Friday Five – Apocalypse Survival Team Members

Welcome to the Friday Five. Each week I help you get to know me a bit better with the help of a top five list. This week I list my five Apocalypse Survival Team Members.

I realize today is only Thursday, but I’m doing things a little differently this week, just in case we all end up raptured tomorrow. You know, what with the supposed Mayan Apocalypse happening. I’m pretty sure everything is going to be fine. After all, Marty traveled to 2015 in Back to the Future 2, so we have some time. But just in case, I prepared a list of people I’d want by my sides should I ever find myself at the End of Days.

I wouldn’t make it very long in a real apocalypse, as I’m slow, old, fat, and have no real marketable skills besides a vast knowledge of Star Trek and old television shows, so I wouldn’t be much help. Hopefully, when the end comes, I’ll be wearing this T-Shirt, so I have some use besides the guy who dies first or gets eaten by the other survivors.

1. MacGyver – With the limited amount of resources available after the apocalypse, he would be able to make the absolute most out of whatever was available.

 

2. Bill Nye the Science Guy / Neil de grasse Tyson – Every rag tag team of survivors needs a scientist. I mean hell, even Gilligan’s Island had the Professor. But he sucked. He could make a radio out of two coconuts, but couldn’t build a goddamn boat.

 

3. Rick Grimes – We’d need to be able to defend ourselves, so we’d need a military leader/tactician. He’s a little crazy, but he seems pretty good at the task at hand. See what I did there? Also, we’d need someone who can shoot a real gun. All I’ve ever done is Laser Tag, and while I am a member of the International Laser Tag Association, my best tagging years are behind me.

 

4. John Connor – Rick is more of a small scale strategist, where as John Connor has been trained his whole life for the impending Judgement Day and can think more big picture.

 

5. Some women – If we have to repopulate the human race, it would help if there were some hot women around. And being one of the few surviving men would probably help my chances, or at least make them better than they are now, so long as I’m wearing that shirt. If I had to take my pick, my group would be rounded out with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kat Dennings, Christina Hendricks, Alyssa Campanella, Alison Brie, and maybe AJ Lee.

I certainly have a type or two, don’t I?

JohnScott is the proud owner of a life size replica Captain Kirk Chair. He is a hoarder of Comic Books, Transformers, and Star Trek action figures. He attended Space Camp as an adult. He has taken vacations to the closing of the Star Trek Experience and the final night Shuttle launch. He has been known to yell at his television when the kids can't put together the damn statue in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. When not writing for InsufficientScotty, he is a Software Engineer for a major healthcare communications company. You can Email or follow on Twitter @NotEnoughScotty or Facebook