Zed Faire
AUTHOR: Jeff
After we watched Zombieland for the fifth time (yeah, I’m serious), we had to add a new question to our post-movie-beer table discussion. Standing questions include, “If the zombie apocalypse started right now, where would you go first?” and, “What part of the world would be the best place to wait it all out?” After seeing the final battle at Pacific Playland, the new question is, “What is the most epic place you can think of for a final zombie showdown?”
I’ve got my answer.
During the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to go to the Texas Renaissance Festival, which, according to Wikipedia, is the “largest renaissance fair in the world.” I was a regular attendee at renfaires when I was a kid, because it was the closest I was going to get to living out my D&D fantasies (some of which I still harbor, by the way, but I can’t get my wife to wear the elf ears…).
As I walked through the fair, eating a turkey leg and wondering if I could convince the face-paint lady to make me look like I had blood dripping out of my mouth, I naturally started wondering what a renfaire would look like in a zombie apocalypse. Think about it: zombies in costumes with fairy wings, elf ears, and chainmail. Tons of weapons everywhere. Crossbows. Axes. Maces. Ball-and-chains. Swords.
Turkey legs one minute. Human legs the next.
Where’s that design doc?
Jeff
If animals can be infected, why not the Bronx Zoo. That would allow some interesting interactions in the middle of an already infested zone.
The cruise ship thing got me thinking — what about a Zombie Airplane! You’d have to have a hold out in front of the cockpit to protect the ex-air force test pilot who is tough as nails as he tries to land the plane, make witty banter, AND fire over your shoulder with his standard issue 9mm.
I live in Austin, so I’d be at U.T.’s Pickle Research center in a heartbeat. Those campus facilities have the perfect setup… their own water source, a nuclear power plant, food and supplies in a cafeteria, experimental weapons systems… and the whole thing is fenced in with razor wire. Besides, you get the fun of killing off all the undead scientists, and surviving with college chicks.
awww why couldnt they of started this last year so it will be released earlier
I just keep thinking about the natural history museum. All those ancient bones and stone tools at ready disposal, but I think that might just be more fun than practical. A psychiatric hospital on the other hand would have many useful tools, assuming sedatives work on zombies. Straight jackets would be handy if you could work out a system for getting them on a zombie. Bottom line, wards are built for lock down! Besides, padded rooms filled with human flesh eaters just feels appropriate.
Is it weird that I’ve seen Zombieland 5 times too?
I like the idea of the fair for a finale. Something where people are already dressed in crazy armor and stuff is really interesting!
Nice post!
haha the editing is awesome!!
I love zombies!!!!!
Renaissance fair= amazing idea that must be done.
In the same vein, what about something like E3, or Comicon? You’ve got all kinds of hilarious material there… zombie Spocks, rabid anime characters, flesh-eating comic/video game enthusiasts, undead booth babes; the list is long. Of course, copywrite laws still apply, but it would be a fun jumping-off point!
My school (Patterson Mill High)
it is probably 35% glass. Who ever made it never took in account for zombies. lol
cool!