Brad Pitt & World War Z

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

we liked it. never read the book. the fact that the airplane they were flying on kept changing from scene to scene from a C-130 to something else bugged the hell out of me though. Inexcusable for a production like this.

I didn't get how:

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Only two people in Israel were terminally ill.

[kcchiefsus]

Originally Posted by CJizzles

I didn't get how:

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Only two people in Israel were terminally ill.

Where did it say in the movie that was the case? Because those are the only two he saw that means they were the only two?

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by kcchiefsus

Where did it say in the movie that was the case? Because those are the only two he saw that means they were the only two?

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They were both terminally ill which is why the zombies "spared" them and that's why BP injected himself with what ever sickness he did.

I was shocked he only saw two in Israel.

[alnorth]

World War Z is not the best zombie movie ever, but it is a pretty good one. I was not disappointed.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by CJizzles

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They were both terminally ill which is why the zombies "spared" them and that's why BP injected himself with what ever sickness he did.

I was shocked he only saw two in Israel.

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Just how many terminally ill people do you expect him to see in a few minutes during the chaos? (he could have seen dozens earlier, but would not have known there was anything unusual until the city was falling)

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[Ebolapox]

I liked the movie (aside from the fact that it really wasn't WORLD WAR Z), but I have a few bones to pick with the movie...

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1) injecting yourself with a virus or lethal bacteria wouldn't give an immune response (aka, make you sick enough to be 'terminal') WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. it takes a while for a deadly pathogen to defeat your immune system; hell, Ebola can take up to a 3 weeks.

2) that isn't how deadly pathogens are stored. ugh.

3) the mysteriously shifting C-130. consistency, please.

4) running zombies... UGH. also a bit annoyed that we didn't have zombies running over the building after the copter like we did in the previews.

5) a single microphone is enough to get the zombies' attention, but THE NOISE OF A WHOLE ****ING CITY ISN'T ENOUGH TO GET THEIR ATTENTION? REALLY?!? (israel scene) COMPLETELY implausible.

6) the whole chopping off of the hand scene. yeah, blood flows more quickly than that. he didn't react quick enough for the bitten wrist NOT to have spread the pathogen beyond the part that was cut off. once again, ****. please at least try to be plausible.

7) why the differences in time it takes to infect humans? some people were ten seconds, and they mention 5-10 minutes in other parts. well, which is it? ****, TRY to be consistent.

8) any type of 'vaccine' that they make of deadly pathogens that is DEADENED in order to let people live... WOULD NO LONGER BE DEADLY OR WORK AS A MASKING AGENT AGAINST THE ZOMBIES. ****. WHAT THE ****, DID YOU NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO HIRE A SCIENTIST TO CONSULT? JESUS TITS.

[Ceej]

Goodness. I am glad I didn't overanalyze THAT much. But, alas, I've not read the entire book. So I can understand why WWZ bookies would probably be upset at the movie just using the name.

But, well said Ebola.

[alnorth]

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Originally Posted by Ebolapox

5) a single microphone is enough to get the zombies' attention, but THE NOISE OF A WHOLE ****ING CITY ISN'T ENOUGH TO GET THEIR ATTENTION? REALLY?!? (israel scene) COMPLETELY implausible.

That didn't really bump me at all. They obviously know there are people inside the city, thats why they were assaulting it. In that scene, it took a LOT of noise, as in a huge part of the city singing, to drive them into such a mad rage as to want to form a living ramp. It made total sense to me, Gerry even said it was too much noise.

6) the whole chopping off of the hand scene. yeah, blood flows more quickly than that. he didn't react quick enough for the bitten wrist NOT to have spread the pathogen beyond the part that was cut off. once again, ****. please at least try to be plausible.

That did bump me

7) why the differences in time it takes to infect humans? some people were ten seconds, and they mention 5-10 minutes in other parts. well, which is it? ****, TRY to be consistent.

Its not like they forgot about the 10 second rule and started talking about minutes, they deliberately shined a spotlight on it, and actually mentioned that it used to take minutes early on and now it is seconds. They weren't being inconsistent, they did that on purpose. Either there's an explanation we didn't notice, or they'll talk about it in a sequel.

8) any type of 'vaccine' that they make of deadly pathogens that is DEADENED in order to let people live... WOULD NO LONGER BE DEADLY OR WORK AS A MASKING AGENT AGAINST THE ZOMBIES. ****. WHAT THE ****, DID YOU NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO HIRE A SCIENTIST TO CONSULT? JESUS TITS.

They aren't that reeruned as to not know how disease works. If in this world you can turn into a zombie in 10 seconds (really?, ok), then why can't a modified non-lethal version of the plague fool them into thinking you have the plague, at least for a while?

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[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

I liked the movie (aside from the fact that it really wasn't WORLD WAR Z), but I have a few bones to pick with the movie...

Spoiler!

1) injecting yourself with a virus or lethal bacteria wouldn't give an immune response (aka, make you sick enough to be 'terminal') WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. it takes a while for a deadly pathogen to defeat your immune system; hell, Ebola can take up to a 3 weeks.

The point was that the zombies had some mechanism to identify that you were not going to be a viable carrier. They could "smell" the pathoen in you, whether you had begun an immune response or not

2) that isn't how deadly pathogens are stored. ugh.

I can't speak for the most deadly of them, but i have seen footage on tv in the past of research labs, and it was not that inconsistent. But I am sure the labs would have had better security and negative air pressure/airlocks and shatter-resistant glazing.

3) the mysteriously shifting C-130. consistency, please.

4) running zombies... UGH. also a bit annoyed that we didn't have zombies running over the building after the copter like we did in the previews.

5) a single microphone is enough to get the zombies' attention, but THE NOISE OF A WHOLE ****ING CITY ISN'T ENOUGH TO GET THEIR ATTENTION? REALLY?!? (israel scene) COMPLETELY implausible.

as mentioned above, it was like a dog attacking, the stimulus was always there, but ratcheted up until they went bezerk.

6) the whole chopping off of the hand scene. yeah, blood flows more quickly than that. he didn't react quick enough for the bitten wrist NOT to have spread the pathogen beyond the part that was cut off. once again, ****. please at least try to be plausible.

It takes about a minute for blood to circulate back to the heart. I didn't time it, but I'd say he waited what, 5 seconds? I'm not going to loose sleep over it. The practice is taken from that used as a last resort with viper bites by African natives.

7) why the differences in time it takes to infect humans? some people were ten seconds, and they mention 5-10 minutes in other parts. well, which is it? ****, TRY to be consistent.

as mentioned, it was to show the infection was evolving and becoming more efficient

8) any type of 'vaccine' that they make of deadly pathogens that is DEADENED in order to let people live... WOULD NO LONGER BE DEADLY OR WORK AS A MASKING AGENT AGAINST THE ZOMBIES. ****. WHAT THE ****, DID YOU NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO HIRE A SCIENTIST TO CONSULT? JESUS TITS.

again, Pitt wasn't trying to make a vaccine IMHO. His plan was to infect, likely with something curable or at a level that was survivable.

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

again, Pitt wasn't trying to make a vaccine IMHO. His plan was to infect, likely with something curable or at a level that was survivable.

here's the thing... I get the feeling that he was going into a BSL3 or 4 type of containment (rather, agents from those containments). nothing from the BSL0-2 would make you 'terminal,' as they are all TREATABLE. by definition, ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU TERMINAL HAS NO CURE (in general, we're not talking about cancer, we're talking about pathogens).

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

here's the thing... I get the feeling that he was going into a BSL3 or 4 type of containment (rather, agents from those containments). nothing from the BSL0-2 would make you 'terminal,' as they are all TREATABLE. by definition, ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU TERMINAL HAS NO CURE (in general, we're not talking about cancer, we're talking about pathogens).

I guess it's semantics, but there are plenty of terminal pathogens if they aren't treated. IMHO they were looking for something like bubonic plague which is terminal in most instances if not treated. Something that would allow them to fight and stop the spread.

[BWillie]

Almost want to refuse to see it altogether because of this stupid zombie phenomenon that everybody thinks is so cool.

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Almost want to refuse to see it altogether because of this stupid zombie phenomenon that everybody thinks is so cool.

Then don't see it.

Seems pretty simple to me.