Don't complain - it's not as if you have to pay for this, is it? Now, there is a bit of a SPOILER here, which I feel is kind of redundant, given that the film in question is nearly 50 years old but I cherish your innocence.
Don't forget - SPOILER! Okay, Art, lay the spoiler-ey picture on us.
Mister Neville looking a bit porly |
Now, where does this leave The Family? These, you recall, were the albino victims of plague, who are terribly light-sensitive, afflicted with sores and who live for nothing more than to render Mr. Neville not-alive. Art?
Those muted threads really make your skin colour pop, ladies! |
Well, then what?
Neville's dead and gone; what else do they have to keep going on for? "Destroy all technology!" is their catchphrase, which they exemplify by - burning books.
Er - don't know if you got the memo, chaps, but books don't count as "technology", most especially because they've been around since that rock 'n' roll rebel William Caxton and his printing press.
Die, eeeevil technology! - No - hang on |
Look! Scattered paper! The Family have been doing in eeeevil technology again! |
And that's just one skyscraper.
Lazy, like I said.*
Well. I didn't expect to go on, quite. I do raise some serious issues, though, don't I?
"Three Men In A Boat" By Jerome K. Jerome
I mentioned this yesterday, because it speaks universal truths about the human condition, and is jolly amusing to boot. If you've never read it, do give it a go. It has never been out of print, despite being well over a century old. I recall reading it to Darling Daughter before she had to go to the dentist, as it would distract her from the impending torture, and it did. Art?
Their route |
Oh, and JKJ was responsible for an enormous increase in leisure boating on the Thames River. A portentous precedent. Art?
Will surely have the same effect.** |
Finally -
As a change from "Strange Ships" I Googled "Strange Planes", which immediately brought up what looked like a Photoshop impossibility. Art?
Sorry, but NO! |
It transpires that this is an internet phenomenon: people spoofing pictures of ridiculous aircraft. Given that things like the Super-Guppy exists in real life, there's really no need to invent strange planes. Art?
Thus |
* No, they couldn't just set it alight. Power-redundant firefighting systems. Sorry.
** Fingers crossed
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