‘Zombieland Double Tap’ Brings Back Old-School Myspace With New Parody Website

Zombieland hit theaters in October 2009 and became an unexpected breakout hit. Comedy and horror don’t always mix, but a magical combo of funny, charismatic actors and hilarious script turned this movie into box office gold.

Zombieland Double Tap is coming out just over 10 years later, and in what must be a nod to the original’s debut during a somewhat different era social media-wise, Zombieland.com has become a retro Myspace profile page, complete with the Top Friends list and a goofy script that turns your mouse arrow into a “Z.”

The banner at the top of the page says it is “Zomspace,” and it is “a place for survivors.” 

Meaning that as long as your brain hasn’t been turned to oatmeal and you’re out to chomp on living humans, apparently, you can have friends online.

The “About Me” is the new movie’s synopsis:

A decade after Zombieland became a hit film and a cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone) have reunited with director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) and the original writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool) for Zombieland: Double Tap. In the sequel, written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and Dave Callaham, through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, these four slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.

The Top 10 list features new characters as well, all of them with place names instead of proper ones, just like Emma Stone‘s “Wichita” and Woody Harrelson‘s “Tallahassee.” But weirdly it also features Myspace co-founder Thomas Anderson, a.k.a. “Myspace Tom.”

Maybe not that weird, actually—perfectly in keeping with the spirit of making the page match the typical appearance of a Myspace profile circa 2003-2009—as anyone who used the site at the time will recall, everyone was given one friend at signup—Myspace Tom. 

Does this mean he survived the zombie apocalypse that led to the world of Zombieland and Zombieland Double Tap? Probably not.

We’ll find out for sure when Zombieland Double Tap is in theaters on October 18, 2019.

Stipe Miocic Knocks Out Daniel Cormer to Regain Heavyweight Title at UFC 241

Stipe Miocic had something to prove when he stepped back in the Octagon at UFC 241. He needed to show he really could go toe-to-toe with Daniel Cormier and that he was worthy of regaining the UFC men’s heavyweight belt.

He succeeded with a TKO in round 4, but Cormier made him work for it.

Here’s how dominant Cormier was in the early rounds—out of the gate, he managed one takedown of his towering opponent through sheer power with what amounted to a bodyslam. But the follow-through didn’t end things.

It really just seemed to piss Miocic off.

Still, the heavyweights looked evenly matched for the bulk of the fight—which was held at Anaheim’s Honda Center Saturday—with Cormier perhaps the better puncher, overall. But he began to fade by round 3 and Miocic picked up on this. He exploited his opponent’s sluggishness with body blows, focusing hard on Cormier’s liver.

Afterward, Miocic said, “I knew I was hurting him.” He indicated his strategy was to “just keep working, keep working.” He was certain Cormier “was going to leave something open.”

The match ended with Cormier up against the cage, Miocic raining blows until it was called. 

As for his relentless pounding on Cormier at the end, Miocic later indicated it wasn’t so much that he was triumphantly owning his opponent, he just wanted to be done. “I’m done. I’m tired. I want to go home. I kind of Frank the Tanked it,” he said, “I’m an idiot. I’m dumb. I’m that guy at a party that does dumb stuff.”

For his part, Cormier was reflective. He called the loss “a tough pill to swallow” and said, “At 40 years old, you know, with so many other opportunities, I need to speak to my wife, and we need to make an educated decision on what we’re going to do.”

“Losing any type of fight for me is terrible,” he said, “but getting stopped is just insane. That’s twice I’ve been stopped. That’s not good. I’m smart enough to understand that.”

For a detailed breakdown of the full event, check out MMA Mania.

UFC 242 will feature Khabib Nurmagomedov against Dustin Poirier. It will take place at The Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on September 7, 2019.