28 Weeks Later

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: teclis1023
Meh, 28 Weeks Later just wasn't good enough to follow up after 28 Days.

28 Days put us in the seat of highly sympathetic, likeable characters. We understood their actions and could justify them. We saw them develop and change, and we felt their fear and happiness.

28 Weeks lacked this. The only sympathetic characters were the two militarymen - the Delta guy and his Pilot. Those stupid kids broke the rules to get a damned PICTURE and brought back the plague to civilization. The father unleashed it. The female military-doctor was so gimpy that she couldn't even defend against a single zombie when she had a FRIGGIN assault rifle. All of the characters that we were supposed to like simply were unlikeable - they were petty, selfish and greedy. Furthermore, you see at the end that the sister let her brother get on the helicopter knowing that he was infected, and subsequently infected Paris.

Thanks a lot, jerkfaces.

the kid doesn't infect paris - he, like his mother, is immune to the virus. the remaining zombies just run to paris through a tunnel, IIRC.

 

[Gothgar]

28 Days later was so retardedly stupid that I never watched 28 weeks later... if some of you liked it, maybe I'll have to check it out.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
If you like zombies, go find a copy of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie war.

It's awesome. It's written as a series of interviews with survivors of the zombie war, conducted 10 years after the US declared victory within it's borders (The book is not only about the US, though, China, Japan, South Africa, Israel, Pakestan, Iran, England, etc all are big parts).

It is very well written, and very believable.

Another :thumbsup: for this very good book.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: teclis1023
Meh, 28 Weeks Later just wasn't good enough to follow up after 28 Days.

28 Days put us in the seat of highly sympathetic, likeable characters. We understood their actions and could justify them. We saw them develop and change, and we felt their fear and happiness.

28 Weeks lacked this. The only sympathetic characters were the two militarymen - the Delta guy and his Pilot. Those stupid kids broke the rules to get a damned PICTURE and brought back the plague to civilization. The father unleashed it. The female military-doctor was so gimpy that she couldn't even defend against a single zombie when she had a FRIGGIN assault rifle. All of the characters that we were supposed to like simply were unlikeable - they were petty, selfish and greedy. Furthermore, you see at the end that the sister let her brother get on the helicopter knowing that he was infected, and subsequently infected Paris.

Thanks a lot, jerkfaces.

the kid doesn't infect paris - he, like his mother, is immune to the virus. the remaining zombies just run to paris through a tunnel, IIRC.

wrong. He is immune but is also a carrier, so if he makes the proper contact with another person, they'll become infected even though he won't be.

 

[PingSpike]

Why the fuck did the military herd all the people into the basement and then leave the back door open so one zombie could turn into 800 zombies? Why didn't they just march them all into a volcano while they were at it?

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

Watch the special on the making of that scene (Tomorrow Never Dies). You'd be surprised on how much footage was real. One of the ballsiest helicopter pilots ever.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I don't understand how they could have possibly let the infection from the mother spread to the entire population. Stupid.

I like the idea of turbo zombies though.

 

[weiv0004]

Why the fuck did the military herd all the people into the basement and then leave the back door open so one zombie could turn into 800 zombies? Why didn't they just march them all into a volcano while they were at it?

The most likely answer is that it's a plot hole ignored by the jackass making this movie. I generously attributed it to the fact that the zombie that got in the back door was in a restricted area where the military expected there to be no zombies. (Because the zombie/dad had the all access pass thing?)

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

It was a good book.

What really got me were the parts about the zombies underwater in the ocean.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

It was a good book.

What really got me were the parts about the zombies underwater in the ocean.

Yeah, that was pretty awesome. Even the land isn't totally clear, but they pretty much admit that they can never really clear the ocean. It really added a new dimension since you couldn't just get on an island and be safe.

The other scary part is how frozen waves rise out of "cleared" areas every spring. They never find them all.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

It was a good book.

What really got me were the parts about the zombies underwater in the ocean.

Yeah, that was pretty awesome. Even the land isn't totally clear, but they pretty much admit that they can never really clear the ocean. It really added a new dimension since you couldn't just get on an island and be safe.

The other scary part is how frozen waves rise out of "cleared" areas every spring. They never find them all.

Yeah, really leaves it open for a follow up

Hopefully they don't screw up the movie to much...

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

A 'chopper' (hehheh) was also used to puree zombies in Planet Terror. BTW, Rose McGowan is one one-legged hottie.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

It was a good book.

What really got me were the parts about the zombies underwater in the ocean.

Yeah, that was pretty awesome. Even the land isn't totally clear, but they pretty much admit that they can never really clear the ocean. It really added a new dimension since you couldn't just get on an island and be safe.

The other scary part is how frozen waves rise out of "cleared" areas every spring. They never find them all.

Yeah, really leaves it open for a follow up

Hopefully they don't screw up the movie to much...

I've been trying to think how they could pull it off. They'd either have to cut out tons or make it epic in length. I mean, the book is more a collection of short stories that the reader pulls together in their mind as an account of a greater event.

I'm thinking they may confine it to a single geographical area...probably the united states.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: jonmcc33

Originally posted by: effee
Won't the blades get dented causing difficulty in flying? That was my first thought when i saw the scene..

Yes, no normal chopper pilot in sane mind would do that. Those blades provide all lift. They aren't too durable either spinning that fast.

There was a James Bond movie that did the same thing. I just can't stand fake Hollywood crap like that really.

No one would really do that because it's just too dangerous to fly that low. Any minor movements or wind can easily send the helicopter to the ground, and the ground always wins. But this is a movie, and that scene was awesome.

Bumping a dead thread here...

I just finished World War Z, and it appears the "chop zombies up with a chopper blade" idea was used in the paniced end stages of the battle of Yonkers.

The book did not disappoint, while it worked for a moment...the blade quickly broke off on some debries, dooming the pilot and crew to be torn apart by the living dead. I could see some desperate pilot attempting this as the army was overrun.

It was a good book.

What really got me were the parts about the zombies underwater in the ocean.

Yeah, that was pretty awesome. Even the land isn't totally clear, but they pretty much admit that they can never really clear the ocean. It really added a new dimension since you couldn't just get on an island and be safe.

The other scary part is how frozen waves rise out of "cleared" areas every spring. They never find them all.

Yeah, really leaves it open for a follow up

Hopefully they don't screw up the movie to much...

I've been trying to think how they could pull it off. They'd either have to cut out tons or make it epic in length. I mean, the book is more a collection of short stories that the reader pulls together in their mind as an account of a greater event.

I'm thinking they may confine it to a single geographical area...probably the united states.

I was thinking about it after I finished the book a few months ago and think they'd just chop it down and cut out a ton of stories.

I'm sure they'd focus on some of the bigger ones but like the blind man story would probably go.

The kid in the apartment building climbing from balcony to balcony would probably go, etc..

But I'd think they'd have to do Yonkers, the Sub, etc...