rdawson808
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I was watching The Black Book, an otherwise great movie about WWII in the Netherlands, the other night and it had one really bad, factually incorrect scene in it. Most people probably wouldn't have noticed it.
This is a real spoiler so stop reading if you don't want to know.
Towards the end, Hans, the doctor, shoots Elise with insulin in order to kill her.
1. He injects it IV, which you can't do with insulin. It's injected subcutaneously (sp?).
2. It takes effect immediately. Even current fast-acting insulins take 5 minutes to take affect and they've only been around for something like less than 20 years (when I was first diagnosed in 1982 the fasted acting was 30 minute on-set).
3. To counteract the insulin she eats a chocolate bar and it revivers her nearly instantly. Chocolate is very slow to absorb and is not recommended for counteracting low blood sugar.
This bugged me almost as much as that dumb scene in Steel Magnolias with Julia Roberts where she goes all bad-**** crazy when her blood sugar drops.
Any personal annoyances for you?
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This is a real spoiler so stop reading if you don't want to know.
Towards the end, Hans, the doctor, shoots Elise with insulin in order to kill her.
1. He injects it IV, which you can't do with insulin. It's injected subcutaneously (sp?).
2. It takes effect immediately. Even current fast-acting insulins take 5 minutes to take affect and they've only been around for something like less than 20 years (when I was first diagnosed in 1982 the fasted acting was 30 minute on-set).
3. To counteract the insulin she eats a chocolate bar and it revivers her nearly instantly. Chocolate is very slow to absorb and is not recommended for counteracting low blood sugar.
This bugged me almost as much as that dumb scene in Steel Magnolias with Julia Roberts where she goes all bad-**** crazy when her blood sugar drops.
Any personal annoyances for you?
b