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Background story seems illogical

posted 14 years ago by danielc91
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From what I understand the police and the city of New York are aware of the reptile creatures that live under the surface and have been allowing people to be murdered on subway trains to feed them for over one hundred years. Afterall, how could the higher city officials not know about them since nothing goes on in the NYC subway without Homeland Security knowing about it, much less being unaware of an entire train devoted to murdering people and taking their bodies to abandoned parts of the rail system. This does not make any sense at all. Why do the police not kill the monsters instead of helping to cover up the sacrificing of 1-3 people every night to the things? That is like the police knowing about a serial killer, but instead of arresting him, they bring him an innocent person to murder every night so he does not leave his house and cause a scene. I am assuming the creatures are mortal since they never show any supernatural powers, they have to eat, and they are worried about humans being aware of their existence (hence the conspiracy to remain hidden and have their food brought to them).

Just flood the subway tunnels with poisonous gas or send in the meat train packed with explosives.

[–] lagginswag 14 years ago

fiction is usually always illogical. because its FAKE

think of it this way... theres secret stuff going on all over the world, societys, organizations, rituals, sacrifice..maybe its extremely well hid and controlled just like certain factors of our daily life, people are too busy consuming to actually even ponder the craziness that COULD be happening behind closed doors, or on a subway train into hell :-P

i thought it was original, not very plausible i do agree. but it was fun. we're also never told how many monsters it could be, could be more than the population of the world, not making it a factor. theres a possibility that is one of MANY trains...they could just kill us all even, but then theyd be out of luck maybe becasue they eat humans, maybe we do taste like chicken...the train conductor said they were around before humans...also could be strings being pulled from people high up in power, maybe they have a deal with the monsters in exchange for hidden pockets of oil/ minerals, lmao jk. this film is chock full of wtfs and huhs and plot holes, a staple of modern horror. but at least its clive barker

in teh end its just a movie. and it was damn entertaining~!

[–] gottfrid 14 years ago

What I got from what is said in the film is that if those creatures are not fed, they would descent into our world and there would be much more casualties, at least that is what the police thinks. people who read the novel say that this is the basic idea.

and yes, they are supernatural, and probably NY Police first tried to kill them, and, with no result, then they decided for a deal. It was implied, since the black female cop seemed to know about everything that was going on all along.

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[–] GreatWhiteApeofBarsoom 14 years ago

The story goes into a bit more detail than the movie, though not a lot. It does say the underground things were around long before humans. (Of course this makes me personally wonder why they need human meat since they had to have a food source before humans came along.) It also says the things bless the city in exchange for the nightly delivery of murdered people's bodies. Exactly how they bless the city for this is unclear.

Carthago delenda est.

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[–] laeyisoracle 14 years ago

Seemingly, how Clive Barker talks about it, EVERYBODY of high power is "in" on it. That would mean Homeland Security too. It's the age old "secret society is actually running things"/Puppet Masters type thing. That society, as we know it, is really being run by an outside force, in the shadows, and most of the people are unaware of this, and live in ignorance of it(because ignorance is bliss). Think of The Matrix. Most of the people INSIDE the Matrix are unaware they are in a simulation of reality. Only a few are, and there's a "force" that dictates everything within the Matrix.

Fiction? Of course. But if walked into this movie wanting something realistic, why choose a horror movie? 95% all horror movies are pure fiction, even the ones claiming to be based on realistic events. Getting peeved over how unrealistic and fictional a horror movie is is like getting mad that a cartoon is animated. LOL! If that was the case, watch a crime drama or something. Those are more realistic.