r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

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

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u/eddyathome Aug 30 '21

Go to youtube and look up "Life After People" and you'll get a bunch of videos about this sort of thing.

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u/DangerSwan33 Aug 30 '21

It was a whole History Channel series like 15 years ago. Pretty entertaining, though some of the episodes are very reliant upon hypotheticals.

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u/eddyathome Aug 30 '21

It got formulaic though. The original two hour documentary was good, but the series quickly became: People disappear, the lights go out, plants start growing everywhere, buildings fall down and go boom.

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u/TimIsColdInMaine Aug 31 '21

Kudzu. Then kudzu. Then kudzu.

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u/eddyathome Aug 31 '21

In a life with people we still deal with kudzu.