Its happened before and itll happen again.
As beloved IPs are scraped foradditional content, studios pore overevery lineof the source material for inspiration.
King Kong(1976)
In 1605, Fernando De Queres was blown south from Tenotang.
© Warner Bros.
He wrote of piercing the white veil.
Thats the cloud bank.
In 1749, a waterIogged lifeboat was found in the same area.
Image: Paramount Pictures
And this strange warning: From thy wedding with the creature who touches heaven, ladyGod preserve thee.
The Matrix Reloaded
Every time youve heard someone say they saw a ghost, or an angel.
The implication a familys generational werewolf curse may have originated from a teenager downloadingCannibal Holocauston Limewire is golden.
Image: Warner Bros.
Was Trinity the Mothman?
Could Bigfoot be the physical incarnation of a shared Disney+ password?
The concept could justify a secondMatrixtrilogy, not to mention a monster-of-the-week police procedural.
Image: Orion Pictures
Environmentalists call it a disaster.
But dont they always?
Rollerball(1975)
You know how the game serves us.
Image: United Artists
It has a definite social purpose.
Nations are bankrupt, gone.
None of that tribal warfare any more.
Image: 20th Century Fox
Even the corporate wars are a thing of the past.
To quote Ned Beatty inNetwork, There is no America.
There is no democracy.
Those are the nations of the world today!
Our only concern is that it may be a little too preachy.
28 Weeks Later
Why isnt she showing any symptoms?
A genetic abnormality which acts as some sort of natural immunity.
But the virus is still in her blood and saliva, so… technically, shes not immune.
Their eye color would be noted, eventually, but likely not at first.
Celebrity sightings would be discussed among each pocket of survivorsI saw Kate Bosworth get bitten, and shes fine!
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