Dawn of the Dead
 

That's a good theory.

Unfortunately, the directors left the question unanswered. That was a failing of the movie, in my opinion.

A simple explanation like yours would've taken about 10 seconds of screen time to shoot and would have increased my enjoyment of the movie quite a bit:

Scene: In the convenience store after Selena and the other guy rescue Jim and explain what's happened.

Jim: So, why don't they attack each other?

Selena: We're not exactly sure, but as far as we can tell, the rage is really a desire to spread the virus, so the infected have no need or desire to kill their own kind.

Random shit that came to mind during catchup.
 

So you're essentially getting caramelized?

Sounded like a good idea at the time
 

You were so far gone, you were hallucinating that Bilmore was there?

Random shit that came to mind during catchup.
 

I'm guessing you don't want to do this if you own a dog.

so sweet
 

Now that's just not right. You know gatti's got a sweet tooth.

http://www.thingsasian.com/content/2...aggletooth.jpg

TM

Dawn of the Dead
 

Or, better yet, have the scared little lab tech, who presumably might have known this information, do it in the beginning:

Lab tech: Kill her!

Animal Liberationist dolt: What?

Lab tech: Kill her now! Or she'll kill us all! The desire of the infected to attack the uninfected is overwhelming!

Dawn of the Dead
 

That seems like a silly thing to focus on. Why would she be in any better position to know why they don't turn on each other than you?

Part of what makes that movie so good is how little they actually know about what the fuck is going on. It makes you think about how you would react if you were in the same position. And you might think about why they don't attack each other, but you would have no scientific clue.

TM

ETA: DS' fix works, though.

Dawn of the Dead
 

The Bush Presidency?

Dawn of the Dead
 

Ewwww, that's good.

Doesn't it strike you as odd that the directors didn't view this as a problem? I watched all the DVD bonus features and they clearly were aware of certain problems with their story and addressed them in various ways. I would be surprised if they didn't think of this. The question is why did they let it go unexplained?

Anyway, DS you should obviously go into writing horror films.

Dawn of the Dead
 

Interesting... my problem with the movie was that it seemed to me if someone was puking up blood and not drinking, it would be dehydration rather than starvation that would kill them first, so I couldn't figure out why they were trying to figure out how long it took them to starve.

If you watched the alternate endings part of the DVD, you would see the story board for the ending that completely omitted the military compound: After the father gets raged from the blood drop in his eye, they keep him with them and try to find a cure. They end up in some hospital with a guy locked in an isolation chamber and when they're sleeping he leaves them the stuff they need to transfuse Jim's blood into the father as a cure. Which of course is totally stupid because of the idea that a total blood transfusion that ends up killing the donor isn't going to cure a virus that is so potent that someone gets it from a drop in the eye. They thought people would realize that a transfusion wouldn't get all of the raged blood out of his capillaries, so they went with the military compound idea instead.

Lost in Translation
 

Yeh, LIT is not a mind blowing flick. I liked it enough, but its not worthy of the hype.

so sweet
 

That damn Glamour Shots chick said that the tropical shirt would distract from the recent dental work and make me look more, well, Don-Juan-ish.

Well, there's another $50 down the drain.

Lost in Translation
 

My friend, who lives here but is from Tokyo, said that part of what she enjoyed about it was that it was a very different way of looking at Tokyo. In Japanese films, Tokyo is usually filmed in a particular way - like an insider's view of the city, and in American or European films, the perspective is pretty masculine (her words) - focuses on crime, drugs, cops, corruption etc. She said this was a very feminine outsider perspective that was unusual and that is what struck her most about it.

I haven't seen it, so she could be full of shit. Don't know why I haven't seen it, because I have a huge crush on Bill Murray. He really should make my laminated list, if I ever redo it.

Random shit that came to mind during catchup.
 

Trying to live up to your title I see. [how could I possibly be first on this softball?]

Lost in Translation
 

double post - sorry