Gilliam is the elder of the tail section, a mentor to curtis, grooming him to become the leader of the revolution to free the people from the horrific conditions of the train. Its 2031, seventeen years after authorities in seventynine countries decided collectively to combat global warming with the coolant cw7. Mason must be in her forties or fifties in the film. Bong joonho, kelly masterson chris evans as curtis everett. If there is one problem i had with the movie it is that it was a bit too atmospheric at first. About halfway through snowpiercer, i came to a conclusion. Curtis chris is one such passenger who turned cannibal in the tail section. How children are used as a commodity in snowpiercer. Unlike in the movie, there is a sort of a resistance.
The downtrodden members of the tail section fight tooth and nail to get to the front so that they might experience its pleasures for themselves, but from the beginning you know that getting there wont really make much of a difference theyre still going to be on the train, the twisted world that they despise. May 18, 2020 other than the tail end section of the train, the other passengers blindly follow mr. Spoiler section and the water section of the train, and divide it in two. Wilford looms large in snowpiercer, tnts new postapocalyptic thriller. An additional zoo section being shown after the aquarium section, with a scene of a bentneck giraffe being shown.
Tnts snowpiercer series isnt a direct adaptation of bong joonhos movie, and it isnt a copy of the original comic either. The employees of the train, including the hospitality team and the breakmen, serve as mr. Spoilers ahead for the snowpiercer premiere episode the debut episode of tnts snowpiercer tv series ended with a major twist surrounding the identity of mr. He invented the circumnavigational train to act as an ark for saving humanity. Tnts snowpiercer turns bong joonhos thriller into a cop show. To ease readers into the world of snowpiercer, lob centers his story around proloff, a weary man from the tail section of the classdivided train, that sees the welloff up front in spacious. Designing the train sections for bong joonhos snowpiercer the. Jan 31, 2014 to ease readers into the world of snowpiercer, lob centers his story around proloff, a weary man from the tail section of the classdivided train, that sees the welloff up front in spacious. Snowpiercer episode 1 makes a dark scene from the comic. In a harsh, uncompromisingly cold future where earth has succumbed to treacherously l. Its easier to list out the things that havent changed between the comic and the movie which would be the name of the train, the snowpiercer well, the original french name is le transperceneige.
She was portrayed by tilda swinton, who also portrayed jadis the white witch in the chronicles of narnia film franchise, karen crowder in michael clayton, gabriel in constantine, lucy and nancy mirando in okja and madame blanc and helena markos in the 2018 remake. After several delays, reports state that the premiere of the snowpiercer television show will arrive earlier on our screens than initially scheduled. The snowpiercer cast is comprised of familiar faces from popular films and tv series. So, doing the math, if 18 26%, then the prerevolution population of the tail section would have been 69. Terminus is the third and final volume in the snowpiercer trilogy. Some good news for fans who have been waiting for the snowpiercer television show tnt has announced the premiere date will be brought forward. Evans stars as curtis everett, a member of the lowerclass tail section passengers as they lead a revolution against the elite of the front of the train. Snowpiercer, which has been in development for years and already has a second season on the way, stars daveed diggs as the main protagonist, layton, a former homicide detective. The few remaining humans live on the snowpiercer, a train on an infinite loop around the globe. The film linearly progresses from the tail section to the engine, but information is doled out in almost a reverse order so that each piece reverberates back onto earlier parts of the film. You should assume the comments section of any thread contains untagged spoilers up to the latest officially aired episode, unless the title implies or states a scope, e. Based on the 20 film and the 1982 graphic novel le transperceneige. The drawings in the tail section of snowpiercer were illustrated by jeanmarc rochette, the original comic artist of the graphic novel le transperceneige.
The nickname for those in the tail section is tailfers. Snowpiercer, south korean filmmaker bong joonhos liberal adaptation of the french comic book of the same name, looks at the survivors of a. Wilfords soldiers take everything that the tail section passengers have and leave them with no food or water. Apr 07, 2020 i believe children are our future, sang whitney houston in her 1985 hit version of greatest love of all. The following contains spoilers for the series premiere of snowpiercer, which aired sunday on tnt just as in director bong joonhos 20 film of the same name, the enigmatic mr. Snowpiercers biggest mystery is the identity of mr. Speaking of simultaneous triumph and terror, the mere act of seeing snowpiercer may prove to be a bit difficult. At different points in the movie, mason and wilford said they had to kill 74 percent of the tail section passengers. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A plot analysis and explanation of the ending of the film snowpiercer. Bong found the graphic novel in a shop in seoul in 2005. A postapocalyptic, dystopian thriller airing on tnt, snowpiercer is based upon the french graphic novels published in the united states by titan comics and its produced by academy awardwinning director of parasite, bong joonho, who also helmed the 20 movie adaptation. The number of cars in the train has not been mentioned in the movie, but in the comic book le transperceneige mentions 1001 cars on the train.
This area is clearly symbolic of the lower classes of the world, more specially relating to the slums in the third world. The fish aquarium is a microcosm for the snowpiercer train which is a microcosm for the world, at least until wilfords final reveal opens curtiss eyes to the nature of the real world. A child hasnt been born in the tail section in five years. Also, on one of the other pages it stated that word of god says mason was a cleaning lady from the tail section that was brought to the front and then eventually given the position she has now, much like the violin player who was recruited from the tail section in the start of the film. The train in the comic book is starting to slow down, and the elites want to disconnect the tail section. Jun 24, 2014 director bong joonho talks about snowpiercer, why he cast chris evans, being a control freak, his desire to return to small budget movies, and more. Thats pretty much how everyone talks in the novel with swear words punctuating every. In a devastating twist, we learn that he has been in league with the evil wilford for years, and that his helping curtis is only part of wilfords plan. Over cars have been devoted to the purpose of producing natural food. This suggests that the snowpiercer isnt suffering from the same situation shown in the film, as it was explained at the end that small children were needed to keep the engine running. The escape graphic novel an undisclosed time after. He revels in his privacy, enjoying the music and getting teary eyed over the photo of the long lost love of his life. Curtis appears ready to accept, when yona runs in and pulls up a floorboard, showing curtis that small children from the tail section are being trapped as replacement parts for extinct machinery. Just started episode 1, i have a question do not post episode 2 spoilers without tags in that thread.
The graphic novel was first published in 1982 under the title le transperceneige, and later retitled the escape. Alison pill has some nice moments as a teacher shoveling propaganda down kids throats and the always awesome ed harris plays the oz like figure the man behind the engine. Again, i warn you i will be giving away all the spoilers for snowpiercer. The first thing fans of the movie will notice is that snowpiercerthebook has none of the same. Jan 09, 2015 again, i warn you i will be giving away all the spoilers for snowpiercer. What story and character changes were made in snowpiercer from.
I purchased snow piercer after finding out that it was the original source for the movie of the same name. Plans were made to make sure that the passengers could survive on the snowpiercer for years. Layton reveals that a rebellion already took place on the snowpiercer train. It begins immediately where the previous volume, snowpiercer 2. Praise was primarily directed towards its vision, direction, and performances, particularly evanss and swintons. The film begins by telling the story of an attempt to counteract global warming by engineering climate patterns with a chemical called cw7. The train is organized like any transport service, upper classes at front, lower economy classes at the back, and finally a tail section for the freeloaders.
It turns out that the remnants of humanity aboard the snowpiercer train might not be the only humans to have survived the worldwide calamity that froze the earth centuries ago. The result was the earth being immediately sent into a deep freeze, killing all human life except a handful who now live on an ark, a revolutionary train built before 2014 by a train aficionado named wilford ed harris, the train which at that time was. In a devastating twist, we learn that he has been in league with the evil wilford. He asks for them to get the hell away from him for an hour while he listens to the only rachmaninoff in the tail section. Or rather the tail section of snowpiercer, the massive arklike train that rattles through the frozen wasteland of 2031 earth in joonho bongs wildly inventive adaptation of french graphic novel, le transperceneige. I believe children are our future, sang whitney houston in her 1985 hit version of greatest love of all. In bong joonhos postapocalyptic 20 movie snowpiercer, this sentiment rings true in how children are commodified to keep the train running and the semblance of hope the next generation offers even when all has gone to hell. Snowpiercer is a 20 science fiction action film based on the french graphic novel le.
As some of you may have heard, the film has been at the center of a feud between its director and harvey weinstein, the films distributor. Snowpiercer received critical acclaim, and appeared on many film critics top ten film lists of 2014 following its international release. In a harsh, uncompromisingly cold future where earth has succumbed to treacherously low temperatures, the. Initially planned for a limitedscreen showing in the united states, the critical response to. Whether or not the snowpiercer tv series will ever catch up to the timeline of the movie or the later books remains to be seen. The new show, which premiered on sunday night, takes ideas from both of. The ending was originally planned to have a narration by tanyas son timmy, which was cut because bong joonho wanted the ending to be more open. The series was continued in two volumes by writer benjamin legrand, replacing jacques lob. While the purge is going, wilford tells his agent to spare 18, one for every year theyve been on board.
In the ultracramped tail section, the destitute passengers desperate to revolt subsist on little food. But if you look at it on a bigger scale for example, you can take the greenhouse section and the water section of the train, and divide it in two. Read hot and popular stories about snowpiercer on wattpad. The postapocalyptic series is based on bong joonhos 20 film of the same name which was, in turn, inspired by the french graphic novel, le transperceneige. According to reports, weinstein disliked bongs 126minute cut and allegedly demanded the removal of 20 minutes before he would release it. The evolution of one snowpiercer character in the comic, movie, and book. In a harsh, uncompromisingly cold future where earth.
What story and character changes were made in snowpiercer. May 18, 2020 like everyone else in the tail section, he broke onto the snowpiercer train without a ticket, while the people in first, second and third class paid to escape the apocalypse. The plan backfires and causes an ice age, which kills all life on earth except for the people who live on the snowpiercer, a perpetual motion train that travels a span of track that loops one time around the globe in a year. Tilda swinton is suitably creepy as the representative that must enact justice in the tail section. Jul 01, 2014 snowpiercer, a futuristic action thriller directed by ofthemoment filmmaker bong joonho, is being positioned as a smart, stylish alternative to its bluntforce cousins at the multiplex. The cleansing sequence, the clothing, the different parts of the train, the underground transport area, seeing sunlight after seven years of tail section captivity, they were singular, striking. Snowpiercer is a 20 film set in a future where a failed climatechange experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges. It was previously scheduled to premiere on tnt at the end of may, but was moved up by two. The snowpiercer series premiere provides a detailed introduction to the world featured in the highly anticipated tnt show. First, the weather changed is far better than the viewer is expecting.
A brothel section with tail section women in it, which originally appeared in the comic. I myself felt some semblance to the david lynch adaptation of dune. In a future where a failed globalwarming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetualmotion engine. Jan 08, 2015 the film linearly progresses from the tail section to the engine, but information is doled out in almost a reverse order so that each piece reverberates back onto earlier parts of the film. He began his career as an editorial cartoonist, before an editor suggested he focused on his writing, which bore rich fruit across a number of genres. Snowpiercer episode 1 makes a dark scene from the comic even.
They use a giant tube to block the doors and reach the next car, which has guards. Based on the french graphic novel le transperceneige, the. Curtis subdues wilford and sacrifices an arm to save timmy from this work. Layton was a former police detective who must choose between his loyalty to the tail section and the temptations of a better life on the train. While i preferred the novels political analysis, and more developed history of the snow piercer overall the graphic novel is somewhat grittier than the film, focusing more on the dire situation of the train, and the 3rd class tail scum where the movie added considerable eccentricity to the world, and a number of subplots and characters. Spoiler snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges. However, i dont think that movie train had as many cars. After all, hes the visionary who had the foresight, and wealth, to build the massive great ark train, which circles the frozen earth.
How many train cars did the train consist of in snowpiercer. Snowpiercer, a futuristic action thriller directed by ofthemoment filmmaker bong joonho, is being positioned as a smart, stylish alternative to its bluntforce cousins at the multiplex. Jacques lob and jeanmarc rochette, the tail section of the train is a very. Tnts snowpiercer turns bong joonhos thriller into a. Deputyminister mason is the secondary antagonist of the 20 exploitation south koreanamerican scifi thriller film, snowpiercer. Originally published in french, this marks the first time that snowpiercer will be available in english. And despite its roots as a popular graphic novel and an acclaimed. This is just one of the ways bong joonho suggests that this linearity is a false, limiting construct. Snowpiercer is the enthralling and thoughtprovoking postapocalyptic graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed movie starring chris evans captain. Like everyone else in the tail section, he broke onto the snowpiercer train without a ticket, while the people in first, second and third class paid to escape the apocalypse. A gruesome murder is the entry point into tnts snowpiercer, but the bigger. By turns hilarious, repulsive and heartwrenching, snowpiercer is the ride this summer needs. Director bong joonho breaks down snowpiercers ending vulture.
The muchdelayed series, starring jennifer connelly and daveed. By turns hilarious, repulsive and heartwrenching, snowpiercer is. See, i just dared them to shoot me in the head, and they couldnt. Snowpiercer is the enthralling and thoughtprovoking postapocalyptic graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed movie starring chris evans captain america, fantastic four. Director bong joonho talks about snowpiercer, why he cast chris evans, being a control freak, his desire to return to small budget movies, and more. Jun 30, 2014 or rather the tail section of snowpiercer, the massive arklike train that rattles through the frozen wasteland of 2031 earth in joonho bongs wildly inventive adaptation of french graphic novel, le transperceneige. Through greenhouses and artificial light, they grow plants and fruits on the train, and thats what sustains most of the people excluding the ones who live in the tail section. It is one train, but you see two different worlds inside of it. For those at the front, its a lavish paradise of drugs and sushi in the lap of luxury. The scifi film snowpiercer takes place on a postapocalyptic train.
1019 104 1235 381 1429 428 904 335 866 1457 823 835 1441 342 470 1325 562 369 937 1158 245 1245 853 1384 877 1198 282 1306 334 509 965 1405 642 285 1076 679