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Julio 2022-09-10 23:29:29

The story uses different characters as perspectives to illustrate different stories that take place under the same background, and the narrative method is novel and unique. The film probably said that the city was invaded by mysterious radio waves. This radio wave was very mysterious. It was so mysterious that I didn't understand WHAT IS THE FUCK at the end of the play? The radio waves are transmitted through TV or radio, and the disturbed person is almost epileptic, animalistic, and bloody. Most people lose their reason and trust, and the relationship between people is suddenly fragmented, and friendship, love, and family are all destroyed. The whole plot is absurd, exaggerated, and weird, and I don't understand what it reflects. But I have a strong sympathy for the film. I always think that the digital TV set-top box is a huge conspiracy, because it can easily enter every household, with a wide coverage and a large amount of use, which is unprecedented; maybe there is a bug? Peep hole? jammer? Time bomb? Hard to say! If every household in China has to use a set-top box, and I am the government, why not install it?

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The Signal quotes

  • [doorbell rings]

    Clark: God in heaven!

    Lewis Denton: [grabbing a shovel] Just open the door and I'll take them down.

    Clark: No. That's not the way to play this.

    Lewis Denton: We can't be sure. We have to exterminate with extreme prejudice.

    Clark: It might be somebody who could help us. We don't know.

    [doorbell rings again]

    Lewis Denton: We can't risk it. I'm killing whoever walks through that door.

    Clark: [looking through the peephole] It's Jim. It's Jim Parsons.

    Lewis Denton: Trust no one!

    Clark: You were the one watching the TV!

    Lewis Denton: I told you I wasn't watching the TV! Listen, if I had it, I would've killed you by now, right?

    Clark: I guess.

    Lewis Denton: I'm fine, and you're fine, and she's fine. This we know. But he may not be, and probably isn't.

  • Rod: Did you kill anybody last night?

    [Mya shakes her head]

    Rod: How am I supposed to know? Tell me. Wait, where did you go? Where were you?

    Mya Denton: [slowly] I hid in the apartment across the hall.

    [Rod unties Mya]

    Rod: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I couldn't trust anybody. I went looking for you. I couldn't find shit. Everybody's either dead, dying, or completely flipped. Mad. Crazy.

    Mya Denton: Why did Lewis hurt Jerry?

    Rod: Hurt? Jerry's dead, lady. Lewis got it. Fucking snapped. I couldn't get any sense into him. I got his bat, knocked him out, I taped him up so that he couldn't hurt anybody else. I had no choice. Then I saw the hallway. I've never seen anything like that. One out of two people just started killing each other. They just decided to kill people! I mean, what do I do? I've never killed anybody before. What do I do? I'm not going to fuck around. What do I do?