Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Whoaa, long day. Went to Tris' place after school cos we wanted to hang out first before catching Elephant. Turned out that Mopiko, Tris and I ended up watching this really disturbing dvd in his room. What the hell man. I feel mentally scarred. It's this jap movie called "Battle Royale" or something like that. Just thinking about it makes me uncomfortable. I'm tired so I'll just give you the gist of it.
It's about how these 7th grade kids who were out on a class excursion and got abducted in the process whilst they were on the bus. Placed on a remote island, they were told that their class was specially chosen to participate in a 'game' called "Battle Royale" whereby only the winner would be allowed to leave the island. The catch was, only one person would be allowed to leave it alive. The teenagers were forced to kill each other off one by one with crude weapons provided by the game show hosts, like sickles and knives. And if by the end of 3 days, there was no sole survivor, everyone would be killed by the detonation of the metal bands that were placed around their necks. At first they were all skeptical, but after a few choice killings of certain rebellious classmates made by the game host, they started to freak out. Friends turned against each other, killing one another in ways unimaginable all because they wanted to be the sole survivor. It's sick. You could actually see all the class politics going on, except that it was portrayed in the most extreme sense. Cliques teamed up against others in the macabre killing spree, or turned against each other within. Some refused to play and committed suicide themselves, whilst others killed under the pretense that they were friends. It's really really sick, the way the fear of death makes everyone paranoid and suspicious of every little mundane detail. Most killed each other the smallest things, all because they were mad with fear and jumping to conclusions at every turn. The fear just escalates within till it has nowhere to go but out. Every few hours or so, the game show host would announce which one of their classmates had been killed in the hours that passed in an eerily cheerful manner, encouraging them to keep up the 'good work'. Oh god. Apparently, this whole thing is supposed to be reality tv of the future or something - I didn't quite grasp the concept, but the idea behind it is freaky.
Anyway, I won't give away the ending, suffice to say, I still feel unnerved when I think about the show. Ahh, thank god that isn't the reality we know.
Seeing what a lazy sod I am, I'm gonna just reply the tags in this post.
Denice and Sop: Haha yeahh, glad we all finally went out together and stuff. :) The show really made the day worthwhile, huh? Haha. I bet Sop wants to watch LOTR now just cos of Orlando Bloom! Don't worry Sop, you can always catch it at the discovery centre's imax theatre or sth hahah, just so you know, by then the show will prolly be totally outdated. Doesn't diminish it's quality though, eh. ;)
andrw: Heh thanks, but there're lotsa other people that write better than I do. :)
Yuhao: Hahah, I would! Just that if I did, I'd be skinnedd alive by a certain someone come tomorrow. Haha.
Jason: I'm not 2d and neither am I shumsyy! Gahh. Haha exams were okayyy I guess, quite content with my results so far, kiddo :)
Shu at 9:53 PM
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