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  • #16
    agreed

    Originally posted by Targan View Post
    Just finished reading The Road. What a serious bummer. Well written, sure, realistic Yes. But I'm not sure if I'm better off having read it or not. It has sure put me in a dark mood for the rest of my afternoon.

    At least in the T2K universe there is some hope for a brighter future.
    Cormack McCarthy is a harsh writer .

    I sometimes think of the various parts of the book still and shudder.

    You should read "The Blood Meridian " and "The Border Trilogy" ( different settings for sure - but darn fine reads all the same )

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Targan View Post
      Just finished reading The Road. What a serious bummer. Well written, sure, realistic Yes. But I'm not sure if I'm better off having read it or not. It has sure put me in a dark mood for the rest of my afternoon.

      At least in the T2K universe there is some hope for a brighter future.
      I saw The Road as the first chapter in a T2K piece. Kinda like the first 10 minutes of a James Bond movie. It sets the tone.

      Sure, the Road finishes on a downer. But its really just the start, a lead in to the new brighter begining that is yet to be written. Bring on ye happy days!!! (secretly thinking of all the other demoralising T2K themed threads :-)
      "Beep me if the apocolypse comes" - Buffy Sommers

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      • #18
        Hope for the future and brighter days to come

        Have you actually read the book Doesn't seem to be much hope to me besides the inevitable extinction of virtually all life on the planet...

        If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

        Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

        Mors ante pudorem

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Legbreaker View Post
          Doesn't seem to be much hope to me besides the inevitable extinction of virtually all life on the planet...
          Yeah, that is the vibe I got from the book. It was even more of a bummer to read than Stephen Baxter's Titan.
          sigpic "It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli

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          • #20
            Might have to go see this one, and if I do ill give you a perspective from of not having red the book. Though I'm gonna go see Eli first.

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            • #21
              Just seen the film (odd the delay in release over here in UK).

              As usual, it isnt on a par with the book but very well done none the less. I think that you are so immersed in the emotions and relationship of the man and boy that only a book can give full impact.

              Excellent, despite the few little changes, not the usual rewrite for film.

              It isnt a film for the masses (I already heard some inane statements from people who saw it and didnt 'get it'), but those who read this site are 'special'

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