The Glade 4.0

Well, that's easily explainable. He must have had a ring of Jesus-fire.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

From the scenes where Eli talks about the war and the times just after it, something happens to the atmosphere, enabling the sun to "burn everything"...and Eli asks Solara's mom if she was blind before the war, or if sun exposure did it. Plus, Eli also says that people had to "hole up for a year" in shelters before they could go back outside. IIRC, nuclear winter would likely last longer...and effectively block out harmful solar radiation that requires people to wear sunglasses outside.

But no mention is made of radiation whatsoever. Considering large cities such as San Francisco would be certain to be pasted with nukes, the SF skyline sure seems rather intact for a nuclear war. But then there are also a couple of shots showing large craters, so it's still a bit vague. Perhaps a limited nuclear exchange with weapons that adversely effected the ozone layer?

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Women are from Hoboken, men are from Trenton. ~ Jimmy Kimmel

Just saw this today, really enjoyed it. Obviously some ideas were a little far-fetched (such as getting rid of all the bibles, everywhere). Seriously? With as many bibles in as many hotel drawers as there are, there were definitely not enough people left around to do all that destroying.

Regardless, very good atmosphere and sound design, good movie.

Yeah, way better than "The Road" - that had me wanting to open up my wrists.

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The Dude abides.

Hadn't heard of "The Road", looks pretty bleak. I've come to terms with the fact that I don't like most of the stuff Viggo Mortensen is in, after LOTR. (at least, I didn't like the few I saw, and now I skip most of his stuff).

I liked The Road but yeah, it was depressing. Have you seen Eastern Promises?

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

I have not, but I'm guessing this is a recommendation? It is Cronenberg, who I usually like. Queued, and moved to the top!

Yeah, really good movie. Viggo is pretty bad *** in it.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."