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why was Jim naked with no sheets when he awoke?


Right at the beginning of the film, when Jim woke up, what was the relevance him of being naked with no sheets? ITU doesn't nurse people naked, and who removed the sheets? There was no mention of why

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I think it’s an hommage to the 1985 New Zealand film The Quiet Earth, which starts the same way. A man, lying naked in a bed, wakes up to find that everyone is gone.

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they just wanted to show his junk.

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Long term coma patients are usually left with as little clothing as possible to avoid bed sores.

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maybe he just wanted to have his junk out in the movie.....

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I assumed someone had been molesting him on a frequent basis and the zombies finally got the bastard.

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If he were female, people would say it was exploitation.

The rebirth idea makes more sense.

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