"The Road" Is that the direction we are heading?

I saw the new movie "The Road" couple a nights ago at a special screening. It is highly recommended for all of you "Dooms Day" believers out there. It is also reaffirm the notion that the single most important item to have is a gun... second most important? Ammo...
But it also begs the question, do I really want to live in this type of world?

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 10:30AM

Shanti S.

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Icon_minipost Nov 13 '09, 03:19 AM

Will have to check it out - the book was stunning. Cormac McCarthy is an author with a style like no other, I find myself reading sentences a few times in a row just to savor them.

I don't think anything but a supergerm will create a doomsday in my lifetime but I do enjoy the fictional scenarios and the survivalism

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Eddie Ziv

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Icon_minipost Nov 13 '09, 04:11 AM

I tried to understand what keep people motivated at such despair. My conclusion is - hope. The notion that maybe behind that hill, behind that mountain, across that river, we can find better life.

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James Hiddle

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Icon_minipost Nov 13 '09, 06:45 AM

Originally posted by Eddie Ziv

I tried to understand what keep people motivated at such despair. My conclusion is - hope. The notion that maybe behind that hill, behind that mountain, across that river, we can find better life.

The human need to survive is very strong in our species probably stronger than any animal species on earth so the will to live will indeed drive us to keep functioning even in desperate times.

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Icon_minipost Nov 13 '09, 04:23 PM

I taught survival to high school age guys at my church for a while (and taught them how to make weapons - don't tell their parents). Actually the most important thing to have is your wits. A gun certainly helps though. A little ingenuity though and you can make a gun (an no Captain Kirk, not from a hollow log). My favorite rifle is my 45-70 - a cartridge that I can reload with bullets made from junkyard wheel weights and blackpowder that can be made from cow crap laden dirt.

Maybe I'm weird but a post apocalyptic scenario just doesn't seem all that bad to me. Talk about opportunities for adventure..... Sure I'll miss all you guys but I do 19th century style camping, hunting and blacksmithing as a hobby so I'll probably be right at home. What I don't get is why people in these movies always have to travel through the wintery parts up north. If it's post apocalypse - screw it, I'm headed to the beach with my rifle and a fishing pole.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 10:30AM by Tim W.

Eddie Ziv

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Icon_minipost Nov 13 '09, 10:53 PM

Originally posted by Eddie Ziv

Originally posted by Tim Wieneke
A little ingenuity though and you can make a gun (an no Captain Kirk, not from a hollow log). My favorite rifle is my 45-70 - a cartridge that I can reload with bullets made from junkyard wheel weights and blackpowder that can be made from cow crap laden dirt.

So what you're saying is that in the end of days, MacGyver would be king....

Originally posted by Tim Wieneke
Maybe I'm weird but a post apocalyptic scenario just doesn't seem all that bad to me. Talk about opportunities for adventure..... Sure I'll miss all you guys but I do 19th century style camping, hunting and blacksmithing as a hobby so I'll probably be right at home. What I don't get is why people in these movies always have to travel through the wintery parts up north. If it's post apocalypse - screw it, I'm headed to the beach with my rifle and a fishing pole.

I think, again hope is the driving force. The hope that there must be better life beyond the immediate reality of our physical location.

Edited: 06/26/2010 at 10:30AM

Eddie Ziv

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Icon_minipost Nov 14 '09, 02:51 AM

Originally posted by Tim Wieneke

A little ingenuity though and you can make a gun (an no Captain Kirk, not from a hollow log). My favorite rifle is my 45-70 - a cartridge that I can reload with bullets made from junkyard wheel weights and blackpowder that can be made from cow crap laden dirt.

So what you're saying is that in the end of days, MacGyver would be king....

Maybe I'm weird but a post apocalyptic scenario just doesn't seem all that bad to me. Talk about opportunities for adventure..... Sure I'll miss all you guys but I do 19th century style camping, hunting and blacksmithing as a hobby so I'll probably be right at home. What I don't get is why people in these movies always have to travel through the wintery parts up north. If it's post apocalypse - screw it, I'm headed to the beach with my rifle and a fishing pole.

I think, again hope is the driving force. The hope that there must be better life beyond the immediate reality of our physical location.