Biggest Bad-Ass in a zombie movie

[capncnut]

I'm not sure where I get this from (maybe it's in Russo's novelisation) but didn't the whole meathook thing have something to do with the posse not wanting to touch the bodies physically through fear of infection. So they hooked the body and dragged it to the nearest bonfire. As for the biggest badass, it would probably have to be... ...purely for the manly way he says "so f**king what".

[Crappingbear]

Security guard guy in the Dawn remake turned from skank to Clint Eastwood badass in a hurry. He went hard core. We need this same thread for novels where we can nominate Wet Work and Dead in the West for badasses. We need this same thread for novels where we can nominate Wet Work and Dead in the West for badasses.

[darth los]

That's Randy Burr. I think they made him use the meat hook to kick it down a notch. He looks as though he's ready to tear bodies apart with his bare hands. The cap says it all. Gary Streiner is standing behind him brandishing the handgun. When these hardcore maniacs come to "rescue" you, run! Funny, that's exactly what I thought ben was thinking when he saw who was coming to "rescue" him.

[DubiousComforts]

I'm not sure where I get this from (maybe it's in Russo's novelisation) but didn't the whole meathook thing have something to do with the posse not wanting to touch the bodies physically through fear of infection. So they hooked the body and dragged it to the nearest bonfire. The process described in Russo's novelization is that the posse would use machetes to hack the heads off the ghouls. Using meat hooks and gloves, they would carry the heads and carcasses to be burned, and then any hands and instruments that touched the dead bodies would be washed in alcohol and water. It's much less specific in the movie, though the concept probably originated during production. Obviously meat hooks were used for the shock effect, but it was probably outside the budget to actually show any heads being lopped off (though there is at least one posse guy seen carrying a machete in the film). The posse in NIGHT are still the ultimate badasses simply because they are so brutal and crudely depicted, not to mention they were the first. They run roughshod over the entire area, shooting and burning everything in their path with everyday instruments such as hunting rifles, meat hooks and gasoline, and they do it as though it's business as usual. The posse in the NIGHT remake is just a poor, over-the-top caricature of the original. Randy Burr looks as though he'd been hunting ghouls for years; you can just imagine his wife reminding him to take a cap and jacket as he heads out to join the posse o' badasses.

[gary]

DubiousComforts I actually think you might have a better chance of winning most bad ass if you photoshop out the 16 year old kid in the background

[Debbieangel]

What about "Chilly Billy" Cardille, all he was carrying was a microphone? That's "badass" if you ask me ..no weapons, only words to protect himself. lol

[capncnut]

The posse in the NIGHT remake is just a poor, over-the-top caricature of the original. Yeah but wrestling zombies in a pen drunk on Jim Beam looked fun.

[DubiousComforts]

DubiousComforts I actually think you might have a better chance of winning most bad ass if you photoshop out the 16 year old kid in the background I don't know... hanging out with veteran ghoul hunters like Randy "Meat Hook" Burr and Tony "Boom Boom" Pantanella at 16 years old is pretty badass. I couldn't even drive a vehicle at that age. What about "Chilly Billy" Cardille, all he was carrying was a microphone? That's "badass" if you ask me ..no weapons, only words to protect himself. lol You're right, Chilly Billy was quite the badass, smoking his cigarette and remaining entirely cool under pressure. "Tell 'em we're gonna stay with it, Steve, and everything appears to be under control." You get the feeling that he'd had years of experience reporting on flesh-eating ghoul outbreaks, and this was just another walk in park.

[Yojimbo]

DubiousComforts I actually think you might have a better chance of winning most bad ass if you photoshop out the 16 year old kid in the background I don't know, brother, I would not at 16 have been enough of a badass to take a revolver and a meathook and trek through the boondocks hunting ghouls, Buddy Holly specs notwithstanding.