On Feb 13, 2:23 am, Duggy  wrote:   
   > On Feb 13, 6:09 am, lizardgirl  wrote:   
   >   
   > > the recent events in haiti i think bare witness to just how horrific   
   > > and messy a mass die off is.  jumping the story to 'every body's dead   
   > > except we three' feels like a bit of a cheat that white washes all the   
   > > blood and gusts (unless of course everything/one has been vaporized   
   > > during the invasion) and why movies like 'zombie land' are strangely   
   > > appealing, "so, like there was this virus and can you believe the shit   
   > > we have to deal with now.?"   
   >   
   > I think I get where you're coming from.  There's always that "where   
   > are all the bodies"/"why are there suddenly a dead-traffic jam for no   
   > apparent reason?"/"Shouldn't there be more/less structural damage to   
   > the city"   
   yes, like that.  the end result doesn't tell you much about the cause   
   or affect.   
   world war Z is nicely done in that you get a sense of how things   
   happened, why people/countries reacted/responded they way they did and   
   what they're doing now.  the personal account/documentary formate was   
   a good choice in that regard.   
   i'm curious to see given JMS' experience with Jeremiah who things will   
   play out if the book ever makes it to the big screen.   
   > I've found "Life After Man" an interesting documentary to mentally   
   > compare with all the PA films I've seen and think "yeah, I didn't   
   > think there'd be no evidence of civilisation in only 30 years."   
   LAM is fun, though strangely optimistic.   
   >   
   > Is this a bad time to say that the other week I left my house to spend   
   > the cyclone at a friend's, looked at the 4 volume set of "How Things   
   > Work" and decide that, no, this wasn't "the end", they could wait for   
   > that evacuation.   
   >   
   we accept you as you are.   
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