The ideal zombie movie to make now is one that fully satirizes the "return to normal" after covid lockdowns but the same culture that motivates the "return to normal" will push back on any effort to make that movie
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I watched 28 Weeks Later for the first time this week and thought it actually covered this a little bit - trying to go back to "normal" ridiculously fast, assuming the infection was gone, putting pretty weak contingencies in place etc
"There is no evidence to say the recent spike in violent attacks is related to the viral outbreaks recently seen in Spain and France, keep going to work" is a perfectly believable plot point
That sounds rad and I'm down to help develop it. Been trying to get better at expanding stories and this has a ton of shit to play with. IDK even if you're not open to collaborating with what is effectively some rando I'd love to support a project like this if you do end up doing it
Like I had really underestimated schismogenesis going into COVID. The craziest thing to me was that Operation Warp Speed genuinely remains the one good thing I think the admin accomplished, and the success of politicizing every anti-COVID measure has somehow turned them against this one massive W
No donations today I swear I'm exhausted I just want to buy food for my family I don't want to lose them There's no reason for me to continue living except to help my family I need access😢😭😞😓😣🥺💔🙏🙏💔
Protagonists walking through grocery store. Person coming the other way starts to turn. 2 people in riot gear come out of no where and drive a spike through the proto zombies head and bags them for removal. The main characters are not moved by the events at all.
Actually the feds cut funding for zombie containment, so if you see one just run the fuck away, and if you can't run because you had to amputate your leg because of a zombie bite sucks to be you
Nah, just some rando that isn’t turning gets spiked in the same way later on. Or maybe a character that you are lead to believe is actually relevant. Just mid exposition. Spike through the top of the head, into the bag. Move along.
the epilogue in Shaun of the Dead comes to mind. fuckin makin zombies work minimum wage n get exploited for reality tv still feels plausible even for this concept
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"There is no evidence to say the recent spike in violent attacks is related to the viral outbreaks recently seen in Spain and France, keep going to work" is a perfectly believable plot point
you couldn't do that ending today
Normal always seemed to hate Non White People but they so demand they have that Normalcy.
-O