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    How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

    What Cormac McCarthy Insisted On Keeping In The Road Movie

    See What Life Was Like Before Viggo Hit "The Road"

    "The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings, Skulls On Sticks In New Trailer

    Another Roadblock For The Road: Post-Apocalyptic Film Delayed Until Thanksgiving

    The Road Trailer Plays Like Terrible Roland Emmerich Thrill Ride

    First Official Review Of The Road Calls It The Most Important Movie Of The Year

    Listen To Nick Cave's End Of The World Mixtape

    Cormac McCarthy is Huge in Spain

    As If John Connor Isn't Sad Enough, McG Makes T4 Cast Read The Road
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    i am just glad there is a new movie for scifi that is not a remake/reboot
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Are those spoilers also spoilers for those who have read the novel?
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    I'm so excited! The Road is the kind of book where I won't mind if they make changes in adapting it to a movie.

    I pretty sure that it wasn't a nuclear disaster in the book, but I'm still going to spend a lot of the movie worrying about their exposure to radiations (No! Don't drink that! It's +10 rads/sec). I blame Fallout 3.
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    Image of Traveshamockery Traveshamockery
    11/24/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: What else could it have been? Massive earthquake? Worldwide meteor shower?
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment Edited by Traveshamockery at 11/24/09 10:33 AM Traveshamockery was starred Traveshamockery was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @Traveshamockery: It doesn't really specify in the book. I've always assumed multiple meteor impacts worldwide. It's the explanation that makes the most sense given the available information.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/24/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Why do you think it wasn't nuclear in the book? It doesn't specify it, but it seems clearly a nuclear-winter scenario (yeah, meteorites would do that as well), and well... they wouldn't talk about radiation because there's nothing they can do about it. Also, It doesn't need to be radioactive everywhere for there to be a nuclear winter, just several big explosions that release enough dust
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    Image of WLDaywalker WLDaywalker
    11/24/09

    @Dirk Anger: While reading the book I went back and forth between a nuclean conflict and massive volcanism. On the one hand you had the flashback of the power going out/glow on the horizon, which led me to think of a nuke stike/EMP. On the other, you have the idea that this unnamed cataclysm has wiped out civilization on the entire planet, with massive amounts of ash still blocking the sun and coating things years later.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @WLDaywalker: @Dirk Anger: The glow on the horizon is what made me think it wasn't nuclear - if they were close enough to see a nuclear strike of that size I figured they'd be pretty nuked. That's why I assumed meteor. Super volcano makes sense too.

    I guess my reading of it just gave me more of a "man destroyed by nature" vibe. McCarthy's never said what it was - I think we're supposed to be debating it.

    You win this time Cormac.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    The trailer kind of makes me weepy, so I'm not sure I could go see the entire thing.

    I never read the book, by the way. Should I? Should I read the book then see the movie, or vice versa?
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    11/24/09

    @cletar: It's a good book, it's not great.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    @cletar: I'd recommend it. It's a nice story and a fast read. If you like post-apocalypse settings (admittedly I'm a huge fan of the genre) you should enjoy it.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Is the spoiler that it was really Earth the whole time?
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/24/09

    @Dunny0:
    Omigod, I was wrong!
    It was earth, all along!
    Oh, you finally made a monkey...
    out of MEEEEEE!
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    Image of ragincajun67 ragincajun67
    11/24/09

    @cletar:
    "I hate them all,
    from Chimpan A
    to Chimpan Z!"
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    11/24/09

    @cletar: I LOVE LEGITIMATE THEATER!!!!
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    Image of allium allium
    11/24/09

    @NerD: Blattella: That's "theyaytur".
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/20/09

    In reply to What Cormac McCarthy Insisted On Keeping In The Road Movie
    i wish i could find 4 lines to write that would completely change the tone of everything.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Cormac McCarthy Insisted On Keeping In The Road Movie
    Wanna bet the kiddy sex slaves are gone?
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    Image of topdolla825 topdolla825
    11/19/09

    @Dirk Anger: read the book a year ago, where did U read anything about kiddy sex slaves?? Maybe only in your wishlist
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/19/09

    @Dirk Anger: Um, yeah, wrong post-apocalypse novel.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/20/09

    @Starwatcher: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Maybe it was a translation error because I got a translation, but they saw somebody who had several kids chained, and they were referred to as a weird word I had to look in a dictionary which said it which meant that.

    #calendar
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/20/09

    @Starwatcher: @topdolla825:
    no translation error:
    "slaves in harness and piled with goods of war and after that the women, perhaps a dozen in number, some of them pregnant, and lastly a supplementary consort of catamites illclothed against the cold and fitted in dogcollars and yoked each to each. All passed on. They lay listening."

    "A catamite is the younger, passive (anal recipient) partner in a pederastic relationship between a man and a boy, which was a popular arrangement in many areas of the ancient world."

    #calendar
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/20/09

    @topdolla825: A catamite is the younger, passive (anal recipient) partner in a pederastic relationship between a man and a boy, which was a popular arrangement in many areas of the ancient world.

    I read it in a dictionary
    #calendar
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/20/09

    @Dirk Anger: Ah, okay. Yeah, I know what a catamite is but somehow that escaped me. Well, I stand corrected. But I don't think it'll be a problem on screen--even if they depict the kids in chains the idea that they might be sex slaves will probably escape most people.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/18/09

    In reply to What Cormac McCarthy Insisted On Keeping In The Road Movie
    I'm surprised they considered cutting something like that out in the first place...
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    Image of John Harmsworth Nelson John Harmsworth Nelson
    11/18/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Get out. Surprised?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/18/09

    @John Harmsworth Nelson: he can't help it, the permanent state of shock comes with the name.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/18/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye:
    of course they considered it, but the Cormac slapped him up side the head.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/18/09

    @phoghat: Yea, but that dialog was one of those 'nutshell' moments of the book.

    So I would of thought someone like Hillcoat would have recognized it as an untouchable moment that shouldn't be left out.
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 11/18/09 5:22 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of RandomDigression RandomDigression
    11/18/09

    @phoghat: Well, I'm glad he was there to do the slapping, then. That one line is the the heart of the book. I'm with omgwtflolbbqbye at being somewhat flabbergasted that they would attempt to remove it.
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    Image of InfiniteMonkey InfiniteMonkey
    11/18/09

    @John Harmsworth Nelson: Seriously huh. LOL! Where has he been the past centuries of movie making? LOL!
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/18/09

    @InfiniteMonkey: Lol! Lol! Lol! yea I musta been living under a rock! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol! Lol!
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/16/09

    In reply to See What Life Was Like Before Viggo Hit "The Road"
    I read the book. Alas, Mrs. Overclock (etc.), who has not, has informed me in no uncertain terms that she has no interest in seeing this movie on the big screen or later at home as a rental.

    Sounds like I'll have to recruit some local IO9ers with whom to go see it. #theroad
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/16/09

    In reply to See What Life Was Like Before Viggo Hit "The Road"
    what the eff is taking so long for this movie to come out?? #theroad
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    Image of LarsThorwald LarsThorwald
    11/16/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: Harvey Weinstein hasn't figured out how to market it as a Matrix film yet. #theroad
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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    11/16/09

    In reply to See What Life Was Like Before Viggo Hit "The Road"
    If movie trailers usually show some of the best parts.... ugh... this will not end well... #theroad
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    Image of aubreyAubrey aubreyAubrey
    11/16/09

    @stereobot: These aren't trailers, they're clips. And the first one gave me chills. #theroad
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/16/09

    @stereobot: I'm guessing that you haven't even read the book yet. Do yourself a favor, read the book before you even contemplate seeing the movie. #theroad
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    Image of disatess disatess
    11/16/09

    @d_r_e: it was very thought provoking . #theroad
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    d_r_e promoted this comment disatess was starred disatess was unstarred
    Image of Naikrovek Naikrovek
    11/16/09

    @stereobot: As d_r_e said. read the book. I could not put it down, it is amazing. you will not regret it. #theroad
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/17/09

    @Naikrovek: Well I wouldn't recommend it to everybody. It's like 1984 without the happy ending. #theroad
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    Image of goetz goetz
    11/02/09

    In reply to "The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings, Skulls On Sticks In New Trailer
    How many new ideas do you think are left?

    In Hollywood: not many. #theroad
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/31/09

    In reply to "The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings, Skulls On Sticks In New Trailer
    'The Road' must be a Dead End then? .. ^_^}

    I kill me #theroad
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/31/09

    In reply to "The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings, Skulls On Sticks In New Trailer
    It still reminds me of a post-apocalyptic Pilgrim's Progress. #theroad
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    Image of Stanford Chiou Stanford Chiou
    10/31/09

    In reply to "The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings, Skulls On Sticks In New Trailer
    "The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings

    Like emo Burma-Shave signs? #theroad
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