How 7 Iconic Movie Characters Would Do In a Zombie Attack. There's not a movie on Earth that wouldn't be drastically improved by the addition of zombies.
Whether it's a romantic comedy, a buddy cop flick or a documentary about global warming, the inclusion of a sudden attack by relentless, blood-thirsty zombies is a surefire way to make any movie more compelling, more thrilling and more award-winning. To demonstrate this principle, we've hired a team of elite screenwriting geniuses who, using the finest Pentium computers available, are busy rewriting the classic movies of our age to include zombies. Below we present some of their work: Character studies used to illustrate how various iconic movie characters would handle a full scale zombie outbreak. John McClane (as seen in Die Hard) The Setup: John McClane, a New York cop, is visiting his wife in L.A. where they're soon trapped in the upper stories of the Nakatomi building by a group of Europeans.
Available Weapons: Allies: None. Defensive Situation: Mental and Physical Toughness: Final Verdict: 5 Popular Zombie Survival Tactics (That Will Get You Killed) Everybody has a zombie contingency plan.
A unique and ingenious stratagem they've spent hours contemplating that ensures they and their loved ones will stay alive in the event of a zombie apocalypse. The only problem? You've got the exact same essential plan as everybody else: go raid the gun store, get out of the cities as fast as possible, find a sturdy base to fortify and hole up in, use a melee weapon whenever possible to conserve ammo and--if the worst does come to pass and you find yourself facing down a crowd of the undead--take your time, aim carefully and make every shot a head shot. Jesus, you're not going to last five minutes.
Here's why: #5. First things first: You need a firearm. The only problem being: So does everybody else. The closest gun shop to your house is also the closest gun shop to a thousand other people's houses, and at least a few dozen of them are going to get there before you. . #4. One man's traffic jam is another's buffet line. #3. Not so much. Not like zombies. 25 Hidden Upsides to Living in a Zombie Apocalypse Slideshow. The 5 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History. You wouldn't think it would be that hard to come up with a movie monster.
You just take what people are already afraid of, and make it either bigger, stronger or uglier. People are scared of crime, so you make a movie about a super-strong killer with a messed-up face behind a hockey mask. Boom. Collect your money. But some writers seem to struggle with this concept. The Monster: