We Are Monsters

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we-are-monsters

An interesting Kickstarter project, this story is seen through the eyes of Lorna Thompson (Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones), a lonely suburban schoolgirl, who joins a mutant gang of teenagers on a quest to discover their true identities.

They uncover a global conspiracy, which they must find the strength to fight before civilisation is destroyed. Battling this conspiracy won’t be easy, as they find out that the “1%” that control the finances and political offices around the world are actually aliens. These aliens arrived 34 years ago and have had plenty of time to integrate themselves, disguised as humans, into our world.

This film is epic and deals with themes of universal appeal, such as identity and self-discovery (who we are and how we fit into the world), loyalty, trust and abuse of power.

For more details or to help back this project, visit We Are Monsters on Kickstarter.

Zombie education – from TEDed

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The TEDtalks series covers almost every imaginable topic in many different areas such as science, music, environment, health, technology and more.

They’ve presented talks on how schools kill creativity, why victims of domestic violence don’t leave and why you should have more insects in your diet.

One subject I didn’t expect to see, though, was a TEDed session on what might cause zombieism.

TEDed - what makes a zombie?

 

 

Zombies — they come from the land down under…

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While World War Z is certainly one of the top movies on my “gotta see!” list, there’s another interesting zombie movie being created by a couple of Aussie film makers.

Wyrmwood is the brainchild of two brothers, who “came up with the idea to meld Mad Max with Dawn of the Dead and make the best zombie film ever produced in Australia.”

The project is being funded through Indiegogo, which is similar to Kickstarter. (If you want to support a project, you can sponsor it at a range of different levels and get goodies for doing so.)

Check out the seven minute teaser trailer.

You can learn more about the project, including the support options if you wish by visiting the Wyrmwood page on Indiegogo.

 

2012 yard haunt / winter wonderland

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It seems the weather’s getting worse each Halloween, although it’s hard to complain about the weather while Hurricane Sandy’s causing death and destruction. Our thoughts go out to all those who have lost loved ones, friends, family or their homes.

This year we had about a foot of snow a couple of weeks prior to Halloween, which definitely put a dent in our prep work. Unfortunately, the snow didn’t melt in time, either, and Oct 31 was cold (about -12C) and foggy.

It didn’t seem to put much of a damper on the kids’ excitement though, we still had a good strong turnout of princesses in winter jackets, goblins in winter jackets and other assorted fiends and critters. All in winter jackets.

Check out some of the photos from this year’s haunt.

Zombie Wars – Calgary

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If the lack of hockey has got you down or you’re getting tired of boring football or baseball there’s always MMA or…. take part yourself in the 2012 Zombie Wars!

It’s 2012 and the world is in chaos since the spread of the undead infection. Hordes of undead have engulfed the planet, eliminating most of the human race.

Over a heavily infected area of western Canada, a biplane carrying the only known cure for the infection crashed landed on a small island.

The best remaining humans have been gathered to brave the infested island to save humanity from annihilation. They are called The Hunters, and are humanity’s only hope for survival.

The Hunters’ mission is to recover all the lost cure scattered across the island within a critical time frame. Should they be overrun, the hope of saving humanity from annihilation will be lost and the Zombie’s will have taken over the world.

Participants can choose to be either on the Hunters team or the Zombies team.

The event takes place Saturday, August 11, 2012.

For more details or to purchase tickets (proceeds go to Brown Baggin’ It for Calgary’s Kids and the Jesse Kinley Memorial Fund), visit http://www.apocalypsewars.ca.