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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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After much bloodshed/butchery,

After much bloodshed, Evelyn is captured by the mummies. Just before she can be sacrificed, her partner, Rick, rescues her. They read from another text with special powers, and Imhotep is defeated.
After much butchery, ...
After many people are killed, ...

Hi,
Do the last two in the above correctly explain the first? Thanks.
  

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Hi, After much bloodshed, focuses on the fact that there was a lot of blood around Evelyn is captured by the mummies. Just before she can be sacrificed, her partner, Rick, rescues her. They read from another text with special powers, and Imhotep is defeated.

— Clive

  • Hi, After much bloodshed, focuses on the fact that there was a lot of blood around Evelyn is captured by the mummies.
  • Just before she can be sacrificed, her partner, Rick, rescues her.
  • They read from another text with special powers, and Imhotep is defeated.
  • focuses on the fact that there were a lot of body parts around.
  • Probably too serious and grim a word to use in the context of talking about such a light-hearted movie.
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Hi,
After much bloodshed, focuses on the fact that there was a lot of blood around Evelyn is captured by the mummies. Just before she can be sacrificed, her partner, Rick, rescues her. They read from another text with special powers, and Imhotep is defeated.
After much butchery, ...focuses on the fact that there were a lot of body parts around. Probably too serious and grim a word to use
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