That might be true of zombie movies, since the mob attacks their supposed creators, but the dynamic in virus movies is different. The main way to tell a Bad Scientist from a Good Scientist: Beakers vs. test tubes.
A Bad Scientist has a boss who wants profits in the fourth quarter. "I need the new serum NOW!" "But it hasn't been tested properly!" "It worked well enough in the trials. Get up here!" At which point he/she picks up a bubbling beaker, trips, the beaker is smashed all over everyone who promptly runs outside of the lab, and the virus is released. The minions might have proper Scientist gear, but the Bad Scientist is the boss's lackey and wears a tie, or at least is able to rip off the lab coat quickly.
Meanwhile, the Good Scientist is in a lab full of test tubes and safety glasses. They're called on to come up with a cure for the virus. "You're our last hope.... urg!" says the dying president. The music rises, and the action cuts away while Nasty Things happen outside. The Good Scientists lab doesn't bubble. It has slides and whirling things that identify and create the antidote... barely in time (depending on the director). Their lab coats remain white, even when the laundry department has succumbed to the disease.
To be safe, wear a white lab coat. More antigens than a vaccine. For extra protection, have a clipboard and a buxom girlfriend.
I know that you are trying to convince yourself that you'll survive, but I'm sorry, you're wrong. There are no good scientists in these movies ... they are either evil or incompetent. It's your call which you are.
What if you're buxom and wearing the white lab coat?
(I have a sneaking suspicion that buxom + lab coat only works if it's mostly unbuttoned and you're not wearing lab-appropriate attire underneath. And the wearer is beautiful, and probably tall, and, if she wears glasses she wears movie-glasses, which exist only so that they can be removed at some dramatic moment, revealing how beautiful she was underneath if only someone had noticed! Ahem.)
The basic problem with buxom + lab coat is that no other female will survive. She will have to be Eve at The Dawn of The New Day and single, er, handedly repopulate the world. This might be fun for a while, but you almost never make it to the sequel, though your kids might.
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Date: 2009-04-30 02:49 pm (UTC)A Bad Scientist has a boss who wants profits in the fourth quarter. "I need the new serum NOW!" "But it hasn't been tested properly!" "It worked well enough in the trials. Get up here!" At which point he/she picks up a bubbling beaker, trips, the beaker is smashed all over everyone who promptly runs outside of the lab, and the virus is released. The minions might have proper Scientist gear, but the Bad Scientist is the boss's lackey and wears a tie, or at least is able to rip off the lab coat quickly.
Meanwhile, the Good Scientist is in a lab full of test tubes and safety glasses. They're called on to come up with a cure for the virus. "You're our last hope.... urg!" says the dying president. The music rises, and the action cuts away while Nasty Things happen outside. The Good Scientists lab doesn't bubble. It has slides and whirling things that identify and create the antidote... barely in time (depending on the director). Their lab coats remain white, even when the laundry department has succumbed to the disease.
To be safe, wear a white lab coat. More antigens than a vaccine. For extra protection, have a clipboard and a buxom girlfriend.
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Date: 2009-04-30 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-30 03:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-30 02:55 pm (UTC)(I have a sneaking suspicion that buxom + lab coat only works if it's mostly unbuttoned and you're not wearing lab-appropriate attire underneath. And the wearer is beautiful, and probably tall, and, if she wears glasses she wears movie-glasses, which exist only so that they can be removed at some dramatic moment, revealing how beautiful she was underneath if only someone had noticed! Ahem.)
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Date: 2009-04-30 03:03 pm (UTC)