A lobster. A massive, deep-blue lobster, the size of a cocker spaniel, stood on his kitchen tiles. Its antennae twitched. Its black, bead-like eyes reflected the pale glow. And in the voice of the actor from the movie—flat, mournful, absurd—it whispered:
He jerked back. The movie resumed normally. The man on screen was now in a forest, holding a rifle that shot tranquilizer darts at “loners” running wild in the woods. The.Lobster.2015.1080p.Vegamovies.is.mkv
The movie was strange. A world where being single was a crime. People were sent to a hotel where they had 45 days to find a matching partner, or they’d be turned into an animal of their choice. Arjun, an IT consultant who debugged other people’s messy code, found himself gripping the armrest. The main character, a quiet, sad-eyed man, chose to become a lobster. Lobsters live for over a hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives. A lobster