April 03, 2004
"It's not porn, it's British"
Or so went the thought through my mind as I saw the stewardess' eyes widen as she saw my laptop screen. I had just launched one of my favorite DVDs, the British mini-series, "Ultraviolet" (1998). The opening title sequence shows parts of a naked male body on an operating room table (nothing salacious) and then focuses in on the puncture wounds in the neck.
Into my mind came the line "It's not porn, it's British". It's funny how repressed this country is, that even a partially-seen naked body can be a cause for concern (if only in my mind).
It's a great mini-series, six episodes on two DVDs. The premise of the film is that the government has a secret agency to track down and eliminate "Type Vs". While the word is never mentioned in the film, we quickly learn that these Type Vs have a lot of vampire-like tendencies. One twist presented pretty early in the film is that they are invested in protecting their food supply so they support research into blood diseases.
It's a very up-to-date film with the good guys using weapons that fire carbon (wood) projectiles and with video-enhanced sights (Type Vs don't show up on video).
Give it a try at your local video store (if you can find it) or on Netflix.
Posted by artandscience at April 3, 2004 08:40 PMNB: I saw that the SciFi channel here in the States was actually playing the first couple of hours of this mini-series last night.
Serendipity.
Posted by: stefan at April 7, 2004 09:29 AM