Ndakabvunzwa munguva pfupi yapfuura, semunhu wemhuka, kuti ndinonzwa sei pamusoro pemhando yemhuka yemhondi. Kutanga, regai nditsanangure “munhu wemhuka.” Kufanana nevakawanda, ndagara ndiine mwoyo munyoro kumhuka asi, muna 2003, ndakaona firimu rakachinja zvachose maonero andaiita ukama hwevanhu nemhuka. Firimu, Fast Food Nation, haisi chikamu chemhando yandichataura nezvayo pano, asi yakatanga manzwiro aizotungamirira kuchinyorwa ichi. Kubva ipapo, ndakaedza nepandinogona napo kudzidza nezvemhuka, kudzibata noruremekedzo, uye kudzivisa kubirwa zvakanyanya sezvandinogona. Manzwiro angu pamusoro pemuurayi mhuka mafirimu akachinja. Hazvina kunyangarika, zvakangochinja zvishoma. Sei? Zvakanaka, hukama hwakaoma.

Ndichiri mudiki, sekuru vangu havana kumbopotsa mukana wekundigarisa pasi pamberi peMonstervision naJoe Bob Briggs kana bhaisikopo raanofarira reHarryhausen. Ndakajairira kuona vanhu sechikafu chemadinosaur uye chisikwa chega chega chisinga fungidzirwe nekukurumidza. Pfungwa yekuti chikara chinokudya ndicho chinhu chaityisa chandaifunga ndichiri mudiki. Chokwadi zvinhu zveshuwa. Saka, semazvirokwazvo ndakakwevera kwairi.

Pawakatora pfungwa iyi kubva kune zvisikwa zvinoshamisa uye kuishandisa kune chimwe chinhu chakaita se shark zvakabva zvatotyisa kwandiri. Sharki dziripo. Alligators aripo. Iwe haugoni kutaurirana navo. Havasi kutombozviita nokuda kwehuipi hwakadzama kana ruvengo rwevanhu. Vanongova nenzara, uye zvisikwa zvinogona kuva chinhu chisina tsitsi. Mhuka idzi dzinogara kwese kwese, gungwa, machakwi, makomo. Pfungwa yekuti unogona kunge uri pazororo wozozviwana wava makoira eanaconda kana kuti munzara dzegora ndiyo yaita kuti vanhu vatye kubvira pakutanga kwenguva.

Zvinonakidza kuona kuti vanyori vengano vanoshandura sei mhuka idzi kuita zvikara uye kuti zvingazivisa sei manzwiro ako nezvebasa ravo. Ini ndinofunga hukama hwako nemhuka uye zvaunotenda pamabatirwo emhuka zvinonyatso pesvedzera manzwiro ako panyaya iyi, asi iniwo ndinotenda kuti zvese zvakanyanyisa zvinogona kugarisana. Pane imwe nguva muhupenyu hwangu, ndakave nekuziva zvakanyanya nezvedambudziko remhuka, unosvika padanho rekuti kana uchiona mamwe emabhaisikopo aya unenge uchidzivira zvakanyanya kupfuura vanhu.

Ndakaona kuti pane dzimwe nyaya apo mhuka dzaiita sedzinoshorwa pasina chikonzero kunze kwekungova mhuka; dzimwe nguva kune shanduko kune chisikwa kuti ipe iyo "chikara" chimiro. Iyo alligator ndeye mutant kana prehistoric relic yakarasika nenguva. Mashaki akakura chaizvo kana kuti pfungwa dzadzo dzakaedzwa. Dzimwe nguva husimbe sekuchinja ruvara rwewhale kuita jena. “Tarirai! Rakasiyana nemamwe, chikara!” Kugara uchiperekedza aya mabhegi ekubata hunhu kunouya hutsinye hwakanyanya. Kuda, kudiwa, kuparadza chero munhu munzira yake. Asi ichi ndosaka uchigona kufara pamwe chete naChief Brody apo shark inonaya pamusoro pegungwa rakashama.

Dzimwe sarudzo dzine musoro zvishoma pane dzimwe. Shark, mapere, shumba nemapere zvese zvave zvichizivikanwa kuti zvinotora hupenyu hwevanhu. Tsaona kana kwete, sezvishoma sezvazviri, zvinoitika. Asi kune mafirimu kunze uko anouraya tsuro, matatya, whale. Hazvinei kuti vane mazino here kana kuti havana. Vatauri vengano vachafunga nzira yekuti vakudye.

Whale mukati Pinocchio anonzi Monstro. Vakaritumidza kuti "Monster." Subtle. Raive zihombe remugungwa raive nemazino aityisa nemeso aityisa, raimedza zvese zvaionekwa pasina chaaidemba. Hakuna kumbove nerufu rwakasimbiswa rwakakonzerwa newhale musango. Vanhu vana vafa nemawhale vari muhusungwa, vatatu veavo vaibva kune imwechete whale! Hmm, pamwe haisi zano rakakura kuchengetedza whale munhapwa. Zvakadaro, Pinocchio anotiratidza kuti masperm whale anotyisa sei kana tiri vana. Kutya kwakaiswa matiri. A sperm whale inoita senge yakasarudzika sarudzo yekuita villain uye Pinocchio anga asiri iye wekutanga kuzviita. Moby Dick yakanyorwa muna 1851. Hatina nguva yokunyura mune zvose zvinorehwa nenyaya yacho asi, pamusoro payo, iri pamusoro pomurume anopenga nepfungwa yokuuraya whale.

Moby Dick anobatwa sechikara chinotyisa chinobva mhiri asi…inongova whale. Ahabu ari kuda kutsiva nekuda kwekurasikirwa negumbo kumhuka huru asi gumbo rake rakatorwa nguva he akanga achiedza kuuraya Moby Dick nokuda kweblubber yake. ichi ndizvo chaizvo zvandiri kutaura nezvazvo. Tinoratidzwa kakawanda kuti mhuka idzi dzinotyisa uye dzine ngozi sei asi isu tinofuratira kuti kazhinji vanhu ndivo vapambi. Moby Dick yakavakirwa panhau yechokwadi asi The Essex, ngarava iri munyaya yechokwadi, yakanyudzwa newhale yaivhimwa. Mhuka inotyira upenyu hwayo. Masperm whale akanga achitsvairwa uye imwe chete yakarwiwa. Whale haisi iyo ine mhosva pano.

Pamwe semudiwa wemhuka ini ndisingazive ndinoda kuti mhuka ikunde zvisinei nemamiriro ezvinhu. Saka nguva zhinji vanhu vari majerk zvakadaro. Asi zvakadini neJaws? Iwe haugone kuita kunze kwekunyemwerera pachiso chaBrody aona kuti haasi kuzofa. Kunyangwe Steven Spielberg aida kuchengetedza shark mukati mezviyero zvinogoneka, inonyatso kuratidzwa sepasi pemvura Michael Myers. Iyo inonyangira uye inouraya nenzira iyo shark isingaite chaizvo. Hazviregi uye zvinotyisa zvekuti, painofa, unonzwa sekunge wave kugona kufema. Tarisa, kune maawa ezvinyorwa kunze uko achitsanangura chikonzero nei shaya ifirimu rakakwana uye handisi kuzoramba chero ipi zvayo. Kutaura zvazviri, yakagadzirwa zvakanaka zvekuti pamwe hazvina kunaka kuti nditaure nezveMashaya pano. Ngatienderere mberi.

Handisi kuti hazvina kunaka kuuraya mhuka mumafirimu. Handisi kuti panofanira kuva nemitemo yekutevera. Kana ichitenderera ichiita sechikara uye mhedzisiro yacho imhuka yakafa, ndinogona kurarama nazvo. Ndinogona kuisa mwoyo wangu wekubuda ropa parutivi uye kunakidzwa nefirimu re "monster". Kana mhuka iri mubvunzo iri njodzi kuhupfumi hweAmity Islands, saka chokwadi, uraya shark. Kana alligator iri kudya mapato ese emuchato, unenge uchitofanira kuuraya alligator.

Asi kana mhuka yacho ichingoita nekuda kwezviito zvemunhu uye ichiedza kuvapo munzvimbo yayo yechisikigo, ini ndichadzikira mhuka. Mukugara kwangu kwekushandisa kwerudzi ndakasangana neashoma akanyanyisa mumativi ese. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, mishoma yeiyi mienzaniso yakanyanyisa ndiyo yakaita kuti ndifungisise pamusoro penyaya iyi.

Ndakakura ndichiona Lewis Teagues 'Alligator. Ndichiri nemifananidzo kubva pandakanga ndiri mwana wechikara uye vakaurayiwa nayo. Mhuka iri mufirimu iyi inotyisa. Kupaza michato nekuparadza midziyo yeguta. Hazvinei kuti makudo chaiwo akaita sei nekuti iyi imhungu yakapfeka mbatya dzemangwe. Chisikwa ichi chinovanda mumadziva ekutuhwina uye chinodya vana vasingafungiri. Iyi firimu inopusa, inonakidza, uye haina tsitsi, uye mhuka iri kure kure kubva kune chokwadi zvekuti inogara ichiwana kupfuura kubva kwandiri. Uye kunyangwe vakaiuraya pakupedzisira, vanoita shuwa kutiratidza mwana ararama.

Nekuda kwefirimu iri, ndakafara zvikuru kuverenga bhuku raShelley Katz, Alligator. Kunyangwe pasina hukama nefirimu, ndakaita chikanganiso chekufungidzira kuti vaizofanana. Ndakatenga makopi matatu nekuti ndaida akasiyana eakavha uye ndakanga ndichangogamuchira iyo Centipede Press Special Edition. Rega ndijekese, handisi kunyunyuta nekunyora kwaShelley. Hunyanzvi hwake kupfuura hune hunyanzvi hunokutakura iwe wakananga mudumbu remachakwi, uye kana alligator ikawana nguva yekupenya, hazvikanganwike. Nyaya yangu iri murondedzero. Bhuku iri rinotanga nerufu rwevavhimi vaviri zvisiri pamutemo. Huya, haungatarisiri kuti ndinzwe zvakaipa nezvazvo, handiti?

Sezvo nyaya ichienderera mberi vatambi vako vakuru iboka rema rednecks rakaronga kutsvaga nekuuraya mhuka yerekodhi inotyora saizi. Uye vanobudirira. Ndinofanira kunzwa zvakanaka nezvazvo here? Chisikwa ichi hachimbobvi munzira yacho kuti chidye chero munhu. Haisi pamharadzano munzvimbo dzine vanhu, inongorarama upenyu hwayo mumachakwi akaisvonaka kusvikira varume vabuda munzira yokuiuraya. Pashure pemapeji 269, kana mhuka yafa uye muvhimi ari mupenyu, chii chandinofanira kunzwa? Icho chinangwa chebhuku icho vanhu vanosveta here? Kana zvakadaro, pfungwa yatorwa.

Kana kuti vamwe vanyori vengano vanotya kuvimba nevateereri kudivi remhuka pamusoro pemunhu? Ndiri mushoma here? Vanhu vakawanda vanganzwa kuzvidemba here kudai munhu akafa uye mhuka ikararama kunyange kana munhu ari murwi unofamba wemarara?

Izvi zvinondiunza kufirimu ra1977, Orca. Yakapa hunhu hwayo mukuru nhoroondo yekunzwira tsitsi bhuku harina kusanganisira kuitira kuti vateereri vanzwe zvirinani nezve mhedziso jerk anga ari nguva yese. Iyo firimu inodzima akawanda erusarura rake overtones asi kwete yake sexism. Pane imwe nguva, anotaura kuti achasiya whale ari oga mukutengesa zvepabonde. Murume uyu haangoedze kubata Orca hono chete, anoturika mukadzi wake omuona achizvara mhuru yakafa panhongonya yechikepe chake asati asiya amai vakasungwa kuti vambofema zvishoma nezvishoma.

Vateereri vanobva vaiswa pakuona murombo wechirume Orca achichema neshungu dzemoyo uye nekurwadziwa sezvaanomanikidzwa kutarisa. Uye isu tinofanirwa kuwirirana nemurume uyu? Chokwadi, whale inoenderera mberi ichityisa musha uye vanhu vashomanana vanorasikirwa nehupenyu hwavo (kana makumbo) mukuita, asi zvose zvinoitika nokuti akatsamwiswa! Zvose zvinokonzerwa nezviito zvaKaputeni Campbell. Ndiye chikara chaicho pano.

Iyo bhaisikopo, zvirinani, inoshandura magumo uye inoita kuti whale iite kutsiva kwake, asi kwete pamberi pechiitiko umo kaputeni wedu anotsanangura kuti achatarisa whale muziso uye kuiudza kuti ane urombo sei. Awww, kaputeni murombo Campbell.

Muna 1987 firimu reAustralia risingazivikanwe, Rima Zera, akaunza mwero wegoridhe. Inosanganisira John Jarratt semuchengetedzi wepaki uyo basa rake raive rekuona zvekuita negarwe hombe. Kuva pedyo kwemusha womunzvimbo inochera mvura kunoisa vanhu mungozi yokuva zvokudya. Mune chimwe chezviitiko zvisingakanganwiki, magamba edu akanonoka kuponesa mwana kubva muhutsinye hwechisikigo. Asi sechikamu chezvisikwa ndizvo chaizvo mabatirwo anoita croc nevanhu veko. Vanozviremekedza. Vanoziva kuti mhuka iri kungoita zvinoitwa nemhuka kuti irarame. Zvekare, vanovhima zvisiri pamutemo ndivo vapambi vechokwadi munyaya iyi.

Firimu rinotarisa kutarisa pakusvitsa mhuka kunzvimbo yakachengeteka kure nenjodzi dzevanovhima zvisiri pamutemo uye kure zvakakwana kubva mumusha kuitira kuti pasave nemumwe munhu anova chikafu.
Aya ndiwo mataurirwo enyaya yakadai. Ndinogona kupinda mukutyisa uye kupenga kwekuona muviri wemunhu uchive chikafu chechisikwa chisingakendengi uyezve mudzi wekupona kwechisikwa ichocho. Mamwe emafirimu aya anofanirwa kuve nemhando iyi yekugumisa.

Mizhinji yeiyi mienzaniso chaiyo mabasa echinyakare asi hapana kushaikwa kwemafirimu emazuva ano emhondi anopombwa mutsinga dzedu. Cocaine Bear akaitawo zvakanaka izvi. Maminitsi makumi mapfumbamwe nemashanu bere richidzinga vanhu, asi pakupedzisira, unenge wava kudzura bere! Mhuka inowana magumo anofadza kunyangwe isu taiona ichidambura matumbu aRay Liotta kunze.

Pakupedzisira ini ndiri pano kune yega mhondi mhuka bhuku/bhaisikopo. Ndinoda kunakirwa nadzo dzose. Ndinongoda kuti vangwarire pazviri. Ini ndinoda kuona mhuka inoputika uye ichiparadza zvachose huwandu hwevanhu veko, asi ini handidi kunzwa kushushikana kana (kana riini) mhuka yacho ikafa pakupedzisira. Iko kuita kwekuenzanisa, pamwe iri nyore kutaura pane kuita.

Vamwe vangazviwana vamene vachibvunza, "nei zvine basa?" kana kuti, “inongova bhaisikopo.” Kuzvida kana kusazvifarira, sekupusa sezvinganzwika, vamwe vanhu vanorega mafirimu achizivisa maonero avo chaiwo ehupenyu pazvinhu. Vanogona kutora chimwe chinhu chakanyanyisa kana kuti manyepo zvachose vochitora sechokwadi. Tsvagiridzo inoratidza kuti mushure mekuburitswa kweJaws, pakanga paine kuderera kwe50% muhuwandu hwe shark. Peter Benchley, munyori weJaws, akanzwa zvakashata pamusoro pazvo zvekuti akave muchengeti wekuchengetedza uye akapedza makore ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwake achiedza kuyananisa. Pamwe pane vanhu vanoverenga izvi vanofunga kuti anacondas anogara achimedza vanhu asi chokwadi ndechekuti, unogona kuzvitenga pachitoro chako chezvipfuyo. Izvi zvinoisa musoro wacho pane rimwe danho rose. Izvi hazvisisiri zvekugadzira bhaisikopo rinonakidza, ikozvino tave kukuvadza mhuka dzesango. Ibasa remutauri wese wengano here kuti vanhu vazive kuti ndechipi chokwadi chakatambanudzwa kana kuumbwa zvachose? Handifunge kudaro.

Pakupedzisira zviri pamuoni kuti vaite tsvakiridzo yavo uye pamwe kwete kutora izwi re Shark Night 3D. Asi iyi ndiyo mhedzisiro chaiyo yandisingafungire kuti vanhu vazhinji vanofunga nezvayo.

Dambudziko rangu kwauri nderekuti nguva inotevera paunozviwana uchiverenga kana kuona mhuka ichiita imwe mweya isina kunaka kudya kwayo kwemasikati, zviise munzvimbo yayo. Edza kuona hunhu hunoshandiswa nevatauri vengano kushandura maonero ako pazviri. Ngwarira kuti vanhu vanoibata sei pakutanga. Ndiani anokushungurudza? Iwe unogona kubuda mairi uchinzwa zvakasiyana nezvevanhu protagonists. Kana zviri nani zvakadaro, unogona kubuda uchinzwa zvakasiyana nezvemhuka.