Book of Eli

[greenstorm]

Sure it was pretty, but how the fuck can an entire theatre full of people look at the lovely panning shots of desert wasteland and hear about water scarcity and not once think 'there is no sign of an agricultural base anywhere in any of those shots, not even a token, not even a badly explained one, they sure as hell aren't trucking their food in from California, so what are they eating?' Come on. People have turned to cannibalism for food and other people haven't so food scarcity is a semi-acknowledged issue, they are congregating in towns, but no sign of anything. Sure, ten years after a nuclear apocalypse, twenty years after, you're still eating canned food from supermarkets, I'll buy into that suspension of disbelief... but thirty years after and not one shot of agriculture anywhere? I guess if you magically have the fuel to scavenge for days in every direction we're supposed to believe you can find food that's been missed, but that each and every bible's been burned?

Yeah, sorry. Nice movie, but it loses. So does our society-- because it ain't gonna cross anyone's mind that suspension of disbelief is necessary in that area of the film. Don't you realise that food comes from a place and an activity that frequently leaves traces of its existence? Collecting bibles? Not agricultural info? The promised land full of urban density with people bustling around but placed in the midst of totally uncultivated land? You lose, guys. Game over.

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[dark-sphere.livejournal.com]

But in 30 years or so, after bringing tons of soil over on rowing boats, they made enough room to support their small collective.

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[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

You are awesome. :D

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

I mean, we could talk about seed stock, etc, but you are still awesome.

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