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    Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked

    How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

    What Cormac McCarthy Insisted On Keeping In The Road Movie

    The Road Trailer Plays Like Terrible Roland Emmerich Thrill Ride

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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    I'm pretty scared to see the movie. Such a great book that I don't really want to have my memory of it tarnished.

    That being said, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' score is fucking brilliant (as usual).
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    12/02/09

    @PVIII: Nick Cave... wow its almost the wrong movie for using him when you think about the themes that the director says the author thinks the movie really is all about... but then when I really think about it now... hmm yes it does make sense... viva Nick!
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    12/02/09

    @sicboi: if you don't already have it, would completely recommend his and ellis' new one, White Lunar, which has some Road tracks on it, along with some random awesome stuff (all instrumental). Like this one: [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    I can handle a lot of gore...but the thought of seeing a gutted infant on the spit is so appalling I don't think I could stomach it.
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    12/02/09

    @FrankenPC: Yeah. The imagery was enough in the book. I saw it in my mind, I don't need to see it in my real.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    The Road is the most translated book of modern time? Does anyone know if that's true?
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    12/02/09

    @aubreyf: I can't imagine this would beat out Harry Potter in the translation department (to pick just one of many possibilities). There's a reason why J.K. is now richer than god and McCarthy isn't.
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    12/02/09

    @aubreyf:
    Pretty sure it's not true Aubrey. I'm a huge book nerd, and I'd never heard of it before the movie was announced. Besides that, the book just isn't that good, to be totally honest. The painfully slow pace made "Atlas Shrugged" feel like a Michael Bay film. I'm sure people are going to disagree with me, but I say this out of contrast: how many people have you talked to that didn't like the Harry Potter books?
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    12/02/09

    @Cash907Censored: I'm trying to picture "Atlas Shrugged" as directed by Michael Bay, and I have to say, it's a movie i'd go watch.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    I am totally pissed that they are not showing this near me. I read the book and loved it so much I gave it to my mother, who also loved it and tried to get my literature challenged brother to read it. Both of us have been looking forward to seeing this for ages. Bastards. I hope they get eaten.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: No place close in New Mexico? Call up your governor, isn't he trying to get more stuff filmed there? Complain that they film there, but don't screen the movies!
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    12/02/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Filmed here and shown here are two very different things. I don't think he has any say in what movies the theaters show here and I don't know who to talk to at the theaters. But you did just give me an idea about an art house theater. I will try calling them. Thanks for the inspiration.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: Ah, but he could give tax breaks to movie theatres too, not just movie production companies...More theatres = more options? Good luck with the art house theater.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: I didn't realize there was another fellow New Mexican on io9. What part are you in?
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    12/02/09

    @kosai: Albuquerque. You?
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: the same, except I am in halifax right now. I am at UNM
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: Whoa!

    I was born in a small mining town out in Navajo country.
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    12/02/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Which one? I lived out in Gallup for a long time and have a lot of friends out there.
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    12/02/09

    @kosai: SWEET. I thought I was all alone. What are you studying at UNM? We should have an Io9 get together. I think there was one other New Mexican, but she is down at State.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: Half my family was from San Manuel, the other half was from Grants.
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    12/02/09

    @NerD: Blattella: I know Grants. I drive through there every weekend. Not sure about San Manuel.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: ugh, Milan, sorry.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: @NerD: Blattella: I'm actually from down by Roswell, just living in Abq for school, we should definitely get an io9 meetup going here.
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    12/02/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Milan is basically Grants to any one who doesn't live there. :)
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    12/02/09

    @kosai: Give me a heads up when you get back and we'll set something up. What are you studying at UNM? Been down to Roswell twice. Both times everything was closed.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: 30 years ago those would have been fighting words.

    30 years being the last time anyone lived in Milan or Grants.
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    12/02/09

    @NerD: Blattella: lol True. But they have a useful gas station in the Grants part and a taco bell in the Milan part.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    I cannot find my copy of this book and it is driving me crazy. I never finished reading it and now I can't find it. I want to read it before I watch the movie but it looks like that isn't going to happen.
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    12/02/09

    @Makidian: if you have an ebook reader... not that i recommend it but you can find it anywhere and everywhere
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    12/03/09

    @sicboi: I am getting my wife one for Christmas but me personally, I have a thing for books. Can't explain it but I just like the feel of a book, it's one of the main reasons I don't like online schools (there are several others though). I will find it somewhere hanging out with my missing thumb drive.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    I think that the sequel where the son goes back in time to prevent the disaster from happening is just ridiculous.

    (apologizing to Meredith who does a great interview and then just gets ridiculous comments like the above)
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/02/09

    In reply to Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
    That baby scene better be on the DVD.

    I DEMAND BARBECUED INFANT
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    12/02/09

    @Smeagol92055: Wow. Even for me, that was a bit over the edge. Mwa ha.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/02/09

    @Smeagol92055: You want corn on the cob and potato salad with that?
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    Image of Ricky Cruz Ricky Cruz
    12/02/09

    @Smeagol92055: Hansel and Gretel, literature's original "happy meal" combo.
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    12/02/09

    @LittleDragon: Yes please.
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    12/02/09

    @Smeagol92055:

    I say that if it was in the book, it should be in the movie!!! BRING ON TEH BBQ BABY RIGHT NAO!!!!!!
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    12/02/09

    @Ricky Cruz: +1
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    11/24/09

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

    In reply to How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road
    Viggo can do no wrong in my eyes. He could have gone Hollywood after LOTR, he turned down scripts and continued on his own path instead.
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    11/24/09

    @tonilost: After seeing a preview screening last night I can definitely say this is true. The acting in this, on all fronts, is astounding. To top it off, the script is a great adaptation of the novel, keeping the true feel of the source material and adding just a little more for that emotional impact.

    Great film, go see it.
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    11/24/09

    @Driadon: Clone number 5481: I will, and I'm bringing the kleenex along.
    [spin.com]
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    11/24/09

    @tonilost: I'm constantly impressed by how much work he puts into his characters. His acting is obviously more than just a way to make money. I have to say that I really respect him, which isn't something that can be said about many actors.
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    11/24/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Indeed! Viggo really gets into his roles, and you've got to respect that!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/24/09

    @d_r_e: His devil was the most memorable part of The Prophecy.
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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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    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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    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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    11/24/09

    @NerD: Blattella: That's "theyaytur".
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    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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    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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    11/19/09

    @Dirk Anger: Um, yeah, wrong post-apocalypse novel.
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    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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    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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    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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    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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