28 Weeks Later, the next day
Reading other journals about this film, I see that greygirlbeast thought (as I did) that the political overtones of having the US handle the outbreak were the scariest part of the film... She pointed out that it references both Katrina and Iraq. Why is the US there in the first place, and why doesn't the US have a decent plan?
Comments in her journal gratify me, that I am not alone in finding it unrelentingly terrifying (a borrowed description). Too horrible to look at - not for the gore, but for the realism - for how much something like could really happen, tomorrow.
A virus like the rage virus - which turns people into zombie-like killing machines - may be unrealistic, because we've never seen anything like it. A possibility, but a remote one. However, spread of a disease that eradicates humanity with that speed... this is not a remote possibility. It's a distinct possibility. And if it were to occur, the visuals could look something like this movie.
Gotta move on. It's like a scab I can't stop picking. Back to work, or to Christopher Hitchens or to breakfast...
Comments in her journal gratify me, that I am not alone in finding it unrelentingly terrifying (a borrowed description). Too horrible to look at - not for the gore, but for the realism - for how much something like could really happen, tomorrow.
A virus like the rage virus - which turns people into zombie-like killing machines - may be unrealistic, because we've never seen anything like it. A possibility, but a remote one. However, spread of a disease that eradicates humanity with that speed... this is not a remote possibility. It's a distinct possibility. And if it were to occur, the visuals could look something like this movie.
Gotta move on. It's like a scab I can't stop picking. Back to work, or to Christopher Hitchens or to breakfast...