Anonymous
6/26/2025, 12:10:48 PM No.212004201
Honestly, the creators of the movie aimed way too high — and now they’ve got a hell of a lot to answer for.
Where do the infected sleep?
Do they sleep cuddled together to stay warm? (Because they don't make fires, and in winter they'd all freeze to death.)
How do they take care of their children? Raising a kid is insanely hard work — a mother of the infected would need patience, not all that twitchiness and constant rage. She’d also need a maternal instinct strong enough not to lose her child. (Although the movie hints that at least Alpha has some kind of paternal instinct.)
If an infected person’s child is not infected… does that mean there are just regular, uninfected-but-crazy people among the infected? And what if the child gets bitten by their mother or a fellow infected during playtime — do they turn into an infected too? Would they then have to relearn everything from scratch to fit back into the pack?
What the hell is that?!
In the end, this movie only works if you say, "Oh come on, don’t think too hard, it’s just a movie."
But if you actually start asking questions, the whole worldbuilding starts falling apart — because once you introduce a concept like a community of the infected, you need to really think it through. Otherwise, people will ask questions
Where do the infected sleep?
Do they sleep cuddled together to stay warm? (Because they don't make fires, and in winter they'd all freeze to death.)
How do they take care of their children? Raising a kid is insanely hard work — a mother of the infected would need patience, not all that twitchiness and constant rage. She’d also need a maternal instinct strong enough not to lose her child. (Although the movie hints that at least Alpha has some kind of paternal instinct.)
If an infected person’s child is not infected… does that mean there are just regular, uninfected-but-crazy people among the infected? And what if the child gets bitten by their mother or a fellow infected during playtime — do they turn into an infected too? Would they then have to relearn everything from scratch to fit back into the pack?
What the hell is that?!
In the end, this movie only works if you say, "Oh come on, don’t think too hard, it’s just a movie."
But if you actually start asking questions, the whole worldbuilding starts falling apart — because once you introduce a concept like a community of the infected, you need to really think it through. Otherwise, people will ask questions
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