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totodeinhere

(13,058 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:17 AM Mar 2020

I don't think that Hollywood could come up with a better script for a disaster movie.

But the terrifying thing is, this is not a movie. This is the real thing.

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I don't think that Hollywood could come up with a better script for a disaster movie. (Original Post) totodeinhere Mar 2020 OP

This shit is cheesy and contrived as fuck. Hollywood could DEFINITELY come up with a better script. RockRaven Mar 2020 #1

This is the kind of thing Michael Bay could come up with... Initech Mar 2020 #5

as a long time PBS viewer, hot fuzz was hysterical. + zombies vs cockneys. pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #12

One of my favorites for sure! Initech Mar 2020 #15

It'd definitely be better if COVID-19 turned people into flesh-eating zombies ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #2

Well the MAGAs are kind of like flesh eating zombies... Initech Mar 2020 #6

i don't sing. 5X Mar 2020 #10

Did you see the movie 'Contagion'? RandySF Mar 2020 #3

It was pretty dull and muted actually, 26 million died in the movie ansible Mar 2020 #9

Reality imitating Art. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #4

The old adage "Truth is stranger than fiction" has been true during the whole Trump era wishstar Mar 2020 #7

Tom Hanks could come up with a good one along with BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #8

imagine if it was deadlier like 1918. or sars. pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #11

You didn't watch/read The Stand? nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #13

I am a big fan of The Stand. n/t totodeinhere Mar 2020 #14

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)

1. This shit is cheesy and contrived as fuck. Hollywood could DEFINITELY come up with a better script.

Reply to totodeinhere (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:22 AM

Mar 2020

And that's even WITH Hollywood's trend towards only doing remakes, sequels, and comic book explod-athons.

We're living in some low-rent, contemptible, critic scorn-worthy, Michael Bay-type shit right now.

Initech

(100,068 posts)

5. This is the kind of thing Michael Bay could come up with...

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:56 AM

Mar 2020

And then someone like Simon Pegg could come along and make a much better version. See: Hot Fuzz to Bad Boys.

pansypoo53219

(20,976 posts)

12. as a long time PBS viewer, hot fuzz was hysterical. + zombies vs cockneys.

Reply to Initech (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:25 AM

Mar 2020

Initech

(100,068 posts)

15. One of my favorites for sure!

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 11:24 AM

Mar 2020

Point Break or Bad Boys 2?

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

2. It'd definitely be better if COVID-19 turned people into flesh-eating zombies ...

Reply to totodeinhere (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:23 AM

Mar 2020

But apart from that, yeah ...

OH, or it could be turning people into dope-smoking, kumbaya-singing, climate-change activist liberal hippy types ... that would have potential as well.

Initech

(100,068 posts)

6. Well the MAGAs are kind of like flesh eating zombies...

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:57 AM

Mar 2020

Only without the flesh eating.

5X

(3,972 posts)

10. i don't sing.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:48 AM

Mar 2020

RandySF

(58,799 posts)

3. Did you see the movie 'Contagion'?

Reply to totodeinhere (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:24 AM

Mar 2020

ansible

(1,718 posts)

9. It was pretty dull and muted actually, 26 million died in the movie

Reply to RandySF (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:22 AM

Mar 2020

And yet somehow civilization didn't completely break down and was still functional. If that happened IRL with a virus that lethal I have no doubt we'd be in the middle of a complete societal breakdown.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

4. Reality imitating Art.

Reply to totodeinhere (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:27 AM

Mar 2020

wishstar

(5,269 posts)

7. The old adage "Truth is stranger than fiction" has been true during the whole Trump era

Reply to totodeinhere (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 04:01 AM

Mar 2020

Just told my spouse last night that we wouldn't believe any of this insane and scary Trump saga and would think it was totally farfetched if it had been a fictional series