Post #347949 by Tiki Lion on Wed, Dec 5, 2007 4:59 PM

Another TV show, but a fantastic reference:

in the BBC production "Spooks" (aka "MI-5" in the US), the lead hunk Tom Quinn meets with his CIA babe-counterpart at the London aquarium in front of the submerged Moai tank (that also houses sharks) - a recurring location for this show.

The submerged Moais in a shark tank are an almost impossibly good match for the spy set, what with the archetypal avatar Moais implying reference to incomprehensible power embedded in large-scale mystery, the great significance of which is obvious from the enormous effort their creators must have taken to manufacture and place them where they stand, and yet it is impossible to decipher what they mean without the unavailable knowledge of an arcane culture; the Moais are further hidden from view below the water's surface, guarded by primally fearsome uber-predators...

The selection of this location for these scenes of spy-meets-spy is absolutely delicious: even though at least one layer of secrecy is pealed back (in the aquarium we see the Moais at face level, instead of hidden beneath the water surface), introduction of sharks highlights the importance of protecting secrets buried beneath layer upon layer of secrecy, hidden in the giant stones...

I like bad film just as much as the rest of the 'Ohana, but this series is really good - and available through Netflix®.
It's worth watching because it's a great series, but in addition, for my taste, it's worth watching the whole series just to get the full setup of this one scene.