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And then what happens? Is there supposed to be more after the text cuts off? - Puffy jacket 18:52, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Watch the film! That is supposed to be more, it's just not finished yet. Add a note explaining that if you think it's warranted! --Sam

This is ridiculous. I bet this plot synopsis is longer than the treatment. One short paragraph is enough for just about any film. Can someone trim this? -R. fiend 03:06, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

• Why? Yes it's longer than most other movie articles, but why does that bother you? It is very well-written and I find that its length detracts nothing from the article and in fact adds to it. I think its fine the length it is. -CunningLinguist 10:52, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with long articles - Omegatron 18:40, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

The window of opportunuity for filming just after dawn was small? It was reported that the normal activity had been removed by computers.

Perhaps some was (though I'd not heard that) but it was definately filmed after dawn and before London got massively busy. violet/riga (t) 16:32, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Criticism/Public Reaction

Why is there no section on criticism or public reaction?

• I presume because nobody has felt fit to add one yet, feel free but be careful about WP:NPOV! :-) -- Lochaber 16:02, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• There is one now :) Worldtraveller 16:12, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"England"?

I think it's more appropriate to describe the film as being set in 'Great Britain', as the situation would have been the same across the whole of the island. Changed. 82.36.124.236 20:48, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1. 1. Eh, that's me above. pomegranate 20:54, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

By the way, there is no such thing as the England island. Please check up on your geography. This is what drove me to make the above changes. Referring to Great Britian (the island) or the United Kingdom, as 'England', is very irritating, especially to Scottish and Welsh people. pomegranate 21:00, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

storyboards

I've replaced the word 'pictures' with 'storyboards', because in every case I've ever seen, that's what really was used when filling in unfilmed holes in stories on DVD extras. If this case is an exception then feel free to change it back. Also included a link to storyboard sheridan 15:19, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

Spread Beyond the UK?

I should think the disease would have spread beyond England throughout the entirety of the land-linked continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. The problem is the English Channel Tunnel; the Infected could have crossed from there onto the continental mainland. From there, they would have spread througout the entire world, with only the Americas, Australia and the various islands of the world being beyond their reach. Ergo, the section limiting the plague to UK should be deleted, unless of course it was so limited in the film? Tom S.

It's never made clear in the film how far it's spread. They say at the beginning that the infection reached Paris and New York, but of course Jim sees the plane going overhead, the army guy espouses his quarantine theory, and the Finnish air force arrive at the end. We can speculate, as viewers, but here in the article we've got to stick to the facts - the article notes that it's ambiguous as to how far the virus spread but that the general suggestion is it was limited to the UK, and I think that covers the situation pretty well. Worldtraveller 21:13, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Film Ending Synopsis Conflict

Someone keeps adding that the characters of the movie possibly end up in Finland because that's the langauge that the pilot speaks. This, however, is almost impossible because the characters would have had to have crossed that sea separating Britain from Finland. As the movie states; next to all of the United Kingdom has been contaminated and eventually was quarantined. So the surviving characters would have had to found a boat and crossed the sea without any outside assistance, as I said before, a feat that is near impossible. The most likely explanation is that they found a cottage somewhere in Britain and since there is no British Air Force left the Finnish Air Force was searching for survivors. As a side note, if they had made it to Finland, they most likely would have been saved, as it is unlikely that the rest of the world suffered the same fate as the UK.

I think you've misunderstood the text - it doesn't say they ended up in Finland, it says the pilot of the plane that found them was probably Finnish. It's very helpful that you have posted to the talk page - what I have been seeing over the last few days is the removal of information by an anonymous editor, with no edit summaries, which could easily be mistaken for vandalism. If you could use edit summaries whenever you edit, that would be really helpful. Thanks! Worldtraveller 07:41, 9 October 2005 (UTC)