Overplayed, but I still like them.

[brigid]

Mirrored from Words, words, words, art..

Have you seen the trailers for The Eagle? It kind of sounds like it could be GLORIOUSLY AWFUL (note the pagan rubes who coat themselves in mud and dance around fires worshiping a flag with a bird on it), or it could be cool. I’m not sure yet. But I saw the spot on tv:

And my first thought was “wouldn’t it be cool if there were zombies”? Think about it. You’ve got your well armed, well trained invaders who have… swords. And shields. Pikes. Fortifications. You have your locals, who have guerrilla tactics and hiding. You have long distances between settlements. And in between? Zombies. Fast moving, slow moving, whatever. Maybe they came off a Viking ship… one lone longboat kind of washes ashore, at first it seems to contain nothing but dead or very ill men. Then one or two “wake” and start infecting others. And nobody has guns, or chainsaws, or lawnmowers, or any of the modern killing conveniences.

I know zombies are kind of overplayed, even clichéd, but I still love a good zombie story. It’d be so, so awesome to see one in a pre-gun setting. Maybe as part of a Bubonic Plague story. I’d watch the hell out of that movie.

Hm. It’d make a good RPG, I think, too. Maybe I’ll run one.

Edited to add: There are two youtube videos embedded in this post, but they aren't showing up. If you click through to the original post you can see them (in all their theme-breaking glory).

Comments

[hyaena]

I actually said something similar about The Eagle on Twitter a week or so ago. On one hand, that would TOTALLY BE THE MOVIE I WOULD WANT TO SEE (all-caps and everything) if (and only if) it was historically accurate. If It wasn't, however, I would mostly be foaming at the mouth with History Nerd Rabies, and only partially with Regular Rabies.

[brigid]

I agree with you about the historically accurate thing! What's your twitter handle? I'm brigidkeely.