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Mar 30, 2020
9:41:28pm
Michael McQuain All-American
If gallows humor doesn't bug you...let's talk virus films/TV
* Outbreak: I love the star power of this film and it's what I'd call medium scary compared to our situation since the virus is contained in a small California coastal community (and a couple of deaths in Boston)

* Contagion: MUCH scarier than Outbreak as the virus races around the world taking healthcare workers with it. Some similarities to our situation but many differences especially involving societal breakdown...lawlessness etc. Pretty good star power too.

* Containment: This is a Netflix 1-season series just made a few years ago. I just discovered it around 11pm last night and got so hooked I binge-watched it until around 5 am (I'm completely out of business currently so I'm staying up late and sleeping in)

Like Outbreak... this story is localized to one place - downtown Atlanta. They actually barricade the area off with electric fences and shipping containers.

What struck me about this story on the scary factor was the depictions of the societal breakdowns...looting... hijacking of food drops AND.... when the feds decide to limit the messaging by cutting off ALL phones and internet inside the quarantine zone.

No star power... but the characters are compelling and believable.

In all these shows... the infected people have Ebola-like effects with the bleeding from the eyes/nose/mouth etc. Makes me curious if this is what CO-VID19 victims look like at the end.

Anyway... It's been interesting to me to revisit these depictions. (yeah... I'm probably the guy who would watch a movie about a plane crash while on a flight)

Anyone want to add to this list?
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