Cheers. I have actually read The Roadmakers. That is a good little book.
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDo you have any other recommendations? Films? My favorite film is easily "Salute of the Jugger".If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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nickthegun 45,269 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@Tonka On books I like John Christopher’s stuff. The death of Grass gets a lot of attention but actually I preferred A winkle in the Skin. The world in Winter is also a good read. I also think John Wyndham’s The day of the triffids is rather superb but I am guessing you will probably have read that.
A few others I can think of worth a shot would be the below.
On The Beach by Nevil Shute. Possibly the most depressing book ever but it really sticks with you. It has some very memorable sections.
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. One of the first books written about a possible nuclear apocalypse.
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis. A distant future where man is on the brink of extinction due to really just having lost its impetuous to exist.
Blindness by José Saramago. About a communicable disease that causes blindness.
The Drought by JG Ballard. Basically about a global drought. It's typical weird Ballard though and he can be an acquired taste though I thought it was a great book. The polar opposite to the Drowned world.
Film wise I honestly can't think of a lot that has impressed me considering how many post-apocalyptic films have been made. Only the obvious ones come to mind e.g. Mad Max 2, Twelve Monkeys etc. One obscure one that sticks out is the the quiet Earth though its been years since I saw it so not sure how well it holds up.
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The trouble with taking profile shots individually and shopping them together. American graphic designers fucking love it. I do not.
Those posters always make the characters look really unnatural and its always the feet.
Look at this poster for terra nova:
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Registered 9 years ago@glaeken excellen! Thanks for all the tips.If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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BinaryBob101 21,187 posts
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Registered 4 years agoBook talk in a TV thread! Who'da thunk it?Goose fat is sponsored by:
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agoFuck! I totally forgot GoT!
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varsas 2,254 posts
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Registered 9 years agooceanmotion wrote:
Looks good!
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWhen is this on?If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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AdmiralPellaeon 346 posts
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Registered 5 years agoI think I will do my normal wait until a second season has been commissioned before I bother to start watching this!
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Registered 10 years agoDamn trailer makes it look good but gives a bit too much away!Everybody has secrets, life would be boring without secrets, don't you think...?
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI stoped watching it halfway through. I find that I do that with most trailers nowadays. Spoilerific as fuck.
Here's a completely unrelated group photo of people who look as if they've been photchopped together.
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agoCall it experience.If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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Derblington 19,665 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI think I'll call it over-sensitivity. As far as I can tell, the trailer gives you the background event for the show, the main characters and catalyst to their journey, and a hint on the Macguffins importance to hook the audience. There's nothing there that I wouldn't expect to read in a synopsis.
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAre you saying a synopsis can't contain spoilers?
I'm just really fucking tired of how Hollywood love to give away the MacGuffin in trailers. I even started a thread about it. But I guess this is more of an extended introductory web something...
Like a distilled version of the pilot. Wouldn't know really since I think there was too much information within the first half.If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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Registered 7 years agoTHE MACGUFFIN HAS NO INHERENT INFLUENCE ON THE PLOT---------------------------------------------------------
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Registered 9 years agonickthegun wrote:
Oh, sorry. I must have completely misunderstood what a Macguffin is. You live you learn. Off to wikipedia I go.
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Derblington 19,665 posts
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Indeed. I wasn't going to call it that but couldn't think of anything better and figured all would know exactly what I meant. Plus, we don't know how it will effect the plot other than the bad guys will want it and the good guys will go to any length to protect it.
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The Quiet Earth is still great, watched it not long ago. Has held up well, very quirky and weird.
@Tonka On books I like John Christopher’s stuff. The death of Grass gets a lot of attention but actually I preferred A winkle in the Skin. The world in Winter is also a good read. I also think John Wyndham’s The day of the triffids is rather superb but I am guessing you will probably have read that.
A few others I can think of worth a shot would be the below.
On The Beach by Nevil Shute. Possibly the most depressing book ever but it really sticks with you. It has some very memorable sections.
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. One of the first books written about a possible nuclear apocalypse.
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis. A distant future where man is on the brink of extinction due to really just having lost its impetuous to exist.
Blindness by José Saramago. About a communicable disease that causes blindness.
The Drought by JG Ballard. Basically about a global drought. It's typical weird Ballard though and he can be an acquired taste though I thought it was a great book. The polar opposite to the Drowned world.
Film wise I honestly can't think of a lot that has impressed me considering how many post-apocalyptic films have been made. Only the obvious ones come to mind e.g. Mad Max 2, Twelve Monkeys etc. One obscure one that sticks out is the the quiet Earth though its been years since I saw it so not sure how well it holds up.
Other good apoc/post-apoc books: The Passage, Ill Wind, The Forge of God and several by Stephen Baxter: Flood, Ark and Moonseed.
Also tonally similar but not necessarily strictly apocalyptic: Kaleidoscope Century and Candle by John Barnes, Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge, Stephen Baxter's epic mindbending 'Manifold' series and Portal (no relation to the Valve game) by Rob Swigart (free download of that one here).
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Tonka 18,260 posts
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Yeah, I fucked that up. I read only as far as "MacGuffin or plot device..." that'll tech me. I still would have preferred if I didn't know about that "Ancient Indian Ceremonial USB drive"nickthegun wrote:
Indeed. I wasn't going to call it that but couldn't think of anything better and figured all would know exactly what I meant. Plus, we don't know how it will effect the plot other than the bad guys will want it and the good guys will go to any length to protect it.
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HoriZon 13,238 posts
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The cast is getting massive !
Edited by HoriZon at 11:45:47 21-08-2012Everybody has secrets, life would be boring without secrets, don't you think...?
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nickthegun 45,269 posts
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Registered 7 years agoIt will almost certainly spoil the shit out of the series, but after the last time I read this thread, I read the book synopsis on wiki and this series and the other series that its tied to actually sound like they could make a pretty good watch. Although, in all honesty, the other series that runs parallel to revolution sounds like it would generally be more exciting and interesting.---------------------------------------------------------
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What parallel series is that then?If you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_series
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