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* . . . "
> 
> 
> 
> 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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