I like things like this though, dead set was a cracker that was on recently where they were sitting around being the vacous arsewipes that the guy who wrote it meant them to be. 'I'm gonna miss myspace...'
Vigilantism (is that a real word) would be king. And how were the lights in te warehouse being powered by that old sloshers bed?
28 days later was brilliant and leads the way with this sort of thing though. I took an ex girlfriend to see a preview of it. I almost shit my levis when the first infected bod jumped out and started chasing the main man.
One more thing about survivors. How fit is that doctor woman??? I would several times over inside out! Before fishnets asks!!
I haven't seen Survivors - I might check it out on the iPlayer if I get a spare hour or so. I've seen trailers for it though and its got one of my favourite milfs in it (Julie Graham - from 'At Home With The Braithwaites') so can't be that bad
As for I Am Legend, I thought it was, badly, badly let down by the gash ending - though the originally intended ending (on the DVD) is much, much better. TBH, they're ALL going to look shit in comparison with the first half of 28 Days Later - which remains the best hour of horror cinema I've ever seen
Just watched it - I thought it was actually pretty decent. Acting was crappy in places, the music was a direct rip-off of 28 Days Later (I half expected to see Godpseed! You Black Emperor and John Murphy come up in the credits) and the characterisation was ridiculously formulaic, but overall it was good - entertaining at least.
As for people moaning about the political correctness of it all, you would do well to remember that the original TV series that this was based on (from the mid seventies) had a cast that was reasonably representative of the ethnic demographic of the day (there were no black cast members but I certainly remember Indians, Jews and Italians). Since around 15% of the population is non-white (significantly higher in most of the large urban areas (London particularly) where many of these 'survivors' seem to have come from) it stands to reason that there would be survivors from non-white groups as well.
What you need to concentrate on is the fact that there aren't any orientals or south-east asians in the series. If I was from that background I'd have the arsehole )
Body hair, when you look back at old pictures/videos people seem to be hairier than nowadays man. I appreciate the 'metrosexual' is all over the place but what is wrong with a manly chest rug? Or a beast of a tash?
We should all make a stand for hairyness!! The retrosexual is here!!
What contingency plan does the UK have for pandemic flu?
Answer
The National Framework is one of the first pandemic flu frameworks for cross government joint planning published by any European country. It recognises that a pandemic would have significant social and economic impacts as well as its serious effect on the health of the population. Joint and integrated plans are therefore critical to mitigating its overall effect and this joint guidance is a further major step in developing, improving and maintaining UK preparedness.
Whilst much of the guidance material it contains was already available from various published sources, the Framework brings that together for the first time to provide a national blueprint for the UK’s response and to assist planners by providing standard assumptions and presumptions that can be used across all sectors.
What would we do if pandemic flu arrives?
Answer
If a pandemic started outside the UK, the Government would already have put its contingency plan into action and started preparing for the pandemic in the UK. A graduated series of public health measures would be implemented to reduce the impact, and help control the pandemic.
What preparations are being made in the UK?
Answer
We are taking the necessary steps to prepare for a future pandemic and are working to ensure our response is proportionate to the risk posed.
Publishing the National Framework was an important step. But improving our preparedness is ongoing work, putting into place the actions described in the framework.
We have provided guidance to the NHS and we have been commended by the World Health Organisation for being one of the best prepared countries in the world. The WHO report was also useful in highlighting areas in which we could improve.
We have made several direct interventions including the procurement of enough antivirals to treat twenty five percent of the population. We are planning to double this stock of antivirals, to cover at least half the population (the reasonable ‘worst case scenario’ of how many people could be expected to require treatment) and we will continue to keep the level of stock under review in light of the scientific evidence, as we develop our business case. We have also purchased 3.3 million doses of H5N1 vaccine for research and the possible vaccination of healthcare workers. We have an agreed advance supply contract for the supply of a pandemic specific vaccine in the event of a pandemic. Our countermeasures and vaccination strategy is under regular review.
I feel safe in the hands of our masters in Westminster
[cite]Posted By: Rothko[/cite]I've seen the orginial Survivors, and that was good. But the camera shots, music and general production is all 28 Days Later.
The music on the trailers is lifted from the 28 Days soundtrack.
I've gone right off this, never has such a good idea been so sorely wasted, and never have a bunch of characters been so unlikeable. Really couldn't care less if any of them died
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I think the armed forces communications would be resilient enought to cope.
21st Century? Me too, I like it here.
I like things like this though, dead set was a cracker that was on recently where they were sitting around being the vacous arsewipes that the guy who wrote it meant them to be. 'I'm gonna miss myspace...'
Vigilantism (is that a real word) would be king. And how were the lights in te warehouse being powered by that old sloshers bed?
28 days later was brilliant and leads the way with this sort of thing though. I took an ex girlfriend to see a preview of it. I almost shit my levis when the first infected bod jumped out and started chasing the main man.
One more thing about survivors. How fit is that doctor woman??? I would several times over inside out! Before fishnets asks!!
As for I Am Legend, I thought it was, badly, badly let down by the gash ending - though the originally intended ending (on the DVD) is much, much better. TBH, they're ALL going to look shit in comparison with the first half of 28 Days Later - which remains the best hour of horror cinema I've ever seen
As for people moaning about the political correctness of it all, you would do well to remember that the original TV series that this was based on (from the mid seventies) had a cast that was reasonably representative of the ethnic demographic of the day (there were no black cast members but I certainly remember Indians, Jews and Italians). Since around 15% of the population is non-white (significantly higher in most of the large urban areas (London particularly) where many of these 'survivors' seem to have come from) it stands to reason that there would be survivors from non-white groups as well.
What you need to concentrate on is the fact that there aren't any orientals or south-east asians in the series. If I was from that background I'd have the arsehole
Don't honestly think it matters in all truthfullness and having just been diversity trained at work I was aware of the correctness of it that's all.
Errrr don't know, like it can lay dormant?
Obviously the next stage of human evolution is when the cro-magnum dark hair genes die out and make way for the (red haired)Homo Superior.
Bonus point for the song reference
Body hair, when you look back at old pictures/videos people seem to be hairier than nowadays man. I appreciate the 'metrosexual' is all over the place but what is wrong with a manly chest rug? Or a beast of a tash?
We should all make a stand for hairyness!! The retrosexual is here!!
Killer - man or mouse - MAN
Frank Lampard - man or mouse - eeek eeek
I'm Spartacus
Correct
I'm Spartacus
sorry !
Government 'flu pandemic response
What contingency plan does the UK have for pandemic flu?
Answer
The National Framework is one of the first pandemic flu frameworks for cross government joint planning published by any European country. It recognises that a pandemic would have significant social and economic impacts as well as its serious effect on the health of the population. Joint and integrated plans are therefore critical to mitigating its overall effect and this joint guidance is a further major step in developing, improving and maintaining UK preparedness.
Whilst much of the guidance material it contains was already available from various published sources, the Framework brings that together for the first time to provide a national blueprint for the UK’s response and to assist planners by providing standard assumptions and presumptions that can be used across all sectors.
What would we do if pandemic flu arrives?
Answer
If a pandemic started outside the UK, the Government would already have put its contingency plan into action and started preparing for the pandemic in the UK. A graduated series of public health measures would be implemented to reduce the impact, and help control the pandemic.
What preparations are being made in the UK?
Answer
We are taking the necessary steps to prepare for a future pandemic and are working to ensure our response is proportionate to the risk posed.
Publishing the National Framework was an important step. But improving our preparedness is ongoing work, putting into place the actions described in the framework.
We have provided guidance to the NHS and we have been commended by the World Health Organisation for being one of the best prepared countries in the world. The WHO report was also useful in highlighting areas in which we could improve.
We have made several direct interventions including the procurement of enough antivirals to treat twenty five percent of the population. We are planning to double this stock of antivirals, to cover at least half the population (the reasonable ‘worst case scenario’ of how many people could be expected to require treatment) and we will continue to keep the level of stock under review in light of the scientific evidence, as we develop our business case. We have also purchased 3.3 million doses of H5N1 vaccine for research and the possible vaccination of healthcare workers. We have an agreed advance supply contract for the supply of a pandemic specific vaccine in the event of a pandemic. Our countermeasures and vaccination strategy is under regular review.
I feel safe in the hands of our masters in Westminster
I'm Spartacus
You're too young to remember that Survivors was on in the 1970s. So maybe 28 days ripped that version off.
The music on the trailers is lifted from the 28 Days soundtrack.
OK but fell asleep watching 28 days
28 Weeks is a good blood splattering romp