It made plain sense to me that those tourists had to be killed.
The simple fact is that they came into contact with the vines and had potential to carry the spores to far off places.
Those indians deserve medals for their actions
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shareI didn't see any evidence of sporing. And if those who were unharmed could still carry spores away, then so could the wind and the rain. Moreover, all those bright flowers would attract monkeys, birds and insects. Sooner or later, one or more of these would be infected and escape. Or were the rednecks shooting all the birds and flies as well? And if the rednecks were so public-spirited, why didn't they get a few gallons of petrol and simply burn the weeds to ashes. All they had to do was encircle the monument and work their way up.
Actually, at one point in the film, Amy (I think) remarks that no birds or insects land on the building, because they seem to have learned not to - the vines have probably been there for millennia.
And obviously the spores are not airborne; if that were the case, the vines would be all over the place, but they're not.
I agree with you on the petrol part. However, seeing as the locals are frightened even when the vines touch someone's clothes without touching their skin, we must assume that they have tried pretty much everything, realized that it doesn't work, and decided to just keep the site off limits and quarantine anyone who comes into contact with the vines.
This is not a normal plant, so why even discuss it like it was? Also, on a more obvious note, if they had just burned the plants away, there would be no horror story to tell :P
But they didn't kill them and the spores do get carried away. No medals!
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