Sorry Jen this is clearly going into political. I like that you revitalized the general discussion with so many new posts to read. Thats for that.
It may not be political RIGHT NOW, but you left the rope so thin that nobody could possibly get across the topic w/o falling into making political comments.
Yes that would be one scene, They had us patting down Christian for weapons. This version has it cut out, but the original version had it still in. Go figure.
I’ve been reading the comics for about 5 years, I’d say. I always buy the volumes as soon as they come out. The show was pretty similar at first, but diverged. Partly I think due to necessity to condense the plot, but also for some TV gimmicks for ratings. I don’t like it as much as the print.
That being said, I still enjoy it. It’s a fairly good representation of the comics. Certain things I haven’t liked about it, but I don’t complain too much.
The only other thing I think will be an issue possibly is the series catching up to the comics and having to make its own ending. Many people don’t like it, although I find it interesting. Some of my favorite shows have done that (2 mangas I can think of - Gantz and Full Metal Alchemist), and I like seeing the interpretation as an alternate ending.
Pretty sure one of my other favorite shows - Game of Thrones - will run into the same problem, but I’ve heard they’ve been told the ending to come in the next 2 books already to make the series compatible.
@ryguy:
I fully admit that I am too scared to watch that show. Zombies scare the crap out of me so screw that. I’ll stick to re-watching Lost.
It’s fairly tame when it comes to the zombies as far as “surprises”. It’s pretty graphic, but I don’t find it scary.
@frimmel:
I think the movie is likely to be feminist pandering. Jermo hit on the essential message – people mess things up. I don’t see how they would ever let that through in a film. A simple one like a woman’s beauty is useless in a world without men will never make into the film.
While I would hope it would, and we might see enough folks ready for a shift in their woman good, man bad world view I’m not optimistic and fear the film would just be the women even more genius and badass taking care of a even more hapless, dweebish Yorrick. I can’t see them really embracing anything from the tale other than the story of a dweeb with survivor guilt who needs taken care of and saved.
Why did Yorrick survive the plague? Because he was too stupid to keep from getting sh*t on. I don’t see how Hollywood getting anything but women good-men bad from that.
Y does have messages about equality and a sense that men matter in the world but I don’t see Hollywood doing anything with this other than asking, “Who needs men?” And answering “No one.”
I’m sorry to say but I fear you might be right. I’m glad I own the novels and had a look into the true version before Hollywood corupts it.
LT
Sorry all - stupid jargon . . .
Basically the same things that result in asthma exacerbations (i.e. that cause worse asthma symptoms) are the things found to increase so dramatically in the bird flu virus.
When people with asthma are exposed to certain “triggers” - molds, dust, pollen, cats, cigarette smoke, etc. they may experience a sudden worsening of symptoms. This is because “inflammatory mediators” - i.e. chemicals which are supposed to protect us from disease - increase pathologically. This causes the airways to become smaller and for mucus secretion which causes the airflow to slow considerably. This is asthma in a nutshell.
With the bird-flu virus, many of these inflammatory mediators are increased dramatically as well. This may result in severe respiratory symptoms as the airways narrow causing difficulty in breathing.
This is why i considered that steroids might be useful here as - yes Mary - they are immune suppressants.
I hope that this clears up the fog, and again my apologies.
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