Gritty and honest. Not unlike the book. It did cautiously veer from the more disturbing scenes in the book, but probaby had to, to be allowed to run or be rated at all.
It was depressing and sobering. It imagined a similar world I myself imagined while reading the novel by Cormack McCarthy. The difference is in the telling. McCarthy's words were beautiful in describing the world around his characters for all it's horrors. The movie could only offer visuals and hope that they did the authors verse justice.
As true to the book as the movie appeared, I knew it couldn't offer me the experience of living the words.
Good job, but in the end, the book was a better experience.
For another excellent Apocalyptic fix, read The Judas Syndrome
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The quintessential Apocalyptic tale, available as ebook
With more and more opportunity to get your book published, be it via print on demand, creating your own publishing house or traditionally with an established publisher, ebooks seem a no brainer.
If you were lucky enough not to sign with a publishing house and have managed to market your book relatively well on your own, the ebook is your next step.
Costing you no more than your time, an ebook is pure profit. Of course a site that sells it like Sony, Amazon or Smashwords will take a small cut, you can market the ebook for sale through your own website, or even via an e-mail. There is no cost to deliver the product, print the product or establish a marketing plan beyond that of social networking, which costs $0 dollars.
That being said, your book needs to dig into the niche markets on the web, scanning the linkedin crowd, the facebook groups, the Twitter 'followers'.
The most recent release, a book that needs no introduction in the Apocalyptic genre, The Judas Syndrome, has now become available in ebook format. With the confirmation of a second book of the series in the making, and likely ready for sale as a soft cover come December 2010, the rush to pick up the ebook is overwhelming.
Pick up your own copy today. http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com/
For the full Press Release visit:
http://www.prlog.org/10519293-the-apocalypse-in-an-ebook.html
If you were lucky enough not to sign with a publishing house and have managed to market your book relatively well on your own, the ebook is your next step.
Costing you no more than your time, an ebook is pure profit. Of course a site that sells it like Sony, Amazon or Smashwords will take a small cut, you can market the ebook for sale through your own website, or even via an e-mail. There is no cost to deliver the product, print the product or establish a marketing plan beyond that of social networking, which costs $0 dollars.
That being said, your book needs to dig into the niche markets on the web, scanning the linkedin crowd, the facebook groups, the Twitter 'followers'.
The most recent release, a book that needs no introduction in the Apocalyptic genre, The Judas Syndrome, has now become available in ebook format. With the confirmation of a second book of the series in the making, and likely ready for sale as a soft cover come December 2010, the rush to pick up the ebook is overwhelming.
Pick up your own copy today. http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com/
For the full Press Release visit:
http://www.prlog.org/10519293-the-apocalypse-in-an-ebook.html
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
2060, the end days according to Newton
Apparently, one of the greatest scientists of all time, the man who made sense of the physical world and whose findings remained unchallenged for centuries has been unveiled as a prophet.
Sir Isaac Newton, he who founded the laws of gravity was much more than a mere scientist. He was also a devout Christian, often touted as more knowledgeable of the Bible that many theologians.
He centred on the book of Daniel and Revelations to search for clues of the date of the Apocalypse. Following scripture in Revelations ("no man shall know when the end comes") , Newton hid the manuscripts and in 1727 died his predictions unknown to mankind, for 200 years they were lost, until in 1936 they turned up at Sothebys, auctioned off in London.
He saw the return of the Jews to Israel to be the beginning of the end, this is happening in our time, as are many other Biblical predictions that follow as a precursor of Armageddon.
Read all about the coming Apocalypse in this gripping novel by Michael Poeltl
Sir Isaac Newton, he who founded the laws of gravity was much more than a mere scientist. He was also a devout Christian, often touted as more knowledgeable of the Bible that many theologians.
He centred on the book of Daniel and Revelations to search for clues of the date of the Apocalypse. Following scripture in Revelations ("no man shall know when the end comes") , Newton hid the manuscripts and in 1727 died his predictions unknown to mankind, for 200 years they were lost, until in 1936 they turned up at Sothebys, auctioned off in London.
He saw the return of the Jews to Israel to be the beginning of the end, this is happening in our time, as are many other Biblical predictions that follow as a precursor of Armageddon.
Read all about the coming Apocalypse in this gripping novel by Michael Poeltl
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Nostradamus Effect - History Channel
Of the last three episodes I've seen, I like it. It's dark and brooding and last nights episode tackled the 2012 dilemma. They offered supporting prophesy from the I-Ching and a couple of pot heads from the 70's that would get messed up and see the future.
Other than that they used the Maya long count calender (as they all do) and the Hopi Indian prophesies of the end of the fourth world (in which we currently exist) and of course our old friend Nostradamus.
It's all starting to really blur together now though, all these 2012 (End of the World) shows. Same 'experts' and the same prophesies. I'd love it if a show actually gave us something new to think about. Or how about something positive? Does the world need to end badly? Couldn't the end mean the beginning of something wonderful? I mean, the world's always been a tough - if not horrible place to live for the majority of the populace. Maybe the end of that would be a good thing... So maybe it will be a good thing?
Either way, it seems even the Internet 'bots' are saying bad things will happen in 2012. Well, bad things happen every year, but so do good things.
If you love the genre, read the quintessential Apocalyptic drama: www.the-judas-syndrome.com
Other than that they used the Maya long count calender (as they all do) and the Hopi Indian prophesies of the end of the fourth world (in which we currently exist) and of course our old friend Nostradamus.
It's all starting to really blur together now though, all these 2012 (End of the World) shows. Same 'experts' and the same prophesies. I'd love it if a show actually gave us something new to think about. Or how about something positive? Does the world need to end badly? Couldn't the end mean the beginning of something wonderful? I mean, the world's always been a tough - if not horrible place to live for the majority of the populace. Maybe the end of that would be a good thing... So maybe it will be a good thing?
Either way, it seems even the Internet 'bots' are saying bad things will happen in 2012. Well, bad things happen every year, but so do good things.
If you love the genre, read the quintessential Apocalyptic drama: www.the-judas-syndrome.com
Friday, January 15, 2010
It's the End of the World... Do you know where your children are?
The world you knew is gone. You are gone. As a parent you worried briefly about your teenage child who had gone on a camping trip amidst a global threat. The threat realized, dozens of nuclear missiles unleashed upon the planet, your child returns home from a remote setting in the north woodlands with their friends to find you gone, and the majority of their small town burning.
The city, 150 miles to the south is all but a smoking hole in the ground and the surrounding boroughs, villages and towns that stretch north for hundreds of miles are radioactive and smoldering. Survivors roam the streets, fighting each other for food and supplies.
Your child and their friends find shelter in a house just outside the town limits. A safe house, powered by a generator, with its own water well.
14 of them, fresh out of high school, with dreams of college in the fall. These children, your child is forced to survive the unnatural effects of a nuclear fallout and winter. What horrors will they encounter? What trials will they be forced to endure? What hope will they find in a world that has all but disappeared?
How will it end? Read the new work of Apocalyptic fiction from author Michael Poeltl. read The Judas Syndrome
The city, 150 miles to the south is all but a smoking hole in the ground and the surrounding boroughs, villages and towns that stretch north for hundreds of miles are radioactive and smoldering. Survivors roam the streets, fighting each other for food and supplies.
Your child and their friends find shelter in a house just outside the town limits. A safe house, powered by a generator, with its own water well.
14 of them, fresh out of high school, with dreams of college in the fall. These children, your child is forced to survive the unnatural effects of a nuclear fallout and winter. What horrors will they encounter? What trials will they be forced to endure? What hope will they find in a world that has all but disappeared?
How will it end? Read the new work of Apocalyptic fiction from author Michael Poeltl. read The Judas Syndrome
Monday, January 11, 2010
2012, the movie - sucked
Wow, I finally saw the movie, 2012 and was so unimpressed...
The story was awful, and horribly acted. The acting was truely that of a blockbuster. Garbage.
The story was weak, weak, weak, also a side effect of a supposed blockbuster.
As someone who follows the genre, I have to say this was not made for me. This was made for the masses. It didn't even need to have 2012 in the title, as there was virtually nothing linking the end of the world to the Mayan calender. They used it for its panic inducing ability to draw the crowds.
A massively disappointing movie with some cool effects. Glad I didn't pay the big bucks to see it in the theatre.
Wood Harrelson, he was funny, I guess the comic relief in an otherwise dismal story line.
I can't take away stars from a movie, but if I had to give it something out of 100 stars, it would sit at 1.
Brutal!
Want to live the end times through an actual story? visit http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com
The story was awful, and horribly acted. The acting was truely that of a blockbuster. Garbage.
The story was weak, weak, weak, also a side effect of a supposed blockbuster.
As someone who follows the genre, I have to say this was not made for me. This was made for the masses. It didn't even need to have 2012 in the title, as there was virtually nothing linking the end of the world to the Mayan calender. They used it for its panic inducing ability to draw the crowds.
A massively disappointing movie with some cool effects. Glad I didn't pay the big bucks to see it in the theatre.
Wood Harrelson, he was funny, I guess the comic relief in an otherwise dismal story line.
I can't take away stars from a movie, but if I had to give it something out of 100 stars, it would sit at 1.
Brutal!
Want to live the end times through an actual story? visit http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Margaret Atwood and the Apocalypse
The Apocalyptic theme seems to have no bounds. Margaret Atwood, the Canadian author of note has penned a novel of Apocalyptic fiction herself. Some would say her book 'The Handmaid's Tale' was of the same genre, but this latest work, 'The Year of the Flood' is very much the stuff of Doomsday literature.
Reading the description offers a clear indication, this newest offering is indeed Apocalyptic ...
"Adam One, the kindly leader of the God’s Gardeners – a religion devoted to the melding of science, religion, and nature – has long predicted a disaster. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women remain: Ren, a young dancer locked away in a high-end sex club, and Toby, a former God’s Gardener, who barricades herself inside a luxurious spa. Have others survived? Ren’s bio-artist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers? Not to mention the CorpSeCorps, the shadowy policing force of the ruling powers… As Adam One and his beleaguered followers regroup, Ren and Toby emerge into an altered world, where nothing – including the animal life – is predictable."
http://www.yearoftheflood.com/ca/
Feed your mind, read: http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com/
Reading the description offers a clear indication, this newest offering is indeed Apocalyptic ...
"Adam One, the kindly leader of the God’s Gardeners – a religion devoted to the melding of science, religion, and nature – has long predicted a disaster. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women remain: Ren, a young dancer locked away in a high-end sex club, and Toby, a former God’s Gardener, who barricades herself inside a luxurious spa. Have others survived? Ren’s bio-artist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers? Not to mention the CorpSeCorps, the shadowy policing force of the ruling powers… As Adam One and his beleaguered followers regroup, Ren and Toby emerge into an altered world, where nothing – including the animal life – is predictable."
http://www.yearoftheflood.com/ca/
Feed your mind, read: http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com/
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