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SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 14, 2010, 12:25:20 am ---
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 13, 2010, 12:38:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 11, 2010, 01:14:43 pm ---And then they ruin it by having everyone inside dead, not by an overthrown facility or outbreak, but by a rash of suicides??  Nah these are scientists man, and hardcore science guys work at that deep in the cdc.  They wouldn't give up, they'd keep on working till the end.
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Put a hardcore scientist in a building with a 24 hour time bomb and see if he'll spend that time working on a cure for Aids or looking for the nearest door.  Some might try and keep working, for example the scientist that was left did.

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Well that's kind of my point.  Scientists seek solutions to problems, they don't act irrationally.  If you are around a bomb the practical solution is to get away.  If you are safe and secure in a zombie proof building during the z-apocalypse and are smart enough to where you might actually be able to do something about it, you don't kill yourself, you stay in the f-n building!

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I seem to recall that after the collapse of the Nazi regime, a lot of upper rank soldiers killed themselves because they realized they would be tried for their war crimes. I don't recall if any scientists did. I believe many scientists were taken in by US and Russian agencies to further their research.

That's the closest RW event I can think of that might parallel what the CDC scientists faced in the show. Anyone recall if very many German scientists committed suicide after the war?

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 14, 2010, 12:25:20 am ---If you are around a bomb the practical solution is to get away.  If you are safe and secure in a zombie proof building during the z-apocalypse and are smart enough to where you might actually be able to do something about it, you don't kill yourself, you stay in the f-n building!

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Well that's kind of my point. By the time the main characters got to the building the decontamination (self destruct) timer was at less than 24 hours. We don't know when the other scientists bailed or killed themselves all we know is the show started with the last guy left giving what he thought would be his last recording.

TOK:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on December 14, 2010, 11:28:51 am ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 14, 2010, 12:25:20 am ---
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 13, 2010, 12:38:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 11, 2010, 01:14:43 pm ---And then they ruin it by having everyone inside dead, not by an overthrown facility or outbreak, but by a rash of suicides??  Nah these are scientists man, and hardcore science guys work at that deep in the cdc.  They wouldn't give up, they'd keep on working till the end.
--- End quote ---

Put a hardcore scientist in a building with a 24 hour time bomb and see if he'll spend that time working on a cure for Aids or looking for the nearest door.  Some might try and keep working, for example the scientist that was left did.

--- End quote ---

Well that's kind of my point.  Scientists seek solutions to problems, they don't act irrationally.  If you are around a bomb the practical solution is to get away.  If you are safe and secure in a zombie proof building during the z-apocalypse and are smart enough to where you might actually be able to do something about it, you don't kill yourself, you stay in the f-n building!

--- End quote ---

I seem to recall that after the collapse of the Nazi regime, a lot of upper rank soldiers killed themselves because they realized they would be tried for their war crimes. I don't recall if any scientists did. I believe many scientists were taken in by US and Russian agencies to further their research.

That's the closest RW event I can think of that might parallel what the CDC scientists faced in the show. Anyone recall if very many German scientists committed suicide after the war?

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Many were issued fake ID's and escaped into South America, mainly Brazil. Google Odessa for more info.
There was a great special on the History channel about a guy tracking travel registries to find them.

boykster:
I wonder if Shane and the wife were screwing around even BEFORE the zombie outbreak.  If you remember in the first episode, Shane is asking how things are going with Rick and his wife.  It sounds like even back then there was something amiss with Rick and his wife - could have been that she was screwing around with Shane.  That might explain why she was so quick to hop in bed with him later :dunno

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: boykster on December 14, 2010, 07:32:31 pm ---I wonder if Shane and the wife were screwing around even BEFORE the zombie outbreak.  If you remember in the first episode, Shane is asking how things are going with Rick and his wife.  It sounds like even back then there was something amiss with Rick and his wife - could have been that she was screwing around with Shane.  That might explain why she was so quick to hop in bed with him later :dunno

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That's what I assumed had happened.

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