The movie basically tells us at the end that the new generation of children born post-epidemic are fully immune to dying upon coming into contact with the outdoors. I'm just wondering, how did Marc and Julia know their son would be immune too from the time he was a baby? Did they hear something on TV? do they still have TV after all that apocalypse? How could they possibly be so confident it would work enough for them put their baby at risk that way?.
shareI don't have a perfect answer, but my assumption would be that since we have seen throughout the movie that death is not instantaneous when coming in contact with the outside, that Marc and Julia slowly let their baby advance further and further outside the perimeters of the building, figuring that if the baby encountered difficulties, they would be able to quickly snatch him. I myself am interested to hear if there are any more plausible (and better) theories...
Right. Well, I have to-- I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.
I think you're exactly right. They also might have already been visited by other kids showing and telling them that kids are always immune.
shareIt looked to me like the baby just got away from them one day and wandered outside. It seemed as if the infected people were always struck by terror at the threshold (like an open doorway) with the outside and automatically knew not to go any further. The parents probably just assumed the baby would stop at the doorway. I was a little surprised at their instant happiness, though. The baby had just gotten away from them, and there was no way they could go after it. (It's kind of like when a baby gets into the air vents and starts wandering around inside the walls. All you can do is hope that it eventually comes back to you. I hate when that happens.)
shareUgh, that is the worst! I've got two in the vents since last week and one heading for a grate across the room right now. I'm busy typing this, so I'll have three duct walkers in a minute. Sigh.
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tvindy and capitalist_88 - Thanks for the laugh. So much more fun than the frequent "This movie sucked" "No, you suck!" that usually passes for movie critiques around here.
Have either of you read The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman? I think you'd get a kick out of it.
Hadn't even heard of it before this, but googling it now. Looks fun!
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It looked to me like he actually let the baby go which was a bit stupid given that he could not go and get him back if anything went wrong.
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"Did they hear something on TV?"
The baby showed no fear or hesitation, like the others did as they became "infected".
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