the DAWN screwed of observation thread

[acealive1]

i got one for ya. they were so busy living on canned goods,they failed to see all the fresh produce in the fridge they stored the dead bodies in. also all they did was lock the entrance doors and not even cover them

[darth los]

i got one for ya. they were so busy living on canned goods,they failed to see all the fresh produce in the fridge they stored the dead bodies in. I have definitely pondered that many times myself. I was like," how are they gonna keep their perishables from going bad?" Another thought. When they finally locked down the mall and got it "secure" they felt safe. It looks like they got really comfortable and really stopped planning contingencies for problems that could arise, like LOOTERS!!

[sandrock74]

I always wondered why they didn't clean out the freezer of food first (there must have been another one somewhere in the mall to move the food to) prior to tossing the zombie stiffs in it! Unless maybe the food in that particular freezer was already bad? Or full of stuff they didn't like, like lima beans? And when Peter made Fran and Steven dinner, didn't either of them wonder where Peter had gotten the food from??? Perhaps out of the zombie freezer!

[darth los]

or maybe they didn't have a choice. Like peter said, if they didn't clean the place up it was going to turn rotten. There was really no other place to put them. The entrance doors to the mall were already closed. The wall up to the apartment was up as weel. It would have been to burdensome to lug them up there individually and toss them off the roof anyway. Those were really their only other options.

[MaximusIncredulous]

They still could've taken the meat out of the freezer, get a couple of grills from J.C. Penny and have a BBQ. Even if they couldn't have eaten it all, the leftovers probably would've been small enough to store in a fridge or make sandwiches, stew, etc. Seemed like they were overwhelmed by their bounty and wasted some of it.

[zombieslayer]

i got one for ya. they were so busy living on canned goods,they failed to see all the fresh produce in the fridge they stored the dead bodies in. also all they did was lock the entrance doors and not even cover them if that was me, i would have just thrown the bodies off the roof.like in yawn 04.

[Philly_SWAT]

i got one for ya. they were so busy living on canned goods,they failed to see all the fresh produce in the fridge they stored the dead bodies in. also all they did was lock the entrance doors and not even cover them The entrance door thing has benn brought up before, at least by me it was. I think one of the first things they should have done once the mall was secure was to continue to barricade the entrance doors from the inside, to protect against both "looters", and the zeds, in case they finally broke the glass. At the least, I figure if they had made it tougher to get in, the biker gang would have had to spend more time to gain entry, possibly started to get attacked by the zeds, and gave up on trying to get in. As far as the freezer thing, I have thought of that before. In actually fact, that freezer looked way too small to put ALL the zombies they killed in it (I attribute that to a "movie mistake"). In any event, most malls have other food shops, which should ahve had frig/freezers, and they should have moved the food in the freezer first. Presumably, the zombies already smelled a little 'rotton', seeing as they were dead already. The best plan would have been to take them to the roof and throw them off before making the false wall. This would have been an arduous task, however, they didnt ahve anything else to do. They definately should have put more thought into long-term plans. Imagine if the power eventually went off (which is a safe bet, I think). Then you would have a freezer full of rotting bodies, and the smell and/or disease potential would have been overwhelming. That stench would eventually seep out into the rest of the mall.

[sandrock74]

As far as losing power goes, I assumed that Peter was right when he suggested the place was run on nuclear power. If that were true and how my limited understanding of nuclear power goes, they were in no danger of losing power in their lifetime. Isn't the half life of nuclear power supposed to be a century or so?

[darth los]

if that was me, i would have just thrown the bodies off the roof.like in yawn 04. I think that was just too burdensome a task. They would have to individually lug them up the stairs. Riddle me this? How were they supossed to get the bodies up that ladder leading to the roof? And then toss them off? Kepp in mind, there were only 2 of them that would have been able to actually attempt to do so.

[MaximusIncredulous]

I think that was just too burdensome a task. They would have to individually lug them up the stairs. Riddle me this? How were they supossed to get the bodies up that ladder leading to the roof? And then toss them off? Kepp in mind, there were only 2 of them that would have been able to actually attempt to do so. If they were keen for some dirty work, they could've cut up the bodies, placed the parts in triple layered Hefty bags and tossed them over the roof. Heaviest parts would've been the torsos .

[darth los]

All things considered i think they went with the most realistic option.

[acealive1]

the option got them killed honestly.

[darth los]

the option got them killed honestly. putting the zeds in the freezer got them killed?

[sandrock74]

Lugging the zombies bodies thru thru the mall, up the stairs, up the ladder and chucking them over the roof would have taken Peter and Steven DAYS to do! Also, they would have needed protective clothing to wear to protect them from whatever diseases would be on the zombies rotting bodies. No one has mentioned that. I'm sure minimizing contact with the bodies was a major factor in the disposal of them! Besides, all those zombie bodies littering the side of the mall would be a clear sign that the mall was inhabited! Peter was clearly against that!

[darth los]

Besides, all those zombie bodies littering the side of the mall would be a clear sign that the mall was inhabited! Peter was clearly against that! You know? That's brilliant. You're the first person i've heard bring up that point. But think about this one. Perhaps anything they did, such as chucking the zombies off the roof, that would give away that they were in the mall is a moot point because the chopper was on the roof. That is how the bikers knew they were there after all.