Renzatic on 1/5/2014 at 03:08
Actually, it is about the rapture. Or something kinda like it. But there's a twist...
Fafhrd on 1/5/2014 at 04:32
I kind of laughed at the ten year old kid not being raptured but apparently his dad did. WTF did that kid do to earn God's ire?
SubJeff on 1/5/2014 at 05:48
He must have eaten bacon that one time, the loser.
Yeah, looks like the Rapture, but could equally be a mass alien abduction. Either way it looks pretty good, no? Some good actors in that. I'll give it a go.
demagogue on 1/5/2014 at 07:51
Relevant YT comment I thought:
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hhl 482 3 hours ago
If it's even remotely faithful to the book it isn't about the rapture. In the book, the reason for the disappearances isn't the focus, but rather the way people deal with it. Some people in the book believe the situation is biblical, but it's made clear that the vanished aren't the Christian elect. People hoping for a theological or science fictional resolution, or any definitive answer as to what happened will be dissapointed. Like all of Perotta's books, it's about average suburban people and how they deal with things.
Muzman on 1/5/2014 at 09:41
Sounds like that one where dead people come back as benign zombies. Hard to picture it not turning into a soap after a certain point, even though most names attached besides Lindelhoff make it sound potentially decent.
Kolya on 1/5/2014 at 11:55
3 people disappeared in the beginning scene. The crying baby, the kid's dad and the driver of the crash car. If 2% of the worlds population disappeared and we assume an even geo-distribution 150 people must have been present.
SubJeff on 1/5/2014 at 13:25
Doing the maths whilst watching is what is going to be the most exciting thing.
I'll be getting new batteries for my scientific calculator for this.
Edit: Oh, it's solar powered. I forgot. Happy days!
Kolya on 1/5/2014 at 13:51
It does provoke such equations by confronting Average Americans[TM] with what's apparently a completely arbitrary mathematical plot point. What if the square root of the world population fell over dead one sunny afternoon while every 5th person turned colour blind and one third lost an eye in a freak accident with a door knob? How many eyes with complete vision would exist next Thursday? You have 20 minutes before I collect your papers.
Meanwhile I'll watch (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sO18dLwik) Quiet Earth.
SubJeff on 1/5/2014 at 21:32
You're like the reverse ZylonBane.
I suppose if a large proportion the worlds population disappeared you would' t be bothered re: the stats?
It's not even an arbitrary plot point, its very important to know. :rolleyes:
