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Picking up a pregnant girl...

posted 12 years ago by jayehawk
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...is such a poor decision. Hard to believe a guy in Mister's position would even consider it.
It's not like she was alone on the side of the road; she lived in a small community, in relative safety where they could have easily left her. Why on earth take along a liability that could slow them down so badly?
Sure, while sitting in the safety of my comfortable home I can make the argument that it would be great to help this girl and her unborn child make it to New Eden, but in the world this story takes place I would argue that self-preservation is a much higher instinct.
I actually thought this was an ok flick, but that stood out as a blatantly uncharacteristic decision that I found hard to reconcile.

Other than that, it wasn't so much a vampire movie, but much more of a zombie movie. Make zombies a little faster, a little smarter and make them only active in the night, and this is basically a low budget effort at an episode of The Walking Dead.

[–] alexthewriter 12 years ago

She was alone on the side of the road and not in a community. Didn't you see the dead bodies nailed to the house she was standing in front of? Martin narrated her story, that everyone she knew was dead including her family.

They may have thought that they would leave her in another community and they were in the safety and comfort of a car when they picked her up. They didn't foresee the car would break down and they'd walk as far as they did. Since Mister left Martin and Peggy on their own, he may have thought he was going to do the same with her. It's a non-issue.

[–] jayehawk 12 years ago

Those weren't run-of-the-mill dead bodies.
Didn't you see the townspeople nailing the vampires there to be burned in daylight when morning came?
Martin and Mister hung out and listened to the band there that evening.
She was alone because she was leaving the town they just spend the night in, not on some desolate stretch of highway.
...and pretty much everyone could say that their family was dead.
Like I said, the movie was alright, but this choice didn't ring true. Regardless of the car breaking down. Just the idea of having to take care of someone who clearly had special needs (being quite pregnant) should have been something that took a lot more convincing.

(by the way, thanks for replying about the actual comment, rather than making it a personal attack on me the poster...VERY refreshing.)

[–] alexthewriter 12 years ago

You missed my point. I know the dead bodies were zombies (not vampires, but we're not splitting hairs here) but you said she was in a safe community, and I'm disagreeing it was safe because the zombies were right outside her doorway.

I know you're saying she was in the community where they spent the night, but I don't necessarily agree with your take on that. They had already driven away from that town. My impression was that she was a ways down the road, not near the town. Remember the town itself had small groups of people in the road? She was standing alone.

Regardless, my opinion is still that they didn't mean to take her as far as they did, or couldn't foresee the problems they would have. Mister picked up a 14 or 15-year-old kid knowing he'd have to take care of him, not knowing if he'd turn out to be some whiny little 'tard, always giving him trouble. He also seemed to have something of a heart, he killed the rapist without a thought and danced with the little girl in the one town, so he wasn't a complete "I work alone and who cares about everyone else's problems" stereotype. She also didn't really slow them down a lot, he said she did in the woods but she kept up with them, didn't come across as a whiny "hey everybody slow down, somebody carry me" helpless baby. That Willie character got taken by the zombies before her so she obviously held her own, didn't do stupid or rash things that got them caught.

Besides, if she wasn't with them how could they have the ending scene where Martin had to mercy kill her?

I get your take on it but I still see it as a non-issue.

[–] SimplyirreBraggissible 12 years ago

The answer is simple and a main theme of the movie: Mister did indeed see Martin as a son-figure and wanted the best for him.

He was that Martin was infatuated with Belle when she was singing and wanted him to have as normal a life as possible, and wanted him to get a girl and a chance at a happy life. Their destination was already "New Eden" (aka, Canada) where the vampire epidemic didn't exist. He wanted Martin to have a normal life and was a noble man under it all, and made a promise to Martin's Dad he'd look after the boy.

And besides, we know that Mister is a softie for helpless people, thats why he took Martin under his wing and protected him even at sacrifice for himself. You see this young girl who obviously has nobody (shes hitchhiking by herself) and was also probably afraid she'd fall victim to potential rapists/vampires she couldn't defend herself against on her own.

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[–] jayehawk 12 years ago

They should have been more worried about the samsquanch, I guess.

[–] LocoHero 12 years ago

Pregnant women are allowed to move about if they want to.

[–] BouncyX 11 years ago

and apparently they're also allowed to be left alone in a forest at night while the only two people she knows with weapons and can use them take off to chase someone.

i couldnt believe they actually had that happen, i get that they needed her to be captured to push the story forward but come on, they could have been ambushed or something.... they deserved to lose her after doing that.

[–] Suriname86 11 years ago

I found it far fetched that Mister wouldn't have dropped her off in that town; the one that had the vamps dropped on them. Even taking into consideration that the town was attacked, it still made more sense for her to stay stationary in a town rather than travel on the road. Besides, that town was pretty well-armed and seemed to have some level of stability. BUt, it goes to show that Mister had a heart and didn't want to leave her, even when it became obvious that there was no way she could stay with them.

[–] volkstraum 11 years ago

A pregnant lady would not bleed all over the place every four weeks. She was a safer companion than a lady who was not pregnant.

"I can't help but notice that there are skulls all over everything. Are we the baddies?"

[–] Crystal (534) 6 years ago

LOL Safe for another month maybe. LOL

[–] mmarcopolo 10 years ago

That was the one thing in the movie that bothered me. She wasn't in any danger so they should have just left her alone. But I understand Mister's thinking was probably to give Martin some company since he was the one who seem to suggest that they pick her up. Plus, they probably thought because they had a working car that they would get to their destination without incident.

But that's a typical movie device used to add tension and show heroism and compassion. Always include a liability be it a female, (not saying all females are weak but they usually add a "girly girl" in the mix), senior citizen, child, or wounded friend or relative. You just know they're gonna need help and end up slowing the group down. I hate it but it ends up in most movies.

[–] FridayOnElmStreet 10 years ago

Shes hot so I would have done the same.

[–] Crystal (534) 6 years ago

I agree. That was strange. I guess she was hoping for the holy land too.