So who else likes Post Apocalyptic films?

[Lord of Joshelplex]

What are your favourites, why do you like the genre? Anything ya wanna say?

I personally love the genre. I really dont know why, but I do. My favorute would be a tie between Waterworld (awesome, original setting) and Road Warrior (casue it freakin rocks)

[Smarty McBarrelpants]

My favorute would be... Waterworld

I'm at an absolute loss for words...
We're being ironic right?
I mean there is personal taste in movies, sure, but that.. thing.. is objectively bad!

[Lord of Joshelplex]

I'm at an absolute loss for words...
We're being ironic right?
I mean there is personal taste in movies, sure, but that.. thing.. is objectively bad!

No. I am dead serious. I love Waterworld. Not so much the movie, but the world of Waterworld.

[Frostatine]

Mad Max trumps just about all post apoc movies.
The Matrix is great too, but most people wouldn't really classify it as a post apoc fil (even though it clearly is).

[Xaeta]

Well I actually enjoyed Waterworld - it was an interesting concept.

But my favorites would be Planet of the Apes (1968), Equillibrium (2002), and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007).
Apes 'cause I liked the novel and the joyfull irony at the end was always compelling.
Equillibrium because it's something that often makes me think with plenty of gun-slinging-sword-slashing-kata-kick-ass-action.
And Extinction was just awsome for zombie killing at the end of the world.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Clearly Mad Max dominates this field. I'd say a close second would be Equilibrium.

[Frostatine]

Clearly Mad Max dominates this field. I'd say a close second would be Equilibrium.

Equilibrium is totally not a post apocalyptic movie. It's more of a dystopia.

[Krylo]

Six String Samurai.


That is all.

[Axl]

I rewatched The Postman yesterday and I've always held a certain fondness for it. It's like Waterworld without the water.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Equilibrium is totally not a post apocalyptic movie.

You didn't pay much attention to the introduction monologue then. World War 3 pretty much decimated everything. Post-apocalyptic doesn't mean things have to stay a complete barren wasteland. Society does rebuild itself, and in this case it did so in the form of a dystopian city-state named Libria.

So in a sense it is post-post-apocalyptic.

As for The Postman, that movie is a downright godawful rape of the book. I'm pretty open minded about book=> movie conversion but fuck me the movie is horrible in comparison.

[R|Я]

Mad Max FTW. But seriously the genre is overdone way too much. And by way too much I mean if I were to break down film genres by terms of quantity and general suckiness (there are great PA films, but they're drowned out by all the look alikes), I'd place it second right after romantic comedies.

[Fifthfiend]

Six String Samurai.

Holy shit somebody else actually knows this movie exists.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

That movie was... unique?

[TopHatAssassin]

It looks kind of dumb. Samurai don't play guitars, and guitar players aren't samurai. Plus he doesn't look like someone who's fit to wield a sword (he should stick with his axe).

I do enjoy a good post-apocalyptic movie, though. Or for that matter, a post-apoc anything. If it has global devastation and huge deserts and people fighting each other in cars with more spikes than a porcupine and flamethrowers and guns and stuff then it's my kind of thing.

Gas masks are cool too, I like those.

[Invisible Queen]

If it has global devastation and huge deserts and people fighting each other in cars with more spikes than a porcupine and flamethrowers and guns and stuff then it's my kind of thing.
I agree. But I can't think of any better example of the above than The Road Warrior. Maybe the form was perfected with that movie and everything since has been pale imitations. (I'm looking at youuu, RE Extinction.)

Regarding post-post-apocalypse movies, who's looking forward to Battle Angel Alita? :3

[Lumenskir]

The first 20-30 minutes of 28 Days Later were pretty great.
(I'm looking at youuu, RE Extinction.)
My roommate swears by this movie, but for the longest time I never really saw the first ten minutes or so, so I was always confused as to why the earth became a desert in the span of a few years. When I finally caught the "The Virus didn't just affect human life" exposition I couldn't stop laughing. The only good thing about the entire RE movie series was the laser hallway.

[Invisible Queen]

No no, the good thing about the RE movies is Milla Jovovich. <3

I rather like them except for large parts of Extinction. Throughout it I find myself amazed at the many incredibly stupid things everyone do. Why does LJ think he's not going to turn into a zombie? Why are you setting up a permanent base when it's made patently obvious the only way people can survive is by moving constantly? What is it about this desert that makes it difficult to decide if you're going to stay or try going somewhere else where you haven't looted every shithouse within a hundred miles? Why didn't everyone sail for some islands far away from the infection in the first place?

The best part was the road war sequence, and Road Warrior did it better over 25 years ago. >_>

[Fifthfiend]

It looks kind of dumb. Samurai don't play guitars, and guitar players aren't samurai.

Clearly you are a crazy person who hates things that are awesome. I would say I sympathize with you as you will obviously go the rest of your life without ever being happy but frankly I think you deserve it.

[Magus]

I confess I enjoy a good zombie flick, and both the original Dawn of the Dead and the remake are some of my favorite movies. Land of the Dead wasn't as good and was a pretty poor movie in my opinion, maybe because they added the civilization managing to rebuild itself somewhat in Pittsburgh. Plus it had Dennis Hopper.

I also give a thumbs-up to Waterworld, possibly for different reasons than most people here. It simply is one of those movies where it really isn't a great movie but certain features endear themselves to people instead of making them hate it. I mean, seriously, Dennis Hopper raining cans of Smeat and cartons of cigarettes down on his unwashed religious fanatic horde so they will row the exhumed Exxon Valdez without question? I couldn't hate the movie, really, so I learned to love it.

Actually, why is Dennis Hopper in so many post-apocalyptic movies? He was also in Super Mario Bros. and that was fairly dystopic (and not until we saw that movie did we associate the Mushroom Kingdom with 1984, but now we see it for what it really is underneath the colorful facade of the video game!)

[TopHatAssassin]

Clearly you are a crazy person who hates things that are awesome. I would say I sympathize with you as you will obviously go the rest of your life without ever being happy but frankly I think you deserve it.

Well you know, you can't really argue with my logic. When was the last time you ever saw a samurai playing a six-string? He'd be far too busy getting his slice on with the group of ninjas that suddenly ambushed him from the treetops in the forest. Samurai just don't have the time to hone their musical skills. Your samurai, sir, is a fraud!

And really, it doesn't get much more awesome than a dude with a sweet leg brace and his dog in some beat up car driving through Australia where people fight over gas.

But hey, to each his own. Now go watch your movie, champ, there you go.

[Krylo]

Actually, classically, samurai adopted aristocratic pass times such as poetry, art, and, yes, music.

So, you, sir, fail at history, fact, logic, movies, and, perhaps most importantly, life.

Also--Replace the leg brace with glasses, the dog with an orphan kid, Australia with the US as a giant desert, and gas with Rock and Roll, and you basically have Six String Samurai.

Though you still have to inject it with five hundred percent pure awesome.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Actually, classically, samurai adopted aristocratic pass times such as poetry, art, and, yes, music.

Dammit you beat me to it. Curse you Krylo, curse youuu!

Now my curiosity is getting the best of me. Gonna have to get around to watching this Six String Samurai sooner or later.

[TopHatAssassin]

and, yes, music.

Perhaps. However, they didn't play guitar. The entire issue hinges on that one critical factor.

Also, no one likes an orphan.

[Frostatine]

Mandolin seems far more appropriate. Seeing as Japan was very close minded during the period with shoguns and samurai, I find it highly unlikely that they could manage to get their hands on, or make a guitar.

[Lady Cygnet]

Young Mel Gibson + Tina Turner in a chainmail dress > all

The Mad Max series was pretty cool, but Beyond Thunderdome gave a glimpse of hope after the apocalypse, bloodshed, and pigshit. Those kids were determined to rebuild the world they once knew...and they did, in a sense...

[Fifthfiend]

Actually, classically, samurai adopted aristocratic pass times such as poetry, art, and, yes, music.

So, you, sir, fail at history, fact, logic, movies, and, perhaps most importantly, life.

Also--Replace the leg brace with glasses, the dog with an orphan kid, Australia with the US as a giant desert, and gas with Rock and Roll, and you basically have Six String Samurai.

Though you still have to inject it with five hundred percent pure awesome.

You left out the incarnate avatar of Heavy Metal Death.

Unless Mad Max had one of those too I mean, I don't know.

Mandolin seems far more appropriate. Seeing as Japan was very close minded during the period with shoguns and samurai, I find it highly unlikely that they could manage to get their hands on, or make a guitar.

When the samurai in question is Buddy Holly, you can probably figure on him finding a way to get ahold of a guitar.

[Archbio]

La Jetée and Day of the Dead would be personal favourites.

[Smarty McBarrelpants]

Mandolin seems far more appropriate. Seeing as Japan was very close minded during the period with shoguns and samurai, I find it highly unlikely that they could manage to get their hands on, or make a guitar.

Wuh..... When are you talking about?
Cause the most common Samurai images we see are from around the 16th and 17th century. Guns were introduced to Japan in the late 16th century. Do you know which country produced by far the best firearms in the 17th century? Japan.
It depends on which period you're talking about but the "samurai and shogun" era could concievably be between the 9th century and the 19th century.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

In reference to the whole Samurai + stringed instrument debacle going on, they did have an instrument pretty similar to a guitar. Enter the Shamisen. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamisen) Sure it isn't a guitar but one can do some pretty neat freestyle stuff with it. Take the Yoshida Brothers for example, they're pretty well known for having a fast playing freestyle type of sound. Yoshida Bros. & Monkey Majik (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnwaS4TDyDk) and I think you'll all recognize this song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i1FznZT7fU&feature=related)

Anywho, the idea of a samurai with a guitar isn't too far fetched. Extremely unlikely, but hey it's all in the spirit of cinema, right?

[Magus]

Well, I don't know, does the guitar somehow double as a weapon of sorts, have hidden knives and/or katanas that come out of it? I mean, Lone Wolf is a samurai with a baby carriage, so yes, zany things can happen like a samurai playing a guitar, but the guitar has to be deadly and described as such. As Quiet Riot would call it, "a six-string razor." Does the samurai at least slice people's throats with the guitar strings, is what I'm asking.

EDIT: Oh, and I'd like to mention that I am looking forward to Versus 2, which judging by the end of the first movie will be post-apocalytpic, which can only make it even more freakin' insanely awesome.

[Krylo]

The guitar is also the sheathe for his katana.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

Rumor has it there will be a Mad Max 4.