New Maggie Poster Shows Arnold Protecting His Zombie Daughter

From ComicBook.com

A new poster has been released for the zombie-drama Maggie, which features the film's stars Arnold Schwarzenegger (Twins) and Abigail Breslin (Zombieland).

Arnold Schwarzenegger has tackled many genres during his long and illustrious career, like action, fantasy and comedy, but drama is not one of his strengths. Will that change once people see him in Maggie? He plays a father that is trying his best to protect his infected daughter (Breslin) during a zombie epidemic.

Maggie was directed by Henry Hobson, based on a screenplay by John Scott 3 (3?!). It also stars Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette, and Dana Gourrier, check out the trailer below.

Check out the new poster below.

Slow Zombies Vs. Fast Zombies: The Struggle Of Real Fear

A topic that is widely discussed, but never has come to a conclusion, is who is scarier: a fast zombie, or a slow zombie? I’m not sure if this article will be biased, or debunk the struggle or what! But, what I do know is this……. The answer is slow zombies. Case in point, I’m more scared of the idea that is, no matter how fast I run, or how strong I am, that they could still over power me. Watch these movies below, you will see my point:

*Dawn Of The Dead (the original).

*Night of the Living Dead (any of them).

*The Walking Dead (TV show, still proves the point).

*Shaun Of The Dead.

*Resident Evil (the first one).

*Cockneys Vs. Zombies.

*Grindhouse Presents Planet Terror.

Now I’m fully aware of how many people are probably shaking their heads at this. So let’s look at the movies that have fast “zombies”. Yes, getting chased down by someone who wants to rip your face off SEEMS scary. However, I find it to be much less realistic. If I think of a virus that brings the dead back to life, I’d figure it’s only bringing back simple motor functions (like a newborn baby, learning to walk) and just has the urge to feed (in this case, on your pasty white ass). But I don’t think fast zombies are realistic, or have the sense of “anger” behind them. For instance, this listing of movies, portrays what are considered zombies, but are not realistic in my eyes, because of how they move:

*World War Z.

*Dawn of the Dead (remake).

*Quarantine.

*28 Days/Weeks Later.

*Warm Bodies.

*Zombieland.

Side note – the zombies in the movie above are slow when no humans are around. But when a human shows up, they start to run.

Please do not get me wrong in thinking I’m prone to picking slow zombies as being the winner because of my views. To try and take a non-biased opinion, I look at the facts from both sides, and try to make an honest assumption of what could be scarier. Also, one key factor that most misrepresent between the fast zombies and slow is kind of a major factor. If the dead return to life, they are decaying, muscles are weak, missing body parts, etc. Can you run fast with those factors hindering you? George Romero, a personal favorite, has directed most of my favorite Zombie movies. He takes the dead aspect, and truly brings to life something that is scary, horrifying, suspenseful, but realistic (if the zombie apocalypse happened).

While I speak of realism, I want it to be mentioned that I speak of which is more realistic, to make the point that if something is more realistic, it’s scarier. I am more than willing to have friendly debates if you are up for the challenge! Please follow me on Instagram at @lorneondrums. I hope this has provided some insight for you, and if you care to debate, I hope you bring you A-Game!!!

Your friendly Funko Collector and Zombie Movie Fanatic,

Lorne

Living The Nerd Life Podcast

Hey everybody Ryan and I have some pretty exciting news to share with you! As of now you can go to the iTunes Store and download our Podcast! In the iTunes store just search for Living The Nerd Life to find it. You can also listen to the podcast on our website here  We currently have 4 episodes up.

Right now we are doing a weekly podcast talking about the Walking Dead. The current podcast episodes highlights our discussion on previous Walking Dead episodes, making predictions on future episodes and guessing who is going to die next. 

Remember to subscribe to our podcast and get updated each friday when it comes out.

This Week on Netflix: Dead Snow 2

Yes, there was a Dead Snow 1! 

If the worst day of you life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your arm off, and watching in horro as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get much worse. In Martin's case, that was only the beginning. -IMDB

This may have been the funniest and best horror/comedy I have seen since Shaun of the Dead! You get introduced to Martin, the main character and you automatically think of "Idle Hands" except its "Idle Arm!" This movie gets even more interesting when a Nazi army of zombies are awaken and Martin has the answer to defeating them in his arm! Martins new arm has the ability to raise anyone from the dead. So he brings the dead back to life and with him and a small group of the living look to take out the Nazi zombie horde!

I highly recommend this movie to any zombie movie lover and looking for something different, not so main stream, to watch. I'm looking forward to showing both Dead Snow 1 & Dead Snow 2 to my wife to see what she thinks as well!

I give it a 4 out of 5 and if you have Netflix it should be on your list of much watch movies!

What did you think of Dad Snow 2? 

Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd

Walker Wednesday

The Walking Dead spin-off aka Cobalt has some leaked information & descriptions of characters to be further detailed as filming of the pilot episode gets closer.

According to leaked descriptions, Sean (the lead character) will have a smart and rebellious teenage son named Cody to look after. The pair supposedly hook up with a mother and her teenage daughter and son (they already cast Alycia Debnam and Frank Dillane), as well as a more bohemian type woman coming off a bad marriage.

Cliff Curtis cast as lead in the Walking Dead: Cobalt Spin-off

For fans of The Walking Dead, the casting of Curtis as the lead may be a good sign for the series. The actor may not be known by name that well, but a listing of his appearances in films like Training Day, The Last Airbender, Fracture, Blow and Live Free or Die Hard (and more recently the TV show Gang Related) will usually elicit a positive, "Oh yeah, him..." response from most viewers.

Using the description of what was listed above, Sean's son will be played by Frank Dillane who played a young Voldemort in Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince. There are also reports that Frank could play Nick Tompkins the son of the Guidance Counselor Nancy Tompkins.

Also using the description listed above the daughter looks to be Alycia Debnam from Into The Storm. 

As of right now Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam are the principle cast. As the pilot gets closer more details for these characters as well as other actor/actresses will be announced. Also, according to a TVLine report this Walking Dead Cobalt spinoff will take place in Los Angeles. Plot rumors show that Cobalt may be set earlier on in the Zombie Apocalypse... with it potentially chronicling it from the very start, when the government infrastructure was still intact and efforts were being made to contain it.

As Cobalt draws closer to shooting the pilot episode I've been drawn more interested in the spin-off series. Biggest reason is I'm hopeful about catching small clues that intertwine Cobalt with current Walking Dead series! I'm nerdy like that.

Check out Daemon Hatfield in this IGN News video posted to YouTube. The Walking Dead: AMC Announces New Spinoff Series

                                                              Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd