Music to Kill Zombies By

[shadowcat1313]

taken from assorted folks on various Livejournal Threads

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.

1. belt fed 40mm grenade launcher with hollywood ammo pack or 4mm VRF Gauss Gun.
2. Purple Haze... Jimmy Hendrix
3. Sgt Juan Rico in Mobile Infantry Armor, or the Bruce Campbell Elvis from Bubba Hotep

[tkdguy]

1. Weapon: Lightsaber
2. Music: Score from Conan the Barbarian (do musical scores count?)
3. Sidekick: Eowyn. I hear she has experience fighting undead.

[jtelson]

1. Pump action shotgun (I mean hey, they're Zombies)
2. Brains...Voltaire (It's catchy, and sorta about Zombies)
3. Herbert West (Because hey, they're Zombies)

[fiducia]

1. Shotgun
2. Sabotage - The Beastie Boys
3. Vin Diesel - cuz as a fellow gamer (once we get past how cool his character is) he'd be able to think creativly enough to help get us out AND tough enough to bring the pain.

[Captain Obvious]

1. Flamethrower
2. You Can't Bring Me Down by Suicidal Tendencies
3. Abraham Van Helsing

[NestorDRod]

Because it's Friday and I'm feeling surreal...

1. SPAS-12, on semi-auto, and plenty of reloads.
2. Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
3. Shaun, armed with a cricket bat.

[ghost-angel]

1. pair of .45 semi-autos (eh, it's fantasy, I can be a crack shot if I want)
2. Meaning Of Life - Disturbed
3. Milla Jovovich (eh, I think she's hot, and since I'm still in fantasy land, when we're done . . .)

[BNakagawa]

Weapon: Cardinal Glick's blessed golf club. works great against zombies and it never runs out of ammo.

Song: Werewolves of London - not exactly zombie related, but wicked cool.

God: Well, you can't go wrong with a diety. I think fighting alongside the Morgan Freeman version (Evan Almighty) would be a kick. He seems the sort that would have a blast fighting zombies.

[Shigeru]

Weapon: Katana
Song: Motorhead's Ace of Spades
Copilot: Rose McGowan

[Nevenall]

1. Plasma Repeater - The really fast firing thing from Doom 2
2. The Doors - Break on Through
3. Han Solo

[bubba smith]

weapontonfa
song"everybody was kung fu fighting[naturally]
helper gabrielle ,bard of potadia[if she's good enough to help XENA she's good enough to help me






'

[Toadmaster]

Weapon: Remington 870 12 gauge pump shotgun (shotguns were made for hunting zombies)

Music: Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie (come on now you had to see that coming)

Sidekick: Duke Nuke'em (of course he would probably kick my ass for calling him a sidekick)

[GothKidSamurai]

1) Plasma Cannon (http://www.schlockmercenary.com)
2) "East Hastings" Godspeed You! Black Emporer
3) Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell

[Curufea]

1) The knockback guns from Firefly:Ariel and Minority Report (failing that, Imperial disk weapons from Metascape)
2) "Another one bites the dust" - Queen
3) The Saint of Killers. I'm just there to watch.

[Susano]

1) A pump-action shotgun, 'cause shotguns automatically make everything cooler.
2) Comfortably Numb -- Pink Floyd
3) Arucard -- Hellsing. As with the Saint of Killers, I'd probably just have to stand and watch the carnage.

On the flip side, I'm thinking Seras Victoria (also Hellsing), if only for the T&A factor. :D

And on a more serious note -- Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Aliens).

[Curufea]

Problem with Arucard - He's a bit flippant/irreverent/arrogant. He could get bored and wander off.
The advantage of the Saint is - he's obsessively annoyed with just about everyone and will kill everything in his way.

[Admiral C]

1) Pulse laser, as Max Brooks pointed out in World War Z lasers incinerate zombies dead. Or at least reduce them to managible burned chunks.
2) Unholy, KISS
3) Dolph Lundgren cause I don't think he's killed zombies yet.

[Comic]

1) Ice hammer. I go for the jaw. Zombie without a jaw can't bite. Also works on knees and shoulders. Light, doesn't make you tired to swing one all day, and fairly clean.
2) The instrumental theme to Island of Dr. No.
3) Chuck Norris. Obviously.

[hooligan x]

1. Mossberg 590 Special Purpose
2. Hunting Humans- The Misfits
3. Jason Borne

[tkdguy]

Weapon: Dynamite, lots of it
Song: My Heart Will Go On (yes that song from Titanic)
Sidekick: Arthur, The Tick's sidekick. "Not in the face! Not in the face!"

:sneaky:

[Ogmios]

Weapon: A cricket bat. Baseball bats are such a cliché
Song: I'm Singing in the Rain - good thing Zombies are so sluggish
Sidekick: Neo

[DusterBoy]

Weapons: custom-modified Remington M870 loaded with solid slugs and No4 shot shells. Plus a Milkor MGL-140 40mm MGL and plenty of ammo, esp HE and WP.
Music: "Mein Teil" by Rammstein (for the irony - it's about the Armin Meiwes cannibalism story.)
"Sidekick": Either S/Sgt Henno Garvey or Sgt Taura from the Dendarii Free Mercenaries 'cos she would just pile in and start ripping with those claws of hers.

You mean you've never heard of Sgt Taura and the Dendarii Free Mercenaries? Then check out the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold now!

[Logan D]

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.


Okay - The relatively realistic approach. I'm still me. I am NOT good at melee. But I have a steady hand and could be good fire support and/or back-up for someone up who IS.

That said, let's not take any fucking chances! I want to HIT the target, FIRST time, EVERY TIME!

I think the following ought to just about guarantee THAT!

The WEAPON:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=2879455&moduleid=1&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1213322400:embedcontentiurl =http://i.ytimg.com/vi/p4ebtj1jR7c/default.jpg


The SONG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUL4hUkk0Y8&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=2879455&moduleid=2&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1213322400:embedcontentiurl =http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PUL4hUkk0Y8/default.jpg


The Famous Person:

JACKIE CHAN
(And the following video isn't even the best of the best of his stuff! But it DOES showcase one of the best examples of using your environment to your best advantage, which would be important in the "Zombies at the Mall" scene!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnCwym0uPs&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=2879455&moduleid=3&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1213322400:embedcontentiurl =http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdnCwym0uPs/default.jpg

[DusterBoy]

I've seen the video for the MPS AA-12. One word: WANT!

And gimme those FRAG-12 rounds as well in High Explosive, Fragmenting Antipersonnel.

[Susano]

I've seen the video for the MPS AA-12. One word: WANT!

And gimme those FRAG-12 rounds as well in High Explosive, Fragmenting Antipersonnel.

based on your avatar I figured you'd just need a harmonica and 2,000 rounds of .45 ammunition. :D

[Toadmaster]

Discovery channel has an interesting concept of "new". The AA-12 was in 1st ed Morrow Project so 1983-ish?

25 years and its still "just about ready for the market" maybe someday it will be released. :rolleyes:

Still it is a Bob Bitchin zombie blaster, nice choice and vid. :D

[Basil]

taken from assorted folks on various Livejournal Threads

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.

1. The FGMP-15
2. Don't care
3. The SAS and a Gerkha Regiment!

[The Main Man]

1. Plasma Gun - Doom
2. Riot of Violence - Kreator (http://youtube.com/watch?v=lQZWfrXsfyc) or Sword of Glory - Motörhead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW8xlq9mbGU)
3. John Matrix (Commando)

Then there's this which wraps it up in one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJjMOy-Ops).

[DusterBoy]

based on your avatar I figured you'd just need a harmonica and 2,000 rounds of .45 ammunition. :D

Sorry to disappoint you, Susano.

BTW I just reread the rules - it says 1 weapon, so I'll ditch the Milkor. With an AA12 loaded up with FRAG-12s I won't need a grenade launcher anyway.

I would have called in an F15E Strike Eagle loaded up with cluster bombs, but I figured that was cheating. :D

[Drhoz]

1) One OGRE supertank. No more zombies. No more mall.
2) Johann Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon)
3) Somebody to celebrate with as the OGRE drives over the last of the zombie hordes and mashes them into the bedrock.

[Evil Steve]

1) One OGRE supertank. No more zombies. No more mall.
2) Johann Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon)
3) Somebody to celebrate with as the OGRE drives over the last of the zombie hordes and mashes them into the bedrock.

I assume that's a Mark IV Ogre. I mean, why settle for second best.

[Drhoz]

nah, I'm not *that* demanding - any nuclear powered, nuclear-bomb-proof, giant tank would be fine :D

[tkdguy]

As long as this song (http://www.ziplo.com/bubbles.html) is playing as you're mowing down zombies, it's all good. :winkgrin:

[Roter Baron]

1) Shotgun (the classic)
2) Code Monkey (because it's one of them days again)
3) Tom Savini (Zombies ... right?)

[AnotherSkip]

1) Pulse laser, as Max Brooks pointed out in World War Z lasers incinerate zombies dead. Or at least reduce them to managible burned chunks.
2) Unholy, KISS
3) Dolph Lundgren cause I don't think he's killed zombies yet.

taking in a newbie eh?


IN reverse order: Ash (Army of Darkness version, with him around I might not need to reload either!!)

Pachabels the planets, (perhaps just the Mars song if it is separate, IE supermans theme song, though Ash would be soooo WTF!?!?!)

thought technically 1 weapon it would have to be either the S-Mart Shotgun or the chainsaw, with Ash and myself doing the weapon switch as needed.

[jtelson]

3) Tom Savini (Zombies ... right?)

So long as they're not Zombie Ducks you should be fine :)

[Zeropoint]

A tough choice. Do I go with real-world weapons and real-world people? If I start talking about fictional people, then fictional weapons are also in play, right? More importantly, should I choose my person for maximum zombie-killing potential, or go with someone I'd want to make out with afterward?

Realistic: my SOCOM-16 for the weapon--in a mall, there won't be any distances where I can't easily put a 150-grain softpoint into a zombie's head. For my buddy, I'm guessing I'd want a SWAT team member or something, maybe a Navy SEAL. No one I personally know would be a *great* choice.

Unrealistically . . . :D
Weapon: Power Ring. Buddy: Optimus Prime.

"Ballroom Blitz" would be a good tune, especially if Optimus and I were splatting zombies right and left.

[Shigeru]

Pachabels the planets, (perhaps just the Mars song if it is separate, IE supermans theme song, though Ash would be soooo WTF!?!?!)

"THe Planets" was Gustav Holst. Mars is the most recognizable (and IMO the best) piece of those.

[Zeropoint]

"THe Planets" was Gustav Holst. Mars is the most recognizable (and IMO the best) piece of those.

Dum, da da da dum dum; Dum, da da da dum dum . . .

DAH, da da, da dum; DAAHH da da, da dum!

It's an awesome piece, worth finding and listening to if you haven't. I have no basis for this other than the similarity, but I have to think that Mars, Bringer of War was on John Williams' mind when he wrote the Imperial March.

[jtelson]

"THe Planets" was Gustav Holst. Mars is the most recognizable (and IMO the best) piece of those.

I thought it was Makoto Yukimura

[Susano]

I thought it was Makoto Yukimura

That's "Planetes"!
:D

[DusterBoy]

When I was a kid I used to imagine stormtroopers marching when I listened to "Mars, the Bringer of War".

Now, of course, it's John Carter kicking backside on Barsoom.

It was also used for the "Quatermass Experiment" and probably for the rest of the "Quatermass" shows as well, except for the last one.

[AnotherSkip]

More importantly, should I choose my person for maximum zombie-killing potential, or go with someone I'd want to make out with afterward?

Weapon: Power Ring. Buddy: Optimus Prime.

"Ballroom Blitz" would be a good tune, especially if Optimus and I were splatting zombies right and left.

Soooo your gonna make out with Optimus prime afterwards?!?!?!?!

:nonp:

:nonp::nonp::nonp::nonp:


And uhhh my bad on the wrong composer to the music, never been able to keep them dead but sooo cool guys straight.

[Lysando]

Flamethrower
"That's When I Reach For My Revolver" by Moby
Buffy or Angel

[Zeropoint]

Soooo your gonna make out with Optimus prime afterwards?!?!?!?!


NOOOOOO, Optimus Prime is going to hook me up with one of the female transformers, obviously! ;)

I was thinking Optimus Prime for maximum zombie-killing fun. I'd go with, I don't know, Major Motoko Kusanagi, or maybe Pris Asigiri, if I was thinking about making out afterward. Or maybe Nene Romanova . . . she's cute and spunky, I'm guessing she'd be a lot of fun.

Samus Aran? She's pretty damned hot under all that armor.

[bubba smith]

the theme from remo williams the adventure begins
either remo or master chiun

[Kid Jurassic]

That's an easy one...

Shotgun with blessed shells
Insanity - Oingo Boingo
Chuck Norris (The fictional Facts Chuck from teh interwebs)

[Sketchpad]

taken from assorted folks on various Livejournal Threads

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.


1. Doom's BFG
2. Either "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes or "More Human Than Human" by White Zombie
3. Snake Eyes from GI Joe!

[omriallmighty]

weapon-machete or pump shotgun

song- diary of jane - by breaking benjamin
its an awsome song to kill zombies with

sidekick- anybody who is good with a sniper rifle

[BobGreenwade]

Weapon: Star Wars blaster
Music: "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter
Companion: Jackie Chan

[IndianaJoe3]

Weapon: AA-12 (with assorted ammo)
Music: Pretty much anything by AC/DC
Companion: Miles Vorkosigan

[shadowcat1313]

uhm... thats NOT a new weapon, its what used to be called the Atchisson Assault 12
and for extra destruction you can mount an M-203 or HK-69 umderneath

[Nevelon]

Weapon: The Bluesmobile
Music: Can't Turn you loose
Partner: Elwood Blues

"Lots of room in this mall"

[Susano]

Left 4 Dead 2 has given me a great liking for the SPAS-12, the M-16, and the HK SCAR.

[Beast]

AA 12 auto shotgun every 3rd round is the mini grenade
March of Cambreath by Phoenix Rising
Karrin Murphy from the Dresden files

[kahuna's bro]

rite of twilight

[Major Tom 2009]

Weapon: USAS-12 autoshotgun with as many 20-round drums as I could carry.
Song: either Du Hast (by Rammstein) or Neodammerung (from the Matrix Revolutions
soundtrack).
Partner: Violet (from Ultraviolet -- if I'm going up against zombie hordes, I want
somebody who's got the Bucknard's Everfull Weapons and Ammo Locker up their
sleeve).


Major Tom 2009 :sneaky:

[The Rose]

Weapon: Sledge Hammer
Song: Pain by 3 Days Grace
Partner: Pick you giant. ^^

La Rose.

[Susano]

Left 4 Dead 2 has given me a great liking for the SPAS-12, the M-16, and the HK SCAR.

However, L4D2 also shows the effectiveness of golf clubs, frying pans, cricket bats, and the katana.

[Burrito Boy]

1. Barbed wire baseball bat (Patent pending)
2. "Joan Crawford" - Blue Oyster Cult
3. Solomon Kane

[bigbywolfe]

1. My military surplus mallet (meant for pounding tent pegs)
2. "Freaking Friends" - Mystyc Spyral (Trent's band from Daria)
3. My buddy and local "celebrity" Jonny Jukebox

[Beast]

changing my song
still going to stay with
AA-12 as my weapon of choice
Karrin Murphy(Dresden Files) as my wingman
and for the song

Drink till I die by the Poxy Boggards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aovi-kEpui4

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[Midas]

I'm simple - I'll go with a trench gun.
Interesting that no one took the obvious yert:
Flight of the Valkyries
(We are harvesting the slain, right?)

(I thought about Cameron Bot but...)
Rommie, Andromeda's avatar.
(6D6 RKA, area effect radial, selective).

[BobGreenwade]

If we're allowed to change things after our original entry, I think I'd like to switch my weapon to a Goa'uld staff weapon from Stargate: SG-1.

[IndianaJoe3]

If we're allowed to change things after our original entry, I think I'd like to switch my weapon to a Goa'uld staff weapon from Stargate: SG-1.

My wife thought about picking the staff weapon, but decided on the zatnik'tel (aka zat) instead. Apparently when you shoot someone 3 times with it, the body goes away, so you don't have to worry about the zombies reanimating.

[Drhoz]

My wife thought about picking the staff weapon, but decided on the zatnik'tel (aka zat) instead. Apparently when you shoot someone 3 times with it, the body goes away, so you don't have to worry about the zombies reanimating.

But you can't raid the local gun store for more ammo

[BobGreenwade]

My wife thought about picking the staff weapon, but decided on the zatnik'tel (aka zat) instead. Apparently when you shoot someone 3 times with it, the body goes away, so you don't have to worry about the zombies reanimating.On the other hand, with the staff weapon the zombies tend to explode. I just kind of like that visual.

[The Rose]

On the other hand, with the staff weapon the zombies tend to explode. I just kind of like that visual.

Ah, yes but with a:

light saber you get to [fill in the blank]
Flame thrower you get to [fill in the blank]
AK47 you get to [fill in the blank]
Rusty Spoon you get to [fill in the blank]
barbed wire you get to [fill in the blank]
Cheese Grater you get to [fill in the blank]
Stiletto heels you get to [fill in the blank]

Lets keep this list going. : )

La Rose.

[Susano]

Ah, yes but with a:

light saber you get to [fill in the blank]
Flame thrower you get to [fill in the blank]
AK47 you get to [fill in the blank]
Rusty Spoon you get to [fill in the blank]
barbed wire you get to [fill in the blank]
Cheese Grater you get to [fill in the blank]
Stiletto heels you get to [fill in the blank]

Lets keep this list going. : )

La Rose.

...sniper rifle you get to [fill in the blank]
...the BFG 9000 you get to [fill in the blank]
...bottle of puke you get to [fill in the blank]
... red crowbar you get to [fill in the blank]

[Old Man]

1. GE M134 7.62mm 6-barreled Gatling gun
1a. Optional MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor gunship accessory
2. "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
3. Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Terminator

[bigbywolfe]

Ah, yes but with a:
Flame thrower you get to [fill in the blank]
La Rose.

Have flaming zombies lurch at you?...

[Vanguard]

1) Tonfa-Blades (Probably don't need to explain but the weapons used by Kroenen (sp) from Hellboy)
2) Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
3) River Tam

[Badger]

I want Drowning Pool's Bodies (it seems appropriate for massive amounts of killing done.)

[Old Man]

1. Mjolnir (I'd have gone with Stormbringer but that seems like a bad idea against zombies)

2. Far Beyond Driven - Pantera

3. Bruce Lee. Look everyone, I just resurrected Bruce Lee! Boo-yaa!

[Captain Obvious]

1. Mjolnir (I'd have gone with Stormbringer but that seems like a bad idea against zombies)

2. Far Beyond Driven - Pantera

3. Bruce Lee. Look everyone, I just resurrected Bruce Lee! Boo-yaa!

Are you sure he's not a zombie?

[Old Man]

D'oh!

[The Weapon]

1. Stubb gun from Judge Dredd, decapitate zombies behind walls, collapse walls on them, slice through whole crowds, excellent. Caution, make sure said walls are not supporting the roof above you. The trick is to cut a hole in the roof not directly above you and then stand there.
2. Anything by Queen would do but "Another one bites the dust" is an obvious starter. [EDIT: "Don't stop me now" you're right BNakagaw]
3. Dana Scully, smart, trained with guns and might know how to stop the plague. If she doesn't, well we've just got to repopulate the Earth then don't we? Plus she's a doctor.

[Ian Mackinder]

Recalling something on (I think) CRACKED.com, I'd settle for a gun that fires LOTS AND LOTS of chainsaws. Preferably, flaming chainsaws.

As for music, my tastes are extremely varied, but what about that great classic 'Monster Mash'.

[BNakagawa]

1. Stubb gun from Judge Dredd, decapitate zombies behind walls, collapse walls on them, slice through whole crowds, excellent. Caution, make sure said walls are not supporting the roof above you. The trick is to cut a hole in the roof not directly above you and then stand there.
2. Anything by Queen would do but "Another one bites the dust" is an obvious starter.
3. Dana Scully, smart, trained with guns and might know how to stop the plague. If she doesn't, well we've just got to repopulate the Earth then don't we? Plus she's a doctor.

I think you're obliged to go with "Don't stop me now".

[amanojaku]

Hmm, Ok, if we went with "real world stuff" It might be something like this:

Weapon: As long as it came with a backpack full of ammo, a P-90 with laser site. Light, accurate, easy to hold and has a huge clip and is more powerful than most SMGs.

Music: Theme to the original battlestar galactica.

Companion: Rush Limbaugh, who I would immediately shoot in the leg and use as a stalking horse for the zombies. I'd I pull back, focus on the zombies coming after me then began picking off he ones piling on limbaugh's ample corpse.

[Drhoz]

1. Stubb gun from Judge Dredd, decapitate zombies behind walls, collapse walls on them, slice through whole crowds, excellent.

Possibly even more important - they have a strong tendency to overheat and explode, as various Judges learned during the Apocalypse War

[Sundog]

Weapon: Triffid Gun. Fires a high-speed shuriken or boomerang-shaped razor sharp steel blade (designed for trimming the stings off Triffids, but also perfect for ranged decapitations!)
Music: Lost in the Shadows By Lou Gramm (Lost Boys theme)
Ally: Simo Hayha, The White Death. 505 Kills during the Winter War - mostly with iron sights. Anything I miss, he'll get.

[Kraven Kor]

Zombie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU79PCFHOH8)

Enjoy. Hilariously awesome band.

[amanojaku]

Weapon: Triffid Gun. Fires a high-speed shuriken or boomerang-shaped razor sharp steel blade (designed for trimming the stings off Triffids, but also perfect for ranged decapitations!)
Music: Lost in the Shadows By Lou Gramm (Lost Boys theme)
Ally: Simo Hayha, The White Death. 505 Kills during the Winter War - mostly with iron sights. Anything I miss, he'll get.
Never heard of the triffid gun. Did they expand on the day of the triffids storyline?

Also never heard of simo hayah. What story is he from? BTW, for a real sniper, try Vasily Zeitsez, from stalingrad during ww2.

[Susano]

Never heard of the triffid gun. Did they expand on the day of the triffids storyline?

Also never heard of simo hayah. What story is he from? BTW, for a real sniper, try Vasily Zeitsez, from stalingrad during ww2.

It's from the original novel. I recall it.

He's from the Winter War, Finland versus USSR circa 1940-1941.

[Ian Mackinder]

It's from the original novel. I recall it.

Yeah, I recall it also. Basically shot a razor-sharp disc that could easily decapitate a triffid.

Though .... a gun that fired triffids would be rather awesome - but probably not much good against zombies.

[Sundog]

They actually did expand on Day of the Triffids. There was a sequel, Night of the Triffids, but I honestly wouldn't bother with it - it's dramatically inferior to Wyndham's masterwork.
The Triffid Gun is mentioned in passing in the original novel as the tool that got the initial Triffid outbreak under control. One is also used in the BBC mini-series version of Day.
Simo Hayha, on the other hand, was merely the best sniper in all of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

[amanojaku]

I looked up triffids on wiki. Wow, sure were different than the old movie.

I wonder why no one's done a rpg product with them?

As to snipers, I still think vasily zeitsev might be the best.

[Susano]

I looked up triffids on wiki. Wow, sure were different than the old movie.

I wonder why no one's done a rpg product with them?

Well, there's this: http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationscreatures/fiction/triffid.html

[amanojaku]

Well, there's this: http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationscreatures/fiction/triffid.html
Hmmm, one thing: If triffids only have a sense of hearing, how the hell do they aim at a human's eyes?

[Susano]

Hmmm, one thing: If triffids only have a sense of hearing, how the hell do they aim at a human's eyes?

Dunno... but that's how they acted in the novel.

[Patriot]

Weapon: Me , built off of 500 points tank/brick
Music: gotta agree with Badger; Drowning Pool Bodies-FTW
Companion: The Dark Knight

[Kal'El Wayne]

Mad, Crazy Awesome Choices?
A) Excaliber.
B) A bad-ass classical music score sung by a Valkyrie choir who collect the grateful souls of the people who were zombified.
C) A Star Trek holoprogram with portable generator. (Because if I can only have one person, I'm having somebody who can be other people, too. But for now, I'll go for having it replicate Jadzia Dax with a Bat'leth.)

'Realistic' Choices?
A) A spear (because I'm better at thrusting with a spear than any 'swinging' weapon, and ranged weapons always run out. Maybe something to shoot in case I absolutely have to save somebody at range. Maybe.)
B) Queen's Greatest Hits, plus one or two extras, like Bon Jovi's "It's my life".
C) Ahnold The Governator (on the one hand, he can still crush puny zombie skulls, and on the other hand, if the Governor of California goes missing, he's going to have a huge search party out looking for him. And if they don't find him till me and him have wiped out the zombies, then I'm the hero who helped Arnie wipe out an army of zombies.)

[Sundog]

Dunno... but that's how they acted in the novel.

Experience, actually. There's a notable instance of a child being missed by a Triffid's attack because the sting went over his head - at head height for an adult. Basically, they guess - but with their good hearing and range, and capacity to communicate experiences to each other, it's a well-informed and usually effective guess.

[Susano]

Experience, actually. There's a notable instance of a child being missed by a Triffid's attack because the sting went over his head - at head height for an adult. Basically, they guess - but with their good hearing and range, and capacity to communicate experiences to each other, it's a well-informed and usually effective guess.

I also recall a scene where a Triffid is lashing out ineffectually at the backs of sheep.

[Sundog]

Yes. I have to admit, I always wondered whether the Russians originally designed the Triffid as a weapon, and the wonderful oil was just a by-product - they seemed remarkably well designed to kill humans.

[csyphrett]

i like the green lantern ring as a weapon since not only does it shoots, it automatically provides protection for close in attacks.

i like a lot of music, but in a fight like this I would like a fighting song like Headstrong by Trapt, You're going down by sickpuppies, or princes of the universes by queen

I don't know about a partner since a GL ring is almost the perfect weapon in its own. Maybe Agatha Heterodyne since not only would she find a cure for zombification, she would make it dynamic and full of lightning.
CES

[Marek]

Weapon: Samurai Sword
Song: 'You're The Best' by Joe Esposito (cause nothings gonna bring me down!)
Person: Morgan Freeman.:eg:

[Folded]

Okay, a few options, selected thematically.

Sci-fi:
Weapon - a well designed monomolecular whip, with a monomolecular extendable knife blade in the haft (for cutting open anything I need
Music - the fight music from ST:TOS
Companion - Molly Millions

Fantasy:
Weapon - the sword belonging to the Death entity from Nehwon (slays whatever it touches)
Music - Di Fortuna, by Apotheosis
Companion - Pug

Real-World:
Weapon: any reliable, drum-fed semi-auto shotgun with plenty of ammo and a bipod
Music: Still Alive
Companion: George Romero

[BNakagawa]

Hmmm, one thing: If triffids only have a sense of hearing, how the hell do they aim at a human's eyes?

Sonar. Sound reflects differently off of skin than it does off of corneas.

[amanojaku]

Sonar. Sound reflects differently off of skin than it does off of corneas.

Hmm, maybe stretching things a bit, but possible. Another reason to wear goggles, eh?

[Headclot]

Weapon - ICBM (Riding it Dr. Strangelove Style)

Song - re: Brains - Jonathan Coultan (SP?)

Person - Hades (Always helps to have a deity of Death)

[Nicholiathan]

Weapon - chain gun like the one the terminator uses in T2, unlimited ammo of course
Music - Liliam, better known as the opening theme of Elfen Lied
Person - Makina Hoshimura, the corpse princes from Shikibane Hime, provided she stays past her 108 kills