Post apoco / zombie fans: Les Revenants
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Bof!
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
I am so on this. Hurry up tomorrow!
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
It was okay. The school bus stuff seemed nicked from The Sweet Hereafter and bits of Mogwai's score seemed nicked from a Portishead song! I'll keep watching coz I'm intrigued...
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
The approach to the zoms reminded me a bit of Jean Rollin... Not that that's a bad thing.
I'll admit I'm hard to impress.
I'll admit I'm hard to impress.
Reno
The In Kraut
The approach to the zoms reminded me a bit of Jean Rollin... Not that that's a bad thing.
I'll admit I'm hard to impress.
Are you sure you watched the right programme ?
Jean Rollin zombies:
..and just because the Internet says it's about zombies because that's an easy sell, doesn't mean that the programme is about zombies.
cyprusclean
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I'm wondering if Viktor will grow up to be the serial killer, and it's all a back and forth between the past and future, and trying to change outcomes.
Serial killer..?
cyprusclean
Member
The guy in the subway. It's all part of the plot, apparently.
Oh, haven't read any of the plot stuff ;-).
cyprusclean
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Reno
The In Kraut
Noticed that he hasn't aged in the 4 years since the bus crashed ?
cyprusclean
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Who knows what will happen? At this stage, episode one.
Do you know why the man jumped off the dam? I'd quickly zapped over to see what happened to the Siberian tiger cub, and missed a crucial moment.
Reno
The In Kraut
He was the old man who burned down his home when his dead wife returns after several decades. He couldn't cope and had a mental breakdown.
cyprusclean
Member
Thanks.
It seems that dead people are turning up at different times, and from different places.
cyprusclean
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I thought it creepy the way the little boy (Viktor) showed up at the bus stop.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
That explains a lot. At first I thought it was just people from the bus crash, but that would have only been young kids. I'm intrigued so far. And it did have shades of Let the Right One in about it.
cyprusclean
Member
I hope it doesn't turn into another "24"
Reno
The In Kraut
Can't think of two shows more dissimilar.
cyprusclean
Member
In the way they keep extending story lines with loose end endings, for more subsequent series .... ad infinitum. A bit like Homeland is becoming.
Reno
The In Kraut
In the way they keep extending story lines with loose end endings, for more subsequent series .... ad infinitum. A bit like Homeland is becoming.
No need for snarky smilies if you don't explain what you mean. How would anybody make a leap from 24 to this, unless they are the only two serialised shows you've ever seen.
This is an ongoing show with a season 2 in the works, so don't expect things to get neatly wrapped up at the end. The only serialised show I've seen that wraps things up at the end of a season is Amercian Horror Story, because it tells one self-contained story every year. All other serialised shows leave things open, otherwise there wouldn't be a point in another season.
Check out the film the series is based on if you want something more self-contained. I've linked to the trailer earlier in the thread. It's also called Les Revenants in French and They Came Back in English.
That's a shite title.cyprusclean
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IMO. you are the snarky one. I think I made a valid and obvious point in my comparison about this series not being wrapped up at the end of the eight episodes. It all might depend on how popular it is.
As it's already getting rave reviews.
Reno
The In Kraut
I had no idea what particular aspect of 24 you are alluding to, I can't read your mind and it wasn't obvious to me. 24 did a lot more wrapping up at the end of a season than many other serialised shows. It certainly seemed an odd show to chose to make your point. Von Triers Riget, Twin Peaks or even Lost would be more fitting comparisons and none of these wrapped up many plot strands up at the end of a season.
I've seen the whole of Les Revenants, it's not getting wrapped up by the end, it was a huge success in France last year and therefore a second season is already in the works.
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