time and were greeted with a world with trees and houses. I could see zombies, I could pick up items. Ok there wasn't many but it's alpha lots more to come. After playing for a little while I came to the realise this was shit.

I could shoot a zombie in the distance from the hip and kill it. I didn't need to reload so I had unlimited ammo. Zombies were very predictable and the random house designs kept fucking up. So my conclusion was they released alpha too early. And I do still stand by that.

I watched development and logged in with each new build to check out the new stuff. The game started to get scary and started getting hard. Things were picking up. But things moved slow very slow. They promised new builds every fortnight, which they never kept to. They have reprogrammed every aspect of the game multiple times. They even moved the game engine from Orge to Unity. A process which took a long time and pissed off a lot of their follows. However their decision was right. Things picked up and got better quicker.

Recently they released a devblog announcing they are scrapping the planetsize random world to a set world. Ok the towns and buildings will change but its all contained in a small area. I do understand the change but they have taken away a MASSIVE part of why I was interested.

So it’s still randomized every time I play it?
Yes and no. This is a really important part, so read carefully.
In Pepper Valley, the terrain, interstates, roads, lakes, rivers, and some of the environment will be static, meaning it won’t change, but large segments of the world, such as a town, city, island, neighborhood, or even a specific building lot, will be swapped out for other layouts each time you generate a new world.

The other thing that annoyed me in their post is this...
We are switching The Dead Linger to the insanely fast and insanely powerful Unreal Engine 4 .

Yet another engine change. Will this game ever come to the completion it hoped to be.

I have recently heard of a game called 7 Days to Die. This game seems to support most of what The Dead Linger have promised and more. They have been in development for I believe a year and by the looks of things have passed The Dead Linger.


The Dead Linger may miss the boat if they do not get things into a giant swing. Games are coming out similar to them and are getting finished quicker. Most people I know who KickStarted The Dead Linger, have lost interest already.

I do believe that one day The Dead Linger will finish their game and it will be a good game. But I also believe many games will come in that time and The Dead Linger will no longer be a new style of game. It will be seen as another zombie survival.

Don't get me wrong, I would not be able to make a game like it. Its just all the time taken in development, I would have expected them to be a lot further along.

The Dead Linger was my first experience of KickStarter and to be honest, I don't think I would be comfortable Kickstarting another project.

Linger On Survivors ;)

SighFye