Of course, they may both be a little biased. Brooks is the author of " World War Z ," the zombie apocalypse novel currently being made into a movie starring Brad Pitt. And Niles burst onto the horror scene with " 30 Days of Night ," graphic novels that put a band of unrelenting and definitely non-sparkling vampires in an Alaska town where night never seems to end.
Read More. Thanks to "Deadliest Warrior," Spike's combat simulation show, we'll find out who's right. The show, which pits history's most famous warriors against each other to decide through a battery of tests who's In addition to ballistics and medical tests, and a souped-up computer algorithm based on video-game artificial intelligence, the show typically relies on military and history experts to advocate for the opposing sides in matchups between, say, Genghis Khan's Mongols and Hannibal's army.
For this one, Brooks and Niles were called in as the expert advocates. And just because the combatants are fictional doesn't mean the debate was any less heated.
Niles concurs. The brilliance of the episode, both authors say, is that it will be a high-tech, televised version of the sort of arguments horror and fantasy geeks have all the time. Now, with these simulations, they have a way to measure it. But first, since this is fantasy, there had to be ground rules.
There are so many these days lol and I love the variety. Here are the factors for me though. I mean why would they? Like zombies they rely on their teeth. So trying to bite them is out the question. So is breaking their neck. RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL. Name required. Mail will not be published required. Comment by Brian Tams — March 16, am The thing with zombies is that their infectious.
Like zombies with the zombie virus, they can turn normal people into other vampires who they would mentally control as a 'head vampire'. It could be possible that a vampire can turn normal humans into vampires by letting the human ingest the vampire's blood. In recent years, vampires like the zombie virus , have its own unique virus. However modern vampires can decide if someone they killed can turn into a vampire, normally with some kind of blood ritual. Sometimes the idea of turning other people into vampires is abandoned completely, especially since the bodies would be so mutilated that even as a vampire they couldn't survive.
Although violent towards humans, they are actually very social to other vampires and would help their friends in need like normal humans would. Sometimes the 'head vampire' is chosen by the clan instead of being the superior vampire and becomes the main strategist and leader for the vampires. But against other species and their enemies, vampires will show no mercy.
Vampires also can rake their claws on a wall or wall-like structure to sense the sounds of their prey. The only serious weakness other than their head and heart is that Vampires are weak towards sunlight. Most modern vampires can survive a few seconds of direct exposure but can easily die in less than half a minute some depictions will have them turn to dust or have their skin burned black.
Because of this weakness to sunlight, all vampires would sleep during the day, normally in an abandoned building or coffin. They can still operate normally during the daytime as long as they are shaded from the sun. Some modern vampires have avoided the sun by shading themselves with dark clothing, a large hat and an umbrella. If away from civilization, a vampire would normally survive in shady locations like shady forests or near caves where they would sleep from the sun. But as long as they are not exposed to the sun, Vampires should survive in most environments.
It is possible for vampires to live off of animals in the wild just like a predator would. Some vampires like living in depressing, Gothic or 'evil' locations like graveyards and avoid holy places like churches. In 30 Days of Night, the vampires live in Alaska because of the prolonged nights caused by its location near the north pole, allowing the vampire to be fully active for 30 days without worrying about the sunrise.
Other traditional vampire weaknesses most not seen in modern vampires anymore include holy water, garlic, crucifix and traveling over running water.
Vampires normally can live forever if not murdered or affected by magic or any of their weaknesses. Vampires have survived many plagues of the past, so it is believed that they are naturally resistant to disease, though there's a debate over if they would be affected by the abnormal zombie virus. The battle begins at night inside an abandoned warehouse, where zombies are searching for a food source.
Somewhere inside the warehouse, 3 vampires rise from their resting coffins ready to feast. The lead vampire communicates to his subordinates in hisses and growls, ordering them to split up. In a hallway, the male subordinate vampire rakes his claws on a wall. He uses his heightened senses to sniff out his prey and dashes down a corridor, jumping up a railed stairway until he comes to a wooden door.
He puts his ear up next to the door listening for any commotion. He is soon greeted by a zombie which smashes through the door. As the zombies begin to pour through the doorway, the vampire puts his claws to work, slashing and swiping 2 zombies who come through the door. He soon is overwhelmed and runs back to the corridor where the rest of the zombies have begun to come through the other exits, blocking all paths of escape.
He goes to work again, using his claws to take down every zombie before being completely engulfed by the zombie horde. The zombies grab and begin to hold down the fatigued vampire as he calls for help.
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