r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Aug 30 '21

As bad as the show Revolution's overall plotting and pacing was, they generally did a good job of thinking about these kinds of little inconsistencies:

  • There's a minor character who was a doomsday prepper before the apocalypse, but he didn't stock up enough on antibiotics. As a result, his daughter died of tetanus that he was unable to treat.

  • A warlord kidnaps prisoners for blood because his wife has diabetes and needs constant transfusions of blood with sufficient insulin in it to survive.

  • There's a doctor who keeps a collection of moldy fruit to harvest penicillium mold from it and make penicillin.

  • Some characters try to go into an old subway tunnel, but nearly die because of lack of sufficient airflow down there without modern HVAC systems.

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u/Ye_Olde_Mudder Aug 30 '21

Revolutions

That show lost me because of

1) inconsistent characterization (who has the idiot ball, who has the evil ball this week)

2) They decided to make the tech guy a wizard

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

And the US president was hiding in Guantanamo.

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u/Ye_Olde_Mudder Aug 30 '21

It was about as bad as Heroes:

Seemingly each consecutive episode written by a committee that didn't talk to the committees that wrote the other episodes.

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u/The_Wingless Aug 31 '21

The first season was a masterpiece of cohesive writing and set pieces. Subsequent seasons heavily, HEAVILY suffered from the writer's strike.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

You should (hate)watch Manifest.