When done well, zombies entertain us cinemagoers and TV viewers alike to no end, and sometimes for very different reasons. In Shaun of the Dead, we got a brilliant horror-comedy from the likes of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright, that was by far the best film of its kind I’ve ever seen, before or since. And more recently, the TV adaptation of The Walking Dead has brought us zombies of a very different and entirely more intense nature. Both kinds, it goes without saying, are excellent.
Now, courtesy of Flickr user Yatkuu, via Collider, we’ve been treated to a terrific re-imagining of what Shaun of the Dead and The Walking Dead might look like if they were turned into Lego toys. And the images are really very impressive.
If you’re yet to see either Shaun of the Dead or The Walking Dead, needless to say, you should definitely make sure you play catch-up as soon as humanly possible. Shaun of the Dead kicked off the start of Pegg, Wright, and Frost’s The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, followed-up by Hot Fuzz in 2007, and with a bit of luck, the conclusion with the tentatively-titled The World’s End might shoot sometime next year.
The Walking Dead, based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, was developed for TV by none other than Frank Darabont, and has been getting terrific success, and a slew of award nominations, ever since it premiered at the end of last year. The images of The Walking Dead are from the original comic, rather than the TV show, but are still highly enjoyable if you’ve only seen the show like me.
These are just a handful of Yatkuu’s work, and if you want to take a look at more, then feel free to click on over here. As usual with these great images, click to enlarge. (I think the red beneath Shaun’s pocket is quite a nice touch.)
