re: #132 Sir John Barron

In some ways, the toughest of all. Can’t watch them killing animals.

Pretty effective, although short, look in on the firefighter’s wife, beside an empty crib, and the gazed look on her face.

I agree. I could not stand the killing of the animals including pets but at least it was almost all off-screen. You heard the shots, knew what was happening, but did not actually see it. The Russian government was like the American government until after Katrina: pets could not be evacuated with their owners.

Re: the firefighter’s wife. The statement that the baby saved the mother by absorbing the radiation — is that assertion correct?