User talk:Airborne88/quiz

Zombie Movies

Any& all Discussion about zombie movie is encouraged!!

Romero Movies (...Of the dead)

• (MOVED FROM USER TALK PAGE) I believe that "Day of the Dead" was the best Zombie movie ever made, Props to George A. Romero.!
  • If you think I am in error, or that you know more about "the best movie ever made" (DOTD), I encourage you to challenge me to a quiz. Winner take all, I am sure you know nothing of DOTD, NOTLD, DOTD, LOTD, or anything else... please take me up on the offer! "They are coming to get you B-A-R-B-A-R-A"!!!

Well, I'm not going to challenge you, but personaly I think the origonal Night Of the Living dead beats all the other films hands-down. Something about the claustophobia, black and white filming and the horrible ending.--Seventythree^Talk 07:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Well I agree to disagree about the "God of Zombies", and how it all got started.. However, there is one flick that i always watch when I am getting ready for bed.. Day of the dead.. A template is on the way.. An Awesome movie by any standards.. I gets better every time you watch it!!--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 08:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

But you are right 73.. George has a way with his ficks, it is the original NOTLD that screws with me to this day. Zombie movies are to only horror theme that upset me.. and it all goes back to the original 1960's "Night Of The Living Dead". I saw it as a kid, and wil never be able to shake that experience. What a twisted wonderful man george is..haha.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 09:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I dunno. Somehow, despite the fact that NOTLD was filmed on a much smaller budget, with less in the way of special effects, it feels more real than every other zombie film out there.--Seventythree^Talk 11:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree, there is something about NOTLD that just rocks. It is hands down one of the best movies of its time, and even now most films can't come close to it. Even the new Land Of The Dead with it's huge budget and "big studio" backing... Just isn't as good. The characters are all shallow and the plot is just a bit weak. Just goes to show it is hard to top a classic.. Even for the King of the Zombies.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 14:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I think it's because when you have near zero budget for special effects you need to make much more of an effort with plot/character development. That and it was the first movie to actualy bother casting a black man as the hero. Right in the middle of the civil rights movement too. Brave move.--Seventythree^Talk 22:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh for sure.. Did you notice how the black guy slaps Barbara when she freaks out?? I am sure that ruffled a few feathers back in the day. If you look at the old posters for NOTLD, they offer "life insurance" in case you get "sacred to death".. ha-ha. Romero said in a recent interview he liked having the financial backing of big companies but he plans to go back to his roots and only shoot small budget films. Not that it is a big risk for him. As long as the title reads "-Something-...Of The Dead" and he slaps his name on it, it will make tons of $$$--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 23:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Mind you, he still makes the occasional point. Remember when the Zombies you wind up siding with in Land of the dead? Well, they all grab tools as they lay seige to the tower. Socalist/communist message much? Personaly I'm waiting for him to make house of the dead..... An intense set peice of emotion focusing on a burgeoning relationship between two married people, possibly sabotaged by a cranky old uncle. Set in an undertakers with absoultely no zombies at all! Imagine the irony!--Seventythree^Talk 23:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

That's a good point! I think George R. is the only director to actually have a social message in his zombie films. I know that "Fiddler's Green" is a representation of George Bush/war in Iraq/ problems of America. He always has a black lead character in his films as well. NOTLD is The leader of the upstairs, Dawn is a kick ass police officer, Day is the chopper pilot (the only one smart enough to fly), ....Then he switches up on us. The main black character is the leader of the zombies. I also like the "zombie evolution over time". Many other films just make "super zombies" for the the following films which I always thought was just lame.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Ive always been a fan of dawn, i just love it. Its the fact that the dangers always from humans, the zombies are just background.--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 22:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I know, I always find myself watching it.. I never seems to get tired of it.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 11:48, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

	George Romero
	This User Thinks "Day of the Dead" is hands down the best zombie flick ever made. PERIOD!!!

28 Days Later

So...when are you gonna do a quiz on 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later? --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 14:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Are you trying to make me angry?

	Zombie Nazi
	This user is particular about zombie films. 28 days later is not a zombie film.

--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 22:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

It is close to a zombie film. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:40, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

There not even dead. (deep breaths, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I was going to drop the 28days/weeks bomb at some point (I am a Nazi about my zombie flicks too) But first I am going to burn through some really-really old zombie classics..--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Just want to mention... I've mentioned it before... I forget where.... but 28 days later and 28 weeks later are not traditional zombie movies, but they are zombie movies done in 'hard science fiction'. In Hard Science Fiction, you can't get away with doing things which are 'magical' or 'just because' - everything has a definitive reason - so in something about zombies, the reasoning behind it would be that they aren't dead - they just have a virus which makes them act very much like how zombies act, and the disease spreads in a manner similar to how zombie infection spreads. The same could be said for a much older movie called Lifeforce (although they were supposedly 'space vampires' the effect was basically like zombies. --Tselita 18:10, 14 April 2008 (BST)

But theyre not dead! And they dont act like zombies, they run! And when did "They're from space" stop being a valid argument?--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 21:10, 14 April 2008 (BST)

Zombie theme discussion

My feelings on Zombies

1. I believe a true "zombie" is DEAD. This kills the whole 28series, they were just "infected".
2. I think that because were human at one time, they are held to the same limitations as people. I dismiss the "super zombie" as writers getting lazy. If anything, zombies should be slower than humans being that they are decaying and stiffing up. I do accept fresh corpses/recently deceased would be a bit more "limber" than those who clawed their way out of an old grave.
   • I believe the zombie gets it's "strength" from the horde, not super powers. I mean how does a fat guy suddenly turn into a track star? If the zombie couldn't do it in life, he can't do it in death
   • The "super power" of the zombie is that they are dead. They don't need food, you can shoot the crap out of them, they don't feel pain, ect. When you put tons of them together, you are in deep poop. If a hundred of them lay siege to your defenses, they are never going away (you have to figure something out)
3. I accept that zombies can come from an "infection" or "mystery radiation" this makes 2 classes of zombies:
   • Infected: you have to be bitten or somehow infected to become a zombie. People in this class can die and stay dead w/out rising as a zombie as long as they were not infected
   • "Mystery Radiation/chemical": This is the biggy. For some reason, everything dead is coming back to us. It doesn't matter if you had a heart attack or some natural cause of death: everyone is a zombie in the end
4. I believe in the "head shot". I believe they are still a human machine, and the brain drives it. The only was to stop a zombie is to "sever the head or destroy the brain".
   • I hate it when survivors chop up a zombie and the hands and shit come after them. It is not possible, appendages depend on nerve impulses from the brain to move. Duh! (This is more lazy writer crap)
   • This 6th sense has something to do with why zombies only eat living people. Ever see a zombie trying to eat another zombie?
5. I believe Zombies do have a 6th sense. I dunno why... They just seem to sense a survivor is around. Once they know that, they will never get bored and wander off.
   • This is the only "super power" I accept. No reason, I just do.
6. I believe that zombies can "remember stuff". They eat people because it is a basic instinct to do so.
   • We established they are using their brain to some extent, so of course there are a few things they will "remember from before". How to open a door, use a simple tool, ect. Some zombies may remember more than others, because some zombies brains haven't decomposed as much.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 02:18, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

SO. Not a fan of the no more room arguement? You forgot

1. • 90% of humans killed by zombies are the fault of humans. Opening doors, turning on each other, driving off in a van to rescue a dog, not being properly organised. Much like in Urban Dead. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 18:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Well I wouldn't say I am not a fan of the religious reason for zombies, it actually says in the bible "the dead shall rise from the grave". And in some movies no reason at all works ok to. I mean there is a reason, they just don't bother to say what it is. You are absolutely right. In a crisis people are their own worst enemy (like in UD). If you watch day of the day, the zombies really aren't as big a threat as the scientists and military not working together. And most people are not "survivors", lots of people don't have the first clue of what to do when things go south. Then they get desperate and try to take what others have.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 19:22, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Uhm, I have something interesting to add to the zombie, rules, I think. You didn't cover the eating impulse real well there, and zombies are known to be extra resistant. So maybe all the need for eat is to refuel the body, as it spent a lot of energy healing wounds and reanimating it. Maybe after all the zombies have eaten they go see a movie or something, but of course they never show you that in the movies. » JS talk contribs » 06:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I have seen the "why zombies eat people" reason go all over the place. Resident Evil says it is just an instinct. Day of the dead Logan says they can take no nurishment from what they eat (cut out one's stomach). Night of the living dead 3 says they eat brains for electricity... I dunno, each movie seems to sort of "make some stuff up" as they go. Of all the horror creatures "Zombies" seem to have the least binding rules, they seem to just change from film to film. --Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 07:25, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

The same thing happens with vampire movies. Different vampire movies/TV shows/comics/etc change vampire powers/weaknesses/etc. I mean... Bram Stoker's Dracula states that vampires can go outside in the daytime, even! Anne Rice's version of vampires, and the traditional Vampyr mythos is notably different :) --Tselita 18:15, 14 April 2008 (BST)

Voodoun zombies are the original zombies, and they're not dead, either. --Diano 20:33, 14 April 2008 (BST)

Quiz

Guest quiz?

So...what's the scoop on guest quizzes? 'Cause I know where I can find bloopers for these zombie films... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 19:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I am cool with you guesting on my quiz. You just take it over for a few days?--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not taking anything by force...and I'm only gonna do one quiz. For now. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 00:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Go for it, I don't mind.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:41, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I need to think of something. Hard. Extremely hard...Like what I did on KM's video game quiz... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 02:11, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Best way is just to watch the movie and scribble down random stuff--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 04:30, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Throw in a guest section and I'll put down a question. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 19:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds great--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 19:31, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm guessing you don't want guest quizzes seeing that you're not throwing in a guest section... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 01:40, 9 April 2008 (BST)

I sort of thought you forgot about it. I will go make a section for it right now.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 05:16, 11 April 2008 (BST)

I never said anything about adding the guest section...Besides, I thought you would ban me for a few quizzes for adding in a random section you don't want. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 19:58, 11 April 2008 (BST)

Wiki Quiz Masters

Well we've got plenty of other kinds. :P So I thought I'd volunteer my specialist subject. -- Cheese 00:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I was actually just thinking it would be cool if there was a video game quiz this morning.. Then I get home and you just posted one.. Pretty cool. --Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Psychic I am mate. :P -- Cheese 00:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

It is my own fault for blasting my brainwaves all over the place...--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Yup. :P Just getting Question 2 ready. Still waiting on a complete answer to the first one as well. -- Cheese 00:30, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Ya, I don't remember anything about MGS.. Real buzz kill--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 00:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Lol. :P I'll throw in a few non-MGS ones as well at some point. -- Cheese 00:33, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

(Moved glass of milk to prize area) Enjoy! :D-- Cheese 10:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah! Thanks!--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 10:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Holy crap...If I counted this correctly, your quiz would be #5 on the list of chronologically appearing list thing, whatever....the full list of this thing....in chronological order: Bronz93, Axe Hack, Rosslessness, Krazy Monkey, andAirborne88.. If this keeps up, 73 might get the 73rd spot... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 22:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoops...made a mistake...you're number 6...Lh778 came 4th, so just stick 'em between RLN and KM...If this keeps up, we may need to get our own category thing... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 22:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

You can't be talking about Most linked to pages I am really far down the list there. Do you have a link to what you are talking about?--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 22:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm thinking Category:Quiz. Although we quiz hosts could make our own wiki group...like Quiz Masters or something... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 22:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

A wiki group?? Hmm.. I likey. Sounds like a plan! A group pages/templates= fun-fun-fun!--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 22:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

6 unofficial members so far...and if this was to work, imagine how many quizzes would be on this wiki. It's a shame I really suck at making group pages... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 22:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

We can just throw up a "frame", basic page/group box... We both sign on right off the bat. All members have free edit on the group page. It would pop together in no time! There could be 2 types of members: Quiz Masters/ Quiz Junkies..--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 22:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Last time I even tried to make a group page, everything just went down the drain...And I'm thinking of passing this by the other 4 quizzers... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 22:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. You can count me in! I can help with the group page if you want.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 23:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

How bout, you start on the group page, and we'll see what we can add later on. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure- I'll throw up a "frame of a group" and we can fill in the details later--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 23:18, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm in! After all, I started the darned quizzes on UDwiki, so I should get a decent say or two in the group.-- Quizzical  Quiz  Speak  23:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

We're sorta up and running here... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Quiz Masters Have at it! Open edit for all Quiz Masters!--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 23:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Cell?

How about a Cell quiz? » JS talk contribs » 06:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, wait, that's not a movie, that's a book. Never mind. Sweet ass-book, though. » JS talk contribs » 06:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

You mean the story by Stephen King? I think they are going to make it into a movie actually.. I was sort of disappointed in King a little bit. Not so say it was "bad" exactly, I just have come to expect a higher caliber story from him. (the stand is one of my fav. books)--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 08:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, the kind of zombies in that book were one of my favorite kinds. In other zombie movies they just stand around and eat you. But in this book they sort of develop a hive mind, and become one creature. It's pretty sweet. » JS talk contribs » 23:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

That is an interesting point. I did like the "drone" aspect, and they were not actually "dead" either. If i remember correctly they just went crazy at first and killed whoever they saw. I did especially enjoy King's vision of how the survivors banded together. I seem to remember a guy getting killed over a keg of beer? Is that right?--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 01:29, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

The only only time I remember someone outside the main group getting killed was when the "zombies" made the people kill themselves after they killed one of the untouchables, but I'm not sure. » JS talk contribs » 01:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I should know! Always carry the book around with me. Just kidding. Let me go and fecth it. Can't find it. Anyway, If I remeber correctly, I believe two men were fighting over it. One guy severely wounded the other man and talked to the main character before walking off into the night.--MikhailA 03:39, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

The sad part is I could almost see myself killing (or being killed) over a keg of beer.(depending of course how rough things were/what kind of beer it was)--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 03:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Can I butt in? The beer fight was toward the begining of the book as I recall. And I quite liked the story I must admit; nowhere near as good as The Stand, but at least it had an open ending - the reader could decide whether the hero's attempt to cure his son worked or not. Not a zombie story though! Moyes^{T RPM} 15:43, 1 April 2008 (BST)

Sure come on in! (it had stalled a bit anyways) It was a cool story, but for sure NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE. The Stand was just awesome! All except for the end was a little lame. After 200 billion pages I was expecting something a bit better (No Spoiler). It is like King just got tired and ended it.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 16:11, 1 April 2008 (BST)

Thanks

Hey! Thanks for the prizes. They're awesome. Put in more quizzes please because they are so fun!--MikhailA 03:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome, I'll try to get a few more up--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 03:12, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the new prize. Always a fan of quizzes! Especially with zombies.--MikhailA 01:56, 1 April 2008 (BST)

Zombies rock--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 12:25, 1 April 2008 (BST)

Is

I think you didn't get the joke. You said "There is a different phone number for the Army on the side of the zombie canisters. What is is?" And I answered your question. Technically, I got that question right. Prize? » JS talk contribs » 01:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

OMG! You be right! I are going to make you an prize.--Airborne88^T|Z.Quiz|PSS 01:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)