Ndinafunsidwa posachedwa, monga munthu wa nyama, momwe ndimamvera za mtundu wa nyama wakupha. Choyamba, ndiloleni ndifotokoze “munthu wa nyama.” Monga ambiri, ndakhala ndi mtima wokonda nyama koma, mu 2003, ndinawona filimu yomwe inasinthiratu momwe ndimaonera ubale wa anthu ndi nyama. Kanemayo, Nation Food Food, si mbali ya mtundu womwe nditi ndilankhule pano, koma idayambitsa malingaliro omwe atsogolera ku nkhaniyi. Kuyambira pamenepo, ndayesetsa kuphunzira za nyama, kuzilemekeza komanso kupewa kudyera masuku pamutu. Maganizo anga okhudza mafilimu opha nyama anasintha. Sizinazimiririke, zinangosintha pang’ono. Bwanji? Chabwino, ndi ubale wovuta.

Ndili mwana, agogo anga sanaphonyepo mwayi wondikhazika pansi pamaso pa Monstervision ndi Joe Bob Briggs kapena filimu yomwe ankakonda kwambiri ya Harryhausen. Ndidazolowera kuwona anthu ngati chakudya cha ma dinosaur komanso cholengedwa chilichonse chachilendo chomwe mungachiganizire mwachangu. Lingaliro loti chilombo chikudya iwe chinali chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe ndimaganiza ndili mwana. Zowonadi zinthu zamaloto. Kotero, mwachibadwa ndinakokera kwa izo.

Pamene mudachotsa lingaliro ili kutali ndi zolengedwa zosangalatsa ndikuziyika ku chinthu chonga shaki zidakhala zowopsa kwa ine. Shark alipo. Zingwe zilipo. Inu simungakhoze kulingalira nawo iwo. Sakuchita nkomwe chifukwa cha zoipa zakuya kapena chidani cha mtundu wa anthu. Iwo ali ndi njala chabe, ndipo chilengedwe chikhoza kukhala chinthu chopanda chifundo. Nyama zimenezi zimakhala paliponse, m’nyanja, m’dambo, m’mapiri. Lingaliro loti mutha kukhala patchuthi ndikudzipeza mutakhala m'miyendo ya anaconda kapena m'zikhadabo za grizzly ndi lomwe lapangitsa anthu kuchita mantha kuyambira kalekale.

Ndizosangalatsa kuona momwe olemba nthano amasinthira nyamazi kukhala zilombo komanso momwe zingakudziwitse momwe mukumvera pa ntchito yawo. Ndikuganiza kuti ubale wanu ndi nyama komanso zikhulupiriro zanu pazamankhwala azinyama zimakhudzadi malingaliro anu pankhaniyi, koma ndikukhulupiriranso kuti kunyanyira konse kungathe kukhalapo. Panthawi ina m’moyo wanga, ndinayamba kuzindikira kwambiri za kuvutika kwa nyama, mumafika poti mukamaonera ena mwa mafilimuwa ndiye kuti mumawakonda kwambiri kuposa anthu.

Ndinaona kuti panali nkhani zina zimene nyama zinkaoneka zonyozedwa popanda chifukwa china koma kukhala nyama; nthawi zina pali kusintha kwa cholengedwa kupereka kuti "chilombo" udindo. Mbalamezi ndi zosinthika kapena zotsalira zakale zomwe zidatayika pakapita nthawi. Sharki ndi zazikulu kwenikweni kapena ubongo wawo wayesedwapo. Nthawi zina zimakhala zaulesi ngati kusintha mtundu wa namgumi kukhala woyera. “Taonani! Ndi yosiyana ndi ena, ndi chilombo!” Nthawi zonse kutsagana ndi ma thumba onyamula awa kumabwera ndiukali kwambiri. Kufuna, kufunikira, kuwononga munthu aliyense panjira yake. Koma izi ndichifukwa chake mutha kusangalala limodzi ndi Chief Brody pamene shaki imagwa panyanja yotseguka.

Zosankha zina zimakhala zomveka kuposa zina. Shark, alligators, mikango ndi zimbalangondo zonse zadziwika kuti zimatenga moyo wa munthu. Ngozi kapena ayi, monga kawirikawiri, zimachitika. Koma pali mafilimu akupha akalulu, achule, anamgumi. Zilibe kanthu kuti ali ndi mano kapena ayi. Osimba nkhani adzalingalira njira yoti adye nanu.

Nangumi mu Pinocchio amatchedwa Monstro. Iwo anachitcha kwenikweni "Chilombo". Wochenjera. Chinali chimphona cha m’nyanja chokhala ndi mano oopsa ndi maso owopsa, chikumeza chilichonse chimene chinkaoneka popanda chisoni. Sipanakhalepo imfa yotsimikizika yoyambitsidwa ndi chinsomba kuthengo. Anthu anayi amwalira ndi anamgumi omwe ali ku ukapolo, atatu mwa iwo anali ochokera ku whale yemweyo! Hmm, mwina si lingaliro labwino kusunga anamgumi. Komabe, Pinocchio amatiwonetsa momwe sperm whales amawopsa tikadali ana. Mantha aikidwa mwa ife. Nangumi wa umuna amawoneka ngati chisankho chodabwitsa kupanga munthu wankhanza ndipo Pinocchio sanali woyamba kuchita izi. Moby Dick inalembedwa m’chaka cha 1851. Tilibe nthaŵi yoloŵera m’matanthauzo onse a nkhaniyo koma, m’mawonekedwe ake, ikunena za munthu wopenga ponena za kupha chinsomba.

Moby Dick amatengedwa ngati chilombo choopsa chochokera kutali koma…ndi chinsomba chabe. Ahabu akufuna kubwezera chifukwa cha kutaya mwendo kwa nyama yaikulu koma mwendo wake unatengedwa nthawi he anali kuyesera kupha Moby Dick chifukwa cha blubber yake. izi ndendende zomwe ine ndikuzikamba. Timawonetsedwa mobwerezabwereza momwe nyamazi zingakhalire zowopsa komanso zowopsa koma timanyalanyaza kuti nthawi zambiri anthu ndi omwe amamenya. Moby Dick adatengera nkhani yowona koma The Essex, sitimayo yomwe ili m'nkhani yowona, idamizidwa ndi chinsomba chomwe chimasaka. Nyama yoopa moyo wake. Anangumi amtundu wa sperm anali kuthetsedwa ndipo m'modzi yekha adamenyedwa. Nangumiyo si amene ali ndi vuto pano.

Mwina monga wokonda nyama ndikungofuna kuti chinyama chipambane ziribe kanthu. Choncho, nthawi zambiri anthu amakhala opusa. Koma bwanji za Jaws? Simungachitire mwina koma kumwetulira momwe Brody adawonekera pankhope pomwe adazindikira kuti sadzafa. Ngakhale Steven Spielberg ankafuna kuti shaki ikhale yowoneka bwino, imawonetsedwa ngati Michael Myers wapansi pamadzi. Imapeta ndi kupha m’njira imene shaki sizimachitira. Ndizosakhazikika komanso zowopsa kotero kuti, zikafa, zimamveka ngati mukutha kupuma. Onani, pali maola okhutira kunja uko akufotokoza chifukwa chake nsagwada ndi kanema wabwino kwambiri ndipo sindidzatsutsa chilichonse. M'malo mwake, idapangidwa bwino kwambiri kotero kuti mwina sikuli bwino kuti nditchulenso za Chibwano pano. Tiyeni tipitirire.

Sindikunena kuti sikuli bwino kupha nyama m'mafilimu. Sindikunena kuti pakhale malamulo oti azitsatira. Ngati imayenda mozungulira ngati chilombo ndipo zotsatira zake ndi nyama yakufa, nditha kukhala nazo. Ndikhoza kuika mtima wanga wokha magazi pambali ndikusangalala ndi kanema wa "chilombo". Ngati nyama yomwe ikufunsidwayo ikuwopseza chuma cha Amity Islands, ndiye kuti, iphani shaki. Ngati ng'ombe ikudya maphwando onse aukwati, muyenera kupha chimbalangondo.

Koma ngati chinyamacho chikungochita zinthu chifukwa cha zochita za munthu ndipo chikungofuna kukhalapo m’malo ake achilengedwe, ndizika mizu kwa nyamayo. Pakudya kwanga kosalekeza kwa mtunduwo ndakumana ndi zovuta zingapo mbali zonse ziwiri. Posachedwapa, ena mwa zitsanzo zoipitsitsazi ndi zomwe zandichititsa chidwi kwambiri pamutuwu.

Ndinakulira ndikuwonera Alligator wa Lewis Teagues. Ndidakali ndi zithunzi kuyambira ndili mwana wa chilombo komanso anthu omwe amazunzidwa. Nyama yomwe ili mufilimuyi ndi yoopsa kwambiri. Kuwononga maukwati ndi kuwononga katundu wa mzinda. Zilibe kanthu kuti zimbalangondo zenizeni zili bwanji chifukwa iyi ndi chilombo chovala chovala cha ng'ona. Nyamayi imabisala m’madziwe osambira ndipo imadya ana osayembekezera. Kanemayu ndi wopusa, wosangalatsa, komanso wopanda chifundo, ndipo nyamayo ili kutali kwambiri ndi zenizeni zomwe nthawi zonse zimandidutsa. Ndipo ngakhale amapha pamapeto pake, amaonetsetsa kuti akuwonetsa kuti mwana wapulumuka.

Chifukwa cha filimuyi, ndinali wokondwa kwambiri kuwerenga buku la Shelley Katz, Alligator. Ngakhale kuti palibe chiyanjano ndi filimuyi, ndinalakwitsa poganiza kuti zidzakhala zofanana. Ndinagula makope atatu chifukwa ndinkafuna zojambula zosiyanasiyana zachikuto ndipo ndinali nditangolandira kumene Centipede Press Special Edition. Ndiloleni ndifotokoze momveka bwino, sindikudandaula ndi zolemba za Shelley. Luso lake loposa luso limakulowetsani m'matumbo a madambo, ndipo nyali ikakhala ndi nthawi yowala, sizidzaiwalika. Nkhani yanga ili mu nkhani. Bukuli likuyamba ndi imfa ya anthu awiri opha nyama popanda chilolezo. Tsoka, simungayembekeze kuti ndingamve chisoni ndi zimenezo eti?

Pamene nkhaniyi ikupita patsogolo otchulidwa anu akuluakulu ndi gulu la rednecks lomwe linanyamuka kuti lipeze ndi kupha nyama yamtundu wosweka. Ndipo amapambana. Kodi ndiyenera kumva bwino za izo? Cholengedwa ichi sichimachoka kuti chidye aliyense. Sizikuchulukirachulukira m'malo okhala anthu, zikungokhalira moyo wake m'dambo lokongola mpaka amuna atapita kukapha. Pambuyo pa masamba 269, pamene nyamayo yafa ndipo wopha nyamayo ali moyo, kodi ndiyenera kumva chiyani? Kodi mfundo ya m’bukuli ndi yotani kwa anthu? Ngati ndi choncho, mfundo yatengedwa.

Kapena okamba nkhani ena amawopa kukhulupirira omvera kukhala kumbali ya nyama kuposa munthu? Kodi ndili m'gulu la anthu ochepa? Kodi anthu ambiri angamve chisoni kwambiri ngati munthu atafa ndipo nyamayo ingakhalepo ngakhale munthu atakhala mulu wa zinyalala?

Izi zimandibweretsa ku filimu ya 1977, Orca. Idapatsa munthu wake wamkulu mbiri yachifundo yomwe bukulo silinaphatikizepo kotero kuti omvera amve bwino za kugwedezeka komwe kwakhalako nthawi yonseyi. Kanemayo amachotsa zambiri za tsankho lake koma osati kugonana kwake. Pa nthawi ina, amanena kuti adzasiya namgumi yekha pochita malonda a kugonana. Mwamuna ameneyu samangoyesa kugwira Orca yaimuna, amapachika mnzake ndikumuyang'ana akubala mwana wa ng'ombe wakufa pamtunda wa bwato lake asanamusiye mayiyo atamangidwa kuti azizimitse pang'onopang'ono.

Omvera amangoyang'ana mwamuna wosauka Orca akulira mosweka mtima komanso mopweteka pamene akukakamizika kuwonera. Ndipo kodi tikuyenera kugwirizana ndi munthu uyu? Zoonadi, chinsombacho chimapitirira kuopseza mudzi ndipo anthu ochepa amataya moyo wawo (kapena ziwalo) muzochitikazo, koma zonsezi zimachitika chifukwa adakwiyitsidwa! Zonse ndi chifukwa cha zochita za Captain Campbell. Iye ndiye chilombo chenicheni apa.

Kanemayo, mwina, amasintha mathero ake ndikulola chinsomba kubwezera, koma osati pamaso pa chochitika chomwe kapitawo wathu akufotokoza kuti adzayang'ana chinsombacho m'maso ndikuuza chisoni chake. Awww, kaputeni wosauka Campbell.

Mu 1987 filimu yodziwika kwambiri ya ku Australia, Mdima Wamdima, anapereka muyezo wagolide. Imakhala ndi John Jarratt ngati woyang'anira paki yemwe ntchito yake inali yodziwa zoyenera kuchita ndi ng'ona yayikulu. Kuyandikira kwa mudzi wapafupi ndi kasupe wa madzi kumaika anthu pachiwopsezo chokhala chakudya. Mu chimodzi mwa zochitika zosaiŵalika, ngwazi zathu zachedwa kupulumutsa mwana ku nkhanza za chilengedwe. Koma monga gawo la chilengedwe ndi momwe ng'ona amachitira ndi anthu ammudzi. Iwo amachilemekeza icho. Amazindikira kuti nyamayo ikungochita zomwe nyama imachita kuti ipulumuke. Apanso, opha nyama ndi anthu oipa kwenikweni m’nkhaniyi.

Filimuyi ikuyang'ana kwambiri kufikitsa nyama kumalo otetezeka kutali ndi zoopsa za opha nyama komanso kutali kwambiri ndi mudzi kuti pasakhalenso wina aliyense amene amadya.
Umu ndi momwe nkhani ngati iyi iyenera kunenedwa. Ndikhoza kuchita mantha ndi chiwembu chowona thupi la munthu likukhala chakudya cha cholengedwa chopanda chidwi komanso gwero la moyo wa cholengedwacho. Ambiri mwa mafilimuwa ayenera kukhala ndi maganizo otere.

Zambiri mwazitsanzo izi ndi ntchito zakale koma palibe kusowa kwa makanema amakono opha nyama omwe amalowetsedwa m'mitsempha yathu. Cocaine Chimbalangondo nayenso anachita izi bwino. Mphindi 95 za chimbalangondo chikuthamangitsa anthu, koma pamapeto pake, mukuyambira chimbalangondo! Nyamayo imakhala ndi mapeto osangalatsa ngakhale titaiwona ikung'amba matumbo a Ray Liotta.

Pamapeto pake ndabwera chifukwa cha buku/kanema wakupha nyama. Ndikufuna kusangalala nazo zonse. Ndikungofuna kuti azichita zinthu mwanzeru. Ndikufuna kuwona chiwembu cha nyama ndikuwononga anthu amderali, koma sindikufuna kukhumudwa ngati (kapena) nyamayo ikafa kumapeto. Ndi mchitidwe wolinganiza, mwinamwake womwe ndi wosavuta kunena kuposa kuchita.

Ena angadzifunse kuti, "Chifukwa chiyani zili zofunika?" kapena kunena kuti, “Ndi filimu chabe.” Mokonda kapena ayi, ngakhale kuti izi zingamveke ngati zopusa, anthu ena amalola mafilimu kuti afotokoze maganizo awo enieni pa zinthu. Angatenge chinachake mokokomeza kapena chongopeka n’kuchitenga ngati chowonadi. Kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti nsagwada zitatulutsidwa, chiwerengero cha shaki chidatsika ndi 50%. Peter Benchley, mlembi wa Jaws, adadzimva chisoni kwambiri kotero kuti adakhala wosamalira zachilengedwe ndipo adakhala zaka zomaliza za moyo wake akuyesera kupulumutsa. Mwina pali anthu amene amawerenga izi amene amaganiza kuti anaconda amameza anthu nthawi zonse, koma zoona zake n’zakuti, mukhoza kuzigula kumalo ogulitsira ziweto. Izi zimayika mutuwo pamlingo winanso. Izi sizongopanga kanema wosangalatsa, tsopano tikuwononga nyama zakuthengo. Kodi ndi ntchito ya wokamba nkhani aliyense kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu akudziwa chowonadi chomwe chatambasulidwa kapena kupangidwa kwathunthu? sindikuganiza choncho.

Pamapeto pake ndi pa owonerera kuchita kafukufuku wawo ndipo mwina osatenga mawu a Usiku wa Shark 3D. Koma izi ndi zotsatira zenizeni zomwe sindikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri amaziganizira.

Chovuta changa kwa inu ndichakuti nthawi ina mukadzapeza kuti mukuwerenga kapena kuwonera nyama ikupanga chakudya chamasana, dziyikeni m'malo mwake. Yesetsani kuzindikira mikhalidwe yomwe olemba nkhani amagwiritsa ntchito kuti asinthe malingaliro anu. Samalani ndi momwe anthu amachitira poyamba. Kodi wankhanza ndani? Mutha kutuluka momwemo mukumva mosiyana ndi omwe akuyimira anthu. Kapena bwinobe, mutha kutuluka mukumva mosiyana ndi nyama.