28 Days Later outbreak timeline - Death of a Nation

I am much more of the opinion that the Outbreak was contained to Britain, as the setup and ending of 28 Weeks was very stupid imho, however even given a UK only 2002 Outbreak, the panic and market reaction would crash the world economy for some years, and I doubt any big blockbusters are being made for a long time.

The effect on popular music is likely to be a revival of quite apocalyptic lyrics vs very optimistic happy 'poppy' stuff.

 

A UK only 2002 outbreak would not be enough to destroy the entertainment industry. In-fact during the Great Depression, Hollywood was more popular than ever, entering its own golden age. At the height of TGD, 60-80 million Americans still went to the cinemas regularly. Movies, games and books help people escape the tragedies of the real world, I think the entertainment industry would definitely change however to adapt to the public's new need for more happy/optimistic escapism. Actually with that description I think the 2002 outbreak would spur the revival of the superhero genre much earlier and stronger than it did IRL. Think about it, would you rather go to the cinemas to see some horror/drama tragedy film about all of the characters' dying and losing everything they have, which IRL would probably (if made well) be considered good viewing or a CGI superhero going about saving the day and having catchy one liners. Maybe the Toby McGuire Spiderman movies in this world were a lot more successful than they were in ours.

For games as well, studios like Bungie for example as I was basing my thoughts off of Halo 2 don't actually require the UK to still exist in-order to succeed. The US, Canada, Aus/NZ alone, and also Europe (in a scenario where the outbreak was UK only) are enough to spur massive success for any triple A game. Again, I do think that in the gaming community at least where Halo 2 was already the most (at the time) widely anticipated release that it may have even been more hyped and successful than it was in our world since its a breath of fresh air and optimism in a world that has suffered greatly at the hands of the Rage Virus. People like to use media to escape the real world so I think in some ways the entertainment industry might actually thrive post-outbreak. Though of course we'd lose a lot of excellent British media like I listed in my first post.

 

What about this extract suggests a republican form of government? Federations are not inherently republics, and the focus on the monarch as the physical embodiment of the British nation is widespread in British culture. I sincerely doubt that the Federation of Great Britain would reject King Charles III outright - presumably a reunification of the FofGB with Northern Ireland is expected in the future.

 

Resident Evil, starring Milla Jovovich, was released around July 2002 OTL. It would have mostly been canceled due to the sensitivity of the topic of "infected maniacs" similar to the film. Dawn of the Dead remake would have not been made at all (filming began in 2003 OTL). Call it yes or no if Dead Rising will be made, but for sure it may come out differently in this timeline. So far, the only famous zombie games in this timeline are Resident Evil and The House of the Dead. But thank God Uwe Boll's horrible version of the House of the Dead may not be made in this timeline. Romero's films may have bigger impact since people have seen a similar monster.

 

Britain was mentioned to withdraw from Afghanistan earlier in OTL, leaving the USA and the Northern Alliance to deal with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda there. Not sure what would happen to Osama bin-Laden in this timeline whether he survives to present day (2018), is killed earlier than 2011 (OTL), or is killed the same way as OTL. Most like OBL would have used the opportunity to attack U.S. forces in the Middl East.

Libya's Civil War came earlier due to the mass migration of European refugees into North Africa (oh the irony) and the collpase of the Libyan economy. This civil war is bloodier and came in Gaddafi's favor because there was no NATO intervention as NATO was busy with the Fall of Europe outbreak. Of course, Gaddafi would be assassinated and Cyranecea would declare independence.

The Iraq War is butterflied away so Saddam remains in power possibly to the 2010s as historians mention that the Arab Spring was bound to happen either way. ISIS is most likely butterflies away as well.

 

Paradoxically, I think the condition of post-Rage virus Europe may improve the refugee crisis that heated up in the 2010s OTL. A largely empty continent with good soil and well-developed infrastructure could become some kind of UN-run refugee areas for displaced people from conflicts around the world.
Alternatively, I could also see separatists groups like Kurds or Tibets trying to gain "independence" by filibustering new countries out of the devastated areas.

 

One Direction may not form at all, with their members most likely dead. Even if each of them survived, the Rage Epidemic would have butterflied away their formation i.e., they may have chosen to go separate countries as refugees such as France, Ireland, USA, Canada, etc, and lived their indefinitely or were killed when the European Outbreak began (especially for those refugees in Central Europe).

Niall Horan was only 9, Liam Payne was only 9, Harry Styles was only 8, Louis Tomilson was only 10, and Zayn Malik was also 9.

 

28 Months Later unlikely now . Quite sad we although I didn't think the second film was as good as the first, I wanted to see how the outbreak would unfold in Europe.

https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies...ths-later-movie-is-unlikely-now-writer-admits

 

I consider your take of this timeline as canon.

 

Yes it would have been nice to see another movie in which the virus breaks out worldwide to wrap this up. Like with some other film series I choose to think the second one was never made. While it had it's good parts but for the most part the security scenario didn't make a lot of sense and had me yelling at my screen. 2 children are able to escape the quarantine zone after being there for a day or two. The father who is a glorified janitor has a passkey that works on a secure holding room. All of the survivors are herded into one room when this go sideways.

 

@Ukron and I agree, 28 Weeks Later had too much plotholes. Even worse was they DID NOT post many guards in Alice's cell.

 

I prefer the idea of the Outbreak being confined to Britain with European, Irish etc infections squished. The idea of an empty UK only populated by survivors and the approaches to making sure she is secure- house to house checks and clearance vs less structured methods. Plus the political arguments about resettlement - 'safe zones' via lottery, let every refugee go home, clearing bodies, limits of governmental control, survivors vs refugee arguments and guilt trauma. Also the fallout of a major world power like the UK being knocked out of the world economy and politics...

 

Plus her ex-husband, even in charge of the complex, should NEVER have had access to the medical wing under ANY circumstances. And his two rug-rats should NEVER have been let back in even with their mother, they should have been forced to stay outside with no amenities as a warning to everyone else...

 

Why where the kids even allowed into the country? Surely you want the UK 100% secured by soldiers before you let kids anywhere near.

 

Been a while since I saw the movie, but IIRC someone realized their father was there and decided to reunite the family...

 

Ship the damm father to the kids!

 

I guess that the security officer, if he survived , will end his military career in Alaska as First Class.

 

General Stone was arrested and tried for negligence following Code Red while Andy Harris got executed by firing squad in 2015 for bringing down an entire continent to its knees. Makes me think whether it should have been Stone instead who was given the death penalty of Andy since the latter 8 (as of December 2002) and did not know about the conseqeuences as carrier. Stone, on the other hand, had been lax. IMO, Andy should have been acquitted by the ICJ.

 

And, if he wants to see his wife and Stone decides to allow it, have a platoon of soldiers accompany him; all of them would be armed with either M-16s or flamethrowers, and also armed with grenades (that way, should a scenario like what happened in the movie happens, one of the weapons is destined to work (1)), and the hell with what the doctor wants...

Yeah, the kids will complain (and test them for the Rage virus and, if they test positive, detain them somewhere very secure). But. Absolutely. No. Chances. Must. Be. Taken!!!!

(1) The grenades are for use after the M-16/flamethrowers are used simultaneously and, ideally, several of them are white phosphorus grenades. Why? There Is No Kill Like Overkill; it's the only way to make sure, especially with Rage victims...

 

On a side note, at the end of 28 Days Later, I half-expected the plane at the end to open fire on the heroes (trust me, if 28 Days Later had been made in the 1970s, that might have been the ending, since the 1970s loved movies with Downer Endings); I was relieved when it didn't...