one shot, one kill.

[Trin]

We really have to take the military out of the equation in the early part of the outbreak. The US is founded on the principle that the military will never be used against its own citizenry. We have to look at local law enforcement and the National Guard to control and deal with internal struggles, which is ultimately what a Zombie Outbreak is. By the time the government realizes that they are protecting a principle at the expense of the country it'll be too late. And that ties into the message nicely. Looking at the common elements of GAR's message across the movies it boils down to a couple things. People can't deal with their friends and loved ones as the threat they are. People will ignore the problem - or assume it's someone else's problem. People will not work toward a common solution. Things will get out of hand before anyone does anything about it, and by then it's too late. While I agree with a lot of those messages, I tend to disagree with the notion that it would ever play out to the extreme we see in GAR's movies. Like Wyld, I think that people as a whole will overcome the short-sightedness and inattention to the problem and rise to the occassion. If GAR has any magic as a storyteller and director it is that he showed us a portrayal and progression of the situation in Night/Dawn/Day/Land that was plausible enough to keep us engaged in the story even if we don't agree that it's an accurate portrayal of events in the harsh light of reason.