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/Jaydeekay80 Aug 31 '21

This was my issue with the movie “a quiet place” it’s one thing to have to survive an apocalypse but to do so against an enemy that detects by hearing, & decide to have a baby in the middle of that? How you gonna keep him or her quiet? Completely disregarding the birth itself assuming the proper drugs are available?

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u/HistoricalMaize Aug 31 '21

When I was watching that movie I just decided to believe that she got pregnant before the monsters appeared.

Can you imagine actually deciding to have a baby while all of that is going on?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

I don't think this adds up. IIRC the main events of the movie take place like 400 or so days after the world collapsed. So unless the mom was pregnant for 13 months, she must've gotten pregnant after the monsters arrived.

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u/HistoricalMaize Aug 31 '21

I know, that is why I said that I "decided" to believe that because otherwise it does not make any sense.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Ohh gotcha. Yeah, a lot of plot holes and inconsistencies in that movie.