Well, we're almost at the eat bugs phase...

Are you saying Asians and blacks are more likely to eat bugs than whites?

Nah, that's more a comment on the "on the future of life on Earth" idea... So many far off scenarios from this movie are rapidly approaching (the bugs, spraying things in the atmosphere to cool the weather, etc...)

As for bugs, the movie's bugs were processed, so that's close to the processed food in the West and mashed up bug proteins that are being developed for human consumption there... Asian bug eating is more natural (grilling bugs), when it does occur (I can't remember which countries have that), so that's not really in the scope of this movie... I'm sure most of Asian and Western countries will converge in terms of eating bug bars... Look at soy products and such...

I think the more religious will resists bugness... So Kosher, Halal and more traditional Western/Christian communities will remain bug free...

As for the survivors being non-white... I didn't realise... I'd probably have to rewatch to check that out... Were there many survivors or only a handful?

There were two survivors, a black boy and an older Asian girl. From the director "So, for me, it’s a very hopeful ending … But those two kids will spread the human race …"

I think we're a ways off from needing bug protein. And in China, they eat literally everything.

Thanks for the picture... I remember now... I wonder if those are the only two to exist, i.e. that others, somewhere don't exist as well... I guess a black boy and an Asian girl are better than full extinction... But no Euros, Indians, South Americans, or Middle Easterners is quite the loss... I guess the lesson is, don't smash the train!

As for the bugs, I don't think we'll ever "need" it... I'd never eat that crap... But I'm sure people would line up for it, if it were made available and had good marketing/PR spin... I bet the margins are insane...

Maybe ease them into it, by giving it a cute name and making it climate approved or some non-sense...

@MongoLloyd said:

There were two survivors, a black boy and an older Asian girl. From the director "So, for me, it’s a very hopeful ending … But those two kids will spread the human race …"

I think we're a ways off from needing bug protein. And in China, they eat literally everything.

Nahh the polar bear is going to eat them in like 4 minutes flat.

We don't know how many survived. Only seeing them two walking near the train afterwards doesn't imply they are the only survivors. You're probably one of those people that say, "I don't see race". SMH. Of all the wonderful allegory and symbolism in this film, the thing you want to focus on is a race count at the end? That's sad and intellectually lazy. If we follow such lazy thinking, then of all the countless films in which only or mostly white people survive then those must be interpreted as "non-white hate" like you ignorantly describe. It's a South Korean film btw. Duh! So what if the girl at the end is Asian.

@CheekyMonkey said:

Nah, that's more a comment on the "on the future of life on Earth" idea... So many far off scenarios from this movie are rapidly approaching (the bugs, spraying things in the atmosphere to cool the weather, etc...)

As for bugs, the movie's bugs were processed, so that's close to the processed food in the West and mashed up bug proteins that are being developed for human consumption there... Asian bug eating is more natural (grilling bugs), when it does occur (I can't remember which countries have that), so that's not really in the scope of this movie... I'm sure most of Asian and Western countries will converge in terms of eating bug bars... Look at soy products and such...

I think the more religious will resists bugness... So Kosher, Halal and more traditional Western/Christian communities will remain bug free...

As for the survivors being non-white... I didn't realise... I'd probably have to rewatch to check that out... Were there many survivors or only a handful?

Lobsters are bugs & what about chocolate-covered ants, grasshoppers, crickets, etc.? Although I wouldn't eat a 'bug', some are packed with protein & other nutrients.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352364616300013#:~:text=Insects%20also%20have%20a%20high,in%20some%20cases%20%5B15%5D.

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/10-edible-bugs-and-how-to-eat-them-24150

To tag along with bratface's comment, food ingredient powders made from crickets do seem to be making inroads into the U.S. market; the TV entrepreneur show Shark Tank had a guy pitching cricket powder a few years back, as I recall.