{"id":345402,"date":"2025-07-03T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T21:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/28-ways-later-little-white-lies\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T21:35:35","slug":"28-ways-later-little-white-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/28-ways-later-little-white-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Ways Later | Little White Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If Dan\u00adny Boyle and Alex Gar\u00adland\u2019s much-fet\u00aded <\/span>28<\/span> Years Lat\u00ader<\/span><\/i><\/a> taught us any\u00adthing, it\u2019s that the UK<\/span> has strug\u00adgled to cope with being Ground Zero for a\u00a0zom\u00adbie apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse. Cut off from the rest of the world, the nation\u2019s infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and cul\u00adture crum\u00adbled at the point of ori\u00adgin: some\u00adtime in late 2001<\/span> (when <\/span>28<\/span> Days Lat\u00ader<\/span><\/i> was filmed). With this in mind \u2013 plus the gonzo out-of-nowhere end\u00ading of the film, large\u00adly inde\u00adci\u00adpher\u00adable to non-British audi\u00adences with no knowl\u00adedge of who Jim\u00admy Sav\u00adille is \u2013 we\u2019ve been think\u00ading. How else might the rage virus and demise of the British Isles impact\u00aded the world? Until Alex Gar\u00adland reveals more lore in 2026<\/span>\u2019s <\/span>28<\/span> Years Lat\u00ader: The Bone Tem\u00adple<\/span><\/i>, allow us to speculate\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The last-ever Pre\u00admier League table is topped by Sam Allardyce\u2019s Bolton Wanderers.<\/li>\n
  2. Based on the stream\u00ading video capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties of the cir\u00adca-2001<\/span> inter\u00adnet, it is unlike\u00adly that any sur\u00advivors, cer\u00adtain\u00adly by the time of 28<\/span> Years Lat\u00ader<\/i>, had ever rubbed one out to online pornog\u00adra\u00adphy. Old copies of FHM<\/span> and Loaded have become their own form of currency.<\/li>\n
  3. The cast of recent\u00adly-broad\u00adcast sit\u00adcom The Office<\/i> trag\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly suc\u00adcumbed to the rage virus, ensur\u00ading that Ricky Ger\u00advais\u2019 career nev\u00ader took off and that the US<\/span> was nev\u00ader real\u00adly exposed to it in any mean\u00ading\u00adful capac\u00adi\u00adty. Mike Schur nev\u00ader remakes the show for a\u00a0US<\/span> audi\u00adence, there\u00adby nar\u00adrow\u00adly avoid\u00ading ruin\u00ading net\u00adwork tele\u00advi\u00adsion for years to\u00a0come.<\/li>\n
  4. JK<\/span> Rowl\u00ading\u2019s brain worms were unable to fight back the rage virus, and the final three Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter books were nev\u00ader writ\u00adten. Not only does this lead to the anti-trans move\u00adment in the UK<\/span> nev\u00ader real\u00adly tak\u00ading hold, it results in the first Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter movie nev\u00ader being released in late 2001<\/span>. Decades lat\u00ader, peo\u00adple talk about it like The Day the Clown Cried<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  5. With\u00adout music execs Simon Fuller and Simon Cow\u00adell liv\u00ading long enough to ensure Pop Idol<\/i>\u200b\u2019<\/span>s suc\u00adcess, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Idol <\/i>and The X\u00a0Fac\u00adtor <\/i>nev\u00ader exist, com\u00adplete\u00adly chang\u00ading the tele\u00advi\u00adsion and music land\u00adscape of the 2000<\/span>s. More trag\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly: One Direc\u00adtion were nev\u00ader formed.<\/li>\n
  6. Mar\u00adgaret Thatch\u00ader, who began to exhib\u00adit symp\u00adtoms of mem\u00ado\u00adry loss around 2000<\/span> but did not retire from pub\u00adlic life until ear\u00adly 2002<\/span>, died not of a\u00a0stroke but of being eat\u00aden by an infect\u00aded, and was almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly lucid enough to under\u00adstand what was happening.<\/li>\n
  7. Sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly, Britain\u2019s then-Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter, Tony Blair, was eat\u00aden by a\u00a0zom\u00adbie while try\u00ading to flee the cap\u00adi\u00adtal on a\u00a0chop\u00adper short\u00adly after giv\u00ading a\u00a0radio broad\u00adcast urg\u00ading the nation to main\u00adtain calm and dignity.<\/li>\n
  8. Char\u00adli XCX<\/span> sur\u00advives the rage virus as a\u00a0child, but instead of ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00ading her life to music, she starts her own Jim\u00admy-style cult in Essex, in which she refers to all her peers as brats. As such, Brat Sum\u00admer still hap\u00adpens. Just with more sev\u00adered\u00a0heads.<\/li>\n
  9. Banksy, who was in Mex\u00adi\u00adco in 2001<\/span> work\u00ading with an art activism col\u00adlec\u00adtive, inad\u00adver\u00adtent\u00adly sur\u00advives by virtue of being out of the coun\u00adtry. He becomes even more famous, his art gets even worse, and he wins the Nobel Peace Prize for installing a\u00a0large mir\u00adror against the exte\u00adri\u00ador wall of the aban\u00addoned British Con\u00adsulate in New York, with a\u00a0sign that reads \u200b\u2018<\/span>The Real Zombie\u2019.<\/li>\n
  10. Instead of Love Island<\/i> ever com\u00ading to pass, a\u00a0real\u00adi\u00adty tele\u00advi\u00adsion series fund\u00aded by a\u00a0French pro\u00adduc\u00adtion com\u00adpa\u00adny is briefly pilot\u00aded. Enti\u00adtled \u200b\u2018<\/span>Peste \u00cele\u2019 (Plague Island) it sees a\u00a0team of wilder\u00adness enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts attempt to sur\u00advive in the For\u00adest of Dean for a\u00a0fort\u00adnight. The project is aban\u00addoned after all 20<\/span> con\u00adtes\u00adtants die with\u00adin a\u00a0week.<\/li>\n
  11. The final Num\u00adber One sin\u00adgle the UK<\/span> ever expe\u00adri\u00adenced was Bob the Builder\u2019s cov\u00ader of Mam\u00adbo Num\u00adber\u00a0Five.<\/li>\n
  12. After word gets out about the rage virus first devel\u00adop\u00ading in apes, ani\u00admal test\u00ading is banned glob\u00adal\u00adly. Greater aware\u00adness and empa\u00adthy towards the great apes leads to greater con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion efforts; none of the species are endangered.<\/li>\n
  13. Padding\u00adton Bear nev\u00ader received a\u00a0revival via Paul King\u2019s charm\u00ading films. Instead, fol\u00adlow\u00ading glob\u00adal demand for British nos\u00adtal\u00adgia prod\u00aducts, it is Rupert the Bear who becomes the world\u2019s favourite fic\u00adtion\u00adal ursine character.<\/li>\n
  14. With no inter\u00adnet and lim\u00adit\u00aded access to pow\u00ader, watch\u00ading VHS<\/span> tapes is a\u00a0rare treat for the peo\u00adple of Eng\u00adland. Most\u00adly they relay what they remem\u00adber of old films and tele\u00advi\u00adsion shows through word of mouth. This leads to some obvi\u00adous embell\u00adish\u00adments and alter\u00adnate ver\u00adsions. No one can agree on what exact\u00adly Nod\u00addy\u00a0was.<\/li>\n
  15. Elton John, who was in LA<\/span> at the time of the out\u00adbreak, record\u00aded anoth\u00ader char\u00adi\u00adty ver\u00adsion of \u200b\u2018<\/span>Can\u00addle in the Wind\u2019 ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to all those lost to the rage virus. All the pro\u00adceeds go to sur\u00advivors who made it out of the Unit\u00aded King\u00addom before it was declared a\u00a0no-go zone.<\/li>\n
  16. The loss of the UK<\/span> actors delays the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of the tele\u00advi\u00adsion adap\u00adtion of George R. R. Martin\u2019s Game of Thrones even more than it already was, and the author feels less pres\u00adsure to ful\u00adfil expec\u00adta\u00adtions. At the same time he also does\u00adn\u2019t become embar\u00adrass\u00ading\u00adly rich, which reduces his dis\u00adtrac\u00adtions. The \u200b\u2019<\/span>A Song of Ice and Fire\u2019 series con\u00adcludes in a\u00a0time\u00adly fash\u00adion. Even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly plans for a\u00a0tele\u00advi\u00adsion adap\u00adta\u00adtion are aban\u00addoned alto\u00adgeth\u00ader because they can\u2019t find enough actors who can do good North\u00adern accents.<\/li>\n
  17. Boris John\u00adson is trag\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly killed try\u00ading to prove zom\u00adbies are \u200b\u201c<\/span>per\u00adfect\u00adly harm\u00adless with the right han\u00addling\u201d dur\u00ading a\u00a0pub\u00adlic\u00adi\u00adty stunt in an abort\u00aded may\u00adoral cam\u00adpaign for the Lon\u00addon enclave.<\/li>\n
  18. As we see in 28<\/span> Years Lat\u00ader<\/i>, the Angel of the North remains stand\u00ading \u2013 as do many of the UK<\/span>\u2019s land\u00admarks, includ\u00ading the Clifton Sus\u00adpen\u00adsion Bridge and the Folke\u00adstone White Horse. Big Ben, how\u00adev\u00ader, stops bing-bong\u00ading three years into the pan\u00addem\u00adic due to lack of main\u00adte\u00adnance. The large crowd of zom\u00adbies drawn towards it every hour due to the noisy bing-bongs are most confused.<\/li>\n
  19. Top Gear<\/i> nev\u00ader aired, thus pre\u00advent\u00ading a\u00a0gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of men from build\u00ading their entire sense of humour around it.<\/li>\n
  20. Due to the chaos of the virus, many ani\u00admals escaped from zoos. Although most were eat\u00aden by the infect\u00aded or des\u00adper\u00adate humans, some sur\u00advived and even thrived. Notable addi\u00adtions to the UK<\/span> wildlife include a\u00a0herd of zebras run\u00adning loose on Can\u00adnock Chase and Chester Zoo\u2019s big cat col\u00adlec\u00adtion, who thrive on the England\/\u200bWales border.<\/li>\n
  21. Goril\u00adlaz only released a\u00a0sin\u00adgle, self-titled album, with the fate of Albarn and Hewlett unknown to the wider world, ele\u00advat\u00aded to myth\u00adi\u00adcal sta\u00adtus. But in real\u00adi\u00adty, they con\u00adtin\u00adue to work on the project well into the end times. \u200b\u2018<\/span>Demon Days\u2019 nev\u00ader makes it out of the UK<\/span>, but becomes the stuff of leg\u00adend with\u00adin the island, with bootlegs cas\u00adsettes dupli\u00adcat\u00aded and shared around by trav\u00adel\u00adling merchants.<\/li>\n
  22. The Oscars\u2019 annu\u00adal \u200b\u2018<\/span>In Mem\u00ado\u00adri\u00adum\u2019 seg\u00adment was replaced with a\u00a0musi\u00adcal trib\u00adute to Great Britain. There was a\u00a0taste\u00adful pow\u00ader\u00adpoint fea\u00adtur\u00ading var\u00adi\u00adous British actors who suc\u00adcumbed to the virvirus,ile Elton John per\u00adformed his new cov\u00ader of \u200b\u2018<\/span>Can\u00addle in the\u00a0Wind\u2019.<\/li>\n
  23. Die Anoth\u00ader Day<\/i> was nev\u00ader filmed, and Pierce Brosnan\u2019s time as Bond fin\u00adished with The World Is Not Enough<\/i>. After a\u00a0decade of war\u00adring over the rights, Hol\u00adly\u00adwood went ahead with a\u00a0reboot. It absolute\u00adly tanked.<\/li>\n
  24. A decade after the rage virus out\u00adbreak, David Finch\u00ader and Aaron Sorkin teamed up to make a\u00a0taste\u00adful dra\u00adma about it called \u200b\u2018<\/span>The Viral Net\u00adwork\u2019. It won Best Pic\u00adture at the 2012<\/span> Oscars.<\/li>\n
  25. Mean\u00adwhile, numer\u00adous film projects are scrapped in the inter\u00adest of good taste because their dis\u00adease-relat\u00aded plots are con\u00adsid\u00adered to be \u200b\u201c<\/span>too soon.\u201d The zom\u00adbie genre is effec\u00adtive\u00adly dead for at least a\u00a0decade, while aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics pon\u00adtif\u00adi\u00adcate on how in ret\u00adro\u00adspect, it\u2019s obvi\u00adous that the pop cul\u00adture about pan\u00addemics was a\u00a0col\u00adlec\u00adtive antic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion of Rage. George R. Romero retires and lives the rest of his life in haunt\u00aded shame for things he real\u00adly has no con\u00adtrol over. How\u00adev\u00ader, in the ear\u00adly 2010<\/span>s, an upstart film\u00admak\u00ader named Eli Roth (whose debut, Cab\u00adin Fever, was shelved due to the out\u00adbreak) makes the first major zom\u00adbie movie in a\u00a0long time, draw\u00ading tremen\u00addous con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy but a\u00a0huge box office take, reviv\u00ading the\u00a0genre.<\/li>\n
  26. Prince William, on his gap year in Africa, is the only sur\u00adviv\u00ading mem\u00adber of the Roy\u00adal Fam\u00adi\u00adly after the Queen Moth\u00ader turned and infect\u00aded every\u00adone at San\u00addring\u00adham. He reset\u00adtles in Cape Town and in sub\u00adse\u00adquent years haunts the Euro\u00adpean par\u00adty cir\u00adcuit, befriend\u00ading the deposed Haps\u00adburg and Bour\u00adbon claimants, and wav\u00ading to an increas\u00ading\u00adly indif\u00adfer\u00adent crowd at F1<\/span><\/span> races (which Ver\u00adstap\u00adpen dom\u00adi\u00adnates to a\u00a0tir\u00ading degree in the absence of Lewis Hamil\u00adton). He is referred to col\u00adlo\u00adqui\u00adal\u00adly as \u200b\u201c<\/span>The Dauphin of Rage Island\u201d.<\/li>\n
  27. The Great British High Street is frozen in time at its zenith. No vape shops, no Amer\u00adi\u00adcan can\u00addy shops, no Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter sou\u00advenir shops or Cash Con\u00advert\u00aders. On Tik\u00adTok, teenagers post grainy pho\u00adtographs of ran\u00addom British town cen\u00adtres with \u200b\u2018<\/span>Take me back to this <3<\/span>\u2019 set to Rob\u00adbie Williams\u2019 \u200b\u2018<\/span>Angels\u2019.<\/li>\n
  28. For obvi\u00adous rea\u00adsons, the 2012<\/span> Lon\u00addon Olympics nev\u00ader hap\u00adpened. Dan\u00adny Boyle nev\u00ader directs the open\u00ading cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adny. Hang on\u2026did Dan\u00adny Boyle sur\u00advive the zom\u00adbie apocalypse?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n