The Blog to Nowhere

- Oh dear god, they're going to reboot Stargate. Do. not. want. :-( Seriously, Roland Emmerich had his chance and Brad Wright did a way better job with the universe on the TV shows. My only hope for this is that they create completely new characters. I don't want to see another Jack O'Neill; no one can compete with Richard Dean Anderson's portrayal. And it's weird that they're not bringing in someone new to help with the reboot. It's the same two guys. Wouldn't you want different people so the universe isn't the same? We'll see...

- Has anyone read the Newsflesh trilogy? newnumber6, I know you have. I was finally able to read one of the novellas, "San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats". Basically, it's the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. I wanted to read it because, hey, Browncoats and zombies. Cool. Then I read it and I was left feeling, well, kind of freaked out. I know the chance of a zombie apocalypse is nil, but the story really brought home what a bad place a con is if a huge emergency were to break out. Tons of people, crowded aisles, not a lot of exits. At the same time, the author shows how random people can band together and that's geekdom in a nut shell. It also doesn't hurt that the main characters are Browncoats. I was expecting more Firefly references, but there weren't that many in the end. The theme song is mentioned, though, and how it's used in the end... I won't ruin it, but the moment sort of sent a shiver down my spine.

- I've been watching Penny Dreadful because, well, I really don't know really. I saw that Billie Piper was in and that got me to the first episode, but her character isn't a big part of it and yet I'm still watching. It kind of reminds me a little of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the comic book, not the crappy movie) in that you have these different literary characters in the same universe and they're coming together to fight the forces of evil. It's not horrible, and I do love Timothy Dalton, but I could do without the nudity and the sex. Just because you're on cable doesn't mean you have to have that stuff. It doesn't make the show better. Seeing as there's not much else to watch during the summer, I'll keep with it. It should hold me over until August for a certain Doctor's return.

- I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past last weekend and it was actually pretty good. Better than I expected. The plot focuses more on the "Past" part than the "Future" part and I think that helps. You don't feel overwhelmed by all of these characters. The plot of the comic is sort of there, too, but I can see why they changed some things for the movie universe. And I'm really glad they did one thing:

( Spoilers for X-Men: Days of Future Past )

Oh, and they filmed most of the movie in Montreal. Yay, Canada! I'm headed there in September so it'll be neat to see what parts of the city they used for Paris and Washington.

[Error: unknown template qotd]Heh, newnumber6 and I were sort of talking about this last night.

While things like guns and chainsaws seem like the obvious answer, here's the thing to keep in mind: you need to reload them. Guns need bullets and chainsaws need gasoline. And in any sort of apocalypse, you'll be on the run, so you can only carry so much or find so much while on the move.

So I'm going to say my weapon of choice would be a crowbar or perhaps a baseball bat (or a cricket bat). No reloading, no skill required, and either are relatively light. And it can take a lickin' and keep on tickin', so to speak. You don't even need to keep them sharp, unlike a sword. Blunt force trauma might not kill a zombie outright, but you can at least knock them out of the way. And both have some reach, putting some space between you and a potential zombie bite.

Hmm, I'm putting more thought in this than I need to. :-) I blame hours and hours playing Left 4 Dead.

Incidentally, my sister owns both a crowbar and a cricket bat. I know where I'm going if a zombie apocalypse happens.