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Spindlefingers — 12 years ago(January 19, 2014 11:26 AM)
Was this meant as a joke? You just posted 3 of the worst movies in the genre. The road was about homeless people walking through mud forever with a non ending, book of eli was up there with resident evil in terms of extreme cheesiness and the postman is waterworld levels of failure.
Children of men is my #1 by far, other than that i'd go for Blade runner, 28 days later, Thunderdome, A scanner darkly, Brazil. -
DLSchindler — 12 years ago(March 09, 2014 04:17 AM)
Brazil, really? You bash the OT and then claim a forgotten Monty Python reel? A Scanner Darkly isn't even close to OT. Read the topic next time since Zombies and Dystopians aren't interesting to the OT.
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Agent_Mothman — 12 years ago(January 19, 2014 01:59 PM)
Here are my top 10 Post-Apocalypse movies.
- The Time Machine (1960)
- The Last Man on Earth (1964)
- Planet of the Apes (1969)
- Fantastic Planet (1973)
- Zardoz (1974)
- Wizards (1977)
- Naussicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
- Mad Max 2 (1981)
- Children of Men (2006)
- The Road (2009)
Honorable mention goes to 12 Monkeys. Only a small portion of the film actually shows the earth after the virus, but it was well done, and it's a great film anyway.
"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind" ~H.P. Lovecraft
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Vega_Lyra — 12 years ago(February 27, 2014 11:34 AM)
On the Beach
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
The Omega Man (I personally think it's the best "adaption" of the novel)
The Day the World Ended (1955)
Logan's Run
I have to admit I have a soft spot for Waterworld and the Postman, especially the Postman.
Conquer your fear, and I promise you, you will conquer death. -
DLSchindler — 12 years ago(March 09, 2014 04:25 AM)
I felt that Omega Man was actually the worst adaptation of the novel. Vincent Price's Last Man on Earth frequently makes direct quotes and I Am Legend just really 'felt right' after reading so many other Matheson stories. I take that back, there are a couple of weird martial arts versions I have seen on TV that were obvious rip-offs that included misplaced quotes that were worse than Omega Man. All of that said Omega Man was still the best of all of these films without a doubt, just not the best adaptation.
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DLSchindler — 12 years ago(March 09, 2014 04:07 AM)
I have been watching Post Apocalyptic films for decades and publishing books on the subject as well. Check out my list if you would like to see hundreds of PA titles I have rated
http://www.imdb.com/list/1-8CVkqixCk/
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My top three would probably be:- The Roadwarrior
- Threads
- Logan's Run
- The Book of Eli
- The Postman
- The Road
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