The other day I had the opportunity to watch Village of
the Damned, and the sequel Children of the Damned, for the
first time.
I won't give up how it ends, but it is a good sci-fi/suspense flick.
...they too are soon identified as being a
potential threat that must be dealt with.
The sequel was also suspenseful, but I didn't think it was
as good as the first. Although it was sci-fi, it seemed
to spend more effort on the message... that humans don't
react well when exposed to people who are different.
I also could not get over the fact that, although this is
a sequel and although the events took place after the
events in the first, that no one in the second seemed to
be familar with said events in the first.
Waiting for someone to speak up and say "hey, remember
when..." and then using that knowledge to apply to the
current situation may have kept me from enjoying the
sequel as much.
Dialog (in the book) between the children and the professor is
the highlight of the story. It is a kind of debate about
dealing with different people. I seem to recall that the 1995
version with Christopher Reeve does a good take on that dialog
scene. The giveaway is that the children become determined to
overtake the humans and say so. They have no interest to live
in harmony. So.. they are indeed a threat.
...The giveaway is that the children become determined to
overtake the humans and say so. They have no interest to
live in harmony. So.. they are indeed a threat.
There is at least some hint to that in both movies, with
the "professor" in both movies being convinced that he can
still work with them even after his partner (in the second
movie) has given up on them.
take over. As humans, he tend to destroy anything that is
considered an invader or a disease. So, why can't the children
do that so that they can preserve themselves?
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