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“Last Of Us” this weekend?

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Since I need a new post-apocalyptic show to watch since The Walking Dead finally ran its course, it’s looking like ‘The Last Of Us’ will be my new fix. Honestly, I think that if ‘Jericho’ hadn’t had to work within the constraints of network television and instead could have had the brutality and harsh language that TWD and TLOU are able to emply it would have made things a bit more real. Because, lets face it, the apocalypse is not going to be clean and free of harsh language.

I should also mention that I think it would be quite a hoot if they could get Lennie James to guest star on Last Of Us. Given his predilection for end-of-the-word projects like Jericho and The Walking Dead, he could wind up being the new Charlton Heston (“If its bad and its the end of the world, Charlton Heston is there!”)

My plan was to wait until the entire season of Last Of Us was done and then watch the whole thing in one enormous binge session. So, it’ll be time to order some pizza, grab a few Cokes, fire up the TV, and let the bad times roll.

I have, however, watched a few highlights of the show on YouTube and what I’ve seen so far looks pretty good. There’s definitely some dark and grim undertones, and I’ve no doubt it’ll be rather gritty in spots. But….wouldn’t you think the end of the world would be?

And, of course, even though it’s fiction it is still a nice opportunity to wargame a bit and imagine what you’d do in similar scenarios and what your gear choices might be.

Anyway, if I can steal the time this weekend I’ll watch Season 1 and see how it goes.

The Last Of Us

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Last time I saw Pedro Pascal, he was doing an admirable job at Hollywood Gun Fu in “Kingsman”.

But apparently he’s in the new HBO post-apocalypse series “The Last Of Us”. I’m familiar with the game a bit, and its a storyline I can get into. Now that Walking Dead is history, I need a good post-apocalyptic fantasyworld to climb into.

Any of you guys been watching this series and wanna share your opinion on it? I know it’s only three episodes old, but I’ve been seeing some good reviews on it.

Lyrical interlude

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I absolutely detest rap music, but this future perpetual-tax-audit-recipient does a nice job of laying out the case against Biden. If you’re offended by profanity, well…you need to grow up.

The poignant part was him pointing out that Biden’s policies armed the Taliban as he’s trying to disarm his own citizens.

 

H/T to Aesop.

Article – Abandoned Russian Tank Tagged With ‘Wolverines’ in Shout-Out to 1984’s ‘Red Dawn’ (Photo)

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Red Dawn,” the cult classic Cold War film about a group of teens who must defend America against a fictional attack by the Soviet Union, has resurfaced in the very real war taking place in Ukraine.

NPR Politics correspondent Scott Detrow tweeted Thursday that he drove past “a destroyed Russian tank with WOLVERINES spraypainted across it” in Ukraine.

I was going to say ‘life imitates art’ but Red Dawn wasn’t exactly art. It was a heavy-handed nod to the Reagan era (and nothing wrong with that), but I wouldn’t call it art.

Nice to see that someone over there….maybe a foreign journalist, maybe a Ukrainian with a grasp of English, A can of spraypaint, and a Netflix account…….appreciated the situation.

Humour – Gun Bunny Rehab

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“Guns are heavy when they’re actually loaded.”

Priceless.

Personally, I like..no, love….gun bunnies. But, thats assuming they really know their guns and aren’t just using them as props for duck-lip InstaTwitterBook posts. And, I suppose, that some women would really resent gun bunnies for perpetuating the objectification of women in shooting sports but if there’s any merit to that…well..blame the bunny, she’s the one making the videos. Us guys…we just watch ’em.

Personally, I could watch hot gun chicks all day. But, apparently there is a Gun Bunny Rehab. Good girls make other good girls, but I guess sometimes gun bunnies unmake other gun bunnies. Still..funny stuff.

Propane, and propane accessories

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Number one propane accessory: road flares.

It’s a staple of movies. Good guys need an explosion so the McGyver a barbecue bomb and a few road flares into…ah, you know what…its just easier to show you:

Here’s the thing. Propane canisters, like you and I, are under tremendous pressure. Poke a hole and they go off like a rocket. Any ignition source has to be already in place and at full heat or the sudden explosive force of the propane releasing will just shove the propane tank away. So you (usually) need an ignition source on the tank itself that will, if the tank rockets away, go with it.Tracer ammo? Maybe in the movies, but practically it doesn’t seem to go that way. But…let’s look at some folks who have tried:

I actually found several videos of people trying to blow stuff up with propane and tracers and the results are almost never what Hollywood would have you believe. It was a little harder finding videos with people using incendiary, though.

If your End Of The World plan for clearing out a Times Square on New Years Eve size crowd of zombies is to chuck a propane tack at ’em and light it up with tracer ammo. Well…it looks like you’re going to be in for a disappointment. But…securing road flares to your propane tank and shooting it? That seems to deliver…kinda:

What’s interesting is that the propane tanks don’t really explode like they do in the movies. There’s a huge fireball, no doubt…things are gonna get crispy..but there’s no real bowl-em-over concusive explosion. Holes aren’t blown in the ground and other than the tank itself there isn’t any explosive shrapnel a-flying.

This isn’t to say that propane, used creatively, can’t be used for purposes other than running your turkey fryer. Rather it means that if you think firing a round of tracer into a propane tank is some sort of poor mans remote claymore…well…you’re in for a disappointment.

This post brought to you by the five-dollar summer fill-up discount at the local RV place…where I saw way too many propane tanks of all sizes to not have these kinda thoughts.

 

ETA: ALthough it was a terrible, terrible movie, the gun fu in Sucker Punch was pretty great. Especially against the WW1 Nazi Zombies.

Link – Germs on the Big Screen: 11 Infectious Movies

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News of a disease outbreak or possible pandemic may readily conjure up Hollywood fantasies of horrible disease symptoms, government crackdowns and mass death. The very notion of infection, or viruses and bacteria invisibly taking over the human body, creates a sense of both uncertainty and helplessness that can lend itself to thoughts of doomsday. Movies have not hesitated to play out those worst-case scenarios time and again.

An interesting list, to be sure. However, one that was neglected but, in my opinion, worthy of a watch, is “Carriers”. (Featuring the smoking hot Emily Can Camp). Most notably for the ride into grittiness and ruthlessness as the characters start facing harder and harder choices.

But, really, who needs to watch stuff like this when it’s happening, to a slightly lesser degree, in real life?

The media is telling us that a ‘second wave’ is on the way, or that reported infection rates are increasing (keyword: reported…by whom? Reported how?), and that we should expect worse times to come.

Well, yeah….is there anyone who really thought this was over? Even if they came up with a vaccine tomorrow it will still be months, if not years, before the consequences of this thing are behind us. Even if you snapped your fingers and it disappeared tomorrow, the effects will still be here…the economic, social, and political fallout will linger even after the Kung Flu is considered ‘no longer a threat’.

You and I, we’ve been expecting something like this for a while…some sort of event that makes us start locking our doors more often, keeping a wary eye open, and start circling the wagons. Now it’s here and it’s time to see if we’ve been making smart choices these last few years (or decades).

If this really is an escalation of the current situation, it’s been a quiet one. I haven’t seen an increase in panic buying at the supermarket. However,  guns and ammo are still virtually unobtainable without paying ‘the Covid tax’. Fortunately, for many of us, guns and ammo were the first thing we stockpiled when we were a fresh wet-behind-the-ears newly minted survivalist.

Anyway, there you have it…a list of movies to download and watch in a darkened room while patting yourself on the back for your foresight and planning. You did stockpile popcorn, right?

 

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There’s a link at the top of the column on the right hand of your screen. I think what I’ll probably do is, on an experimental basis for now, post a footer in a random post once a week with a quick link. We’ll see if that doesn’t come across as too crass and self-serving.