[ SECRET POST #5126 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5126 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, Plague Dogs. The one cartoon to ever look at a Richard Adams book and decide to make it more depressing.

I will agree that, while there's plenty of grimdark stuff that gets made these days, none of them quite have that particular flavour of soul-crushing that some of the things from the 80s did. Possibly because a lot of modern stuff feels more 'this is dark for edgelord points', whereas things like Plague Dogs or Threads felt like they were dark out of a genuine, low-grade conviction that life is actually just that bad.

With some justification in this case, as the book is apparently based off real experiments.

[sparklywalls]

I can't speak for Plague Dogs (to my shame, I've still not got around to it despite loving Watership Down) but I think there's still a place for the likes of Threads.

One of the many frightening things about Threads is the choice to follow ordinary characters where the event just happens to them and they know little beyond what is being released publicly. It's even just a background to their life in the early scenes...right until shit hits the fan. I think something like that could still resonate today given how helpless the last 10+ months have felt. Speaking as someone in the UK who has tried to be philosophical about everything but knows the government dithering and mixed messaging has certainly killed people here!

I don't know if there's a reluctance these days to confront the fact that most of us would be just along for the (deadly) ride and not the actual heroes getting to do awesome stuff. A lot of the grimdark modern stuff you're alluding to still focuses on extraordinary people who somehow manage ok.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this is exactly my problem with a lot of modern stuff. I'm absolutely fine with dark things when they feel like an essential part of the story as a whole, but I don't like when it feels like they're trying to make it dark and edgy just for the sake of being dark and edgy.

[evil_little_dog]

Sad point: the movie ended the way Adams wanted the book to go - his publisher said no one would buy the book if he ended it that way so Snitter and Rowf are rescued.