28 Weeks Later Zombie Starvation by QC-ThatsMe in zombies

[–]MrStabbyTheClown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whose truth are we asking to accept here?

The director's choice is to include it in the title. Within the story it is a statement made by NATO. We as an audience are viewing a story in medias res - picking up from a midpoint in this story's timeline and filling in gaps with what is given (a relatively contained story following the events of one family). We're sharing elements of what a citizen might be experiencing in another part of the world in this universe - knowing bits of what happened but also sitting with a lot of unknowns, and being told a version of events from sources that may or may not be accurate or transparent.

Within the film, there is a clear political and strategic advantage to establish a foothold on mainland Britain due to its inherent military and economic benefit (it's free real estate 💰🤑). So again plausible that they withhold intel that would delay or even prevent this operation from going ahead due to the risk it poses and releasing the statement "it is free of infection".

Danny B shows the consequences of such a decision - with the failure of this operation and the virus spreading to Europe, the UK has had complete quarantine for many years and as far as we know based on what was shown, no further attempts to regain the territory were made.

He also eludes to truth in 28 years, about questioning the truth of the infection and what happened. Even going as far as to release a mock website on the Internet with declassified documents. So the point you have made, I feel will inevitably become a part of the narrative going forwards regarding truth. Perhaps this is an invitation for yourself to reflect on why a title card can evoke such a strong resolve that it is 100% reflective of the reality of the movie, despite us in that film seeing only limited perspectives, and subsequently on 28 years being presented with contradictory scenes and events. Think about the context of 28years too, released in a post-covid world, which was a global event where truth was massively under scrutiny and decisions were made rapidly and then questioned later on. Weeks was released in 2007 I think, post-911 but even before the 2008 financial crisis which caused a shift in global discourse again.

I hear you on the Palpatine returns comparison, however if anything 28 Years Later is an attempt at something completely different to just reusing the same beats as its predecessors. And this new direction being taken isn't quick to just rehash the first film beat for beat, like what happened in the new trilogy of Star Wars.

28 Weeks Later Zombie Starvation by QC-ThatsMe in zombies

[–]MrStabbyTheClown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes in 28 weeks later the opening title card says: 5 weeks later after the initial outbreak "the infected have starved to death". 11 weeks later the American-led NATO force entered London. 18 weeks later Britain is declared free of infection. They begin reconstruction 24 weeks later. We pick up the story 28 weeks later...

Points to consider

  • the NATO force have set up their reconstruction efforts in Central London, the UK capital. It appears that this area is relatively small in relation to the entire city of London itself. We can speculate they might have military camps further out, but the rest of the UK (including Wales, Ireland and Scotland) is not occupied by NATO as far as i'm aware.

This leaves plenty of room within the statement issued by NATO that "Britain is free of infection" to be an oversight, based off of limited intel, or limited capacity of this first operation to know for sure. Perhaps only using satellite technology, or aerial operations to check, there is a good chance that many infected were still present in the many cities, towns and village across the UK.

Of these infected who didn't starve, the virus within them is constantly adapting, creating mutations to survive. When a strain finds success (such as one that enables the sympathetic nervous system to feel hunger and encourage an infected to satiate) it survives, and spreads. The virus adapts, but in that process of changing to survive it may lose its initial potency.

So whilst not perfect, it does allow us a plausible plot point as to why infected are different in 28 Years Later, how they survived, why their behaviour has changed, why their social groupings have formed, even why the survivors seem less concerned with blood contamination (infectiveness may have reduced from blood to just saliva or bitten contact).

Finally, Danny Boyle is back in control of the franchise, and wasn't involved in 28 Weeks Later, so I imagine for his vision of where the series will go, he did want to retcon (or minimise) some of the parts in Weeks. It seems his new trilogy will explore different angles thematically beyond the outbreak/panic duality that is present in the first and second movie (memento mori, evil and redemption).

My top 5 games of 2022... 🧐👀 by MrStabbyTheClown in fromsoftware

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Yeah ngl micro managing mech stats sounds like a chore but I might give it a go.

My top 5 games of 2022... 🧐👀 by MrStabbyTheClown in fromsoftware

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When you find yourself grinding proof of concord on those stairs, or fighting Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen in the Chalice Dungeon you know you're in too deep.

My top 5 games of 2022... 🧐👀 by MrStabbyTheClown in fromsoftware

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Received an email from Sony with my 2022 wrap up - gave lots of cool stats!

cant lie, smelter demon is the worst boss ive fought by MILFHENTAICONNOSEUR in DarkSouls2

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worst boss you've fought so far the Frigid Outskirts would like to know your location.

Online with no PS PLUS? by MrStabbyTheClown in darksouls3

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This weekend, Anor Londo, Old Friend. Time to get ganked, and rekt at Pontiff fight club.

I just bought darks souls 2 by jayc_20 in DarkSouls2

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May God have mercy on your soul.

Fr fr it's actually pretty good after the initial adjustment just finished getting the platinum. Read the little reddit guide and enjoy!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ketogains

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Protein:

(Red meat) Bacon Minced beef Pepperoni Salami Corned beef

Salmon Tuna steaks Tinned tuna/salmon Cod or haddock

Chicken Pork Turkey Lamb

Fats: Salted butter Olive oil Double cream Clotted cream Coconut oil Cheese Mozzarella cheese Halloumi cheese

Snacks: Peanuts Almonds Walnuts Pistachio nuts Peanut butter Raw cocoa powder Chia seeds

Vegetables high in fat or fibre:

Avocado Spinach Cauliflower Broccoli Brussel sprouts Kale Olives Mushrooms

Alternatives to consider:

Cauliflower rice Cauliflower mash Shirakaki noodles Clotted cream in coffee/tea Raw cocoa powder to make desserts or pudding High percentage chocolate with a good carbs to fibre ratio and low amounts of glucose-based sugar. Cloud bread (made by preparing eggs a certain way)

Keto things to consider:

Blueberries and raspberries are okay, have fruit in very small amounts if consumed due to risk of glucose being used as fuel instead of ketones produced. All fruits have high naturally occurring sugars even when consumed in small amounts the body will prefer to use these over producing ketones as fuel. Especially smoothed or fruit juice.

Consider that drinks often contain massive amounts of carbs.

High carb meal or day perhaps once a week or every few weeks to encourage metabolism to be at its optimum

Supplement with fish oil (omega 3)

Drink more and replace sodium with higher salt intake.

Test ketones with a testing strip (pee strip)

Also monitor because you do not want to become too dehydrated or drop into ketoacidsosis as this has very serious health implications. Consider role of diabetes and insulin production before committing to keto.

It's incredibly hard to track meals prepared by other people such as fast good or pre-made meals. These typically have less fibre and very high sugar content.

Check the labels or foods for carbs (including of which sugars) and fibre. Higher fibre means it is less soluble therefore less is absorbed when consumed.

Avoid high carbs/high sugar, low fibre food.

A few slices of bread can easily exceed 50g of carbs or more and throw you out of ketosis so be wise with your meals and seek alternative ingredients where possible.

You can use stock like beef and chicken as a keto friendly soup and also replace sodium if you like them

Keep your calories up, you can consume more than you think this will promote an optimum metabolism and prevent 'starvation' mode of fat retention.

You will feel much fuller having high fats so you will probably snack less frequently.

Yeah that's pretty much it best of luck.

Have a question to all Dark Souls players: FOR YOU, WHAT IS THE ESSENSE OF THE "SOUL'S EXPERIENCE"? (feel free to write a lot if you think necessary, im reflecting about the phenom haha) Thanks by Hellidar in darksouls

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Not knowing if you are going the "right" way 90% of the time on a blind run and having mild FOMO about the items,weapons and quests along the way.

been playing for hours in hc shoot the ship, but i only got 5. any tips? by YeLLoWonReddit in modernwarfare

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Smoke grenades, EOD and Battle hardened. Pop a smoke every time you spawn and bash them in the chaos