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2020 - We're in the end game now

     There has been a trend going on in the Hollywood film industry where certain horror flicks make their scare factor based off an aspect of life that upon following the characters through the movie, you'd see just how valuable such a thing would be. 
     For instance, take Birdbox as an example, the movie's plot was set in a world thrown into "blind" chaos as other-worldly creatures preyed on the darkest inner thoughts of their victims who were unfortunate to look upon them, prompting them to either kill themselves or others.
For people who haven't seen Birdbox, (apologies, but big shame to you guys), the story roughly centres around a mother trying to get to a sanctuary which rumour claims to be protected against these creatures. An epic scene, was where they had to cross a river to get to the other side, which they did blindfolded! Like could you imagine it, I can't get across my tiny bedroom without stubbing my toes against my bed, but she had to paddle a fucking canoe against raging waves. Now isn't that badass?

Then we have A Quiet Place, another end of the world type scenario where the plot centres around another family trying to "silently" survive in the world against murderous creatures with quite exceptional hearing abilities. A world where making small a noise as a pin dropping would cause you instant death.
This movie didn't also fall short of an epic scene as the lead actress, Emily Blunt, who was pregnant in the film was going into labour and we all know how painful a process that is. Imagine having all 206 bones in your body being crushed all at the once. That is how painful labour is, and she had to bear the pain to avoid death. Mad o! Each movie was a worthy Oscar nomination, but sometimes we don't get what we wish for. 

Now, 2020, another blockbuster has been presented upon us. Going by the name, Coronavirus or as the "woke" populous have decided to call it by the strand name, the infamous Covid-19. Now, this thriller was released last year, 2019, in China and the Chinese could just not contain its greatness, so it spread across the world as rapidly as it did through China. Now, surveys showed that the United States were even bigger fans of the show as they've surpassed their Chinese counterparts. Now isn't that something. The plot is centred around the innocent consumption of a bat which caused a chain reaction of coughs, fevers and respiratory distress leading to the rapid spread of the virus, crumbling of the economy, forcing the world to go into indefinite isolation and humans into social distancing periods. Damn! A bat did all this? What a popcorn devouring storyline. 
The world has now been placed in mild desolation, with streets near to empty, and face masks, gloves and sanitisers becoming the new fashion accessory everyone must-have, with a cure, almost nowhere in sight, the only way to kill the vicious link of its spread is to go into hiding-I mean self-isolation.
The keyword is Survival as everything else has been placed on hold till the virus has been curbed. New cases detected in the thousands, death tolls in the hundreds of thousands, this is genuinely the Endgame. However, the high spirits of the human race, though fading, have not been lost as we try to keep our sanity intact through heartful dark humour and colourful memes.
     So whether we're in self-quarantine or on the move with our trusty friend, Sany, remember that all hope is not lost. Well, unless this turns out to be like one of those zombie movies where the latent zombie phase soon takes over after a patient's been discharged and we've got a World War Z on our hands(yet another dope ass movie of 2013s). You know, it's almost as though these movies were warning us of impending doom such as this. So while in isolation just think, what would Brad Pitt(World War Z), John Krasinski(A Quiet Place) and Sandra Bullock(Birdbox) do. They were badasses in the movies, so don't do that but instead just chill at home, wash your hands thoroughly, avoid touching suspected infected places and watch a good video or series or anime. Oh! And enjoy some hearty memes too. Like...

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