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Simon Amstell: Carnage (Vegan film BBC UK)


What does everyone think of this black comedy Vegan film?

I had a similar idea for a film: from a future perspective, looking back at how barbaric we were, when it was acceptable to eat meat.

My idea for a film was not a comedy though. It would have had a main unrelated story and veganism was just ubiquitous in the background. And cows for example, did agility courses like dogs and horses do now, because we already know now, in 2017, that cows love playing football and love music, so they are capable and willing to play games.

Anyway I still like this film. It is very well made, but being a comedy, I'm not sure it will help turn people into Vegans. I think all the non-vegans will just make their usual "bacon" jokes and then forget about it :(

I checked online to see if Simon Amstell was Vegan (he is), because in parts I thought he was taking the piss out of vegans. But I see now that he is showing in his futuristic film how "carnists" (meat eaters in the past) took the piss out of vegans.

I didn't like the part where he said once meat was outlawed, people got confused about giving meat to their pets, so they left their pets to starve and die. WTF?! That was supposed to be funny? That upset me. But maybe because I still miss my late dog :(


I wish animals were looked after better. It's the greed and the incessant competition to provide meat and dairy products at the lowest prices possible.

I wonder if it will ever be outlawed to kill animals for food. I do hope so one day.

Also the film highlighted another real-life myth. Martin Freeman's character said that free range chicken live in a massive field and are happy.

No, they live in very packed barns (as opposed to cages for battery hens), and their feet burn from all the chicken shit, and they are GM too. Only organic chickens are not GM.

Anyway I digress; what did others make of the film?

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