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On 22-6-2009 21:16, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> "In the beginning . . . we were ordinary street rats. Stealing our daily
> bread and living off the efforts of Man's work.
>
> We were captured. Put in cages and sent to a place called NIMH.
>
> Where were many animals there . . . in cages . . .
>
> We were put through the most unspeakable tortures . . . To satisfy some
> scientific curiosity. Often at night, I would hear them crying out in
> anguish.
>
> 20 rats and 11 mice were given injections.
>
> Our world began *changing* . . . "
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>
> And with that, the sinister undertones of the orchestra begin to
> gradually build into a terrifying crescendo. The discordant brasses
> restlessly climb the scale through a succession of bizare key
> modulations. A torrent of strings rain down. And all the while, the
> relentless hammering of the xylophone ticks away in the background.
>
> In front of me, the TV screen is covered by rats and mice, writhing in
> agony, raining down into an infinite black pit in the center of the
> view. Abstract patterns and elaborate kaleidoscopic geometry spiral
> outwards hypnotically. And now we see a rat in closeup, and the
> cacophony of orchestral wrath is joined by a thunderous heartbeat. Now
> sound and vision go completely crazy; spinning rainbow-coloured patterns
> and frenetic chromatic scales, crashes of thunder and arcs of lightning,
> and still that cavernous heartbeat. The visuals cut rapidly from shot to
> shot, and the orchestra builts to a final histerical pinnacle...
>
>
> And then . . . a b s o l u t e s i l e n c e . . . . .
>
>
> At this point, I'm five-and-a-half years old, my little sister is four,
> and we're both sitting on the sofa absolutely rigid. Astounded,
> terrified, and yet... mesmerised. What the HELL is going to happen next?
>
> To answer that... you must watch the film. ;-)
>
What film? I have not a clue what this is about. Darren seems to know,
so it is not only a UK thing. After that: blank.
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