I remember seeing the series , probably reruns or something, well I saw about five or six and they absolutely terrorized me.It was not just the fact that no one was allowed to get past a ridiculously young age, but the coldness, the hostile environment. And they skated and skated and skated and you felt trapped because they went no where  That terrible moment when it was time for Logan to allow extermination and he just kept skating in that underground world where only artificial light was there, and where no one had ever seen the out of doors or listened to the singing of the birds, or breathed deeply of the fresh air. The very ending was such a relief I nearly broke down. Shiver. Don't know if I could watch it again , it just wrung me right out.

I'm not sure how relevant it is, but there is a theory that all Mammals have a finite number of heartbeats of a similar number no matter what their size (baring from humans, which differ in their improved life styles, living standards and health-care etc.). A mouse, whose heart beats much faster than an elephants (for example) lives for far less time than an elephant, but due to their difference in heart-rate, both have a remarkably similar number of heartbeats in their life-times.

Obviously this doesn't take into account things like cars crashing into you, or sudden trips off of high buildings, but generally speaking it is... well quite frankly remarkable how close the heart-beats are in different mammals (excluding humans). I don't personally have any statistics*, and would rather not bore you all with them anyway, but tis just food for thought

(*Heads up: If you are interested, the statistics should be out there- just search for "Finite heart-beats" or something similar)

I didn't watch the film but as I read this thread. Oh Lord, this would be terrible if we all knew when our last day will be! There are many ways of enjoying life, not thinking about: oh, what if tomorrow I am dead? This would be a chaos!!! But you can think, what if I have the chance now and I take it? I am not sure if I did understand well this threat but it is about a film that would show us that there is a deadline for us all?

Recently a neighbour of mine died and she lived together with her husband and they were arguing daily. But when she died he was so sad... people think that he was hypocritical but I think he was sincere. In that moment he realized about all the beautiful things he could have said to her, all the meaningless details he could offered but he never did and now there is not more time. She is gone. Death is something we will face someday, that is nothing new but the truth is that death is not sad. The saddest part of it is all that is left to be said, to be done, to be seen, etc. So my suggestion is to do good for you and for the others. Life happens once and are you going to spend it by hurting, hating or thinking about tomorrow?

Yeah Leelee, there is an old Spanish saying that means that you said. The translation would be: when 2 people argue, bigger is the love between them! ¿? But there are other I read somewhere that says: love is the only thing that grows when you share it! I prefer this last one.