So according to USA Today, the iPhone app for Plants vs. Zombies seems to be doing well, selling over 300,00 in it’s first nine days, setting a new sales record for apps. Any of our readers get this for their iPhone/ iTouch? Let us know!
Ha…not a great design, but funny none the less. Available for only $14.99 from Crazy Dog T-Shirts.
You’d think that even without Toyota’s recent recall troubles that ads like this were a bad idea. Via TheDailyGreen.
Here’s some great photos from the Oregon Commentator of a Valentine’s Day Zombie Walk somewhere in Oregon (the city wasn’t named). Click here to see more. Also, here’s the first comment from their post, in all of it’s hilarity:
Scott says:February 16, 2010 at 5:37 pmMan, fuck those Zombie assholes. I almost killed one with a car on Sunday night. Mostly because his dumbass decided to try and walk out in front of my car as a joke.
Do you know what’s not a joke? Your crushed legs when I run you over, you Zombie fuck.
I take Zombies seriously. It’s good thing I wasn’t really drunk else I might have forgotten and actually removed a head or two.
According to the Left 4 Dead blog, 28,981,249,043 zombies have been killed since the games release in November 2009. Here’s the breakdown from their post:
• The entire population of the planet has been zombified and killed 4.26 times.
• With the average height of a zombie being 6 feet, if you stacked them end to end they would circle the globe 1,322 times.
• If you placed 28,981,249,043 rulers end to end, they would reach 28,981,249,043 feet in the sky.
The ZRC will be starting back up with the good ol’ zombie film reviews soon. We would also like to hear more about your opinions on zombie films, so submit your reviews to the ZRC! Any zombie film, even if we have already reviewed it, we’d like to see what you think! You might even see it on the ZRC! Send them to: nate@zombiereportingcenter.com
Kevin Smith must be a fan of zombie movies – first the homage to Dawn of the Dead in Zach and Miri Make a Porno and now this limited edition “inaction” figure. The toy features zero articulation, but it does look pretty cool and comes signed by the acclaimed director. Available for pre-order now from Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash.
Once again we have ThinkGeek to thank for this hilarious and awesome t-shirt! Get your Star trek zombie fix with this great t-shirt for only $15.99 and up (depending on size).
Yesterday we reported on Zombies in Love – an upcoming art exhibition celebrating Valentine’s Day and zombies. Today comes news of two zombie flicks in production with a romantic bend: Diablo Cody Hopes to Spark Zombie Romance with Breathers and Jonathan Levine Directing Warm Bodies Zombie Love Film.
Obviously the commercial success of vampire/romance crossover Twilight is to take some of the blame, but does this mean we’ll soon see sparkly zombies? Or is this an attempt to lighten up the typical doomsday scenarios of most zombie movies?
Here’s why I don’t think it will take off as a fad: zombies make terrible protagonists. The very definition of the word zombie uses the term “a soulless corpse” – not exactly something that would be exciting to watch. A soulless corpse is boring, has no motivation and a desire for little other than human flesh. The best zombie flicks tell stories about human interactions – betrayal, cooperation, mortality, and endurance of the human spirit. Telling these stories through the eyes of a zombie seems gimmicky at best. Audiences will it find it difficult to connect with characters that look as gruesome as a corpse.
What are your thoughts? Care to disagree? Let us know in the comments!
The intersection of fine art and zombie pop culture gets a little bit bigger thanks to an upcoming art show at the Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra, CA. The show will include paintings, sculpture, and even live performances in celebration of all things in love and zombie culture. Grand opening is February 6th, 2010 and will include a zombie walk!
Thanks to our good friend Grim Santo for the link!
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