This could maybe have been posted in the movie thread, but I think most of you will agree with not contaminating that thread. I suggest no one reads this.
I have for a while speculated on when we would see films based on the current pandemic. Well, here it is. Sort of. COVID-21.
No surprise the first one doesn't seem to be a good one. Average score on Imdb: 1.6-. Mostly 1 or occasional 2 stars, two very suspicious (IMO) 10 star scores. Nothing on metacritic and rotten tomatoes, and I suspect we won't see anything there at all.
The introduction at Imdb gives a hint. The title (obviously selected for commercial reasons), I think, wants us to think it's in some way related to the current coronavirus infection. But the virus is "an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice". WTF? If you didn't know, I'll tell you right now. A RABIES VIRUS IS NOT A CORONA VIRUS. It's a Lyssa virus and the two aren't even remotely related. Apart from that, from the reviews it seems to be mostly a zombie movie. *sighs*
OK, I admit that I'm nitpicking. But things like that tend to annoy me, and IMO basic flaws says something about the "quality" of the product.
an incarnation of pibbur who won't watch the movie for this - and probably A LOT of other reasons.
