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November 2, 2009

This Week, On A Very Special Episode Of The Road

HAHAHAHAH, WHAT IS THAT MUSIC? Yay! We did it! We walked around a dun-colored nightmarish hellscape of inhumanly horrifying post-Apocalyptic tragedy! And then the United States came from behind to beat Russia in Olympic hockey! THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BARTLET!

(I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just saying that if you wanted to remix this video with even more ridiculous music, put it on YouTube, and post a link in the comments, I wouldn't be mad.)

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It's the feel-GREAT movie of the year.

Posted by: stupidlisagarbageface profile link at 11/02/09 2:22 PM  | Reply
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Because he's trying to make it in the big (wasteland of a) city and nobody puts his baby in a corner of the woods to possibly try and eat him... He's gonna make on his own! (With the help of a world of hobos.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zNOK7jPq4

I'm way late to this but who cares. It's funny.

Posted by: Gabroll profile link  in reply to  stupidlisagarbageface's comment at 11/03/09 5:56 PM  | Reply
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Guy Pearce?? Is that you?? My goodness, times have changed.

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 11/02/09 2:27 PM  | Reply
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Also, the music started out well. Dramatic, dark, etc. And then all that triumphant bull started. THERE IS NOTHING TRIUMPHANT ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE.

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 11/02/09 2:30 PM  | Reply
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I'm not trying to tell y'all what to do either but, if some one who know all about technology put this to the Land Before Time theme song I will love you.

Posted by: jneslo profile link at 11/02/09 2:31 PM  | Reply
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* or knows if you like English.

Posted by: jneslo profile link  in reply to  jneslo's comment at 11/02/09 2:31 PM  | Reply
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Bonus points for the stock "YOURRAGGH!" scream at 2:12.

Posted by: The Life of the Mind profile link at 11/02/09 2:31 PM  | Reply
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Oh damn, I just posted that right after you. My bad.

Posted by: whoatom101 profile link  in reply to  The Life of the Mind's comment at 11/02/09 2:35 PM  | Reply
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It's okay. We're both nerds.


I didn't know the scream had an actual name though. Good on you!

Posted by: The Life of the Mind profile link  in reply to  whoatom101's comment at 11/02/09 2:40 PM  | Reply
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It's unofficial. My Stock Sound Effects professor said it coined the name from Howie Long in Broken Arrow.

Posted by: whoatom101 profile link  in reply to  The Life of the Mind's comment at 11/02/09 3:00 PM  | Reply
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Also, in before WTWTA trailer mashup.

Posted by: The Life of the Mind profile link at 11/02/09 2:32 PM  | Reply
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In NERD NEWS: Anyone catch that "Howie Scream" at the end of the trailer?

Posted by: whoatom101 profile link at 11/02/09 2:34 PM  | Reply
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Yup

Posted by: Electron.Rotoscope profile link  in reply to  whoatom101's comment at 11/02/09 5:10 PM  | Reply
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This probably isn't the best book to read when you're stuck in an airport overnight by yourself. But alas, that is what I did Thurs night.

Posted by: ber profile link at 11/02/09 2:34 PM  | Reply
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My mother said she had to stop reading it at meals because otherwise she felt too guilty for having so much compared to the characters. :)

Posted by: tanaise profile link  in reply to  ber's comment at 11/02/09 3:48 PM  | Reply
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Who here has read the book? I found that the little moments of joy really made an impact because of the darkness that they were otherwise set in. Maybe I wasn't playing my triumphant music loudly enough though.

Posted by: the Cornballer profile link at 11/02/09 2:37 PM  | Reply
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SPOILER ALERT:
The bit where they found the stockroom made me smile quite widely when I was reading it on the train. I think I looked genuinely insane.

Posted by: goddamn. profile link  in reply to  the Cornballer's comment at 11/02/09 2:53 PM  | Reply
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First book I've read in many years where I both couldn't put it down and didn't want it to end.

Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link  in reply to  the Cornballer's comment at 11/03/09 10:14 AM  | Reply
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Needs more "Solisbury Hill".

Posted by: petepetepete profile link at 11/02/09 2:49 PM  | Reply
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^SARCASM^

Posted by: petepetepete profile link  in reply to  petepetepete's comment at 11/02/09 2:50 PM  | Reply
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or Salisbury Steaks. If Salisbury Steaks were made out of human legs.

Posted by: mikemontreal profile link  in reply to  petepetepete's comment at 11/02/09 4:43 PM  | Reply
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I found even the moments of joy dreary based on the bleak inevitability of the situation. My mental soundtrack was GSYBE, but not any of the triumphant portions.

Posted by: cousincarmody profile link at 11/02/09 2:50 PM  | Reply
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I believe you mean GY!BE. Not to get all Stereogum on you...

Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link  in reply to  cousincarmody's comment at 11/03/09 10:16 AM  | Reply
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Now THIS is a movie about 2012 I can get behind!

Posted by: DS3M profile link at 11/02/09 2:55 PM  | Reply
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I have read it. There is a piece of me that is gone and can never be replaced or replicated. During the last five pages I had to go sit alone away from roommates and friends to finish it, and didn't return for a while.

I totally loved it.

Posted by: The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove profile link at 11/02/09 2:56 PM  | Reply
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Dude, I have heard that scream ALL OVER the place lately. I have been wondering what it's called. Thanks!

Posted by: Dan S profile link at 11/02/09 2:59 PM  | Reply
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Wow thanks for that. For weeks I've been like "hey, my friends, what's the name of that scream that's kinda like a wilhelm scream but a bit different" and they've been like "................................"

Posted by: Joey profile link at 11/02/09 3:08 PM  | Reply
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gabe, he spells it 'bartlet.' just so you know. i know that accuracy is important to you and that president jed bartlet is the greatest president this world will ever see, real or fictitious. (though president andrew shepherd was also a very great president.)

Posted by: caringiscool profile link at 11/02/09 3:15 PM  | Reply
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Let's not forget David Effing Palmer.

Posted by: grainybazzles profile link  in reply to  caringiscool's comment at 11/02/09 3:36 PM  | Reply
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the quiet dignity, dazzling intelligence and dry wit of president josiah bartlet would make "president" david palmer's face melt off.

now i say good day to you, sir. GOOD DAY.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link  in reply to  grainybazzles's comment at 11/02/09 3:44 PM  | Reply
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In DC after the 2000 elections, you could buy mugs that said (among other excellent lines) "Jeb Bartlet is my president."

Posted by: tanaise profile link  in reply to  caringiscool's comment at 11/02/09 3:54 PM  | Reply
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...or President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, clearly one of our best future fictional presidents.

Posted by: Lew Zealand profile link  in reply to  caringiscool's comment at 11/02/09 4:18 PM  | Reply
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On a completely separate note, can I make a motion to include the "ass-nuts" tag whenever the "Charlize Theron" tag is used?

Posted by: The Life of the Mind profile link at 11/02/09 3:37 PM  | Reply
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In a related story, this movie continues to look like it will ruin my life when I go and see it opening night.

Posted by: hlebtastic profile link at 11/02/09 3:44 PM  | Reply
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I am curious how "group movie watching misery' will hold up against "solo book reading misery'...

Posted by: The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove profile link at 11/02/09 3:54 PM  | Reply
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Does Guy Pearce's face literally change with every role he does? He's great.

Posted by: Lucky profile link at 11/02/09 3:58 PM  | Reply
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You really don't want to tempt me to redub a movie trailer with new music, because i will pick Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" every time. Every time.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 11/02/09 4:00 PM  | Reply
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OKAY NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO AT WORK, I AM REALLY ANNOYED ABOUT THIS.

I don't want to say I'm as annoyed as Gabe about the "Tommy Boy" DirectTV ad, but I kinda am? They are taking something I love, and turning it into an abomination?

Posted by: The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove profile link at 11/02/09 4:22 PM  | Reply
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ugh i was so upset all my "reply"s turned into "comment"s after the preview function turned them off. sorry, monsters...

Posted by: The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove profile link  in reply to  The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove's comment at 11/02/09 4:37 PM  | Reply
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Did anyone else comment on the fact that OMAR LITTLE is all up in this one?

Posted by: tom domaso profile link at 11/02/09 5:07 PM  | Reply
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I've never read the book, but it's still quite evident that this trailer has upped the ugh factor exponentially.

Posted by: smiles profile link at 11/02/09 5:27 PM  | Reply
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Damn, the last half of the trailer seemed like some deleted scenes of Where The Wild Things Are.

Posted by: I Like A Skinny Tie profile link at 11/02/09 5:28 PM  | Reply
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Bonus points for Andrew Bird. You're right though. I think the part that makes it seem like 'Where the Wild Things Are', is all the large furry puppet people that were dancing around on the beach.

Posted by: Zayin_451 profile link  in reply to  I Like A Skinny Tie's comment at 11/03/09 1:08 AM  | Reply
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I hope I'm not too late.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZZsFAwnnw

Posted by: Vince profile link at 11/02/09 5:34 PM  | Reply
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you did it

Posted by: loveit profile link  in reply to  Vince's comment at 11/02/09 11:11 PM  | Reply
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It's... it's the best thing I've ever seen. Why isn't this upvoted billions of times? MONSTER'S BALL EDITOR PICK PLEASE. Pumpkin heads for you, sir or ma'am.

Posted by: cupisacup profile link  in reply to  loveit's comment at 11/03/09 1:58 AM  | Reply
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This thread was almost ironic until you posted that, in that, although we all like laughing at videos people make, none of us could apparently make them ourselves! (Is that ironic? Ask Alanis.)


Anyways, you win. You win all the pumpkins.

Posted by: Lulubelle profile link  in reply to  Vince's comment at 11/03/09 1:19 AM  | Reply
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Ah! I hope that song justs loops during the entire movie! It would never get old! EVER!

Posted by: I Like A Skinny Tie profile link  in reply to  Vince's comment at 11/03/09 6:39 AM  | Reply
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Offending soundtrack clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPPhyGAbatY

(with bonus pensive Mel Gibson face staring into your soul. GIVE HIM BACK HIS SON!)

Posted by: chazooka profile link at 11/02/09 5:44 PM  | Reply
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Ohhhh Gabe. You have topped yourself again. TWSS, I'm out. THANK YOU PRESIDENT BARTLETT!!!

Posted by: Blondie profile link at 11/02/09 6:32 PM  | Reply
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The second half of that trailer made me think this movie should've been called "Lord of the Road." Bizarre choice of music, i concur.

Fun fact- I also thought that "Hidalgo" should've been called "Lawrence of the Ringbiscuit."

Posted by: KajusX profile link at 11/02/09 7:27 PM  | Reply
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fuck. i just spent the last year seeing this book's cover in stores and thinking it was Christian Bale on the cover. But it's been Viggo Mortensen this whole time!? I don't know whether to rejoice or feel cheated....

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