Magnificent from first spew to last!
Also known as Panic at Rock-Bottom Nine.
SmithyinBrissy's succint twitter review summed it up best:
"That #PanicAtRockIsland had to be the s#!ttest piece of television I've ever seen".
Especially loved the bikie premier of NSW.
Favourite lines...
"Somebody call him a water taxi!"
- Airhead TV presenter/Lizzy Lovette clone about a drunk festival fan. But they weren't drunk... they were INFECTED!
"Stop the boats."
Who knew the whole shebang was an allegory for the refugee crisis?
Paramedic #1: "Has he been overseas recently?"
Paramedic #2: "Does New Zealand count?"
- Okay this was meant to be funny. But delivered and directed so badly, it wasn't.
"Dong! Bell! Intermission!"
- Gruff government hack Marshall Napier cuts off that damn health department do-gooder Grant Bowler mid-rant.
"We're not talking about a little sniffle".
- Grant Bowler on the killer virus.
"Don't shout at me, I'm not your health minister!"
- Dee Smart, Grant Bowler's wife. Not his health minister.
"Louise... there are CHILDREN on that island!"
- Grant Bowler to heartless scientist Simon Kessell. Think of the children!
"Kiss. My. Bum."
- Rebel without a cause at the music festival.
"I'm standing in front of a freight train asking it politely to stop".
- Dr. Damian Walshe-Howling explaining how the s#1t had hit the fan.
"Tell me what this virus is! It's obviously something appalling."
- Dee Smart demanding answers from Grant Bowler about the virus. Or maybe her dialogue.
"Serious music fan, huh?"
- Stoned serious music fan to Dee Smart as she lands on Rock Island.
"I hear you've got a virus".
- Vince 'the Man in Black' Colosimo arriving on scene. Wore black, a leather jacket and sunnies and drove a convertible. Tough guy? Betcha goddamn ass!
"There was one survivor. Lt. Michael Cross. Said he kept himself alive drinking bat's milk".
- The Man in Black (MIB) giving hope to the free world.
"Don't you dare tell me what my @#%$in' duty is!"
- MIB to Grant Bowler. Full tough guy mode. Scary.
"I'm gonna pursue this. Until the truth comes out".
- Grant Assange.
