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[edit] Info box
There should be on info box on this page. --anonymous
Done --84.178.117.181 12:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A curious aside
I was first taken when I was eight years old, pulled through the wall of my bedroom by the lights. Eight seems to be a common age among people like me, a common starting point to something that changes the rest of our lives. They say that when you're taken, you see the white light, and then you don't remember anything. They're wrong. You don't remember anything, but your subconcious does, and let me tell you, it scares the hell out of you. Out of the people around you, when they find out that you're not, in the truest sense of the word, a normal human being.
How do I measure the times I've been taken? Do I number them by minutes of lost time? Nosebleeds? Times I've woken up screaming from nightmares about the lights? Scars on my body that weren't there the day before? No. Those are all indicators, side effects. The real way I measure is the tears of loved ones. Every time I wake up screaming, crying, shaking, my wife shares my tears. Why? Because she's scared. She's afraid for me, and it hurts. Every time my children hear me yelling at the lights, they cry. Why? Because they're scared. Afraid, because their father, me, the one who is supposed to be the symbol of strength and leadership, is afraid. Fear. Fear and tears, that's how I measure my experience with the lights. The nosebleeds, the scars, those are all the side effects, they don't really matter, and they are not why I hate the lights.
I hate the lights because my wife is seeing a marriage counselor, trying to find the strength to deal with me. I hate the lights because I can't sleep anymore, can't rest without fragments of parts of shattered memories surfacing to torment me. I hate the lights because my neighbors think that I am clinically insane. I hate the lights because my children are afraid of me, their own father.
I hate the lights because they're tearing my family, my life, apart.
Note: This monologue was inspired by watching an episode of Steven Spielberg's Taken. All people and events portrayed here are fictional, any resemblance to real locations or people, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No animals were harmed in the creation of this writeup. Batteries not included, some assembly required. Do not operate while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Keep out of reach of small children. -- anonymous
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That's a strange thing to put on a Wikipedia page. Anyhow, regarding the article, what a mess! I came here in search of a concise, coherent synopsis of what the miniseries was about, like start with the setting, the people we meet and what unfolds. All we've got here is a list of the characters with all their details tangled together. Please, somebody who's an expert start again!
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- Don't you people sign things here on the english wikipedia??--HerbSolo 23:38, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image
Hope the image isn't too much of a spoiler. -- anonymous
== Anyone planning to put an episode synopsis on the page? I was puzzled after watching the second disc, which ended with "Acid Test", that the next disc, which starts with "Maintenance", seemed to jump ahead a bit. It made me wonder if I missed something. -- Mapetite526 22:03, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
