What an incredible impact this series had on me as a nine year old in 1975. To me it was absolutely terrifying the way it depicted the total collapse of civilisation. The airliners taking off from Heathrow during the credits really illustrated perfectly how a killer virus would be spread right round the planet. The Oriental scientist at the start carried the plague overseas - was this a deliberate ploy by his government because they knew their own country was doomed? Or was the plague slow acting at the start and he didn't know he was infected? Jenny's doctor friend said that the disease was a mutant virus. That suggests to me it changed very quickly and started killing much quicker as it spread worldwide. You seen people dead behind the wheel of their vehicles meaning it killed very quickly at times. I would expect the towns and cities to look just like early morning - cars lined neatly outsides houses and in driveways and shops and factories locked up, because people would simply be dead in their homes. Wouldn't cities be gloomy and terrifying without street lighting and illumination from homes and shops? Obviously the rats and other vermin would be widespread. Pets would become feral again no doubt. Do you think towns and cities would ever be accessible again? How long would it take for nature to reclaim the built up areas? Just think, all round the world would be virtually silent with vast cities with only a handful of stunned, terrified people in them.
Another thing, in Survivors you seen Greg, Abby and Jenny using petrol pumps to fill up cars they acquired. Think about it, nowadays that would be impossible because you need to get activation from an attendant's computerised screen/till and obviously the power would be gone. How could you get fuel? Computers and advancing technology if anything has made us MORE vulnerable. If society collapsed we'd be completely at a loss in many ways, much more so than when Survivors was on.
With all the corpses lying dead, wouldn't other diseases be on the rise? That would be disastrous for new born babies because they wouldn't be innoculated in a post plague world.
So, so many questions. Survivors is probably the best post plague apocalyptic series I've ever seen.
Another thing, in Survivors you seen Greg, Abby and Jenny using petrol pumps to fill up cars they acquired. Think about it, nowadays that would be impossible because you need to get activation from an attendant's computerised screen/till and obviously the power would be gone. How could you get fuel? Computers and advancing technology if anything has made us MORE vulnerable. If society collapsed we'd be completely at a loss in many ways, much more so than when Survivors was on.
With all the corpses lying dead, wouldn't other diseases be on the rise? That would be disastrous for new born babies because they wouldn't be innoculated in a post plague world.
So, so many questions. Survivors is probably the best post plague apocalyptic series I've ever seen.