Or they will just have jury-rigged solution comprised of duct tape, assorted kitchen utensils and an inverted umbrella built by some kid genius.
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Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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CB2001
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No offense, but how is the above image any less true with gas powered vehicles? Hell, gas and the lack of access to it has been a problem to any apocalypse story, including the zombie apocalypse stories.
Like in Soylent Green, where we see Carlton Heston using an exercise bike to charge up batteries to provide power to his home.
Riceball
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The difference is that in a post-apocalypse kind of situation you're going to lose power pretty quickly and without some serious generators, you're not going to be charging your EV once that happens. Unlike a conventional gas car where you can always siphon gas from other cars for the next could of years or so. Good luck siphoning electrify from one EV to charge yours, with the possible exception of an F-150 Li8ghtning which might actually be able to charge another EV, provided you can find a charging cable that will connect from its power out port to your EV's charge port.
Master Boda
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CB2001
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I’m just saying that any vehicle has it’s drawbacks when it comes to apocalyptic stories. Even gas powered ones as well, because you have to deal with finding fuel, oil and batteries to keep it running (don’t get me started on finding replacement parts to repair the vehicle of your choice to keep it running). I concede that EV vehicles wouldn’t last in an apocalypse situation, but the same is true with gas powered vehicles (and the ‘siphoning gas’ bit, it’s not 100% guaranteed either, as it’s assuming that any vehicle you come across still has some amount of gas in it). Even if you use a vehicle that can run on multiple fuels like the M35 Deuce and a Half, eventually, finding all of those fuels would be impossible. A bicycle is as good as any vehicle, but it also has it’s drawbacks (it can only go as long as a human being can pedal, storage of large items is impossible, and it’s not as fast if you’re needing to get away really quickly).
One thing they forget about post-apocalyptic gas cars:
the battery will eventually die.
Modern gas or modern electric? Coin toss. After an apocalypse I don't wanna mess with either them.
I want something from 1962, be it gas or electric. Reviving dead batteries or brewing up some petroleum fuel will be minor problems compared to dealing with fried electronics & plastic hardware.
I want something from 1962, be it gas or electric. Reviving dead batteries or brewing up some petroleum fuel will be minor problems compared to dealing with fried electronics & plastic hardware.
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Master Boda
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I don’t think finding a vehicle in a apocalypse would be that hard considering most people know how to make fire(mans first tool) and would probably be dead in the first week.Humanity has become very lazy and ignorant, I can see more people fighting over toilet paper than fuel.
Maybe it is just me but along with the "door ajar", doesn't it seem like script asks for them to purposely go to a close up and show the actor doing the questioning look, like this door ajar is certainly probable cause for an unwarranted entry onto private property. And when they come upon the house's occupant it is never rapid shots fired but instead they are greeted "oh, hi, sorry I didn't hear a knock." If you are presented with this same scenario, there is no chance whatsoever that you aren't going to hit this stranger with everything not nailed down.
I think we can all agree that James Garner's Rockford, "Rockford Files", made the quick and completely temporary knockout part of Hollywood lore. That man would have been dead twelve times over by season two, he took soooo many blows to the head.
Speaking of konks on the head...
I mildly dislike the word trope, but it's the only word I can think of for this:
Bad guys are really bad.
They kill people.
They catch the good guy.
But they just tie him up and/or konk him on the head. The guy with plot armor is the only person they don't immediately kill under similar circumstances.
I mildly dislike the word trope, but it's the only word I can think of for this:
Bad guys are really bad.
They kill people.
They catch the good guy.
But they just tie him up and/or konk him on the head. The guy with plot armor is the only person they don't immediately kill under similar circumstances.
My son was talking about this the other day. Episode 4 shows all good guys have some serious elitist issues. They joke about killing troops but refuse to kill any maniacal serial killing leader as though they didn't just random slay 300 drafted stormtrooper noobs.To confirm, we are supposed to believe that Anakin, slayer of any and all assumed guilty/evil, turns on Windu because he doesn't believe in capital punishment of the one person responsible for the entire war.
It is the one main character trait shared between father and son.
drusselmeyer
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How about a couple of basics like closing a door after walking through it? How about looking around when entering a new place? No one, with very few exceptions, looks up. Have they forgotten how to turn their heads??
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Strikerkc
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To be fair, I'm perfectly OK with Luke's hypocrisy in trying to redeem his father, but gutting stormtroopers.
Someone is handed a gun and tells that person "Just in case". and the person receiving the gun inevitably says something like "What am I going to do with this?" 
I admit, I have backed up several relatives when they were about to get their butts kicked for something they actually were guilty of. I couldn't face my aunt after letting someone trash her son..... again. Some cousins you hang with just so you have stories to tell around the campfire.
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