OT - World War Z

[Cdnwolf]

Anyone read the book World War Z by Max Brook? Even though it has zombies as the enemy... it is well written and shows how a post disaster world would survive.

[JHart]

I read it a few years ago and enjoyed it. Max Brooks doesn't have a clue about weapons, namely starting up production of new rifles to equip zombie fighters but minor nitpicks aside it's a good read.

[Targan]

Great book. Loved how years after the zombie apocalypse people living near the sea had to be careful of zombies crawling out of the ocean.

If you're into the zombie genre I can highly recommend the webcomic The Zombie Hunters (http://www.thezombiehunters.com/index.php?strip_id=1) by Jenny Romanchuk. I recently received my first edition signed copy of series one in the mail. Jenny's ideas in the comic could be translated perfectly into a zombie-themed T2K campaign. It follows a group of survivors who have set up a base on an island research campus. They use salvaged ships and a Black Hawk helicopter to go out into ruined suburbia on the mainland to search for useful supplies and other survivors. The group has formed a paramilitary arm called the Red Halos and the salvage teams are made up of people who have been previously infected by the zombie virus but haven't died. They are kept separated from the rest of the populace because when they do eventually die for whatever reason they will turn into zombies.

Definitely worth a look for those who like the zombie genre. The funniest thing for me about The Zombie Hunters is that the author and her closest friends are all in the comic. She started drawing and writing the story as an in-joke among her friends but it turned out to be worth continuing in a big way.

[95th Rifleman]

I really enjoyed WWZ especialy the way the stories tied together and it was surprisingly well-written. At times you could almost forget it was fiction.

[Raellus]

WWZ is great. Brooks started the recent zombie renaissance with his first book, the Zombie Survival Manual which is just brilliant. The market for zombie related books, comics, video games, TV shows, etc. has exploded over the past five years. I feel the backlash is on the way as the market gets oversaturated. Most of it is crap anyway. Brooks' stuff is among the best.

The comic series Walking Dead is pretty good too- really grim and bloody and definitely good fodder for T2K-related episodes.

[simonmark6]

WWZ is great. Brooks started the recent zombie renaissance with his first book, the Zombie Survival Manual which is just brilliant. The market for zombie related books, comics, video games, TV shows, etc. has exploded over the past five years. I feel the backlash is on the way as the market gets oversaturated. Most of it is crap anyway. Brooks' stuff is among the best.

The comic series Walking Dead is pretty good too- really grim and bloody and definitely good fodder for T2K-related episodes.

I seriously hope that you aren't intimating that : Zombie Strippers is anything other than the highest order of classic filmography...

[Ramjam]

Well they are meant to be starting to film the movie sometime this year with Brad Pitt playing the lead.
Should be interesting to say the least.

[dragoon500ly]

Well they are meant to be starting to film the movie sometime this year with Brad Pitt playing the lead.
Should be interesting to say the least.

Brad Pitt is the lead in Zombie Strippers?!?!?!??

Somehow the thought of watching him do a strip tease and dance around a brass pole just.....doesn't do it for me!!!!

:D

[Legbreaker]

Somehow the thought of watching him do a strip tease and dance around a brass pole just.....doesn't do it for me!!!!

:D

Methinks he doth protesteth too much! ;)

[dragoon500ly]

LOL!

Sorry, Brad is not one of my favorite actors....

Now John Wayne!!!!

[Targan]

LOL!

Sorry, Brad is not one of my favorite actors....

Now John Wayne!!!!

You didn't like Fight Club? 12 Monkeys?

[Legbreaker]

LOL!

Sorry, Brad is not one of my favorite actors....

Now John Wayne!!!!

Hmmm, John Wayne semi-naked and pole dancing, tassles and all. Now there's a sight I'd gouge my eyes out for!

[pmulcahy11b]

I just saw Salt the other day on cable, and a few of her other movies within the past month. Angelina Jolie is my favorite action hero! Now she'd look good semi-naked and pole dancing!

[Legbreaker]

With tassles! Don't forget the tassles! (and nothing else preferably! :p)