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Characters not scared of zombies? Spoilers

posted 9 years ago by roosterb1234
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It felt like the general consensus was that people weren't scared by the possibility of running into zombies. People walk around freely as if not expecting to run into any despite as we saw at the petrol station there are still some out there. At one point parents had even let their kids just hang out at night time.

Then it seemed like an allowable practice for infected people just to do as they desired instead of keeping them contained.

Did none of this seem a little odd to people?

[–] JonsAngelCat 9 years ago

Oh, they're scared, just not in the usual "zombie movie" way. This is because the progression of the virus is slower than other versions, and the infected aren't aggressive until they're in the final phase, when they've lost who and what they are. It takes weeks to get to that "mindless appetite" stage. Until then, they're just like anyone else with a terminal illness, waiting for the end and utterly powerless to stop it. Most movies entirely skip this and get straight to the action. By then, the point and focus of this movie is over.

[–] roosterb1234 9 years ago

Thanks for the reply.

I was thinking more along the lines of that people don't seem to be scared that there could be zombies everywhere though. I understand that in the rural areas there wont be many and they will know who goes missing etc. But as we saw with the petrol/gas station there are still zombies out there and people still do get bit. I would have thought that they would be slightly more on guard/nervous.

[–] bluersun 9 years ago

It seemed to me like it was just sort of accepted to a degree like any other real-world infectious disease...

[–] ruckers 9 years ago

I think they also weren't very afraid because the outbreak had been mostly contained to the degree that the only zombies/infected left were those whose loved-ones kept them hidden.

[–] gav3eb 8 years ago

Perhaps they viewed zombies like any other danger in the woods. The zombies seem to be slow moving so likely easy to escape if you don't walk right into one and easy to kill like a wild animal, maybe easier. So perhaps they've just become a way of life and take their chances.

[–] HenryCW 8 years ago

I would say that night party scene was quite unrealistic. I could accept that people in a small rural community tend to be closer to one another, but still I don't think they would have held a large party at night as if nothing had happened, even if some of them - including Maggie and the boy - had already been infected. I don't mean their friends wouldn't feel for them or have sympathy towards them, and the girl Allie was apparently Maggie's closest friend and was especially nice. Still, people with terminal illnesses - even if non-infectious - are seldom pleasant company. They tend to be subject to occasional periods of depression, fear, anger, etc. It is perfectly understandable that people might have deep sympathy for them and yet try to avoid their company at the same time. They simply don't know how to act or behave given their friends' conditions.

That is not even considering the possibility that they might encounter more zombies roaming in the countryside at night.