Post-apocalypse tv & film (1 Viewer)

[no class]

I can't believe it took 5pages before Escape from New York was montioned!
It dropped one of the best one liners of the 80's "I don't give a fuck about your war...or your president!"

I can't believe you left out '1990: Bronx Warriors'!

Also, Omega Man is indeed quality...A far better adaptation of 'I Am Legend' than that Will Smith travesty.

 

[Rachel666]

The Tribe

another aussie kid post-apocalypse gem was "the girl from tomorrow". that were well good! when i return to the land of broad and band i will watch them all

"i am legend" is such a great book, i just wanna read all the post-apoc lit, like john wyndham. does anyone have the loan of the day of the triffids or the chrysalids? thats really why i revived this thread...

 

[Cormcolash]

I've a good lot of books of that nature, but no John Wyndham!

 

[Scientician 0.8]

another aussie kid post-apocalypse gem was "the girl from tomorrow". that were well good! when i return to the land of broad and band i will watch them all

The post-apocalyptic one was really "The Girl From Tomorrow Pt. II: Tomorrow's End". In the first series they didn't really go into the apocalypticiness.

 

[LUKAS]

Special Bulletin (1983)

Link to video: [video=google;-5395928224148935228]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5395928224148935228&ei=Nc5aSeHUHJSCiwKB85WNDg&q=special+bulletin&emb=1[/video]

Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)

link to video: [video=google;-8786950669565492785]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8786950669565492785&ei=cTlISaz2CYf0-QGkwujsBQ&q=Countdown+to+Looking+Glass[/video]

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Countdown To Looking Glass ain't bad.

 

[Cryptid]

another aussie kid post-apocalypse gem was "the girl from tomorrow". that were well good! when i return to the land of broad and band i will watch them all

"i am legend" is such a great book, i just wanna read all the post-apoc lit, like john wyndham. does anyone have the loan of the day of the triffids or the chrysalids? thats really why i revived this thread...

If you're really stuck: http://bloodyhorror.blogspot.com/2007/04/day-of-triffids-1962.html (I haven't tried this - I presume it's the book.. could be the tv series either).

For bukes of that ilk, I'd also recommend Cormac McCarthy's The Road, The Drowned World or Drought or The Crystal World by J. G. Ballard (or much of Ballard before 1975) and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Anyone else have any other suggestions? I'd be interest to hear of more. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart is supposed to be good, but I ain't never read it.

 

[pete]

Cormac McCarthy's The Road

Amazing book. The film is either going to be the greatest or the worst thing ever. Same goes for World War Z.

 

[Cryptid]

By the way, I agree that The Day Of The Triffids and I Am Legend are really enjoyable novels. Must get The Omega Man movie. The Chrysalids by Wyndham (post apocalyptic too) is worth a read.

The Road is very good alright. McCarthy has a great style of writing. How do you put spoilers into your post?

It's a bit off topic, but some WWII/Holocaust literature is very good also. It's tends to be apocalyptic because it was such a devastating war. If This Is A Man and If Not Now When by Primo Levi are two excellent reads.