History Film / HiveMind

* [[spoiler:TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: The film's climax consists of both Doug and Hive Mind trying to do this to each other.]]

* HollywoodAtheist: Played with. Doug claims to have lost his faith when most of humanity was absorbed into the Hive Mind, and he's pretty caustic about everything. That said, he's still portrayed as the OnlySaneMan (last sane man, really), and even insists that the [=USA=] was founded on Biblical principles that the government should have done a better job of adhering to.

!!This movie contains examples of

* BlatantLies: "I am a romantic comedy."

* [[spoiler:GainaxEnding]]

The bulk of this film deals with that broadcast as Doug relays what happened and how it could have been avoided. Interestingly, this is pretty much a one-man show. There are no flashbacks and almost no other characters. We just see Doug in his basement, making his broadcast, talking to himself, and making the occasional wary glance at his three security monitors...[[spoiler:although that changes in the final act]].

* CreatorCameo: Zack is actually a picture Writer/Director Ladd Ehlinger Jr.

The bulk of this film deals with that broadcast as Doug relays what happened and how it could have been avoided. Interestingly, this is pretty much a one-man show. There are no flashbacks and almost no other characters. We just see Doug in his basement, making his broadcast, talking to himself, and making the occasional nervous glance at his three security monitors...[[spoiler:although that changes in the final act]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Beauty Babs and Hive Mind, though for Hive Mind, it's more of [[IShallTauntYou tactic]].

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]

* TakeThat: At BarackObama, comsumerism, Apple, socialism, John [=McCain=]...and a whole lot of other things that would take up too much space if we listed them here.

* AnimalMotifs: Flies are heard buzzing whenever Doug suspects that ''Hive Mind'' may have discovered his hide-out.

* HollywoodAtheist: Played with. Doug lost his faith when most of humanity was absorbed into the Hive Mind, and he's pretty caustic about everything. That said, he's still portrayed as the OnlySaneMan (last sane man, really), and even insists that the [=USA=] was founded on Biblical principles that the government should have done a better job of adhering to.

* {{Jerkass}}: Beauty Babs

* DirtyCoward: It's indicated that Doug may have been one [[spoiler:when we learn what happened to the real Zack.]]

* HollywoodAtheist: Played with. Doug lost his faith when most of humanity was absorbed into the Hive Mind, and he's pretty caustic about everything. That said, he's still portrayed as TheOnlySaneMan (last sane man, really), and even insists that the [=USA=] was founded on Biblical principles that the government should have done a better job of adhering to.

* GrandFinale: In-Universe example. Doug treats his broadcast as if it's the last

The bulk of this film deals with that broadcast as Doug relays what happened and how it could have been avoided. Interestingly, this is pretty much a one-man show. There are no flashbacks and almost no other characters. We just see Doug in his basement, making his broadcast and making the occasional nervous glance at his three security monitors...[[spoiler:although that changes in the final act]].

Doug was once a radio talk-show host, and even has all his old equipment. He's hidden out for years, but now his food supply is almost gone. His choices are either to starve to death or surrender. He opts for [[TakeAThirdOption another choice]]. He takes out his old radio equipment and makes one final broadcast...one last act of defiance before he's found and ''dealt with''.

The bulk of this film deals with that broadcast as Doug relays what happened and how it could have been avoided. Interestingly, this is pretty much a one-man show. There are no flashbacks and almost no other characters. We just see Doug in his basement, making his broadcast and making the occasional nervous glance at his three security monitors...[[spoiler:although that changes in the final act.]]

* TakeThat: At BarrackObama, comsumerism, Apple, socialism, John [=McCain=]...and a whole lot of other things that would take up too much space if we listed them here.

[[http://www.hivemindmovie.com/ ''Hive Mind'']] is a 2009 independent horror film directed by Ladd Ehlinger Jr.

Is this experimental approach effective? Well, the movie's concept means that it relies almost entirely on the performance of the lead actor, Greg Trent. So, whether this film works as anything beyond an AuthorTract depends on [[YourMileageMayVary whether-or-not you think Trent's performance works.]]

* CensorBleep: Doug's radio equipment censors out all of his swears and even some of his non-swears. Oddly, it censors out "Christmas", but not "Christ".