SPOILERS AHEAD!
I recently re-watched one of my favorite films of last year, the apocalypse wow sci-fi thriller Knowing and in the process I had something of a revelation. This film might just be the bastard offspring of (get this): an episode of Night Gallery entitled The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes and the moody Styx melody Come Sail Away.
Have you got your laughter under control yet? Just hear me out. The Night Gallery episode involves a child (a very young Clint Howard) as a boy who can make startling and accurate predictions of events that will occur the next day. The episode ends with him calmly telling the television viewing public that tomorrow will be the beginning of a new and different world. Only once the cameras are off the boy is able to define to his grandfather what a nova is. The episode ends with a shot of the sun and the impending doom that tomorrow will bring. Sound familiar?
As for the Styx song the first half just seems to be about hopping on a ship and recalling memories both happy and sad, but the second half has similarities way to strong to ignore. Particularly the lyrics: "I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise, we climbed aboard their starship, we headed for the skies." Now correct me if I am wrong, but is that not word for word what I witnessed on screen?
I'm sure that by writing this I am coming off like a crazed pot smoker, but this is not the case. It was just something I observed recently and thought it would be fun to share. So what do you think? Does everything have a purpose, an order to it, is determined? Or does shit just happen?
P.S. Here is my original take on this film which I still stand by.
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