Until The End Of the World

So a friend sent me the link to the trailer for the new Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men, All the Pretty Horses) novel film adaptation for his post apocalyptic novel The Road.

While it looks like a promising flick to me, and I great;y enjoyed the book. Something in there looked a tad familiar, and I’m not talking about the story of a father and son making their way across a devastated landscape…or maybe I am. You see, I saw the fleeting glimpse of a still shot that looked remarkably familiar. Here is a screen cap.

Look familiar? Well compare it to this photo I plagiarized of the internets which show the former Grand Theater post apocalypse Katrina in Eastern New Orleans. It's a bit hard to make out and there is a good bit of digital manipulation in the still, but it sure looks like the same place to me.

Is me or have we found a whole new dimension to this whole “set your move in New Orleans” thing. Either someone used a snap shot of the Plaza or our Plaza looks just like the post apocalyptic fantasies of some Hollywood type.

Maybe a remake of Logan’s Run? The new spiffed up Superdome could figure in there, but with the Plaza Mall gone, where would they film the rest? They could attempt to revive the Mad (and he puts the “mad” in it for sure) Max franchise? Perhaps a Boy and His Dog, as they’ve managed to remake Omega man several times…The possibilities are endless.