People Break Down The Biggest Problems Apocalyptic Films Never Properly Address
Reddit user ShinyDisc0Balls asked: 'What's a problem that's never addressed in apocalyptic movies?'
Some people say, "It's just a movie. There's no need to think so deeply about it."
However, some plotlines are just too problematic not to notice.
Despite people pointing these problems out, they are rarely ever addressed.
These problems can be as minor as a woman having perfectly manicured nails despite being trapped in a cave for an extended period of time to something as big as characters not contracting life-threatening diseases despite not having proper nutrition, shelter, or medical care for years.
Redditors have noticed this too and were ready to share what they think are the biggest problems in apocalyptic films that are never addressed.
It all started when Redditor ShinyDisc0Balls asked:
"What's a problem that's never addressed in apocalyptic movies?"
Vroom, Vroom
"If it goes on long enough, keeping cars operational. Tires going bad, gasoline going bad, even fuel lines going bad if a car's been sitting for a few years. Mice chewing on the wires. Sometimes they'll show the effort to obtain gas (but never address it going bad over time) and sometimes they'll show a battery being jumped, but mostly it's hop in a car you just found and drive off."
– froglover215
"Station Eleven (the novel, haven’t seen the show) was very fixated on the idea that gasoline goes bad after about three years. After that, it’s all horses all the time."
– Yellwsub
Medical Issues
"No one has dysentery. Everyone would have dysentery."
– YaBoyfriendKeefa
"Especially if you’re on the Oregon Trail."
– rapalosaur
""Where are we going?""
"Oregon"
""F**k""
– Buckus93
"Disease. Seriously if most doctors and infrastructure are gone, people would be dying left and right, and zombies or radiation would be the least of their problems."
"Appendicitis. I didn't even think of things like that! People would die of pretty routine stuff that they couldn't get treated easily."
– Affectionate_Ad_7802
"The big killer with food poisoning is all the water you lose when your body literally flushes out whatever you ate."
– P-Tux7
Or Dental Issues
"Dental care. How many people would be straight up dying from abscesses, or in pain from f**ked teeth."
– softcore_UFO
Silence Is Golden
"Why do "traditional zombies" only make noise when they're right up in your business?"
"Zombie moving through the woods in stealth mode, no branches snapping, no leaves rustling, no moaning or growls."
"But right when they're about to get their funky zombie mitts all over your throat, they are loud as sh*t."
"What's the deal?"
No Escape
""Speaking of which, why don't they ever use bicycles to get around? They're quiet, comparatively low maintenance, can go over most ground, and definitely faster than any zombie."
– Sayakai
"Realism" (within the context of zombies) has always been my go-to for why slow zombies are scary enough on their own and fast zombies are a lazy shortcut."
"Yeah, they're slow and loud and clumsy. A brisk walk is enough to get you away from any zombie, or group of zombies. In a fight, they're predictable and slow. But they're immune to pain, and immune to fatigue, immune to fear or bribery or demotivation. And their main physical vulnerability - "destroy the brain" - is way more difficult than TV and movies portray: headshots are tough to pull off with guns, and skulls are actually pretty durable. Get into a physical altercation with one, and that's actually serious trouble - you'll get tired real fast but the zombie will not, and one f**kup will be enough to get you bitten."
"Briskly walk away? Sure, you can probably sustain that for a while. But where are you going? Zombies are everywhere, so you might be briskly walking from one meat grinder to another. And of course there are potential dangers on your chosen path. And still, you'll need to eat food and drink water and sleep and the zombies will not."
"In reference to the old fable of the tortoise and the hare -- the tortoise won the race. And slow zombies are the tortoise."
– effseadot
Perfect Looks
"Body hair for women."
"I mean, you will see this woman in rags, covered in dirt, with the stringiest hair that looks like it hasn't been washed, much less conditioned in a year. Yet, they have perfect brows and look like they've had a full-body wax within the past week. So, they must be doing this somehow."
– zazzlekdazzle
"Also, they'll still have perfectly straight, white teeth."
– Buckus93
Cold, Cold World
"Camp setting in general. You know what is bad for your health? Cold ground. You want to have a failure in your every organ below the ribcage? Couple of months of outdoor sleep would definitely do it. Sleeping bags are great, but they are designed to keep you from losing heat into the air, not into the ground — think of them like of portable blankets. You don't see apocalyptic survivors making an insulated bed or sleeping in a hammock."
– Alex_Downarowicz
"Can You Hear Me? Over."
"Charging their walkie talkie batteries."
"Zombie apocalypse and they always have freshly charged radio batteries that last... forever."
"Just once I wanna see someone sit down and stick their radio in a charging cradle."
– dirtymoney
"Or furiously turning the crank on one of those crank-operated radios or flashlights."
– MedusaStone
Hygiene
"Don't forget tampons!"
– Nightmare_Fuel-
"Ellie in the Last of Us was soo pumped when she found a box in one episode, also Joel was excited to have a fresh pot of coffee as well."
– Will0w536
The Grass Isn't Growing
"Lawncare/overgrowth."
"Not all of them, but TWD for example, all of the lawns were tended to as if there WASN'T you know, a zombie apocalypse happening."
– Plus-Statistician80
Unrealistic Travel
"People in movies often travel a lot of distance with next to no food or water on them. If you are on foot you would need a descent amount of calories to sustain your energy. And a good pair of shoes. Your feet would be a mess in no time. And you would stink to high heaven."
– KevinDean4599
"And that would attract zombies….the scent."
– RedditRee06
Addiction
"Caffeine and nicotine withdrawal. After a week, there are going to be a bunch of very grumpy people around."
"Cigarettes and coffee are going to be valuable exchange items."
– rosanymphae
As if a zombie apocalypse isn't scary enough without thinking about the loss of coffee!
People Share The Biggest Plot Holes They Have Seen In Movies
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Movies are an amazing part of our life histories. Cinema and films have shifted cultures, mended broken hearts and shown us all the worst and greatest about humanity. But not every film is perfect. In fact, very very few are in deed flawless, but that's ok. If you look at each scene and story point you'll find an oddity here and there. Plot holes are everywhere, sometimes it's what makes the movie most interesting;
Redditor u/738algorithmSing wanted to discuss the obvious plot issues in cinema by asking.... What's the biggest plot hole you've seen in a movie?
The Butterfly Effect....
GiphyThe stigmata scene in The Butterfly Effect, where Ashton Kutcher goes back and impales his hands so that the dude in prison will help him. It completely undermines the entire premise of the movie. Not only would he have had the scars on his hands the entire time, he probably wouldn't even be in the same situation to begin with. Everything would be different if he changed something in the past. That's the whole point of the film—the butterfly effect! Shipwreck_Kelly
Minority Report....
Mostly I try not to notice, and just think about them later, y'know, and then try to find the excuse. One that bothers me that in such a future depicted in the Minority Report, he cruises (thank you) right back into this supposed high security facility after having gone rogue using his original credentials. Sloppy. es_mo
Waterworks....
Batman Begins.
So Scarecrow puts his fear toxin in the water supply of Gotham City, but it doesn't become active until it is evaporated.
Now I love this movie, but I find it hard to believe that nobody took a hot shower or boiled water or something and then went crazy from the fear gas. Emeraldis_
Jigsaw.
Saw.
Why didn't he just use the saw to get the phone that was just barely out of reach instead of cutting off his damn foot? SasquatchAstronaut
Jigsaw: "No, please. Don't cut the pipe. Come on, I worked hard on this. Stop. Just... Please just cut your foot off. Come on, bro - it gets so cool after that, I promise." Ganglebot
Ariel....
GiphyThe Little mermaid signing a contract and losing her voice so she couldn't communicate with Price Eric. Write him a damn note, you have flawless writing and you composed a damn song with a full aquatic orchestra. NoStopOkayMore
Jurassic Plot Hole.
That Jurassic world movie where they came up with the raptor that can hunt people. So you use a laser pointer on a gun to designate a target. But if you can shine a laser on someone, surely you can shoot them?
Like why need the dino??? TheGuyfromRiften
I really hate that they went with that premise, attack dinosaurs is like something out of a bad '80s action movie. We have drones with pinpoint accurate missiles and their use is a major ethical debate. Can you imagine just dumping off a bunch of raptors in a warzone? You better win that war or you're butt is on its way to Nuremburg. Plus you have to feed them, train them, care for them, can't just store it in a hangar, it makes no sense. OfcHist
Mother G.
There was no reason for Mother Gothel to tell Rapunzel when her birthday was. Hell, there was no reason for Rapunzel to even know what a birthday is in the first place. EticketJedi
Even though she kidnapped Rapunzel and exploited her, I always thought Mother Gothel still felt some genuine affection for her. Rapunzel's escape plan hinged on Mother Gothel going on a rather inconvenient errand just to make Rapunzel happy. beeftendon
Pandemic.
In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, with a high morbidity rate, who exactly built a city size maze so that a bunch of teenagers can figure out how to escape it? LostNTheNoise
I like to think that imprisoning teenagers in a city sized maze was the plan all along, and then this pandemic came along. AngryCod
Same Old.
A reoccurring plot hole/lazy trope in horror and thriller movies: using the sound track of the movie to cover someone's approach. A character will be standing in a perfectly silent room like a kitchen with hard floors and then rising strings will hide the foot steps of someone wearing boots and sneaking up on them. kujocentrale
No White Noise.
GiphyIt bothered me in a quiet place that newspapers were printing en masse that the creatures were sensitive to noise.
Newspaper printers are loud hell. You can't use the white noise excuse bc they weren't always on (like a waterfall)
Also how were they not all trapped in a giant noisy trap then captured and or killed before they got out of hand?! brutallyhonestfemale