See Astro Space Laboratory

October 12, 2009 3:24 PM

I'd just like to take a moment to misuse MetaTalk and draw your attention to this lame gawker list type post revealing the origin of MetaFilters own Astro Zombie.
posted by Artw to MetaFilter-related at 3:24 PM (52 comments total)

I always pictured a more dashing sort of Astro Zombie. Sort of Baron Samedi with a bubble helmet on.

The Astro Zombie in that article doesn't look at all the sort of person to play the ukulele.
posted by winna at 3:32 PM on October 12

ffffffffuck, look at that dapper jacket. Dashing is the only word for it.
posted by boo_radley at 3:33 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

Is he listening to an early iPod?
posted by Solon and Thanks at 3:35 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

It is a nice jacket, it's true.
posted by winna at 3:36 PM on October 12

I always wondered if Astro Zombie named himself after the Misfits song or the movies that the song was calling back to.
posted by gaspode at 3:44 PM on October 12

It's all RetCon. We have always been at war with AstroZombie.
posted by blue_beetle at 3:46 PM on October 12

Man, I'd like to see berserk human transplants, if you know what I mean.
posted by shakespeherian at 3:47 PM on October 12

I prefer this poster, but my, what a design difference!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:48 PM on October 12

It is a nice jacket, it's true.

It's rather Patrick McGoohan circa The Prisoner, and therefore quite groovy.
posted by Artw at 3:48 PM on October 12

"SEE BRUTAL MUTANTS MENACE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS"

Looks like the origin of MetaTalk, too...

So when do I get a MetaTalk thread about my origin or does io9 have to do it first? Don't be surprised if something 'goes off' at Gawker Media offices some night at Midnight... yeah, that's the ticket, that's the dollar-off coupon, that's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it! I'll probably get a mention at both HuffPo and Cracked for that... oh yeah, going viral, memes for me...
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight at 4:03 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

Is that a fanny pack around his waist? Very stylish.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:06 PM on October 12

I always wondered if Astro Zombie named himself after the Misfits song or the movies that the song was calling back to.

But... but... it's right in his profile: "Astro Zombies is a dreadful, yet irresistible, horror film by St. Paul native Ted V. Mikels. "
posted by dersins at 4:07 PM on October 12

SEE BERZERK HUMAN TRANSPLANTS is Projects.
posted by Artw at 4:07 PM on October 12

I always wondered if Astro Zombie named himself after the Misfits song or the movies that the song was calling back to.

If I remember correctly, and I seldom do, Astro Zombie said he got his name from a friend's movie. Even if I'm wrong that's how I choose to remember it.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:07 PM on October 12

"You cried at WALL-E??!? I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT!!" (hack chop hack hack)
posted by waraw at 4:09 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

(Berserk is better with the Z)
posted by Artw at 4:09 PM on October 12

Well, don't know about you guys, but I just found my Halloween costume.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 4:13 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

But... but... it's right in his profile: "Astro Zombies is a dreadful, yet irresistible, horror film by St. Paul native Ted V. Mikels. "

Oh, see, I didn't wonder that much.
posted by gaspode at 4:22 PM on October 12 [2 favorites]

I thought Astro Zombie was sorta like lube for necrophiliacs.
posted by qvantamon at 4:34 PM on October 12 [11 favorites]

He is rather dapper for a zombie. I'd hit it.
posted by deborah at 4:59 PM on October 12

Astro Zombies!
posted by electroboy at 5:08 PM on October 12

That thumb needs to move down about 2 inches, buddy.
posted by iconomy at 5:31 PM on October 12

Maybe this will at last put an end to all those jokes about eating brains. I'm an undead space astronaut. I keep telling people that.
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:36 PM on October 12 [2 favorites]

You can say that, CRAZED CORPSE STEALER.
posted by Artw at 5:37 PM on October 12

MONSTERS IN MY CORTEX
posted by niles at 5:40 PM on October 12

it's more likely than you think!
posted by empath at 5:54 PM on October 12

And then there are the clones.
posted by tellurian at 6:10 PM on October 12

niles: "MONSTERS IN MY CORTEX"

IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK!
CLICK HERE FOR FREE CORTEX CHECK
posted by boo_radley at 6:19 PM on October 12 [3 favorites]

Ah christ, I don't pay attention.
posted by boo_radley at 6:20 PM on October 12

Crikey! [2] [3] [4] The hair, the tash, the mean accordion.
posted by tellurian at 6:25 PM on October 12

Let me mention that, as cult filmmakers go, Ted Mikels seems to be extraordinarily generous with his time; at least, he has been with me. I own, oh, perhaps 14 of his films, and inevitably I have questions about them. He has a Web page, so I just shoot him an email, and he generally responds in depth within a day or two.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:32 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

Are we still talking about that AskMe about the inappropriate boob grab on SNL? - cos that's what the linked picture reminds me of.
posted by Nick Verstayne at 7:59 PM on October 12

I
AM
ZERO
BOTS





... and the answer is:
posted by philip-random at 8:41 PM on October 12

Astro Zombie: "inevitably I have questions about them."

SO SAY WE ALL
posted by mwhybark at 9:19 PM on October 12

... also in Glenn's defense, it should be noted the song is about the movie. Glenn Danzig circa 1975-1983 was an obessive and inventive partisan of American horror kitsch and a major popularizer of the material.
posted by mwhybark at 9:23 PM on October 12

SEE astro space laboratory

SEE crazed corpse stealers

SEE brutal mutants menace beautiful girls

SEE berserk human transplants

BURMA SHAVE
posted by Stunt at 9:36 PM on October 12 [1 favorite]

METAFILTER: TERRIFYING COLOR BY DELUXE
posted by not_on_display at 9:49 PM on October 12 [3 favorites]

and the answer is: Baizes Motor
posted by philip-random at 10:56 PM on October 12

The first Astro Zombies was so good it required 2 sequels to address the many unresolved plot lines.
posted by chillmost at 12:37 AM on October 13

Yes, but don't refer to Astro Zombie 3 as "AZ3: Electric Boogaloo" if you don't want your face eaten. Learned from hard experience...
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight at 1:24 AM on October 13

ASTRO ZOMBIE
MOZART BOISE
ZOMBIE ASTOR
BOOZE, SIR TAM
ROOM SIZE TAB
ASTRO ZOMBIE
posted by The Whelk at 5:57 AM on October 13 [1 favorite]

METAFILTER:TERRIFYING COLOR BY DELUXE

Have you tried clicking "Make it Stop"?
posted by zamboni at 7:09 AM on October 13 [3 favorites]

I'M STAR BOOZE
ZOO BAR TIMES
posted by zamboni at 7:18 AM on October 13 [1 favorite]

Maybe this will at last put an end to all those jokes about eating brains. I'm an undead space astronaut. I keep telling people that.

So we should blame space raccoons for all those brainless corpses we keep finding around your house, huh?



Actually, now that I say it out loud, that does make a remarkable amount of sense.
posted by quin at 7:37 AM on October 13

Maybe this will at last put an end to all those jokes about eating brains.

You got a problem with eating brains?
posted by brain_drain at 9:06 AM on October 13

I'm a vegetarian.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:10 AM on October 13

This Twilight thing is really getting out of hand.
posted by The Whelk at 9:10 AM on October 13

This is seriously going to screw up the whole Plants Vs Zombies thing.
posted by Artw at 9:11 AM on October 13

Is this like that vegan vampire thing? Do you wear hair gel?
posted by middleclasstool at 11:09 AM on October 13

You used to be solar powered, now you are a vegetarian? I thought you were all for cutting the middleman.

BTW, a long time ago searching for Astro Zombie led me down the rabbit hole to Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Finally one of my favorite driving songs, Tura Satana by Babasonicos, made sense. If I could choose my username again it would be Dirt Between the Toes of Tura Satana.
posted by dirty lies at 2:08 PM on October 13

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence!"
posted by Artw at 2:10 PM on October 13

Tura Satana has one of my favorite lines in Faster Pussycat. A gas station attendent is ogling her bosoms and rambling on about traveling. "See America first!" he declares.

"You won't find it down there, Columbus," she snaps back.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:18 PM on October 13 [1 favorite]