Post-Apoc Films

I'm resurrecting this topic solely to point out that the new Pixar movie WALL-E is post apocalyptic. It actually has some strange sci-fi elements that are pretty far over the heads of the little kids going to see it.

Worth a look, if you feel so inclined.
 
UniversalWolf said:
I'm resurrecting this topic solely to point out that the new Pixar movie WALL-E is post apocalyptic. It actually has some strange sci-fi elements that are pretty far over the heads of the little kids going to see it.

Worth a look, if you feel so inclined.

Yeah, I actually went to see this with my family, and I loved the extra bits. Complicated enough for adults to get something out of it, and simple enough for kids to enjoy also.

The entire idiocracy thing was just superb, as well as the corporate domination by the "BuynLarge". -- PIZZA PLANTS! :lol:

On the list movies:

I've Seen:

Dr. Strangelove: How I Stopped Worrying and Began to Love the Bomb
1984
Escape from New York
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Mad Max
Alien Trilogy
12 Monkeys
Planet of the Apes

Things Left to Watch:

A Boy and His Dog
Stalker
Threads
Delicatessen
Ghost in the Shell
Akira
On the Beach
The Island
The 'Empire of Ash
Zardoz (Lol)

Edit: Woot! 1200th Post!
 
I can attest that these movies are good: A Boy and His Dog, The Salute of the Jugger (AKA Blood of Heroes), The Omega Man, Mad Max, and some other stuff DarkLegacy already listed.

After all the hype, I personally didn't like Six-String Samurai. I could go on as to why, but I like to let people form their own opinions and I know a lot of people do like it. Well, I guess I'll just say the pacing gave me a headache and I thought the ending could have been better. There, I guess that's spoiler free.

Are we counting Zombie Apocalypse? In that case Day of the Dead is an excellent movie, my personal favorite of the Romero Quadrilogy. Fido is good for a laugh: Black comedy about a 1950s society living after Z-Day and they have now domesticated the zombie into servants. When one boy's pet zombie goes and eats the neighbor lady all hell breaks loose. The retro-future feel is very reminiscent of Fallout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zwtZ49bYJ0

I personally can't wait until Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell is released on DVD. Another black comedy about presidential candidates who wander the wastes of New America vying for the votes of raiders, mutants and cannibals. July 15th, not long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_m5EWn0d8

Mutant Chronicles might be good too; we'll see when we get a proper trailer. It's got Ron Perlman so that's a good sign.

EDIT: Oh wait, I guess we do have one. Bitchin'.
http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=323&item=0

EDIT 2: Found a higher rez trailer so I decided to share. And while I was at it I grabbed trailers for Fido and Beach Party.
 
Whoa, found a film with almost "War... war never changes" style in the start and a post-apocalyptic feeling throughout. Mutant Chronicles it's called.... nice one...

EDIT: Actually Ron Perlman here also tells a tale about what humans have done and that now (the year is 2707) everybody's just fighting. Though the film is more like a futuristic World War 1 epoch (even in some scenes the german are fighting the british) but still it feels falloutish. Great inspiration :D
 
Nova said:
The Postman :)
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Mutoes said:
Fail safe (live action drama)

Not really post apoc film but theres nukes and stuff...
But seriously good film with very few special effects and lots of dialogue.

It's pre-post-apocalyptic. Which I think is close enough.

I read the book when I was 17 (it was my parents' copy... I think they'd had it since around the time it was first published) and it scared the crap out of me.

I was terrified of MAD for several months afterward.... and this was way after the Cold War! I can't imagine how nerve-wracking the story must've been when it was now and Krushchev was saying what he was saying. Yikes.
 
Hmmm....The Day After?

Oh and "Atomic Train". Hey, there was a nuke! :D

And yeah, Strangelove was just awesome!
 
NukeCoke said:
Waterworld (1995)

a Post-Apoc world on the water.


:wall: not one of my favorites, which include but are not limited to:

all the variations of "I Am Legend"; Vincient Price, Charton Heston... and yes even the Will Smith version, I thought it was....alright, oh god i need to bathe right now after that sentence.

The original black and white "Night of the Living Dead" endings dont get much creppier than that, actualy I really enjoy most zombie movies out there

just saw the spanish zombie movie [rec] at the fantasia film fest and fell in love with it, if anyone has a chance to check it out I really suggest you do

Of course the classics too: "A Boy and His Dog" the Mad Max trilogy (2nd and 3rd were favs)

Planet of the Apes (the first and second really stand out for me)

im sure I forgot about fifty others too
 
Movies

Ok I know this is about movies but Doctor Who HAS dealt with allot of post apoc earth episodes. Usually some of my favs.
 
Have anyone seen Tank girl? Its post-apocalyptic too
Also I've seen some post-apoc trailers of some Mad Max like films (copies :) ) on youtube but forgot their title I will try to find them again
 
Corny PA movies

Found this little piece at http://www.post-apocalypse.co.uk/barbarians.html

Funny stuff.


TIMELINE OF AMERICA 2007-2019:

2007: Congress passes a law demanding that all new cars must resemble home-built dune buggies or retro-piece of shit 1978 Monte Carlos. The auto industry collapses almost immediately.
2008: Congress mandates that all cars, new and old, be painted spacey NASA silver. This is to be applied on thick with industrial sprayers, trim included. Asian kids in Malibu revolt and are all shot.
2009: Punk returns as the fashion norm, with metal-studded leather panties, see-through plastic bras, and ass-less chaps insanely popular with the kids. Hairstyles also go punk and everyone under the age of 20 looks like Adam Ant. Older folks are not amused.
2010: The Pentagon develops new ammunition for the M-16 rifle, allowing for high-explosive rounds that make a techno-reverb sound when fired, with no ejected brass. Pistols firing similar rounds are developed as well, modeled after Junior Spaceman Ray Guns sold at retail stores.
January 2011: A new law demands that all paved roads be broken up and replaced with rutted, muddy, uneven dirt roads. The staff of the Department of Transportation rebels and is put to death.
February 2011: An amendment to the road bill calls for all previously open woodland areas to be replaced with rock quarries.
March 2011: A new law states that all Hispanics, Asians and Eskimos are rounded up and shipped to Brazil, leaving only whites and a token number of blacks in America.
April 2011: A new law declares that everyone must speak with an Italian accent. An amendment clarifies that all remaining black men in the country must also talk like Richard Roundtree from Shaft.
May 2011: A new law is passed that forbids hot women to wear anything other than black leather dominatrix outfits and clear plastic pants. Ugly women may continue to dress normally.
June 2011: A new law demands that all telephone poles, power lines, street signs and billboards along every stretch of road be taken down and scraggly shrubs planted in their place.
July 2011: A new law states that all cars must be converted to run on hydrogen fuel cells, which causes them to whine like a weed eater on crack when driven. An amendment excludes vintage American V-8 muscle cars, which can still thrum and rumble on gas with manly strength and glass packs.
August 2011: A new law mandates the return of shoulder pads for men, along with cod pieces and feathered mullets. Leather and black metal are the vogue.
September 2011: A new law authorizes the silver spray-painting of just about everything, from buildings to trash cans to radio headsets. The red, white and blue American flag is replaced by one that is all silver and has Mel Gibson's face in the center.
October 2011: A new law makes it illegal to remember anything about modern Western civilization prior to October 2011, regardless of what year you were born in. People are forced to forget everything and wistfully reminisce about the good ole' days (September 2011, that is).
November 2011: A final congressional law decries that all men must have perms that make them look like Bea Arthur.
December 2011: During the Christmas recess, all members of congress are lynched by their constituents when they return to their home districts. The President is rather pleased.
January 1, 2012: War Day. A global nuclear exchange wipes away civilization and kills 99.9999% of the human race. Keith Richards walks out of a smoking atomic crater unscathed and wanders off into the woods to find some pot.
2019: Seven years after the War, the remnants of humanity battle for survival in the harsh land...
 
This almost sounds like its party from that movie, "Idiocracy"... Which totally pwnd btw.

My favorite awful post apoc movie was on Sci-Fi. In involved an alien take over of the planet... They settled in the Pacific NW because they eat trees... Why do aliens and sci-fi shows always end up in the Pacific NW?!
 
Warriors of the Wasteland

In a post-apocalytic future, The Templars, the remnants of a radical wayward cult, roam the ruins of the world killing anyone that dares to cross their path. Caravans and mercenaries are terrified of the cult, banding together simply to survive and make it through one more day of squalor and iniquity.
But then the Tempars attack the wrong caravan, and Scorpion and Nadir (Fred Williamson), two fearless vigilantes, make it their mission to stop the cult by any means necessary.

also-
Battle Truck (or Warlords of the Twenty-First Century)

A futuristic action adventure about survival in a post-oil future. A future where countries have gone bankrupt and governments have collapsed, heralding a new, lawless age. A time when the normal limits of human behavior have broken.
 
Lot's of great post-apocalyptic movies were mentioned.

I would like to add:

- Hardware. A doomed city surrounded by radiation from the ground, air and food.
- defcon4. Shows earth after a nuclear war. Not that great but worth a look.
- Soylent Green. It's one of my favorites with Charlton Heston, who is one of the best post-apocalyptic hero IMHO.
 
Has anyone ever heard of Gangland? It takes place in post-apocalyptic LA and has a bunch of rappers in it, I've never been able to find it anywhere so it's probably not any good.
also-
Cyborg
Steel Dawn
Bronx Warriors 1990
City of Lost Children
Delicatessen (my all time favorite)
 
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