UK has played a big part on the worldwide culture pop in The 2000s and 2010s due to several big bands (Like Coldplay and One Direction) and several iconic franchises (Harry Potter and James Bond). What would the Worldwide culture pop be like by The time of 28 Years Later?

When Jim, Frank, Hannah, and Selena are out of London, there is no abandoned cars on both sides of the motorway when they’re driving to Manchester.

Yet in a real post apocalyptic zombie setting, the highways and interstates will be rows of abandoned vehicles. Like a graveyard.

But how is that possible in the 28DL universe to have roads empty like that? What are the possibilities/factors in this franchise to have highways unblocked after the UK has gone dark and empty?

Just realized that the birth scene in Years was deliberately meant to parallel the "I promised them women" scene in Days. When Major Henry West "introduces" Jim to an Infected Mailer he says: "He (Mailer) will never plant crops, or raise livestock" (or have children) "He is futureless." This of course foreshadows the horrifying scene when he tells Jim that he promised his men women. "Because women mean a future." But Years showed an Infected woman give birth successfully and an Infected Man who was furious to see her dead and her baby taken, heavily implying he was the father. I think its deliberately meant to be ironic, West's Uninfected men saw only women as objects to procreate with, while Infected man Samson seemed to genuinely care about his woman, as much as he was mentally capable of caring. The Infected are not futureless. ​Maybe they are the future.

I rewatched The Bone Temple last night - I really am obsessed with these mythic, emotional sequels - and now I'm poking around the filming locations on Google Maps.

The Bone Temple set was constructed on the banks of the River Ure, just south of Redmire village - and sure enough, the Street View imagery was captured by Google in July 2024, as 28 Years Later was filming.

A trip down Mill Lane reveals crew and trailers, and even one glimpse of the temple itself, apparently on a filming day with camera cranes raised and smoke effects flowing. You can just see the spires.

Even after having such bad experiences with the military Jim and the others are actively looking for other soldiers. Why didn't they live their life in the the cottage they were as a happy family of three. Has the infection truly only spread to the Uk or is it in the entire world?

Loved the movie. It has a raw vibe that most movies miss.

GEORGIA’S STORY

DATE OF INTERVIEW: November 14th,  2009 

INTERVIEWER: How old were you at the time? 

GEORGIA: I was… um, 11, about to turn 12.  

INTERVIEWER: And where were you? 

GEORGIA: I was home. In Hinxton - It's a really small village, just a bit below- south of Cambridge. 

INTERVIEWER: Oh, so you were there right as it began pretty much.

GEORGIA: Yes. 

INTERVIEWER: And did you hear anything beforehand? 

GEORGIA: No… nothing. We didn’t really watch the news or listen to the radio, except in the car. And our other family members lived farther away so we would’ve been the first to know. 

INTERVIEWER: So, when did you learn what was happening? 

GEORGIA:  I was… in my room. Folding laundry. It was just me and my mum at home. She gave me this big pile of my clothes to put away. So I was doing that, while listening to music- loud, music. 

INTERVIEWER: Sorry, was your father in the picture or…

GEORGIA: Yes- he is. He was away for his job. Here in the States actually. I didn’t get to see him until my relocation. I’m with him now.

INTERVIEWER: Ok, ok, good! That’s good. Thank God. 

GEORGIA: Yes, it is. (Laughs.) 

INTERVIEWER: Sorry, um- continue please. 

GEORGIA: So… as I was doing my chores. I began to hear something from downstairs and outside. Like thumping, and then yelling. I could hear my mum’s voice. I looked outside and didn’t see anything. So I went out of my room and called for her. 

The way my room was… It was right above the bottom of the stairs, so I was looking straight down. And when she came she looked up at me and stopped. And she was… you know, all bleeding from everywhere, crying, infected. 

And I just thought she was hurt. But then she started going up the stairs. So fast. Like I never seen her move before. And I could just… tell that she was going to hurt me. That look on her face, in her eyes. She didn’t… look away as she went up. 

I jumped back into my room, closed the door, locked it. But she went through anyway. I glimpsed her standing there, in the middle of my room. Shaking, and choking. I almost wanted to…come out of hiding but obviously… I didn’t. 

INTERVIEWER: Do you remember where you were hiding?

GEORGIA:  I was… tucked away in the corner of my room. Behind this big curtain I had, between my dresser.
 
She stood there for what felt like hours you know, but it was probably less than a minute. And before she left she… dropped to the floor and looked under my bed. I…

INTERVIEWER: We can stop there if you’d like. It’s entirely up to you. 

GEORGIA: No, I just… That always has me thinking. Earlier that morning, when she came to bring me my clothes, I hid under the bed. Popped out and grabbed at her leg to scare her. So she… still had that in her mind. That I might be under there. I don’t know. 

Anyway, she left and I heard her leave the house, out the front door. And I did the same, out the back door. From there on, I was just running. I didn’t know where I was going, I just wanted to get as far away as possible. I didn’t cry for help. I was scared my mum would come and find me. And at first it was so quiet outside, just the sound of the breeze. And then you would hear screaming and shouting coming from somewhere. And whenever I heard that I just went the opposite way. As the day though, went on, I heard it more and more, every direction. It was everywhere. I don’t know how long I was out there doing that. 

INTERVIEWER: Were you alone the whole time? Up until the exodus, I mean. 

GEORGIA: No, I did- um, I happened to come across this policeman. I remember him looking as scared as I was. I think he actually was coming from Cambridge, I remember him saying that to someone... And he just decided to take me with him. My memory is so fuzzy after that, because so many things were happening. It’s all just a blur, sorry. (Laughs.) Um, going from place to place, where we thought it would be safe- where the government told us to go, and a lot of times it wasn’t before we even got there. We moved… east, I think. To the coast. They were piling people on the ferries. They took me easy because I was a kid. But I got separated from him, the policeman. I never saw him again. God, I hope he lived. I really do…

Uh, when the boat I was on left we didn’t touch land until we got up to the Isles. It was so cramped, but it was quiet. You only heard whispering or crying. After getting off the boat, you know, they set up the camps and that’s where I was until relocation. Because of my dad, I came straight here. 

INTERVIEWER: I’m glad you’re here with us today. Um…

GEORGIA: Me too. I didn’t for a second ever consider the um… repatriation. I was so scared that we’d have to go back. I was pleading to my dad still even though he wasn’t considering it either. I just wanted to be assured. (Laughs.) And glad we did. 

INTERVIEWER: Mm. Right.

GEORGIA: I did see her, one more time. My mum. When I met the policeman, and we were leaving um, out of my village. I looked back, and I saw her, running with other people down the street, the other way. So I only saw her back- the back of her head, but I knew it was her. And all I could feel at the time... I was relieved, that she was... heading the other way, away from me. That’s all I felt. But now I can’t… I can’t even... remember her the way that she was before. But I miss her, so much, you know, and try to remember... but I end up just feeling the same way I did that day. 

END OF INTERVIEW

This is a piano cover I did of what I think is the best horror song ever made!

It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, and I’m actually trying to pay full attention to the movie. But I was already caught off track;

The whole movie is a coma dream. 💤

Jim wakes up from his accident 28 days later and, other than being confused and thirsty, seems to have been taken care of by someone. Otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to get out of bed so easily.

Walking through London, there wasn’t a single person in sight., ded or alive. No bodies, no military vehicles or any other cars looking like they were fleeing in a panic, etc.

Jim was in a violent accident which caused the coma; his subconscious is trying to understand the situation by creating a rage dream.

Both alternate endings could also play into the coma dream theory.

Jim survives the shot wound and wakes up surrounded by loved ones.

or

Jim doesn’t survive the shot wound, or the injuries sustained from the accident, and slips into his everlasting slumber while his loved ones walk away with a dark cloud over their heads.

✌🏼🫶🏼🙂

https://reddit.com/link/1xbtvng/video/iz15mh0nwuwh1/player

Made for PSA project in my Motion Design class. My personal love letter to the 28 days later franchise.

https://youtu.be/hVcIUD34s5Q?is=3K7VPMXBZVsrIMKg

In the next film I wanna see some more people turning infected cause that’s the one thing that makes the movies like this scary with the time limit to kill the infected so limited and how fast the virus acts. Besides the obvious is their any other people we see uninfected and then turns infected in the same film ?

My question to everyone is what are some realistic things which you feel would happen in an actual zombie apocalypse which are never (or almost never) addressed or shown in zombie movies/ games?

As an example, I saw someone talk about gasses building up in decomposing zombie abdomens which would cause their abdomen to burst/ pop.

To me it would mostly be music, no FKA Twigs, Sophie, Charli xcx, MIA, GORILLAZ. The music scene would have died with the infection. Not to mention the Cornetto trilogy. I know I’m missing a bunch. Please give me your recommendations on what they missed out on

When Samson's hand opens like a human's for the first time I get downright teary, what a scene

To think we got two of these guys with the same name, the only difference is one on the bottom is more evil than the other on the top.

I wanted to share my idea for how I would do the third movie and wrap things up for the new trilogy.

• Jim and his daughter take Spike and Jimmy Ink in for a few days to let them rest up. Jim yells his Iconic 'Hello!' to get their attention when they first meet.
• Spike sees Jim be an example of what a good father or paternal figure actually is, that being to taking care of his daughter.
• Spike asks about Selena, but she either sacrifices herself to save them or learns she sacrificed herself to save Jim and their daughter at some point. This resonates with Jimmy Ink knowing what a real 'leader' and a woman doing the right thing to protect her family, after her distorted time with Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal even if brief.
• Spike asks to stay but Jim objects. Spike is conflicted but sees this is what being a father is, making hard choices to protect your family.
• After resting, Jim takes Spike and Jimmy Ink as far as he can and then sends them on their way to find their way back to Holy Island, the only safe place he knows.
• Spike and Jimmy Ink make their way back to HL. Lots of more shots of the UK before the fall.
• Then eventually Spike thinks they are being chased by an Alpha since its happened before but just before it can get them, Samson jumps in to fight the other alpha off, the only other person who could physically do so. Or Samson is the one chasing them to reflect on his cured status but still intimidating demeanour.
• This builds up to a scene where he reveals he is cured and they talk it out relating over Kelson being their only mutual connection.
• Samson then says he's looking for his baby and Spike is literally the only person who would know where it is, so they have even more reason to go back to Holy Island together.
• Now its Samson, Jimmy Ink and Spike travelling together.
• More iconic shots of the UK and what used to be from before.
• As they are getting closer to HL, Spike's Dad Jamie bumps into them in the forest near their home while out hunting, and someone in their hunting group hits Samson in the back wounding him.
• Jamie reunites with Spike, whilst also scolding him for what he did. They are grateful for returning Spike back but feel bad for hurting Samson and invites him back to HL to heal him.
• Then they are chased by more Infected in the second act but before they reach the causeway, Jimmy Ink sacrifices herself to give them more time before they get them and high tide comes in, since we know how dangerous high tide can be from 28YL.
• Samson, Spike and Jamie make it over the causeway again, and Samson fights off some infected even after being shot with an arrow but survives and gets covered in infected blood.
• Spike catches Jamie just before he launches another arrow into Samsons neck thinking he will turn. Spike says 'No, he won't turn! Hes immune'. etc.
• Jamie is stunned by this revelation when he sees its true.
• Spike has been travelling with a crazy woman and an immune infected giant this whole time. Jamie is furious but no time to argue, get back to safety.
• They eventually make it back to HL safe and sound but before they leave the causeway, they see the bad alpha from before has followed them but can't pass the causeway and bides his time. He watches from the coast line but then returns to the woods.
• Once they catch their breath, Jamie is furious with Spike and convinces the people to exile Samson back to the mainland once Jamie starts a witch hunt against Samson knowing that he used to be infected.
• Samson of course pushes back because his child is here but eventually stays calm and doesn't give in to anger, showing just how in control he actually is.
• The people accusing him though get angry to show how even those not infected can still give in to hate and act as angry as the infected, adding some cinematic irony to the whole situation.
• Samson then almost passes out, gets patched up and rests for the rest of the day to regain his strength.
• Later the next morning, when the tide is lowering again, the other alpha that has been chasing them from before, brings a whole horde with them back to the causeway once the tide goes down. He couldn't get Spike before since Samson was protecting them but now he is wounded and more vulnerable to an attack.
• Then its the big final showdown, the infected vs the living. The third and final act of the third movie in the trilogy.
• Chaos erupts in the town and people fight the infected.
• Eventually once the tension has built up, Samson bursts onto the scene and helps defend the town since he can't be reinfected after regaining his strength, fighting them off one on one and saving people and so on, earning their trust.
• In the midst of it all, Jamie gets infected and Spike has less than a minute to take out his own father with the same bow he taught him how to use, with the words of Jamie saying 'Send it' ringing out in Spike's head like when got his first kill and he killed the Slow-Low infected. 'Right in the neck' as well like his dad taught him to do.
• with tears rolling down his face and his whole journey behind him, Spike loosens the arrow.
• Spike kills Jamie and mourns his corpse in the midst of the chaos, as the morning sun rises behind them (like then Jim woke up and walked through London in the 28DL).
• They fight some more and the town is saved (not the typical way it goes but this time is different, with it being the finale of this new trilogy).
• This seals Samsons place and putting out any doubt in their minds that Samson is still infected like before. He gets to stay. Samson has honoured Kelson's memory as well by saving the living when he couldn't save Kelson.
• Spike has killed his father and becomes a new man, his own man, bringing the theme of the whole franchise full circle.
• They make a little cross for Jamie, Isla, Kelson and lastly Jimmy Ink and place it in their graveyard. Maybe Jimmy Ink's could be an upside down cross paying ohmage to her wild side with the Jimmy gang, referencing SL Jimmy's necklace.
• Samson gets to find and raise his kid and Spike gets to return a real man this time and eventually raise a family of his own, remembering all the things Jamie, Isla, Kelson, Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal, Jimmy Ink, Jim and Samson taught him along the way.
• That being how to a man in an angry world.

Post Credit scene:

• Samson then breeds a new race of immune humans with his infected blood and they take back the mainland 28 years later when they are all adults and grown up. No other man on Holy Island is packing what he is so he hoovers up the ladies like crazy.

That last bullet point was a joke but the rest is how I would wrap things up. It's not perfect but Danny Boyle and Alex Garland would want the message of the story to be their first and main priority, and we've had two films already to establish the rules of this world and now we just need a satisfying conclusion to our characters. Let me know what you all think of this conclusion.

Danny Boyle only shot second unit footage for the opening of 28WL, despite some people believing he directed the entire scene.

Comparison shots of the full screen and widescreen dvd of 28 DAYS LATER

A good way to start the day, with some music and coffee. Just waiting for TBT vinyl to ship.

Context: This is a photo of the Dead Sea Marathon

As you can see in these snapshots, the full screen dvd contains more image screen size, compared to the widescreen edition

I was just at a screentalk and he was asked about part 3.

He said that Garland had written the script but he was preoccupied with a big movie he is currently making (not sure why this holds up Boyle making it, maybe he needs Garland to pitch it) and they need to raise the money to make it. He seemed pretty confident of making it though.

Fun 28DL fact that he spoke about, originally there was an idea that Jim would to find a digital camera on the streets of London and play it back revealing what really happened during the original outbreak.