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World War Z (2013)

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tv tropes + gerry lane from world war z (2013)

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Films I watched in 2014: 

“Mother Nature is a serial killer. No one’s better. More creative. Like all serial killers, she can’t help but the urge to want to get caught. But what good are all those brilliant crimes if no one takes the credit? So she leaves crumbs. Now the hard part, while you spent decades in school, is seeing the crumbs for the clues they are. Sometimes the thing you thought was the most brutal aspect of the virus, turns out to be the chink in its armor. And she loves disguising her weaknesses as strengths. She’s a bitch." - World War Z

toddmcarthur:

In Max Brooks’ World War Z, there is one all-too-brief mention of Mkunga-Lalem—“The Eel and The Sword”—the premier anti-zombie martial art.  It’s never mentioned again, but I couldn’t stop thinking about what it would look like.

I figure an anti-zombie martial art would be mostly open handed (since there’s no point in punching a zombie) and most of the focus would be on not getting grabbed and subsequently bitten.  So here: two techniques from my imaginary guide to Mkunga-Lalem:

In Fig. 12, zombie approaches with arms outstretched, defender simultaneously steps forward with the right foot and parries out and downward with the left hand.  The sword in the right hand follows the left hand down, and then follows Z’s arms up to the neck for a clean decapitation.

In Fig.13, zombie approaches with arms outstretched, defender simultaneously steps out and forward with the right foot and parries Z’s arms to the side with the left hand.  Defender immediately catches Z by the wrist and pulls him across his front and to the side in a wide arc, throwing Z off-balance, followed by a clean chop to the skull.

multifandomobsessions:

I VOLUNTEER TO BE A BOOK SLAPPER

I read the book, but still think it is a good movie

art-of-swords:

[ NEWS ] You can finally buy World War Z’s ultimate zombie-killing weapon

The famed battleaxe/shovel hybrid weapon the “Lobo” from World War Z was missing from the final film adaptation of the book, but then again 95% of everything in the book was missing from the film, so that really comes as no surprise.

In the novel, the weapon is said to be one of the key factors in turning the tide against the zombies. Guns ran out of ammo and heads were hard to hit. Bombs were careless and expensive. But battleaxe shoves? Cheap and effective.

ThinkGeek is now offering the new “Crovel Extreme II”, a super-utility weapon that bears more than a passing similarity to the Lobo that helped our boys defeat the undead in the original World War Z novel.

Obviously, the Lobo didn’t make it into the World War Z film — along with about a million other things — but the Shaolin spade-esque weapon has clearly inspired this new version ThinkGeek utility tool. The new Crovel “functions as shovel, hammer, crowbar, woodworking chisel, saw, and bottle opener,” and the shovel can be folded down when you’re not in the middle of fleeing a horde of zombies.

While it lacks the super-sharp edge of the Lobo, you’ll note the Crovel’s shovel end has a serrated edge that should take care of most of your zombie decapitation needs. Also, it’s not fictional, which is super helpful. The Crovel Extreme II is $140, but an extra $30 gets you a reversible steel “super spike” that you can place on the end for improved skull puncturing as well.

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