I used to LOVE Dark Angel! I still have the complete series on DVD, sitting right there on the shelf, next to Dead Like Me. Also right under Angel. And right above Highlander, the Series. All things with a sort of Secret World vibe. Point of fact Beaumont could show up in any given episode of Highlander without making any kind of waves…
I might have to have a DVD binge while work is slow for the next month or so.
I just went to get my copy of Highlander, Season 1
The Mist has one of the most devastating twist endings of any movie I’ve ever seen. Combine that with the fact that it was directed by Frank Darabont (he developed The Walking Dead for AMC before being ousted), has the actors who played Dale, Carol and Andrea from TWD, you have a multiple level of genre coolness.
About halfway through that third episode of ‘Residue’ I was surprised to hear a familiar voice.
“Come, share my table!”
“Sister, stop! That is not the enemy!”
“Fresh out of miracles today, i’m afraid.”
“I should have read the fine print. ‘Not to be taken with alcohol. May cause hallucinations, anxiety and mood changes.’ Any anxiety or mood changes Rada?”
Was expecting something of the 80’s horror variety, yet the 2016 release ensured more modern effects.
Some nice cinematography and a solid cast. Atmosphere similar to Solomon Island.
Within the first 2 minutes there is a sound effect identical to the howling of the City of the Sun God which you can hear on the first track ‘Nowhere’ of the soundtrack. Perhaps give the album a listen, next time you’re grinding your dailies.
The Greenhouse of Horrors agent Sarah Skelly, a ginger-haired FBI agent with keen investigative skill and high success rate, is perhaps modelled on agent Scully from the X-files. It is easy to forget this 90’s TV series but it was a pop culture touchstone for its time with episodes involving cases of horror/paranormal phenomena, conspiracy theories and spirituality. Also with a focus on bees and a version of the filth, the black oil virus ‘Purity’.
With the disappearance of El Dorado and the subduing of B’olon Yokte’ K’uh, ‘The Lost City of Z’ may have less relevance to SWL than the idea of the Secret World.
Nevertheless, this film follows the real events of Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett’s attempts to discover the whereabouts of an ancient lost Amazonian city. Fawcett has been proposed as the real life inspiration source for Indiana Jones.
