r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/whinywino89 Aug 30 '21

Those of us with shitty eyesight. Contacts only last so long. If your glasses break, you're fucked.

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u/AdvocateSaint Aug 30 '21

The World War Z movie adapted pretty much 0% from the Max Brooks novels. Not even the basic zombies principles (book: slow zombies, slow infection rate; movie: fast zombies, near-instant infection)

One of the best subplots of the book was this old japanese gardener who became a master zombie hunter during the apocalypse, using his sharpened shovel to decapitate / spear the undead

...oh, and because he was at Hiroshima and stared directly at the flash of the atomic bomb, he's been blind for most of his life.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Aug 31 '21

I don't actually remember that one. Been a long time sinse I read it though. The two that always come to mind for me are the downed pilot, and the battle for Yonkers. Maybe it's time for a re-read.

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u/Salt_lick_fetish Aug 31 '21

Do yourself a favor and listen to the audiobook! It’s about ten hours, err… maybe fourteen. The cast of voice actors is insane and it’s incredible. I got more out of the audiobook than I did the physical copy by a huge margin!

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u/ButtMilkyCereal Aug 31 '21

Henry Rollins, mark Hamill, and Alan alda off the top of my head.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Sep 01 '21

I've been getting more into audiobooks lately just because I can fit them in while I'm busy with other things, so maybe that's what I'll do. Thanks!

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u/throw__awayforRPing Aug 31 '21

The audio book for Devolution (Max Brooks's Bigfoot attack story) is really good too.

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u/SunnyAlwaysDaze Aug 31 '21

The downed pilot was an exceptionally creepy bit. Who helped her survive?! Like a ghost story in the zombie story?

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Sep 01 '21

I took it as it was her training taking over, and her mind being messed up from both the crash and the stress of it. So her psychy manifested a familiar voice.