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I got this synposis of the film sent to my e-mail account today:
"Imagine a London where there are no police, there is no government,
there are no Doctors or Nurses, no medical supplies: the city is totally
deserted.
Now imagine that this devastation has been caused by the release of a
powerful, deadly virus, transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating
within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of
murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful
of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising
that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them".
Obviously the connotations imply that the virus affects people by making them into vicious killers. However this does not distance the films ideology from the concept of a biological attack on our Capital: a potential threat posed extreme fundamentalists. I don't like it. There is enough woe and misery around the globe at present, without the need for a film company to try and stir more controversy and cash in on the hype. (You end up getting posts like these for a start which I recognise hype up the film-ironic).
We all know that this sort of attack (which rather than turning anyone into killers-just kills people horribly) is possible. There cannot be any entertainment value in this surely?
And yes I may be a hypocrite as i do enjoy watching films about people shooting each other etc but this films seems to be particularly sick if you ask me...
"Imagine a London where there are no police, there is no government,
there are no Doctors or Nurses, no medical supplies: the city is totally
deserted.
Now imagine that this devastation has been caused by the release of a
powerful, deadly virus, transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating
within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of
murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful
of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising
that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them".
Obviously the connotations imply that the virus affects people by making them into vicious killers. However this does not distance the films ideology from the concept of a biological attack on our Capital: a potential threat posed extreme fundamentalists. I don't like it. There is enough woe and misery around the globe at present, without the need for a film company to try and stir more controversy and cash in on the hype. (You end up getting posts like these for a start which I recognise hype up the film-ironic).
We all know that this sort of attack (which rather than turning anyone into killers-just kills people horribly) is possible. There cannot be any entertainment value in this surely?
And yes I may be a hypocrite as i do enjoy watching films about people shooting each other etc but this films seems to be particularly sick if you ask me...
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Like their article on how pens are dangerous and should be banned; as they could be used to write explicit instructions how to make a bomb.
All you would need is a 12p biro and a scrap piece of paper, so if they ever fell into the wrong hands....
All you would need is a 12p biro and a scrap piece of paper, so if they ever fell into the wrong hands....
The sagacious one wrote:
> *Covers embarrassment over Daily Mail style outburst, bereft of actual
> fact*
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God, don't get me started on the Daily Mail. I read it most mornings as it's the only paper in the house that early. Oh how I laugh at their stupidity, and the stupidity of the people who believe them.
> *Covers embarrassment over Daily Mail style outburst, bereft of actual
> fact*
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God, don't get me started on the Daily Mail. I read it most mornings as it's the only paper in the house that early. Oh how I laugh at their stupidity, and the stupidity of the people who believe them.
O brother where art they?
You sound like my ex.
Give me back my Coen Bros DVDs please.
Give me back my Coen Bros DVDs please.
I feel itchy
my head hurts
so ver y thirsty
hmmnnn
must taste the flesh of the goat
mmmmmm hooven!
my head hurts
so ver y thirsty
hmmnnn
must taste the flesh of the goat
mmmmmm hooven!
Burn him!
What Zombie fundamentalists? Outrage!
*Covers embarrassment over Daily Mail style outburst, bereft of actual fact*
I'll get my coat. However in my defence I've changed since becoming a regular. Apart from the obvious name change, I tend to get outraged at things more easily. Has someone sent me a virus?
*Covers embarrassment over Daily Mail style outburst, bereft of actual fact*
I'll get my coat. However in my defence I've changed since becoming a regular. Apart from the obvious name change, I tend to get outraged at things more easily. Has someone sent me a virus?
*shrugs*
T'is a film about zombies. They eat brains and stuff. Sounds alright to me.
T'is a film about zombies. They eat brains and stuff. Sounds alright to me.
The man at the window in the advert looks funny
I thought it was about a nuke going off and they were all mutants... like that Simpsons episode.
I thought it was about a nuke going off and they were all mutants... like that Simpsons episode.
It's just another version of "I am Legend".
And it has bad zombies in it.
Zombie movies rock. Therefore, 28 Days Later is cool.
If it was drugged up kids shooting each other and using "The Horse" then it would be bad.
Moral Decline?
And it has bad zombies in it.
Zombie movies rock. Therefore, 28 Days Later is cool.
If it was drugged up kids shooting each other and using "The Horse" then it would be bad.
Moral Decline?
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