Wednesday, May 24, 2006
thought provoking...
well, i just watched 'The Hostel' and it's really thought-provoking (although it might seem otherwise with all the bare boobs and sex.. haha). It actually brought back to mind the show "Wolfcreek". Both are gory but Hostel was more gory! Oh gosh.. the blood and fingers everywhere... eeww... i feel sick and green now even thinking about it... *pukes*
Both shows actually depict how dangerous backpacking can be. For Wolfcreek, the show was about 3 backpackers in Australia trying to find this place called Wolfcreek. So they found it but their car broke down so they couldn't leave the place till someone comes along (that place was those ulu kind). Lo and behold, some Southerner did come along and offered to repair their car for free. They were hesitant initially but seeing how nice the Southerner was, they decided that he can't be of much harm. So what happened was that they drank and made merry and the next morning, one of the female backpackers woke up and found out that she was all tied up in this garage looking place. She managed to set herself free and started looking for her friends. She was shocked to see that her other girlfriend was being tied up and hung by THAT Southerner! Apparently, this Southerner preys on backpackers and likes to mutilate them for his own pleasure! Scary!!!! I couldn't sleep well for days after watching the show!
For Hostel, this one was more sexually oriented. Again 3 backpackers, this time round all 3 were guys. They were in Amsterdam and were looking for some hard bang (you know!). So they chanced upon this guy who told them that girls in the East were much better. So these 3 lechers set on a journey to the East. There, they fell for beauty (mei3 ren2 ji4) and 2 of them ended up being butchered by people belonging to an organisation for human butchering. Gory and scary!!
Well, it really made me wonder whether it is really safe to go backpacking as you'll never know what'll happen and who you'll meet along the way. On the other hand, it could be the backpackers' own folly. I mean, in the case of the Hostel, these guys were lecherous to start with and that's why they fell for the trick. In the case of Wolfcreek, they could have waited till dawn to get someone to fix it rather than just follow any stranger who comes along.
There are always 2 sides to a coin, I would say. Backpacking has its own pros and cons. What do you think?
Kel ♥
5:35 PM
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