I have been informed by wikipedia that I am a fan of "dying-earth" subgenre of post-apocalyptic science fiction.
I guess one example would be Quintet, or the future world in Chrono Trigger.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a movie?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
No idea what either of those movies are, but sounds like "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" might fit. I've always thought that was pretty cool.
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic Movies:
Logan's Run - Post-holocaust world. People live in domed cities and are supposed to end their lives at age 30. Two people escape to the surface world. Based on a novel.
The Island - A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvested being", and is being kept along with others in a utopian facility.
On the Beach, Fail Safe& Dr. Strangelove - 1950s Nuclear Threat movies. On the Beach tells of a post-holocaust Australia and the lone US Destroyer still serving. Describes how everyone deals with their eventual fate. Strangelove is a classic black comedy about the accidental bombing of Russia. Fail Safe also deals with an accidental attack on the USSR.
Testament & The Day After - Nuclear War and the days immediately following.
On the Manga/Anime front check out Akira - A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
And then there's Mad Max.
Posted by randomMATHfacts (Member # 2127) on :
Thanks, I will check out the movies I haven't seen yet, and maybe rewatch some of the classics. I forgot to think about Anime though I have already seen and read Akira. Does anyone have any other anime suggestions?
By the way Chrono Trigger is a videogame, sorry, I should have made that more clear. There are a lot of good dying earth themes in the fantasy and scifi gaming world, especially final fantasy games and my personal favorite the Metroid Prime series.
The Time Machine - novel - is another good example that uses the dying earth motif although only briefly : I think it is in the part where the narrator travels much too far into the future. This novel though focuses on other motifs for the most part.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Equilibrium- a kinda post-apolyptic 1984.
Posted by omplete (Member # 2189) on :
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[ January 10, 2010, 10:07 PM: Message edited by: Charles Capps ]