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They tried it so hard to make it like it was Booby until the end. Baseballs falling around when the "unknown" killer was chasing Kathleen in the old house's cellar (Bobby was a pitcher) and the most obvious one, when everyone is strapped and at the table, when the killer goes for Evan he says "You're going to break the Internet", a reference to the beginning of the film where he brags about the fight with the other team's dude and saying that that "Shit would have broken the Internet" if it had been recorded. Only the people in the car at that moment could have known about what Evan said, and Bobby was there.
Did anyone notice that Iain Adair looks a lot like Davis McCardle? There's a picture of both Kenneth and Iain hanging at the bar where the eyes, nose and ear are extremely similar to Davis. I was wondering if he was his real father (instead of Kenneth), which would have been an extra sick plot twist for this episode.
I felt that more than technology, they were criticizing the overflow (and the cult of fandom) of true-crime documentaries. It's fun how there's lot of references between the episodes of this season (Loch Henry is introduced in S06E01), and to things from past seasons (the song "Anyone who knows what love is" from Fifteen Million Merits playing in the background when Joan enters the bar on S06E01, Mike Callow from The National Anthem referenced in a poster in S06E02, Waldo referenced in S06E02 -news tickers-,...).
<blockquote>Loved the way she said: ComPUTA. So funny.</blockquote>
Actually, it was <i>"quam-puta"</i>, a joke on the quantum computer.
Or Bioshock.
It was kind of ridiculous to see Reeves running around and covering his face with the jacket during half of every fighting scene...
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It reminded me of this:
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I agree with you, I was also a bit puzzled by this detail. But that's the only logical explanation I could find (the Marquis granting him his freedom just before dying seemed quite convenient) :/
It's thanks to the special kevlar suit (42 regular, if I'm correct). However it felt a bit ridiculous that he has to use the jacket as "shield" (covering his face) during half of every single fighting scene.
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I think he was granted freedom (his daughter too) by the Marquis before dying, so he had no longer pending businesses or had to serve The Table.
<blockquote>I was watching it and thinking: "So this malfunction could have happened to the owner or his kids. They would be trapped inside with no connection to the outside world. And would starve to death".</blockquote>
My take is that the malfunction is due to "number 3" hacking the system and messing something up, first thing I thought is that maybe there was an intrusion detection system built in that detected the hack. The fact that "number 3" knew something was wrong ("Oh, fuck!") even before the alarm sound and the "system malfunction" voice alert kicks him makes me think that it had something to do on his side.
"Nemo" made things worse when trying to shut down the alarm by tearing apart the console, you can notice that it goes from a "system malfunction" message on the screen to garbled image and temperature control as soon as he cuts something from the back of the console to shut down the "system malfunction" voice alert (the alarm sound kept going on).
With a normal use, that system malfunction <i>should</i> never happen to the owner or the kid.
Also, the flat was expected to be empty while the owner was on his (long) business trip. Would he be at home when a system malfunction occurs, I'm sure people would notice that he and/or his daughter are missing and come to their rescue. Especially, the doorman of the building should know if they are at home or not, and would get suspicious if he didn't see them for some time.
<blockquote>I wouldn't call this a flaw though, but it's something that would've made me appreciate the movie even more if the germans had more dimensions to them.</blockquote>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(2022_film)
(I'm aware the movie is from 2022 and your comment is from 2020)
Fun fact: There's a nod in 1917 to Paul Bäumer and Friedrich Müller (from "All Quiet on the Western Front"), they're the two germans Schofield encounter in Écoust-Saint-Mein (Bäumer is the one he strangles).
There's possibly another small nod in "All Quiet on the Western Front" to "1917", in a scene where one of the soldiers collects cherry blossoms, which are very present in "1917".
That's a neat reply and explanation, thanks a lot!
<blockquote>As to the telephone, yes, it would have been nice if they explained why they weren't just calling it in. I assume that the Devons just weren't hooked up yet?</blockquote>
It's explained in the movie, when General Erinmore is detailing the mission, he says that they would just call the Devons if the Germans wouldn't have destroyed the communication lines during their retreat, like they destroyed every other asset that could be useful: food (fruit trees, cows), artillery left behind, buildings, bridges,... They even booby trapped their own trenches.
<blockquote>I think that’s when they are chosen.</blockquote>
They're chosen right at the beginning, in the pool, when Patrick asks for the "unused" chair when it was clearly being used by Agnes. That was their first check on them. They increasingly tested they limits through the movie afterwards, and (quoting Patrick) they just "let him" get away with everything they were doing.
When Bjorn is so weak that he's unable to even stand up for her daughter's chair in the swimming pool, they knew they were a good target.
1. I agree. There were some hints dropped here and there (Rose having some special needs, Amy being the one in the couple bringing the money and working hard, Adam having affairs with a soft spot for "exotic" women,...) but nothing was really explored or explained.
2. If she had told her, she would have stopped sending money. Her cousin's mother seemed to be sick, and she also wanted to go to America. My guess is that Mariatou used the money Aisha was sending for herself, her mother and her flight ticket.
3. Not sure if he was contacting her or she just "felt" what happened to him, all the visions/dreams she has being related to his drowning. Then there is the figure of Mami Wata, the mermaid. As Malik's grandmother tells Aisha, Mami Wata <i>"lures sexuality, money and promises of fertility"</i>, three themes that are present in the movie (Malik, the salary as nanny and the "gift" of pregnancy at the end of the movie). Anansi the spider also seems to play a role in the story, both creatures <i>"challenge the dominant order, subverting it through chaos, anarchy, creative energy. They refuse to be ruled by the human or the divine"</i>. Aisha asks <i>"I wish I knew what they wanted from me"</i>, and Malik's grandmother replies <i>"You should be asking what they want <b>for</b> you"</i>, implying that they might be helping her acknowledge and overcome the death of Lamine, Mami Wata even saving her when she tries to drown in the river. Anansi's actions and parables often carry him as protagonist due to his ability to transform his apparent weaknesses into virtues, in the end Aisha is able to overcome the death of Lamine and seems to be (somewhat) happy with Malik, Bishop, the grandma and their new son. He lost Lamine, but instead of succumbing to that tragedy (her weakness) she is able to find love in Malik and their new son (virtues).
When Miguel sees Alejandro outside the mall they flash the car lights/siren to "scare him" away, so he might have told the traffickers he very likely was part of some sort of law enforcement agency.
On the other hand, the traffickers were from the Matamoros cartel, which are enemies of Carlos Reyes' cartel. In fact, the US government plan was to fake kidnap then leave Isabel Reyes in Matamoros' territory, so Carlos Reyes' cartel would have to go there to rescue her, starting a war between both cartels. In the end, they might not even care about who Alejandro really was, and just wanted Isabel Reyes as leverage for themselves because, as Alejandro himself tells them <i>"you guys have come across someone with a lot of value"</i>.
I thought Brolin and the team thought that Alejandro was dead when they see the aerial drone view of his shooting, in fact they're glad they didn't have to be the ones to do the job. And Alejandro might not be sure that they were going to kill him, Brolin suggested that they had to dispose of the girl, but he didn't imply Alejandro's fate (other than the "they're cutting ties" hint).
So, in the end, Brolin might not even know Alejandro is alive, and Alejandro might not have a reason to go after Brolin, especially after "saving" Isabel (he says she would go into witness protection) and not necessarily knowing that their orders (given by the US government) were to kill both of them. He might just assume that they left him for dead after he was shot in the desert.
What Peyrol said plus they flashed their vehicle lights/siren to "scare away" the boy, so he also knew he was someone related to a law enforcement agency.
It lead to a closed door, so he decided to just ask the neighbors if they knew about tunnels and if he could take a look inside their houses to see it they lead there. That's the most logical approach.
I'm joking, I'd have taken an axe and I would have torn that door to pieces and I had watched myself where it lead to.
If you didn't watch the rest of the series, then it's good you didn't get to see Ben's girlfriend, Lucy. Well, I guess.