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** There has only been one year in the last century which the British armed forces have not been engaged in active duty somewhere in the world. There's probably a lot of wars he might have served in.
* What the heck is up the "Are we worth saving? You tell me." at the very end? There didn't seem to be an overall commentary about how humans suck, and it seemed to come completely from left-field. Where the hell did she get that from? (Of course, if she said that we were too ''stupid'' to live, I am down with that.)
** Romero's default position appears to be [[Humans Are
*** As can some of the dialogue about people watching accidents instead of helping.
** The entire film establishes that people all over the world are sharing videos and the zombie apocalypse is a viral video phenomenon. Ostensibly for the purpose of disseminating survival tips, but the more moribund reason being for the purpose of watching-the-car-accident. That's why we're not worth saving.
*** So because of camwhores, we're not worth saving? Well crap, that's great.
** Chalk it up to an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. Yeah, I know Romero intended the line to be taken seriously, but really, think about the person saying this. She has been a member of a group of [[Too Dumb to Live]] whiners who basically lucked their way out of getting killed on numerous occasions. If all of humanity was that stupid, yeah, maybe we don't deserve to live. However, if a group of competent survivors banded together, they'd have far better success. However, that scenario doesn't gel with Romero's [[Humans Are
* When they reach the mansion near the end, the first thing I said to myself was "you would close the gates behind you". Yet they wander in and allow zombies to come through the open gate and over-run the house. As I recall the building had walls around it and would of been quite defendable.
** Depends on how big the grounds are, if they can defend such a large area, etc, but you're definately right that ''closing the damn gate'' would have helped. Or rather, realizing that the gate and the front door is wide open means something bad has happened as they shouldn't stick around. Closing a gate seems to be too smart for these people.
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*** Hell ''no'' you shouldn't shower. The world is filled with the living dead. That means that you are now prey in an over-predated world 100% of the day, everyday. Which means, unfortunately, the days of letting your guard down to have a shower are long long gone.
*** But baths are OK, right?
*** [[Zombieland
*** ''Of course'' you should take a shower! Even zombies wanna have some clean, peach-scented flesh once in a while!
**** If zombies hunt by scent, an occasional shower is a good idea. But better to check up the place first and lock the door.
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