The stupid thing is that in Survivors all the crap was self inflicted. The climate wasn't changed and the world was theirs. They could have grown food, farmed, hunted, scavenged, etc. for years before hardships pushed them into post-apocolyptic territory. By that time they could have figured ways around their problems and maintained a society.
The show had potential but the writers thought too small. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "angelababycat" <asrobin...@...> wrote: > > What channel was "Things to come" showing on? Sounds interesting. > > The complete absence of any government / law enforcement / scientific > presence is part of what made everything along the road in The Road so bleak > and lonely. Everyone was literally on their own -- the old blind man, the > striped naked brother, the woman & child being chased across the field by > those hunters... In Survivors, you're only weeks out from the event and > already the remaining "government" and "scientists" aren't faring so well. > The new strain of the virus will compromise even those efforts. (I > forgot--is this show coming back or not?) Fastforward 10+ years and I guess > The Road is where you'll be. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> wrote: > > > > I agree Angela. I also found it very dark without any hope. There really > > wasn't any hope. The world would take some time to heal. About 10 years had > > passed since whatever happened in the movie and we were seeing the very last > > of the survivors of humanity. > > > > It reminded me a little about the movie "Things to come" which I watched > > last night again. It was made in 1935 and yet, some of the things were > > tremendously accurate and spooky. The date of WW2 was off by only a few > > months. Air raids, flat screen monitors, plexiglass etc. > > > > In the movie, the survivors of the war continued on fighting for nearly 30 > > years until disease began to wipe out who was left leaving just a handful of > > survivors. Out of those survivors some fought for control over the remaining > > resources, while another group of scientists began rebuilding and giving up > > the idea of war all together. > > > > I think it would be safe to assume that The Road didn't have any scientists > > left only people fighting for the last few scraps. > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Angela Robinson > > <asrobinson@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure The Road was discussed when it came out, but I just got around to > > > seeing it on PPV this weekend. Maybe the most dark and depressing movie > > > I've ever seen (or in the top 5 anyway). Yet the last few minutes > > > offered a > > > little redeeming hope in a way that was totally unexpected to me. I > > > thought > > > it was well done and worth checking out if you don't mind feeling awful > > > for > > > a little while. Some how, more than Survivors, Book of Eli, The Day After > > > or even Threads, The Road left me sunk in the sofa saying, "God, would it > > > ever really come to that?" > > > > > > Angela > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > >
