ZymeAddict on 1/8/2009 at 18:22
Well, Subjective Effect
and demagogue failed to notice I already mentioned
I Am Legend, so there seems to be enough obliviousness for all in this thread. :)
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
And you'd never heard of Tank Girl? For shame.
I'm not really up on comic books in general, so I think I can be forgiven for having been unaware of a somewhat obscure British comic character from the late 80s/early 90s.
Oh, yeah. And another vote for
Threads. One of the more depressing films I've ever seen, though it's apparently supposed to be a fairly accurate depiction of what would happen in a nuclear war (at least in Britain). They have the whole thing up on google video if you want to check it out:
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488&ei=OId0SuGHKoyUqAOl7pj0Cg&q=threads&hl=en) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488&ei=OId0SuGHKoyUqAOl7pj0Cg&q=threads&hl=en
And sorry, but
The Postman is as bad as everyone says. It starts out all right, but the whole stupid rigmarole with the kids half-way through the film onward screws the whole thing up. Also, the "climax" and ending are just moronic.
suliman on 1/8/2009 at 18:30
SIX STRING SAMURAI
Now that that's out of the way: Dawn... of... the dead? 29 posts. Seriously guys:p
Tarkovsky also made The Sacrifice, which is probably even SLOWER than Stalker. Still worth watching if you're into his sort of stuff, though.
Also, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is very cool.
june gloom on 1/8/2009 at 18:48
Both versions of DotD are great.
And if you like 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later is also good- in fact, better in some respects.
On the anime front, if you can take the rather loopy characters of Neon Genesis Evangelion, it's definitely worth a look.
I would suggest you not read Kim Stanley Robinson's The Wild Shore, by the way. I tried to, got over halfway in before I realized I didn't care about the characters.
I finally remembered the name of that book I tried to find. Resurrection Day, by Brendan DuBois. Good book. Cuban Missile Crisis goes completely pearshaped, Soviet Union is wiped off the map and the US is badly damaged, relying on England for aid. It gets more interesting from there.
Man, I should read it again, it was pretty decent. Just have to find it.
EvaUnit02 on 1/8/2009 at 19:56
Avoid The Postman like the plague. Unless you enjoy endless scenes of sickenly contrived sentimentality and being bored to tears.
Waterworld on the other hand is a pretty enjoyable, hokey B-grade action film.
Matthew on 1/8/2009 at 21:47
Quote Posted by dethtoll
On the anime front, if you can take the rather loopy characters of Neon Genesis Evangelion, it's definitely worth a look.
Speaking of which, I have the option to buy the entire TV episodes pretty cheaply; should I do so, or wait until the newer version comes out, whatever that is?
I suppose technically the book
Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams deals with a post-apocalyptic scenario in that Earth has fought a war with its orbital colonies and had many large cities vaporised by asteroid impacts, but it's stretching it a little - more of a cyberpunk novel really.
june gloom on 1/8/2009 at 22:46
Get the whole series. Make sure you pick up End of Evangelion too or you'll be pretty pissed at the TV ending.
And make sure it comes with the original Jap dub. I'm not the sort who pisses and moans about English dubs but NGE's English dub is why people piss and moan about English dubs.
Be forewarned: NGE is about an insane anime director working out his mommy problems though Christian symbolism. Just about every majour character in the series has some sort of serious issue that normal people would be getting therapy for. Hideaki Anno actually expressed suprise that people like NGE so much because the characters are so fucked up.
The remake is an improvement all around, but the 2nd part isn't out yet afaik and it's good to see the original at least once, considering its impact.
Aerothorn on 2/8/2009 at 02:26
Also, On The Beach is decent. It's a '50s film, so in some ways it's rather tame and dated, but it's still worth watching. I'm told the book is pretty good, too.
PeeperStorm on 2/8/2009 at 03:14
Oh, well if we're going
there, please allow me to recommend two really bad ones:
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Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. It's got a colon in the name, which means that it's got to be good right? Wrong. It's not just bad, it's MST3K bad. With Richard Moll (Bull from
Night Court) in a minor part, so I guess that gives it a
Fallout connection. Very
Road Warrior.
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World Gone Wild starring Bruce Dern and Adam Ant. Yes, that Adam Ant. Also very
Road Warrior, but everyone's fighting over water instead of gasoline.
ZymeAddict on 2/8/2009 at 05:44
Quote Posted by PeeperStorm
World Gone Wild starring Bruce Dern and Adam Ant. Yes, that Adam Ant. Also very
Road Warrior, but everyone's fighting over water instead of gasoline.
It also doesn't help that it sounds like a theatrical adaption for the GGW franchise.
SubJeff on 2/8/2009 at 07:46
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Both versions of DotD are great.
And if you like 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later is also good- in fact, better in some respects.
Agree on the 1st point, compleeeetly disagree on the second. Don't waste your time on 28 Weeks. Its the Alien:Resurrection of post-zombie-apocalypse movies.
