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Saturday, April 23, 2016

30 DAYS OF NIGHT [2007]



They're Coming!

Barrow, Alaska - Northernmost town in the U.S.
Isolated in 80 miles of roadless wilderness.
Cut off every winter for 30 days of night.

Ally Riis, about her slaughtered dogs: What sick jerk would do this?
John Riis: Every kennel. Every dog we had.
Eben: Did you fight with anyone recently, John?
Ally Riis: I'll kill them. I'll kill them.
Eben: This wasn't done long ago. I'll find them, okay?

Carter: I saw Wilson's helicopter logo.
Pulled that stuff out before it got totally trashed.
Eben: You keep your copter under lock and key, don't you?
Wilson: Yeah, I put it in dry dock when the tourists headed south.
I haven't looked at it for days.
They ripped out the throttle, the rotors, half the fucking helicopter!
It's my life, Eben.
Why would someone rip the hell out of my bird?

Eben: Let me tell you what I got.
You don't work at the refinery.
You didn't fly in.
Somebody's have seen you.
And you're definitely not from around here.
How'd you get in?
[The Stranger didn't say anything]
Eben: All right.
We got a long time to figure this out.
Nobody's coming for you for a month.
[The Stranger smirks]

Bar the windows.
Try to hide.
They're coming.
This time they gonna take me with them, honor me.
For all that I have done.
~The Stranger

This is Sheriff Eben Oleson.
Stay in your homes, lock your doors and load your firearms.
This is not a drill.
~Eben Oleson

Anyone with a genny should go home immediately, just to be safe.
 If you don't have one, you should meet at the diner.
~Eben Oleson

No way out of town.
No one to come help.
You can feel it.
That cold ain't the weather, that's death approaching.
Who you think they gonna take first?
The girl who thinks a gun will help her?
The kid. sheriff's kid?
Or the old gal?
~The Stranger

Jake: They're like vampires, you know.
Stella: Vampires don't exist, Jake.
Doug: They don't fall when you shoot them.
Beau: Hell, neither do I.


Stella: I should've fought harder.
Kept Wilson here.
Eben: It's hard to stop someone when their family's at stake.
The things you do to save your own.
Stella: We were like that once. Weren't we?

I'm done playing with this one.
You wanna play with me now?
~Little Girl Vampire

Carter: Eben, could we make it to your station if somebody created a diversion?
Eben: How?
Stella: These things can't survive the sun.
What if we brought the sun early?
Helen had that operation at home.
Jake: Yeah, she used an ultraviolet light to grow the stuff.
Stella: I can run for her place, let them follow me.
Hit them with the sun lamp while the rest of you go to the sheriff's station.
Beau: Just because something stopped Bela Lugosi, doesn't mean it can stop these things.
Stella: Why would they send that stranger to cut us off if they can handle the light?
Jake: What if it doesn't work?
Stella: It has to.

You do understand?
What can be broken must be broken.
~Marlow


It took centuries for us to make them believe we were only bad dreams.
We cannot give them reason to suspect.
Destroy them all.
~Marlow

I can smell your blood.
~Eben Oleson

Stella: What did you do to yourself?
Eben: What I had to.



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Saturday, April 16, 2016

28 WEEKS LATER [2007]

Week Twenty-Eight: No Escape


Karen: He'll be hungry.
 When he gets back, he'll want something to eat.
Jacob: Here we go again.
Let me tell you something, sweetheart, it's been 5 days since your boyfriend ran out on us.
If he's still breathing, he won't be interested in pasta.
It'll be your fucking neck!
Karen: Don't you say that!
Don: Out of order, Jacob.
Jacob: Why? We all know it's true.
The sooner she faces it, the better.
There are no survivors. It's just us in here and them out there.

15 days later, mainland Britain is quarantined

28 days later, mainland Britain has been destroyed by the rage virus

5 weeks later, the infected have died of starvation

11 weeks later, an American-led NATO Forces enters London

18 weeks later, mainland Britain is declared free of infection

24 weeks later, reconstruction begins

We are headed for our area of security and reconstruction designated as District One.
District One is located on the Isle of Dogs.
Although the Isle of Dogs is completely safe, the surrounding area of London is not.
There are a large number of bodies still not cleared from the original outbreak of infection.
Rats and wilds dogs are prevalent, as is disease.
New arrivals are reminded for their own safety
it is absolutely forbidden to sross the river and leave the security zone.
You will be joining15,000 civilians who are already resident in District One.
As we approach your new home, you'll notice a dramatically increased military presence.
The US Army is responsible for your safety.
We will do everything we can do to make your repatriation as easy as possible.
Inside District One, however, we believe you'll be pleasantly surprised.
We have hot and cold running water, 24-hour electricity, a medical centre, 
a supermarket and even a pub.
~Train Announcer

General Stone: Major, what are you afraid of?
Major Scarlet: What if it comes back?
General Stone: It won't come back.
Major Scarlet: What if it does?
General Stone: If it comes back, we kill it. Code Red.

Andy: I get worried I'm gonna forget what she looks like.
Tammy: You won't forget.
Andy: I don't even have a picture of her.
Tammy: You won't forget.

Major Scarlet: There's no question, sir, she has the virus. She's infected.
General Stone: Why isn't she showing any symptoms?
Major Scarlet: I don't know.
General Stone: Speculate.
Major Scarlet: A genetic abnormality which acts as some sort of natural immunity?
But the virus is still in her blood and saliva, so technically she's not immune.
She's a carrier.
General Stone: She has the abiliry to infect others?
Major Scarlet: Yes, sir, absolutely.

 
 
Doyle: Anyway, what about you?
Why the hell are you here?
Major Scarlet: Their mother had very special blood.
A natural kind of immunity to the virus.
Not all genetic traits are passed on, they can skip a generation or vanish altogether, but...
Doyle: But they might have it.
Major Scarlet: It's a possibility.
So their lives are far more valuable than mine. Or yours.
Doyle: I got it.



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