The character of the NBC Man is only alluded to, he never removes his protective gear and is always clad in his Gas mask, and he never speaks nor laughs nor cries. The only personal sound he constantly makes is the breathing through his mask (though this needs to be different from the Vader cliché).
Due to the fact that he is wearing NBC gear, the viewer assumes the character to be an ex-soldier though this is never clearly defined (in script it is defined now). As a device the character constantly refers to Army action response cards to help him deal with a present situation, both to re-enforce the army perspective but to also highlight the incompetence and savant nature of the protagonist.
The NBC Man has a clear routine he follows rigorously on a daily basis: At noon each day he switches on his radio and checks for any transmissions. He travels to a different spot each day, scavenging upon his route and returns to the same base camp each night. He has a map which he plots each new daily destination with.
He has a Geiger counter on his arm, which adds significantly to the sound track, and reinforces a professional perspective of the character; this is also a subtle hint as to how the character has survived for so long.
His job was to record the rate of decaying fallout in the surrounding area, he was part of a two man team, but at the start he is removing the dead body of his partner. He is not a scientist, though at first he appears to be, he does not take initiative but this only becomes apparent once we begin to see his dependency on the action response cards.
In terms of personal affects he has a classic Game boy which he plays when passing the time in evenings, a huge maglight torch. He carries everything in army webbing.
The NBC Man behaves like a probe on the surface of another planet, similar to Walle when he is scavenging through the remnants of civilisation, though he is looking purely for practical things like batteries and tinned food.
He never exhibits any remorse or emotion – in part to wearing a mask – when passing any human remains or devastation, we gather the impression he may have arrived after the catastrophe.
Writes a diary, only two words for each entry: “Need food” “Nothing here” “Still Nothing” “Batts Dead” “Miss you” “Dead bodies” “Smells here”
He likes being alone.
Due to the fact that he is wearing NBC gear, the viewer assumes the character to be an ex-soldier though this is never clearly defined (in script it is defined now). As a device the character constantly refers to Army action response cards to help him deal with a present situation, both to re-enforce the army perspective but to also highlight the incompetence and savant nature of the protagonist.
The NBC Man has a clear routine he follows rigorously on a daily basis: At noon each day he switches on his radio and checks for any transmissions. He travels to a different spot each day, scavenging upon his route and returns to the same base camp each night. He has a map which he plots each new daily destination with.
He has a Geiger counter on his arm, which adds significantly to the sound track, and reinforces a professional perspective of the character; this is also a subtle hint as to how the character has survived for so long.
His job was to record the rate of decaying fallout in the surrounding area, he was part of a two man team, but at the start he is removing the dead body of his partner. He is not a scientist, though at first he appears to be, he does not take initiative but this only becomes apparent once we begin to see his dependency on the action response cards.
In terms of personal affects he has a classic Game boy which he plays when passing the time in evenings, a huge maglight torch. He carries everything in army webbing.
The NBC Man behaves like a probe on the surface of another planet, similar to Walle when he is scavenging through the remnants of civilisation, though he is looking purely for practical things like batteries and tinned food.
He never exhibits any remorse or emotion – in part to wearing a mask – when passing any human remains or devastation, we gather the impression he may have arrived after the catastrophe.
Writes a diary, only two words for each entry: “Need food” “Nothing here” “Still Nothing” “Batts Dead” “Miss you” “Dead bodies” “Smells here”
He likes being alone.
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