I am watching the new season of Apparitions primarily because of Martin Shaw ! I am here in the U.S. and was wondering what the significance of the pig going out the window was. It upset me as an animal lover and unfortunately I left the TV briefly before this scene came about. Can anyone explain it to me?
shareIt has to do with the story of Jesus taking the demon (Legion) out of a man and placing him in a flock of pigs, that then marched off the side of a cliff in to the ocean and rocks below.
shareI loved this scene - not because the pig died, I too am an animal lover, especially little curly tailed piggies! But the significance of Satan showing Father Jacob that he too could perform what Jesus had done was a show that their powers could be equal, at least in the eyes of Satan.
I must admit I did laugh when the young man who was with Father Jacob heard about the flock of pigs being forced over a cliff then looked at the singular pig on the floor and asked if Satan was on a budget! LOL!
Just to clarify btw, no animals were harmed etc... A very gifted SFX specialist created the pig, both the one falling through the air and the one that had landed on the ground.
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I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.
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I dont think it will get another season. The main reasons being that the British public are too stupid to get it, bringing in stories about Legion and the war in the Balkans, and muslims etc etc is just to complicated for most dumbed down Brits. People also dont like to be scared, they want light entertainment where they dont have to think and they can talk about it the next day and read about it in the garbage media, they would much rather watch The X factor or celebrity juice. Silent witness gets better viewing figures because the same scare factor or think factor isnt there, you just watch it until the bad guy is caught and no super natural scares get in the way.
Also I think allot of religious people probably didnt like it. So really it had barely an audience to begin with and then the most terrible time slot. And Harry Hills ridicule of it on TV burp didnt help matters as it probably made people that liked it at first think that maybe it was stupid and not watch it again.
Im sure the situation in america is similar, but you guys do seem to have a way of producing the finest TV drama with the wire, the shield, true blood, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones. Its crazy that you still have crap like Jay Leno, Jersey Shore, Glenn Beck, two and a half men. But thats what the majority of the public want.
I personally thought it was a great, clever drama with horror elements. Its a shame that we wont see any more.