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Zombie apocalypse is basically dollhouse play acting apocalypse, because people can not deal with way more realistic climate change apocalypse and nuclear apocalypse. Also it's easy cheap to shoot zombie stories on the TV media. stephenthinkpad fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Jan 27, 2023 |
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stephenthinkpad posted:nuclear apocalypse. There is plenty of realistic nuclear horror out there, what are you talking about? Hell, The Day After supposedly scared Reagan into a arms reduction act.
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Jan 27, 2023 14:16
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Mooseontheloose posted:There is plenty of realistic nuclear horror out there, what are you talking about? Hell, The Day After supposedly scared Reagan into a arms reduction act. If you have to go back to cold war era to show a prime example of nuclear apocalypse then it supports my theory that people have less and less stomach for realistic apocalypse fiction. The action genre follow the same line 80s realistic cop action movies > 90s over the top cop action > 00s 10s comic book super hero poo poo > 20s cosmic super hero poo poo!
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Jan 27, 2023 14:22
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The Road was also pretty recent
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Jan 27, 2023 14:29
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stephenthinkpad posted:If you have to go back to cold war era to show a prime example of nuclear apocalypse then it supports my theory that people have less and less stomach for realistic apocalypse fiction. There's the current (infinitely delayed) season of Miracle Workers and all the Fallout stuff, but yeah, I think you're basically right. Apocalyptic fiction isn't trying to do Threads or Survivors.
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Jan 27, 2023 14:34
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stephenthinkpad posted:If you have to go back to cold war era to show a prime example of nuclear apocalypse then it supports my theory that people have less and less stomach for realistic apocalypse fiction. Alternatively, the cold war is over and there is less nuclear antagonism then there was during the Cold War.
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Jan 27, 2023 15:58
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thebardyspoon posted:Well we saw the gran start acting weird behind Sarah but then presumably she went back to being "normal" for a given value of normal for the rest of the evening. Normal enough that the old dude and lady didn't notice anything was wrong until she tore their throats out and started putting mushroom stuff in them when Sarah found them, old dude was still dying so poo poo had only kicked off there basically right before the dog knocked on the window. I do like infection, based on the Boston poster, speeds up based on where the bite happens. Giving plausibility to dormant and immediate attack monsterificatipn instead of it just being arbitrary for dramas sake. A step up in the genre.
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Jan 27, 2023 16:03
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stephenthinkpad posted:If you have to go back to cold war era to show a prime example of nuclear apocalypse then it supports my theory that people have less and less stomach for realistic apocalypse fiction.
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Jan 27, 2023 16:14
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Chairman Capone posted:I took it as an indication the initial outbreak there had come from the wheat itself, since we know that's how it was spreading across the world anyways. My goon you should really read the subtitles during the non-English section because they clearly showed us a bite mark on the deceased woman, and then had the professor ask but who bit her? I don’t know how much clearer it could be that the “patient zero” is unaccounted for.
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Jan 27, 2023 16:31
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Boris Galerkin posted:My goon you should really read the subtitles during the non-English section because they clearly showed us a bite mark on the deceased woman, and then had the professor ask but who bit her? I don’t know how much clearer it could be that the “patient zero” is unaccounted for. They also stated that it was found in the wheat, implying that 'patient zero' isn't important, because there's about to be N patient zeroes once everyone has their morning pancakes.
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Jan 27, 2023 17:55
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https://twitter.com/THR/status/1619018892701216768?s=20
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Jan 27, 2023 18:37
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GoutPatrol posted:The Road was also pretty recent Is the cause of the apocalypse in The Road (either the book or the movie) ever stated?
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Jan 27, 2023 18:52
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jisforjosh posted:Is the cause of the apocalypse in The Road (either the book or the movie) ever stated? In the book, there's a flashback to the man seeing an emergency broadcast and immediately filling his bathtub with water, implying that it was a nuclear war.
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Jan 27, 2023 19:22
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jisforjosh posted:Is the cause of the apocalypse in The Road (either the book or the movie) ever stated? Definitely not stated in the book.
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Jan 27, 2023 19:35
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Chamale posted:In the book, there's a flashback to the man seeing an emergency broadcast and immediately filling his bathtub with water, implying that it was a nuclear war. I don't recall that in the book, but filling a bathtub is something you should do in most emergency scenarios you can't escape from for a reserve of clean water incase you either lose plumbing or flooding from a hurricane compromises water treatment
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Jan 27, 2023 19:43
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Chamale posted:In the book, there's a flashback to the man seeing an emergency broadcast and immediately filling his bathtub with water, implying that it was a nuclear war. The part that implies the nuclear war is more the bright flash that immediately precedes him doing that, from what I remember
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Jan 27, 2023 19:45
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I remember during that Texas ice storm power outage from 2-3 years ago, some people lost water for a few days. You should start filling the bathtub when you get sign of local power outage. I have been meaning to get a gravity water filter, I only have a hand pump day hike filter.
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Jan 27, 2023 20:01
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stephenthinkpad posted:I remember during that Texas ice storm power outage from 2-3 years ago, some people lost water for a few days. You should start filling the bathtub when you get sign of local power outage. We sure did. I moved back to Texas 3 years ago, and in every single one of those three years, we've had at least one boil water notice for the entire city of Houston, one of the top 5 largest cities in the USA. Every year. Apocalypse movies have gotten a lot more believable since moving here.
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Jan 27, 2023 20:36
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stephenthinkpad posted:If you have to go back to cold war era to show a prime example of nuclear apocalypse then it supports my theory that people have less and less stomach for realistic apocalypse fiction. Given the number of nuclear apocalypse movies in the 80s that petered out with the end of the cold war I think the more likely explanation is that it isn't as topical anymore. Also, thinking of a recent one off the top of my head, Oblivion was set after a nuclear apocalypse.
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Jan 27, 2023 22:25
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GoutPatrol posted:The Road was also pretty recent the road is so great in part because they don't try to establish silly rules or walk you through the mechanics of how society fell apart. it might as well have been literal magic for all it matters to the plot.
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Jan 27, 2023 22:42
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Moltke posted:the road is so great in part because they don't try to establish silly rules or walk you through the mechanics of how society fell apart. it might as well have been literal magic for all it matters to the plot. Charlize Theron's melancholy destroyed the world of The Road.
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Jan 27, 2023 22:43
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Regarding Fallout, I would call Fallout 1 (97), 2 (98) more realistic nuclear post-apoca setting, and 3 (2008) 4 (2015) more whimsical, stylistic portrait of nuclear apocalypse. The whole android plot is basically fantasy.
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Jan 27, 2023 22:51
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Shageletic posted:I do like infection, based on the Boston poster, speeds up based on where the bite happens. Giving plausibility to dormant and immediate attack monsterificatipn instead of it just being arbitrary for dramas sake. They were probably inspired by rabies, which travels along nerves. If a person is bitten on the foot, they have weeks to get the vaccine. If a rabid animal gets them on the face, the vaccine may not take effect fast enough to save them even if administered immediately. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Jan 27, 2023 |
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Jan 27, 2023 23:07
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I didn't know that, and now I'm filing it in my mental folder of scary rabies facts to be paranoid about.
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Jan 27, 2023 23:14
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Platystemon posted:They were probably inspired by rabies, which travels along nerves. Tess was bitten on the arm. How long did the chart in the show say she had before she turned?
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Jan 27, 2023 23:47
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LLSix posted:Tess was bitten on the arm. How long did the chart in the show say she had before she turned? She was bitten in the neck.
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Jan 27, 2023 23:54
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Platystemon posted:They were probably inspired by rabies, which travels along nerves. Gee, thanks for making rabies even scarier than it already was.  How long does a rabies shot last, I’m guessing it’s not like tetanus where you can get a jab and not have to worry for a few years?
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Jan 28, 2023 00:01
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stephenthinkpad posted:Regarding Fallout, I would call Fallout 1 (97), 2 (98) more realistic nuclear post-apoca setting, and 3 (2008) 4 (2015) more whimsical, stylistic portrait of nuclear apocalypse. T
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Jan 28, 2023 00:06
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Sentinel Red posted:How long does a rabies shot last, I’m guessing it’s not like tetanus where you can get a jab and not have to worry for a few years? It’s considered to be protective for no more than three years. It depends on the person, and the guidelines are understandably conservative.
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Jan 28, 2023 00:09
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LLSix posted:Tess was bitten on the arm. How long did the chart in the show say she had before she turned? Considering she was bit on the neck   She should've turned already, unless that's worst case and/or fear driven propaganda
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Jan 28, 2023 00:09
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Well at least thats better than most zombie media where everyone is doing just fine until they die and the zombie virus does a factory reset Black summer was just way too unbelievable for me
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Jan 28, 2023 00:22
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jisforjosh posted:Considering she was bit on the neck Thanks.
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Jan 28, 2023 00:28
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Tess has already turned in the sense that the other cordyceps didn't immediately swarm and kill her. They even noticed she was running low on mouth tendrils and offered her some to get her back up to full health. There was also that moment where Joel said that somebody in the Firefly squad they were supposed to meet got infected and a shootout ensued. So is there a point where you're infected and you still have enough of your human faculties that you can use guns and tools, but your will is subsumed by the fungus and you kill other humans on sight?
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Jan 28, 2023 00:46
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jisforjosh posted:Considering she was bit on the neck That's her shoulder
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Jan 28, 2023 00:58
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AngryBooch posted:Tess has already turned in the sense that the other cordyceps didn't immediately swarm and kill her. They even noticed she was running low on mouth tendrils and offered her some to get her back up to full health. I think it was more panicked “Wait! No don’t shoot me! I’m not really bitten it was a dog I’ll go live in the woods with my zombie brothers aw gently caress it *blamblamblambalm*! Making the selfless “Shoot me before I turn into one of those things or I’ll do it myself” doesn’t line up with how people actually act.
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Jan 28, 2023 01:36
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I think the pre-credit sequence giving some wider context on how it all went down is a cool idea. Presumably they will use the precredits to show other things to within the 20 year period. They are brief and non-intrusive once the credits roll. The only thing I thought was that the Jakarta sequence was very reminiscent of Chernobyl's style. Detailed explanations of the problem, a palpable fear of authority, visiting an early patient in terror. I think all of those scenes basically happened in Chernobyl too. The only difference is obviously Chernobyl actually happened and this is a made up zombie infection so it's kind of funny to transfer the same approach over.
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Jan 28, 2023 14:31
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Everybody tryna get at that last of ussy
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Jan 28, 2023 18:19
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I really hope we see Tommy again or get some backstory as to how that goofball survived 20 years.
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Jan 28, 2023 20:17
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Bedshaped posted:I really hope we see Tommy again or get some backstory as to how that goofball survived 20 years. Didn’t they show a close-up of an army bumper sticker on Tommy’s truck? Probably foreshadowing how his military training/experience helped him survive as long as he did.
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Joel mentioned how Tommy always contacted back within a day or so via radio, until recently - 3 week delay this time - which is why he's so suddenly motivated to go find out what's happpening
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