{"id":1299,"date":"2008-09-21T08:14:19","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T22:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2008-09-21T08:33:54","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T22:33:54","slug":"big-brother-and-the-zombie-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/09\/21\/big-brother-and-the-zombie-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother and the Zombie Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when you think nothing new can be done with the zombie apocalypse scenario, someone does the obvious and surprises you with the cleverness of it.<\/p>\n

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Dead Set<\/strong> (UK-2008; TV series; dir. Yann Demanage) lets the zombie apocalypse loose while a bunch of the usual mismatched folk are safely holed away in Big Brother house, and are thus oblivious to what’s going on outside in the real world — until, that is, someone gets evicted.<\/p>\n

You can read the full synopsis on the show’s very classy website. It’s a five-episode British TV show that clearly opens by pretending to be an ordinary Big Brother series and descending into gut-munching chaos from there. Do I detect a metaphor?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here’s the trailer:<\/p>\n

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The site also has a very cool feature that allows you to take part in some bloodily cute viral advertising. It’s under the “get infected” link.<\/p>\n