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Childhood's End (2015)
so basically.....
Not having read or even heard of the novel, I can't say if it follows it well or not. I found it entertaining, enough to binge watch it over a couple of nights.
But I will say this: There's a whole lot that doesn't make much sense in the story:
The overlord Karella said they came to earth because we were about to achieve interstellar travel. And? Why is that a problem? So these hyper advanced beings don't want any other species developing to the point where they might "get around"?
Throughout the story, people are bored because they don't have jobs/work. Umm wtf? Where do the clothes come from? Where does the food come from? When they go to a coffeeshop, who is making the coffee? They are given clean energy tech, but who is maintaining the grid? Who is paving the roads? OH I get it, only the frou frou are bored, the regular people still have to get up at 5 and go to work. (so much for eliminating inequality).
Cured most diseases: if people were still having babies, and no one was dying, the population would double in 5 years. (or at least increase by 50%).
Why did the overlords take the animals? Removing mankind would simply give rise to another species becoming dominant.
So the overlords came in and forced mankind to evolve so they could add to the universal consciousness. So really, the Overmind is...the borg? And the overlords are drones? Just taking people with candy instead of by force.
Not to mention the fact that the natural evolution was created by the overlords......so to me, they weren't that benevolent at all.
The Divide (2011)
more plot holes than you can drive a car through
I hate movies who don't bother to spend $500 on a technical adviser. It totally spoils movies for me.
They show a "goof" where the toilet/latrine moves miraculously into the store room but miss out on so many others:
1) All the lights running on batteries would last a couple of hours at best
2) where does their air come from? all those people exhaling, smoking etc the air would be so polluted they'd suffocate in no time
3) Throwing a flare down into the septic system would cause a massive explosion due to the ignition of methane gas that builds up.
4) Why would the Chinese nuke NYC then immediately travel there to look for survivors?
5) If the building DID collapse (which it would after a nuclear explosion) it would take weeks of excavation with heavy equipment for anyone to reach them yet when the one guy leaves, it's totally clear
6) NYC is on the opposite side of the world from China. If they wanted american children, they'd go to LA or the west coast first, it's so much closer.
7) There is a scene where Mickey is trying to start a generator. At least they have a hose running from the exhaust outside somewhere, but running an ICE would consume all their oxygen in an hour.
8) why is everyone sleeping on chairs etc when they specifically say Mickey has so many mattresses?
I do hate it when they throw out common sense for the sake of a good story.