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uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 05:51 PM Mar 2020

What movie is closest to what we are going through now? Specs are ...


1. 10% of human race in some type of quarantine
2. Children could be supper carriers
3. World leader is a nutcase working against the health of the country.

Thx in advance
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What movie is closest to what we are going through now? Specs are ... (Original Post) uponit7771 Mar 2020 OP
"Contagion" has a close scenario, but they find a cure, which ain't gonna happen here. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #1
totally AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #4
The movie, series or documentary? GemDigger Mar 2020 #5
Movie. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #6
Thx !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #15
You can rent it for $3.99 on Vudu n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #24
Let's hope it is NOT "12 Monkeys" malchickiwick Mar 2020 #2
All in all, I would say "Idiocracy" world wide wally Mar 2020 #3
Surprised Trump hasn't prescribed more electrolytes lame54 Mar 2020 #9
Jaws & The Crazies. jayfish Mar 2020 #7
Focusing on the Mandrill-In-Chief, I'd say "Little Big Man" . . . hatrack Mar 2020 #8
Epic performance by Richard Mulligan Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2020 #23
I'm waiting for reports of victims rising as zombies - World War Z Fozzledick Mar 2020 #10
The author of the "World War Z" book says he based it on the Chinese suppression response that tblue37 Mar 2020 #16
The Stand Tom Kitten Mar 2020 #11
The Last Ship MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #12
Casablanca Zambero Mar 2020 #13
Captain Trumps..... Boxerfan Mar 2020 #14
Off topic, but an observation: Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.... Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #17
I was too young to understand that movie but I do remember it had something to do with the baby uponit7771 Mar 2020 #18
What does a baby with colic and Sterno drinking miner have in common? Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #20
Look up the Porcupine Tree album "Fear Of A Blank Planet". Initech Mar 2020 #19
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest? mercuryblues Mar 2020 #21
lol uponit7771 Mar 2020 #22

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
8. Focusing on the Mandrill-In-Chief, I'd say "Little Big Man" . . .
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:12 PM
Mar 2020

The scene where Custer finally realizes what he's up against and starts making a speech to an invisible Congress.

That bit.

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,630 posts)
23. Epic performance by Richard Mulligan
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 07:34 PM
Mar 2020

in that movie. Well worth checking out for those who've not previously seen it.

Fozzledick

(3,860 posts)
10. I'm waiting for reports of victims rising as zombies - World War Z
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:15 PM
Mar 2020

Preparing the way for the return of Yog-Sothoth...

tblue37

(65,367 posts)
16. The author of the "World War Z" book says he based it on the Chinese suppression response that
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:39 PM
Mar 2020

allowed SARS to explode out of control.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
12. The Last Ship
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:27 PM
Mar 2020

A series, not a movie. And doubtful a vaccine would come about the same way, nor is this as deadly. So, actually Idiocracy is the best comparison.

Brother Buzz

(36,434 posts)
17. Off topic, but an observation: Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain....
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:46 PM
Mar 2020

is cycling heavenly at my Podunk the library.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
18. I was too young to understand that movie but I do remember it had something to do with the baby
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:51 PM
Mar 2020

... crying a lot.

What's crazy now is the kids can be carriers of the coronavirus and not have covid-19 ... this is some horror movie shit.

Brother Buzz

(36,434 posts)
20. What does a baby with colic and Sterno drinking miner have in common?
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 07:04 PM
Mar 2020

Raised stomach acid. The Andromeda Strain didn't like a raised pH environment. In the end, that was the key to knocking it down.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
19. Look up the Porcupine Tree album "Fear Of A Blank Planet".
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 06:55 PM
Mar 2020

In the album Steven Wilson basically predicts a world where no events are happening, no one goes outside, and everyone stares at their devices. That's what we are living in right now.



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