minneapolisgenius said:

best answer


ever.

minneapolisgenius said:

Good answers. I like the explainations. See people, this is the kind stuff I was looking for.

Gold star for you!

retina said:

Read Stephen King's Cell. Read it! Brilliant. It's like The Stand, except it about this sort of subliminal message virus that gets into people's cell phones and cause everyone on earth to simultaneously go insane, murder anyone that comes into view, and then start changing into another sort of subhuman race. All that the very same instant all over the world. And then of course, there are the minority that weren't on cell phones when it happened, because they didn't own them or were just lucky. It's all about their survival.

JustErin said:

jerseykrs said:

Well, mostly because I don't think I could bring myself to shoot my head off with a shotgun. Which is why I'd have to definitely OVERLOAD on Valium and sleeping pills and do it quick, because they'll be breaking down the doors and windows by that point. I don't want to be conscious when they start tearing out my intestines you know. That's what the wine is for as well. It will help speed things up. (if I didn't just drink it all for the hell if it before that though )

Here is what my good friend answered. We take this shit seriously, yo!

Todd said:

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minneapolisgenius said:

Subhuman race? I think Stephen King often overcooks his novels a bit, as if he doesn't trust his own original concept. His short stories aren't as bad, they're more clean and straightforward and therefore make more of an impact. I'll check out this book though. As long as it's not 122234455 pages long.

On a side note I would be one of the survivors. I'm the last Swedish person on this planet who doesn't own a cellphone.

retina said:

Which should make it all the more interesting to you then. They don't begin to change into another "subhuman" race immediately though. The rest of it yeah, it happens in an instant and they are all murderous animals, but as time goes by, they begin to evolve into something that is not human. It's sort of half science-fiction, half realistic, like The Stand. You never really find out why it happens, but the people that survived were guessing it was an experiment with cell phone technology and satellites gone awry by some unknown source.

I found it impossible to put down, and the only problem with it for me was that it ended really abruptly. Sort of like you said, it was as if by the end of it, he was getting tired of his own concept and then he just threw an ending on it. I wished it had gone on longer and explained more. The whole first half though it really riveting. And no, it's not too long.


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JustErin said:

Arthur Treacher's - does anyone even go there anymore?

I dont have the attention span to answer all of those questions, but lets just say that If I happened to be a flesh eating zombie then Jessica Biel better look the fuck out.

JasmineFire said:

come here! only one way to find out!!!!! brains!

retina said:

I don't think so!
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ok, I have a bit of a zombiephobia, I really do, but I'll answer these anyway.

Would you:

1. Stay inside and try to secure your house? I'd be a zombie for sure. I so wouldn't have survived. My apartment could be broken into in a minute by zombies and I'd never get away. I think that's why I'm so scared. I'm totally not a survivor. I'd be the first to go.

2. Loot and Pillage? ok, I'll play along now, but really, I'm already a zombie. I wouldn't loot and pillage so much as take the supplies I need. Of course, when I was a kid I loved that scene in Night of the Comet where they played all night in the shopping mall.
3. Be able to take out a zombified loved one? I don't think I could do it, but they say you never know until you're in thay kinda situation.
4. Stay in the city, or head to the wilderness? city for sure. I couldn't survive in the wilderness now, let alone with zombies after me.
5. Arm yourself? sure. Well, I mean i'd probably have to to keep from turning into a zombie.

Part II

1. You have your pick of any vehicle to make it out of the city. What do you pick and why? I'd probably ride along with whoever else decided to drive. Surely I wouldn't be the leader of my little band of survivors.
2. You have an hour to get packed and get out of town before it's overrun, what supplies do you take and why? essentials like water, food, etc. I'd lok for a first aid kit, medicine for any loved ones that need it... and probably stuff some of my fave CDs in my bag.
3. If you were bitten by a zombie, would you tell anyone? yeah, i'd do the noble thing, I think. Stay around for as long as possible and then be the decoy to lead the zombies away from the rest of my crew.
4. If one of your travel mates confessed to being bitten, what would you do? Ask them to do the same as above.
5. Where do you think the safest place on Earth would be if Zombies took over the world? they're zombies! You can't ever really get away!!

retina said:

!!!
I do think about those things but it freaks me the heck out! As I said before, I know I'd be one of the first to go. I'm just not the survivor type.

CarrieMpls said:

(I have a Stephen King book recommendation for every occasion )so...

Did you read his short story "Survivor Type"? You should.

minneapolisgenius said:

No, but I bet my dad has it. He's quite the Stephen King buff. I raid his library if I'm in a King kinda mood, so maybe I'll look for it.

CarrieMpls said:

You should. It's in The Skeleton Crew.

minneapolisgenius said:

I think i've even read that already, but that would have been when I was a teenager. I'll look for it.

CarrieMpls said:

1. Stay inside and try to secure your house? what house? oh, that.

2. Loot and Pillage? bnah, I got everything I need.

3. Be able to take out a zombified loved one? take out? I'd do her.

4. Stay in the city, or head to the wilderness? I sort of already live in the wilderness, you know...

5. Arm yourself? why not.


1. You have your pick of any vehicle to make it out of the city. What do you pick and why? a bicycle, I don't have a driver's license.

2. You have an hour to get packed and get out of town before it's overrun, what supplies do you take and why? a laptop and a portable audio interface.

3. If you were bitten by a zombie, would you tell anyone? only if she was hot.

4. If one of your travel mates confessed to being bitten, what would you do? I don't know, what's the right answer to this?

5. Where do you think the safest place on Earth would be if Zombies took over the world?[/quote] Finland.

*Ahem*

Part I

Would you:

1. Stay inside and try to secure your house? In actual fact probably a wise idea but I doubt I would

2. Loot and Pillage? Yes... yes I would providing I had at least a baseball bat with me and the bus service was still running...

3. Be able to take out a zombified loved one? Well we've all got to go sometime, I can't help but think that if they were overcome by zombies they would want me to horrifically beat them to death

4. Stay in the city, or head to the wilderness? Hmm this depends on if zombification of this nature occured in animals aswell if so then I'd stay in the city if not I'd go to the country, cos I don't think I'd stand any chance against a cow but I may be able to pick off some chickens, s'pose in America u prob'ly have bears to contend with aswell...

5. Arm yourself? Baseball bat as already discussed


Part II

1. You have your pick of any vehicle to make it out of the city. What do you pick and why? A tank. I'd like to see those zombie b*stards get into that, I'd crush the shit outta them

2. You have an hour to get packed and get out of town before it's overrun, what supplies do you take and why? Bread, chocolate, muchos water, tea bags and something to boil the water in

3. If you were bitten by a zombie, would you tell anyone? Heeeelllll no, I'd be the stupid one in the films that ends up being even more violently killed than any1 cos they kept it a secret, difference is I'd take as many people down with me as I could.

4. If one of your travel mates confessed to being bitten, what would you do? I believe in a fair democracy and a trial would be in order provided after they were immediately after being stoned to death whatever the outcome

5. Where do you think the safest place on Earth would be if Zombies took over the world? Once again I'd like to go with a tank...

Bring it on Zombies I'm sorted! Now I know exactly what I shalt do in my defense and I did it all with the 'Zombies!!' program

Brains,
England

JaneyPoos said:

Good point. Can you imagine zombie chickens?