Sentences with phrase «rather than zombies»

Likewise, I probably wouldn't have pegged Thompson and Thomson as Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, maybe because they were banging on about pickpockets and bowler hats rather than zombies.

Not exact matches

Another faithful zombie that would rather believe a nice comforting like than face the harsh truth.

Rather than stick with the running and screaming zombies of today, it chooses a methodical, George A. Romero tone with slow clambering corpses, and very little ammo.

«World War Z» isn't your typical zombie movie, but rather a globe - trotting socio - political thriller that treats the zombies more like a viral disease than something out of a horror film.

A bunch of impressive set pieces stitched together rather than a good story convincingly told, this gargantuan production should ride Brad Pitt «s name, teeming action scenes and widespread interest in all things zombie to strong box office returns, particularly internationally.

You quickly get the sense that Williams is trying to do more of a zombie action film, rather than a straight - up loveletter to the videogames.

Evidently the victims - turned - zombies in this film hew closer to a sci - fi - like transformation rather than supernatural resurrection.

The makers of Zombieland would rather tell a straightforward story infused with humor and homage for those who truly appreciate the zombie - horror genre rather than go for broad appeal snarkiness.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

Tarantino's film, «Death Proof,» is a rip - roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while Rodriguez's film «Planet Terror» shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak Read the rest of this entry»

Rather than sticking to a sci - fi setting, Infinite Warfare's Zombies takes place in a candy - colored 1980s theme park.

It's a little simplistic, and never quite defines why the stalking undead are called «vampires» rather than «zombies».

This continues with the enemies - particularly the guards - who are often found in the sea of zombies by the player honing in on their chatter rather than through plain sight.

Undead Labs» State of Decay was a curious thing, a janky, bug - riddled work that nonetheless offered a rewarding gameplay loop that chose to focus on survival elements of a zombie apocalypse rather than headshots and straight up horror.

Players itching to get to zombie killing will find themselves listening to a long - winded narration rather than jumping into the action.

While Warm Bodies is more slanted towards comedy and romance rather than horror, it remains true to the zombie genre while pushing it in an unexpected direction.

Of course, some objects are more effective than others — I'd much rather take a halberd pilfered from a medieval shop shelf into battle than, say, a food court tray — but anything Frank can carry will eventually kill a zombie if you just keep using it as a bludgeon.

The trouble with Zombies mode is, like the shambling zombies that inhabit it, it just feels soulless - you get the impression it's here in this package more out of necessity rather than because Treyarch found something interesting to do wZombies mode is, like the shambling zombies that inhabit it, it just feels soulless - you get the impression it's here in this package more out of necessity rather than because Treyarch found something interesting to do wzombies that inhabit it, it just feels soulless - you get the impression it's here in this package more out of necessity rather than because Treyarch found something interesting to do with it.

From repetitive zombies, glitches, and a story that disintegrated rather than thrived, I wasn't holding out much hope for Dead Island 2.

I know it would take massive amounts of memory, but how cool would it be if every character had a mini arc (going out to collect food, actually engaging the zombies in combat), and you had to find them again, rather than going back to a fixed point.

Dead Rising 4 players have been rather prolific killers, as more than 7 billion zombies have been killes, and more than 3 million photos and selfies have been taken.

The source material is a pretty lacklustre book; the content is good, but it has been said to read like a UN report on a zombie invasion, rather than a thriller.

Last week a friend of mine observed that our culture is fascinated by zombies because they reflect back to us our worst selves in relation to our technologies: a need to engage interminably in pointless activities; a hapless desire to be in contact with others like ourselves without sharing any meaningful emotional or intellectual matters; the compulsion to devour rather than use a brain.

«It's one of the few times in history that technology has reinvigorated an art form rather than crushing it,» said Max Brooks, author of the zombie novel «World War Z,» which was released in May ahead of the Brad Pitt movie in an elaborate new audio edition with 40 cast members, including Alan Alda, John Turturro, and Martin Scorsese.

And, come to think of it, doesn't your whole argument about the rudeness of asking people to pay X rather than X — 5 + a donation revolve around a hypothetical reader who is vexed by having to wait six months until the price of Book V of Blood Wrath Of The Dragon King's Vampire Storm Zombies drops down to what they are comfortable with?

If I were you, I would just close those old «zombie accounts» and look forward rather than backward.

However, if you want to make plants spit seeds at evil - infested zombies sooner rather than later, and happen to own an Xbox 360, keep an eye out for the release of the game on Xbox Live Arcade on September 8th in all its HD glory at 1200 MS Points.

I'd rather face hordes of zombies than dysentery, though...

Whilst playing I soon realised if more than one zombie attacks you at the same time your character freezes or slows down to a point you can't retreat and end up dying, on top of that the general flow whilst playing feels rather clunky and unfinished, you should be able to see that by my preview video above.

Things are a little more light - hearted here though, a tone not usually associated with The Walking Dead; dying by enemy results in your character waking up in bed rather than in as food for the zombies, and the soundtrack is upbeat and addictive rather than somber.

In terms of them pushing out a new map or rather than remasters, you have to remember that Treyarch are already halfway in development for their next game in 2018, thus making a brand new zombies experience.

There's nothing worse than clearing out a section, hut, campsite, whatever but the second you walk away and return, the place is over run again, making it almost pointless to kill zombies and before long I was just running past zombies rather than trying to kill them and clear out an area.

Opting to base itself around a series of central objectives rather than the classic premise of surviving as many waves as possible, this version of zombies plays more like a story - driven mission than modes of the past and it's integrated well into the gameplay despite how farfetched it becomes.

Rather than fighting for survival against hordes of zombies or nightmarish demons while scrounging for ammo and precious health packs, the game instead sets players off on a journey deep into the darkest recesses of pain, sadness and torment.

Based on the film rather than the books, World War Z will be one of many zombie games out in 2018 / early 2019 but promises four - player co-op in the third - person shooter style.

His wife, Elena, would rather spend a night playing Crash Bandicoot on the couch than fend off zombies on a Nazi U-boat hidden in the jungle.

Players shift a drill from hive to hive to trigger each attack, and the weapon upgrade system and scavenging elements from Zombies mode feature, except players defend and repair the drill rather than board up doorways.

This offers the same wave marathon as before, but rather than hammering in the tent pegs with four teammates and building a graveyard of Boom Shields, the revised Horde now has a tower defence dynamic that works not too dissimilarly from Call of Duty Zombies.

You start off in a «location» looking for «G», G dies, and rather than turning around getting in your car and leaving, you decide to go towards all the zombie / monster type things.

Rather than dealing with a zombie outbreak, Earthfall players are in the midst of an alien invasion.

What that means is this, rather than use a gun to shoot zombies, players are required to type out words and short phrases using the keyboard in order to kill zombies.

There is just such a different feel in Nazi Zombies that makes it seem like a standalone game rather than a portion of a game.

Yes, it's another apocalyptic zombie game, but this time, rather than a straightforward narrative adventure, players get a vast open world to explore and survive in, crafting tools and developing strategies to deal with vast swarms of intelligent monsters.

One of Operation Raccoon City's main aspects is its «triple threat battle system» which in itself insinuates that the zombies are demoted to being a mere annoyance rather than the focus of your attention.

This map is set in a Japanese jungle and is the only map in the Nazi zombies model that features Japanese zombie soldiers rather than Nazi zombies.

Left 4 Dead changed the zombie survival - horror game by making combat more about slaughtering droves of undead shamblers rather than conserving ammo and making tactical strikes, as well as by focusing on cooperative multiplayer.

So could we please get on with the science and the enormous tack of implementing solutions rather than dealing with the echoes of zombie arguments that stagger around aimlessly on the Internet.

Personally, I think it's probably better to have this one published and demolished rather than floating around the blogosphere (in various incarnations) as another zombie.

I guess if you are someone who takes comfort in the idea that rules (rather than people choosing to follow rules) keep us from descending into anarchy (featuring zombies, no doubt), you probably cling, white - knuckled, to any rule, just, you know, because a person needs to sleep at night.

The pro-zombie argument actually uses the fact that zombies are selective in eating us rather than other zombies to argue for rights for the undead.