Knives Out is a classic whodunnit. No, that's not right. Knives Out is a brilliant comedy whodunnit. With a cast of thoroughly unlikeable characters, and a scattering of ones who are not, this riotous tale of who murdered the murder-mystery writer is a joy to watch. The actors are chewing the scenery with more gusto than a nest of termites, there are red herrings and Chekhov's guns popping up at every turn, and in the centre of it all is the victim's nurse. A young lady, still living with her kid sister and her mother and possessing a most unusual physiological response, she is the glue of the film. Throw in a private consulting detective a la Sherlock Holmes, and a police trooper who is a fan of both the writer and the detective, and you have a bubbling cauldron of personalities that delight at every turn. It would be not unfair to compare it with Clue and Murder By Death, my two gold standards of comedy whodunnit, and it compares very well indeed. 10/10 and Miss Marple
If you're going to disallow solar flares I'm going to go with superhero tabloids getting the science of what they're seeing wrong and go with what's actually a volcanic eruption...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that's an easy enough mistake to make if you're trying to observe from a safeish distance whilst ducking for cover...
Fry the grid, satellites, and all communications... bring warmongers and nations to their knees, selectively.
ReplyDeleteYou might be able to grow food crops selectively, in a comic book version; and heal 'dark sickness' and of course, cause radiation burns.
ReplyDeleteWreak havoc on weather systems, cause/relieve drought, control animal migrations and moods, tides, fertility, and... oooo, this is getting nifty!
ReplyDeleteHmmm ... Coronal obviously means pertaining to Coroners. Therefore Coronal Mass Ejection must cause all Coroners to leave their offices and by extension it probably includes all US style elected officials.
ReplyDeleteCoronal Mass Ejection is credited with saving over 40% of Californian public servants when the big one hit by getting them instantly out of collapsing buildings.
Would be good for removing the nobility come the revolution?
ReplyDeleteOnly if the nobility were stupid enough to get themselves elected as public officials. Most will just buy their officials in bulk as required.
ReplyDeleteOr are you asserting that coronal pertains to coronets?