Snowpiercer - Spoiler Thread

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:17 pm

TheCatt wrote:If it were really magic, it wouldn't have needed the kids.

Maybe it was evil magic.

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:34 pm

Temps in the area today reached -2 degrees (air temp) with -20 degrees wind chill.

Due to these temps, all the railroads int he midwest have been have issues with tracks, switches freezing up, etc.

So one can only say, "Why didn't they build the whole plane out of the material they used to build the Snowpiercer and its rails?"

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:37 pm

So sticking his arm out the window for 7 minutes resulted in it being so frozen that a simple hammer swing shattered it, yet at the end of the movie they could walk around in the mountains without proper protection and were fine?

It travels 70-80 clicks per hour. There's also the point about relative temperatures. If you soaked that arm in water or something water-based, it'll freeze just fine in seven minutes (and that's assuming those assholes had accurate clocks). Maybe not 100% solid and maybe not exactly how it looked on film, but that arm is gone barring immediate medical attention and a jacuzzi already heated up.

Even with proper survival gear, it'd be tough to survive, let alone two train babies (17 and 5 years old)with no survival experience who just have coats.

That polar bear didn't look gaunt. Means it had enough prey and there's something of a biosystem out there. But for every well-fed bear, there are probably a few that aren't. Without shelter, food, water, and anti-bear protection (guns and bullets), you're fucked.

9. It seems like the train would need to be longer to accommodate the lifestyle of the rich folks.

The train wasn't nearly big enough. I remember how claustrophobic the world of UO felt. This was exponentially smaller.

What was with the Terminator guy?

With all the talking Ed Harris was doing, the Korean guy and him had to have been fighting for 5-6 minutes straight. He felt like such a waste.

18. What was in the protein bar vat? Looked like bugs, but I couldn't make it out.

Looked like roaches. That's not bad considering they were eating each other's limbs and young before that.

As I said before, you aren't supposed to get hung up on how the train works

Hell, no. If your train's going to be an extended macro-metaphor for the world, you only get to stretch it so far before becoming convoluted. Eighteen years and not one ill-timed avalanche derails them? You know how much surface area that vehicle would expose to a roaring wall of pissed off snow? I'm not even going to get into how it breaks through snow and ice and magically captures the byproduct upon impact.

If it were really magic, it wouldn't have needed the kids.

Yeah, that felt fucking stupid. Living machines? I was like, "Hmm, maybe there's just a line of people opening all the gates like the old Star Trek special effects crew. Maybe the electronics are all just bullshit and the Korean dude's hotwiring things to shock all the plebes enough until they give up and open the door."

The translator device. Sometimes they needed it, and sometimes they suddenly just started understanding each other's complete sentences. Ok.

Fuck that thing.

As for the ciggie, that's a bitchslap on general principle.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:16 pm

Also, guards with no bullets? What the fuck?

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:47 am

Malcolm wrote:Also, guards with no bullets? What the fuck?

They were out of gun food, except for extreme emergencies.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:09 pm

GORDON wrote:
Malcolm wrote:Also, guards with no bullets? What the fuck?
They were out of gun food, except for extreme emergencies.

Walking around with an unloaded weapon is an invitation to an ass kicking. I would have at least expected a bayonet or sharp pointy bit on the end of the gun. Fuck, even a blank or two might go a long way.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:12 pm

Malcolm wrote:
GORDON wrote:
Malcolm wrote:Also, guards with no bullets? What the fuck?
They were out of gun food, except for extreme emergencies.
Walking around with an unloaded weapon is an invitation to an ass kicking. I would have at least expected a bayonet or sharp pointy bit on the end of the gun. Fuck, even a blank or two might go a long way.

It.... makes a sort of sense. As long as the poors were kept in line without having to shoot anyone, it makes a lot of sense to not have a loaded gun in their presence in the off chance one of them feels suicidal and rushes you... and then the poor has your gun. They kept the bullets away from the poors only in case of serious uprisings when they'd have to cull peeps. They were able to lock the doors of every train... until the guy was rescued who could hack the doors. Guns loaded or unloaded, either way they were in control.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:33 pm

They were able to lock the doors of every train... until the guy was rescued who could hack the doors.

Ah yes, I forgot. The only electrical engineer left in existence. Good thing those wires never shorted out. If your lack of metal is bad enough to warrant bullet rationing, then you probably aren't twisting any new copper coax. But if people can serve as gears, then they can be wires, too, I guess.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:02 pm

Theory: kronole is a stupid depiction of money. Dirty off-green colour, "industrial waste," an opiate people slave away for that gives you delusions of grandeur and eats all your waking time. Or usable as a means of escape from "the engine" ... you know, the thing that is ultimately responsible for making the drug.