Part I – The Plague
I’m really not sure what to make of this next part, so I’ll just give you the facts and let you, the reader, form your own opinions.
At the very beginning of the movie (1st part)….. there is a black screen that appears with a quote by TS Eliot: **you can see this in the link provided….it’s right before the song ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ by Blue Oyster Cult begins….. without more cowbell
‘This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
Not with a bang but a whimper.’
That’s on the regular film version VHS & DVD. Even when it’s on television, that quote is always shown. It really sets the pace of the movie I think and I’ve never NOT seen it.
Earlier, and the main reason for me posting this, is because I had turned the tv on and started the 1st part of the movie through Netflix. Where the TS Eliot quote should have been was a different quote. One that I’ve never seen attached to this movie ever (can another Netflix subscriber verify this please?). The TS Eliot quote was gone and replaced with this:
REV 6 – 8
And I saw a pale horse
And a pale rider upon it
And the name of the horse
Was pestilence
And the name of the rider
Was death.
*if there’s interest, I can summarize the other 3 parts of the movie for those who don’t have time to watch it. Just let me know.
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link to en.wikipedia.org]