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15 Comments
1. Adam | May 11th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Then there’s the situation of containing the undead so as not to upset the neighbours (Braindead).
2. Ian | May 11th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Of course, with Dog Soldiers it wasn’t as hard, as the dogs didn’t come out during daylight hours. I think you should try and make a zombie.
3. Frank the SciencePunk | May 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Dog Soldiers is a reasonable analogy, although I’d point out that the dogs frequently attempt frontal attacks, misdirection, infiltration and sabotage. So we’re looking at some high-level siege warfare there.
4. John | May 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
I do not think that word means what you think it means….
Perhaps circumvent?
5. Ithika | May 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Excellent response. I think the technique of serious scientific enquiry through film analysis is under-used, but must surely become more popular. We do have the physics of superheroes, after all.
6. Frank the SciencePunk | May 11th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Circumnavigate: “to avoid by going around”
7. Les | May 15th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Well done Frank we’ll have our group sorted soon. No siege warfare for us. We’ll take them all on!
8. Frank the SciencePunk | May 15th, 2007 at 11:34 am
We could definitely learn a few things from Troy Hurtubise, who built a suit capable of withstanding a grizzly bear attack.
9. Keith | May 17th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Unfortunately I feel no matter how impenetrable ones fortress or how advanced levels of preparation may be, any attempt to sit the siege out are futile.
Various films have shown us that there’s always at least one dumb ass that momentarily forgets just how serious events have got, and does something inexplicably stupid.
This inevitably ends up with someone ending up on the zombie side of said fortress walls and the loosely cobbled together rescue plan results in both loss of life and a critically compromised fortress. A panicked retreat follows with more loss of life along the way, ending up with the remaining survivors locking themselves in the attic or small room on the top floor.
Thus when the now inevitable final battle occurs the surviving army is somewhat diminished.
You may as well fight from the off…
10. alistair | May 25th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I wonder though if we have a full understanding of the effects of zonies’ additional senses. for example the ‘one zombie knows where you are, they all do’ and perhaps heightened senses smell / night vision etc. these might decrease the odds of success in open battle.. in some terrains at least.
cities with narrow streets for instance where you could be easily trapped in a dead end, or in terrains where there are limited escape routes (canyons/ hills/cliffs)
oh and i’m pretty sure circumnavigate means ‘to travel around something’ rather than to ‘get past’… but it’s clear what you meant
11. Frank the SciencePunk | May 26th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Although herd behaviour of zombies is well documented, I don’t think there’s any evidence to suggest distributed knowledge.
I have to argue against your city streets and canyons theory though – these are exactly the kind of place you want to take on zombies, because you can’t be outflanked and their main advantage (weight of numbers) is reduced because only the front line can attack. The Greeks used that tactic to great success at the Battle of Thermopylae, and Queen Boudicca fell foul of it at the Battle of Watling Street.
12. steve | February 13th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
“have to argue against your city streets and canyons theory though – these are exactly the kind of place you want to take on zombies, because you can’t be outflanked and their main advantage (weight of numbers) is reduced because only the front line can attack. The Greeks used that tactic to great success at the Battle of Thermopylae”
yes, but the Greeks did eventually fall. the immense numbers of the Persians, and one mistake, caused the entire line to fall. in an urban area, you would no doubt be faced with a huge amount of zombies. if anyone in your group made a single mistake, you would be . but, yes, you could make a cinematic last stand.
13. Nakita | May 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Isn’t the movie called ’28 Weeks Later’?
14. A$ | February 12th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
So this is really what you islanders do — sit around and plan for zombie attacks all day and night? Way to completely own your stereotype ;p Btw, I didn’t notice any Resident Evil references in this. What was that you were saying about girls and video games?
15. Frank the SciencePunk | February 12th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
@ 14. A$:
I didn’t ref Resident Evil because, as any serious games fan would know, it’s nothing but a cack-handed remake of the vastly superior Alone in the Dark series.
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