The general consensus on The Walking Dead--the Darabont-helmed AMC show based on the great comics by Robert Kirkman--seems to boil down to two reactions ( Read more... )

Henchgirl just woke up (we tend to fall asleep by the first lights of morning), and the first thing she said was, "John... promise me something."

"What?"

"Promise me that... if there's ever a zombie apocalypse... and you find zombified Ty Templeton, and he's not all the way gone yet... don't bring him home so he can sign all your comics and we ( Read more... )

Thanks Bloo.

Simon Pegg on why Romero-style slow zombies are and will always be superior to Zack-Snyder-style fast zombies.

He makes excellent, thoroughly geeky points. I look forward to referring this to anyone who trashes slow zombies or hold the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake up as better than the original. Depressingly, such people exist.

Man, I actually feel kinda bad for M. Night Shyamalan. I've been following the reviews of THE HAPPENING*, and more than once have I read someone say, "This is the sort of film that ends careers ( Read more... )

Dad's still in the basement. I really should do something about that.

BLITEOTW

(seriously, one of these days, I really do need to scatter the ashes.)

Taken by several:

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.

2. one song blasting on the speakers.

3. one famous person to fight alongside you.1.) After consulting Max Brooks' zombie survival guide, it looks like my ideal weapon of choice would be the M1 Carbine semiautomatic rifle. It doesn't waste ammo and is idea for ( Read more... )

So I have just been informed that there was a shopping mall in the Elizabethan period. At first, I thought it still existed, or that it was a new, Renaissance Faire type dealie, and I got all excited.

Just think about it: take your typical all-out garb, then mix in Richmond's annual Zombie Lurch... you already see where I'm going with this, right ( Read more... )

On THE DAILY SHOW tonight, Jon was talking about the recent Democratic debate where three of the other candidates (but not Obama; John Edwards, Joe BIden, and Chris Dodd) AND Tim Russert were all aggressively grilling Hillary, and Jon Stewart quipped ( Read more... )

This one's for the horror geeks.

Be sure to put on your Silver Shamrock Halloween masks, kids!

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Hey, it's still better than the one with Busta Rhymes.

Bonus: I took my LJ icon and decided to whip up a little somethin'-somethin'. Because I love the joke so. Not for the queasy or sensitive. Don't say I didn't warn you, as I know some of ( Read more... )