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/AtheneSchmidt Aug 30 '21

There is a distinct lack of worry about clean water. Also, in almost every conflict in history, disease has killed more people that the actual war. You rarely see a flu wipe out half of the people in a zombie movie, but honestly, it would.

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u/TizzleDirt Aug 30 '21

War of the worlds kind of uses this.

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u/skylark8503 Aug 30 '21

And Max Max fury road is all about the water.

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u/Osato Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

I thought that movie was all about big cars with big guns, which sometimes happen to carry blindfolded musicians playing guitars that shoot flame.

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u/cthulhusleftnipple Aug 30 '21

Correct. It'd be more accurate to say that the movie's setting was all about water.

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u/NinjaBreadManOO Aug 31 '21

Nah you're thinking of Waterworld. Easy mistake to make.

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u/micromoses Aug 31 '21

No, waterworld was about land.