Bonus Features Cliché Lookout: Casting
People love the movie industry. They love Hollywood. They love the glitz and the glamor, the lights and equipment, the movie stars and directors. America is obsessed with where our entertainment comes from and how it gets to us. And do you know what’s even more exciting? The chance to become part of the story, even if that means just being a person who walks by in the background. I admit it, I’d jump at the chance to be an extra even in a crummy looking flick, and I have absolutely zero desire to be an actor. ↓ Read More..
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Zombie Creation: Zombies on a Train!
By zombiemutts on January 26th, 2012Posted In: Featured Creation
There’s a lot of zombie stuff out there, and most of it is crap. People like to jump on bandwagons and produce quick tie-ins rather than investing love and effort into their creations. Luckily for you, I’m here to help separate the wheat from the chaff. Check back every Thursday, when I’m going to share the coolest zombie-related creation I can find out there on the web.
This week’s creation, “Zombie’s on a Train!” by “Spider JL, shows us how great those printed bricks or ones with decals can be when used right. I don’t know about you, but I normally don’t use decals since I don’t like the way they look, and for some reason I can’t get the damn things on straight. But as you can see here they can add a layer of authenticity to a scene which in this case is a train station. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
LEGO® is different from every other childhood toy you had. Sure, you might look back with a certain nostolgic fondness at your GI Joes, or your Ninja Turtles, or whatever it was that you were really into growing up, but odds are that good will doesn’t go much further than occasional remembrances. For tens of thousands of adults, their love affair with LEGO® never really ended. Sure, they might have given it up for a few years when it wasn’t “cool” (we call this the dark ages), but eventually they came back to those little plastic bricks. This is the essence of The Cult of Lego.
The book opens with an overview of LEGO® as a company, it’s history, culture, and what sets it apart from its many competitors. As a fan and a nerd, I’ve read a few histories of the company already. However, I was still quite interested here because the information was so well presented. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ever read a book that you were really excited about, but found it to be not at all what you thought? That is what happened when I read The Flu by Jacqueline Druga. This book describes the reemergence of the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu that killed between 50 to 100 million people worldwide. I expected a nail-biting thriller filled with dread, but instead got a lighthearted love story that morphed into a gut-wrenching emotional experience.
A version of the Spanish Flu virus is held in a research facility in Alaska, which loses power and thus releases the third strain of the H1N1 virus. Initially following an Eskimo home and then a photographer, the virus spreads quickly, shutting down each state as it moves from community to community. This is NOT a zombie book, but instead looks at the step-by-step process of dealing with an extinction event. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Z Magazine was one of those outrageous, labor-intensive ideas I thought was cool but ultimately going to be way too much work. Plus, there wasn’t anything like it out there –zombie novels or comics is one thing, but a magazine written by zombies for zombies? Yeah, totally different story. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…