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The epilogue (spoilers)
Explains the Covid hysteria
Not a bad serial, in an ITV sort of way
Selective blindness?
What is it with the big gold chains?
So what if he was working for the CIA?
The 25-year old teenagers are starting to look weird
Spoilers: cop guarding the hospital ward
To Have and to Hold (spoilers)
If you like 'Pool of London' you'll like this
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As a dramatic device it can work well, such as in the war film 'Hell in the Pacific'.
The problem with Sun is that she often seems to be able to understand and communicate quite well without actually speaking English! Anyone who has been in a situation, even a calm one, where nobody speaks their language will know this isn't how it works. You can perhaps understand basic stuff, but complicated concepts like 'we go out the back and you tap on the window as a decoy when I give my signal' is highly unlikely to be understood!
Yes, I was yelling at the TV because of that. That guy is the original 'cuckface soyboy'. Although I guess we see his character develop because he at least decides to fight back (with the fire axe) and then by braining that guy who was about to become a zombie. So his instinct to run away and hide got less.
That's a real shame as the ending was clearly set up for a second series. I had quite a lot of unanswered questions, such as, how actually is the disease spread? It seemed to be through some sort of sound frequency in the voice, but this was not made clear. Also, what level of intelligence/ability did the infected have? They seemed to have some basic level of concern for others and were able to recognise other humans, but could they feed themselves etc? If not, who was looking after them in the unsupervised zones? How many stages of the disease are there? They said stage six was rare, but what happens to the others? Death? We saw one or two infected with their mouths stitched up. How could they survive more than a day or so?
Well there's a lack of fat people represented in the film, so that may be a problem for her.
Yes it's hilarious. Particularly the torn/ragged clothes they wear. Why? OK they don't want to spoil their 'sunday best' but why would they wear completely ruined clothes like postapocalyptic zombies? The dancing in unison is pure camp, it's the sort of thing 1960s drama students doing 'primal dance therapy' or something would think really good. Also the ridiculous antiphonal chanting of the high priestess!
It's a shame because the rest of the film is really good, particularly the mounting sense of fear and unease. I get the impression they ran out of money/ideas on how to end it though. Similar to the ending of 'To the Devil a Daughter' in the 1970s.
There is only one known recording of Hitler's normal speaking voice, a secret tape made of his negotiations with the Finnish high command. He sounds rather similar to the actor in the film and I suspect this is what it was based on.
Q being gay is a combination of Woke and the silly modern obsession with a 'backstory' of the personal lives of characters. As far as I know the sexual preference of the old Q (Major Boothroyd) was never alluded to, so there's no reason for them to work it into the new version.
I think the reasons for killing him off are:
a. to garner publicity
b. because modern film-makers and fans are obsessed with 'story arcs' and 'character development' and therefore need to see some sort of conclusion to the arc. There's nothing wrong with that in literature, but it's a bit silly to expect it with cartoon characters like James Bond.
c. it's possible he's not actually dead and somehow got away from the explosion, ie in some sort of special blast proof room.
My guess is they got the idea from DC Comics who have been killing off superheroes (and then bringing them back again) for years. It's just a way of getting publicity and 'rebooting' the series.
And to be fair the black lesbian 007 was eventually put in her place by Bond and she submitted to his authority, so he wasn't exactly cucked by her.
Exactly, what is the problem millennials have with age gaps? My father was thirteen years older than my mother and they had a long, happy married life.
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