Isn't WWZ a Novel? Like, as in not a comic? As in not /co/ related? I mean, I could be wrong...

Yonkers

>>8945736
That is where your reasoning is flawed novels are /co/ related
also World War Z's companion book
the zombie survival guide had a graphic novel adaption so...yeah.../co/ related

How are zombies still a relevant plot? I haven't seen anything different done with them outside the Romero trilogy. Except Dellamorte Dellamore, but zombies were really just a small part of the plot (just his job).

>>8945786
the plot of WWZ was about how the modern world would not be ready for any sort of world-wide epidemic (zombies in this case) and the likely turn of events that would follow.

He's done adaptations before.

>>8945786
>outside the Romero trilogy
he's done more than three movies you know.
if fact hes still making sequels.

>>8945786
I don't see why anything outside Night of the Living Dead had to be made. The movie showed that zombies are a minor nuisance, unless you decide to board yourself up in a house with some crazy bedfellows.

They're actually making a moving off of this stupid fucking book?

>>8945824
Like what?

>>8945862

I hate Max Brooks. Seriously. How the fuck can zombies survive at crushing depths below the surface where even a submarine would be crushed like a tin can under a tank tread? How can they survive freezing? What fuels them? Do the zombified cells cannibalize the non-zombified cells/bacteria growing on them? If so, how can they last an average of 3-5 years, and longer if they are frozen? And they do all that while not utilizing any of the flesh they consume for fuel, and without the benefits of aerobic respiration?!?!

>>8945896

I think you just don't like zombies.

/co/ - shitty hollywood versions of shitty books

>>8945886
He did a series loosely based on a comic from Europe that no one's read.

>>8945933
>>I'm a shitty troll.

There was a Zombie Survival Guide graphic novel? Torrent plz

>>8945896

How does a real zombie work? You seem like an expert.

>>8945662

Alan Moore liked Hayter's script better than the one we got.

They need to do exactly like the book.

Make it a mockumentary with "historical" reenactments.

>>8945896
from what I remember they could only survive under the ocean up to certain depths before they would be crushed
and as long as the brain tissue remained intact the would still be alive but not neccesairly functional they usually only lived until the brain rotted which could be slowed in cases of extreme cold but evn if the brain was still alive that does not mean they can simply get up after freezing only the parts of the body stil mobile continue to work even if the brain is still alive
as for what keeps the brain alive after the rest of the body is dead...beats me.

This book really was terrible and is the kind of shit that a 14 year old who has never read a book outside of the shit he has to read in High School would enjoy.

>>8945954
Anon, you didn't need two >s to tell me that!

http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.ht
ml


seems appropriate.

>>8945989

You clearly have a doctorate in zombology.

>>8945994
Hey I may not know art but I know what I like and I like this.

>>8945896
That was kind of the point. It got lampshaded multiple times in the book. They say that nothing disintegrates shit over time like salt water. The zombies lose all their clothes but somehow they don't deteriorate. They should have no energy at all since they have no metabolism but somehow they keep on going. Their senses should not work and their brains should be rotting but somehow they perceive and respond to stimuli.

I never read the book, what kind of zombies are in the book?

>Alan Moore liked Hayter's script better than the one we got.
I allways felt Moore was screwing with us when he said that.

>>8945996
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>whatever do you mean?

>>8945912

I like zombies. The Romero films leave the cause of the zombies largely unexplained. People bitten by zombies become zombies, but so too do all the people who die, unless they're instantly incinerated/decapitated/shot in the head. Does everyone have the virus, then? Is it not a virus or any other type of disease, but some alien race's doing? A cosmic phenomenon? Divine punishment for a sinful world? We don't know! What's more, the ghouls are afraid of fire, and also retain some memories and habits from their prior life (although that never seems to stop them from killing former friends and loved ones). The unexplained nature of it, and their close proximity in appearance and behavior makes them so frightening!

Really the writer is a pretty unimportant part of the movie. A good director can turn a crappy script into an awesome movie, and a bad director can ruin a script no matter how good it is. This will be worth discussing when we find out who the director is.

Also I read a whole fucking lot and I thought World War Z was fucking awesome. You guys are idiots.

>>8946058
That's what one tells oneself to feel better and justify continued dick sucking of a man who is obviously pants crapping insane. I know it's what I do.

>>8946050
Virus Zombies. Get bitten, die, come back. No Romero everyone-who-dies-becomes-one zombies.

>>8946058
Yeah, he was totally just fucking with people. I don't know why more people don't realize how often he just says shit to see what they'll do.

>>8946096

Seriously? Russia becoming a theocracy? America, Mexico, Brazil, fuck, even goddamn England is more likely to go that route than Russia! Hell, his predictions about Cuba are already wrong. And evacuating the entire fucking country of Japan? What was he on when he wrote that? Israelis and Palestinians becoming friends? Guy's a nutjob (and a Jew, hence, he so neatly wraps up the Palestinian problem while leaving Israel in existence).

>>8946151
Its not like they were just like "oh look, Russias a theocracy now" he gave a couple interviews that showed how the transition happened. Even if its unlikely he gave enough reasoning for me to follow it and suspend my disbelief a skill you should learn.
Its just a horror novel, stop taking it so seriously.

>>8946099
Actually
I'm this guy>>8946058
But really I was just trying to be polite about it
I'm pretty sure it's obvious that Alan Moore is a horrible grizzled mountain coot who traps children in his gingerbread cabins on a weekly basis.
but I still think he was fucking with everyone with that statement he didn't really like it but then again he wouldn't have liked anything that was shown to him regardless of content.

>>8946101
I'm pretty sure Romeros zombies aren't from people who die regardless of causes. Apart from the first movie, I've never seen anyone come back from the dead unless bitten.

>>8946101
I still don't understand how the virus zombie is the common archetype in zombie fiction. Nothing survive off of dead tissue except fungi and bacteria.

Even more so a virus could only have a short amount of time to transfer the virus to another host. once the body dies so should the body. And the only thing that could probably control a persons body without killing it would be a suped up mad-cow disease or brain parasyte.

>>8946253
He fucking better have been. But, yes, crazy. Ultra-crazy. I'm thinking Misery crazy, or a more wooly Hannibal Lector.

>>8946151

>He's a Jew

Remember how in the ZSG, he keeps (not so) subtly saying JEWS=GUD CHRISTIANS=BAD?

I thought I just had Jews on the mind at the time. Now I know he's butthurt over something (not being as successful as his dad?).

>>8946262
They do in Land of the Dead,
thats why that guy (Luigi from Mario Bros) is dumping dead bodies in boxes into the wasteland at the beginning of hte movie, they have to get the dead out of Fiddlers Green before they turn.

>>8946325
John Leguizamo....you're remembering him as Luigi? God you suck.

>>8945786
Dude, you didn't like Shaun of the Dead?

What's wrong with you?

>>8946355
Maybe he should have said Sid the Sloth instead?

>>8946262
>>8946262
Diary of the dead:
Girl shoots her self and becomes a zombie

>>8946319

Well, viruses inject their DNA (or RNA) into host cells and "hijack" them to produce copies of themselves. Sometimes, viral DNA becomes part of the host's DNA. So, theoretically, a complex virus, or a group of complex viruses could change a person's nervous and muscular cells into anaerobic cells, etc...

Holy shit i just picked this book up too. and im really enjoying it.

fun fact: [spolier]Max Brooks is Mel Brooks' son[/spoiler]

>>8946404
I just read the part about organ transfers.

So if a person is in an early stage of the infection and they donate an organ/blood/sperm they can infect the person receiving

>>8946325
What's land of the Dead?

Romero only made 3 "of the dead" films. If he made any films now, I'm sure he's well past his prime, and they'd suck big time.

>>8946404
thanks

>>8946355
Different Anon here
hell I remember him from lots of shit but to me he will allways be Luigi
or the narrator from brothers garcia

>>8946443
He was "past his prime" by his second film.

I also think it's funny how angry nerds get when someone points out how shitty and inconsistent WWZ and ZSG are, as if it's not true.

>fun fact: [spolier]Max Brooks is Mel Brooks' son[/spoiler]
MIND BLOWN!

>>8946443

Land of the Dead is the fourth movie, and is pretty meh.

Diary of the Dead on the other hand is Romero at his prime again. It's amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone who like Romero or zombies in general.

Zombie enthusiast here.
WWZ was a really great book and shows the transformation zombie stories have gone through from just here's this group of six people and suddenly ZOMBIES to how zombies would affect the world globally and economically. Seriously good work of Zombie lit right there.
Also I read excerpts from the script that got leaked and it is amazing OP. Don't worry about that.
I am unsure of the director having not seen any of his previous work.
It's the guy who directed Quantum of Solace.

>>8946618
If you didn't know this, you're retarded

>>8946630
>Diary of the Dead on the other hand is Romero at his prime again. It's amazing.

lolno
It was interesting but fucking stupid.
The best zombie movie of all time is the DotD remake.
Even though Romero gets cred for inventing the genre

>>8946651
Or you just haven't read his wikipedia entry.

>>8946630
NO. There were no other Romero zombie flicks. You can't fool me anon... NO NO NO!!

>>8946651
I guess I am then.
>>8946573
I find hilarious when people are threatened by people not sharing their opinions so they cover for it by using insults and put downs.

>>8946644
I liked the books too.
i saw errors in them, but still blew my fucking mind
shit was awesome. best part was in russia, when the bridge is crowded and they gas the population and all of a sudden, zombies rise from out of the dead. then the tanks haul ass out of there.
also the indians trying to escape on shitty boats and they fall apart

>>8946674

You need to remember this thing called opinion. I enjoy all of Romero's zombie movies, even Day of the Dead which is usually talked down upon. I thought Diary was a gigantic leap in the right direction from Land, and was as good as the his first two.

That's like me saying your fucking stupid for liking the DotD remake better then the original. It's my opinion.

>>8946630
If you're going to watch Diary of the Dead just watch REC for a better zombie movie with a similar format. Or Quarantine if you hate Spanish and subtitles.

I haven't read WWZ but have the Zombie Survival Guide pretty much memorized from repeated readings. The only complaint I have is how he often contradicts himself.

While the books aren't scientifically accurate, they are generally good reading. I don't see the problem.

>>8946778
You just recommended Quarantine.
Never speak of movies again

>>8946795

Zombies aren't scientifically accurate. I don't understand why people, especially people on a comics and cartoon board, actually care.

>>8946796
I recommended REC and said Quarantine if you hate Spanish and subtitles.

>>8946894
You're talking about the people who calculated the Flash's speed while rescuing a town in Korea in under a second.

>>8946941

I know, but they don't sit around a bitch all day about how scientifically inaccurate the speed force is. Or how Dr. Doom should have mushrooms growing out of his armpits because he never takes off the armor or what have you. Or how it's scientifically unfeasible for a rabbit to walk upright and talk.

Just saying.

Just because it's your opinion doesn't mean it isn't a stupid one.

Diary of the Dead and World War Z are both pretty shitty pieces of work written by hack writers. If Max Brooks wasn't the son of Mel Brooks and Romero didn't have such idiotic, die hard fans, no one would give a shit about the awful bullshit they produce.

JMS gave us the Real Ghostbusters and is currently rocking with Thor.

Why you doubt him at all is beyond.

>>8946894
So only things that are feasible can be entertaining?
if this is true why the hell are you on 4chan? let alone /co/.

>>8947020
> I haven't read WWZ

>>8947020
>Diary of the Dead and World War Z are both pretty shitty pieces of work written by hack writers
In your "Opinion" see that is what an Opinion is you have yours and I have my own
it may shock you to learn that from where I'm sitting your Opinion is bad.

>>8947020

You are utterly wrong. Most people were not aware he was related to Mel when they first read the book. I was not aware of it at the time. Plenty of people still aren't. It really isn't common knowledge, despite what this thread may lead you to believe.

>>8947060
Hey, remember the time Max Brooks talked about rampant consumerism in that chapter of WWZ and how stupid American's are for buying into globalization?

It's funny, you see, because his shitty work is being widely commercialized and will no doubt continue to be so after the movie is made. I hope you're ready for "WWZ: The Coffee Mug!" (which will no doubt be made by children in some shitwater Chinese hellhole).

Or how about the time he glossed over generations of Israeli/Palestinian conflict and had them come together for their common survival? Ha ha.

Let's not forget how he treats Post Apartheid South Africa, or the division of Korea, or how his stupid fucking zombies are somehow magically resistant to all sorts of factors, both natural and manufactured, that should easily destroy them but don't because Max Brooks doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.

Good times, good times.

>>8947046

That's the point I was making. So they aren't scientifically feasible? Why does anyone care? Especially people that read super hero comics and watch cartoons about talking bunnycatbear creatures? It's silly to complain about zombies being unscientific while holding a Superman comic in your hand.

>>8947089
If you can watch DotD and honestly tell me it's a good movie I think you should schedule an MRI because you probably have a brain tumor.

>>8947175
Yeah, whoever heard of people uniting against a bigger threat?

IT'S MADNESS.

>>8947175 Or how about the time he glossed over generations of Israeli/Palestinian conflict and had them come together for their common survival? Ha ha.

Uh, they didn't. Israel no longer exists in the WWZ-verse. It's all Palestine.