Nov 20
Tripper asked:
Ok well I’ve always loved post apocalyptic media, and was wondering what the favourites are of some other people in this genre? I thought McCarthy’s The Road was absolutely amazing, and 28 days later is one of my favourite movies easily (but the sequel was way too overdone). I would even like to hear of some old classic books, I loved Earth Abides by George Stewart.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 am
Some of my favourite post apocalyptic movies are:
Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
[also a great 1981 mini-series of the same name]
The Omega Man – much better than the remake I Am Legend – the first version of this story was The Last Man on Earth (Vincent Price, 1964)
The Stand
The Mad Max movies – especially Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
Planet of the Apes (not the remake, the Charlton Heston version, 1968)
Jericho – TV series
Resurrection Day (Brendan DuBois) and Day of the Triffids would have to be my two favourite post-apocalyptic novels
Post-apocalyptic alien scenarios (if they count) – my favourite two would be the TV series V and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:18 am
28 weeks later. Amazing. Can’t believe you didn’t like it.
Day of the Dead also.
Read The Stand by Stephen King. The movie ids terrible.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:17 am
28 DAYS Later
The Day After Tomorrow
November 30th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Have you seen I am legend directed by Francis Lawrence? Maybe you don’t know it’s inspired on the novel by Richard Matheson he wrote in 1954 (the title is the same). I liked it. Bye!
November 30th, 2008 at 2:17 am
The Stand by Stephen King is brilliant
48 by James Herbert
Day of the Triffids
War of the Worlds
December 1st, 2008 at 6:30 am
Battlestar Galactica!
I also love Good Omens, though that one is pre-, not post- , Apocalypse.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 am
I have to agree that Stephen King’s The Stand is really fantastic, but his book Cell is also very good. I imagine they will make a movie out of it eventually, and that it will not be as good as the book. Also his Dark Tower series is along these lines.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 pm
News from Nowhere by William Morris was a favorite of mine. I had been reading many future novels, dystopias, and post apocalyptic stories with grim views of a grim struggle for existence. I was becoming grim. This was a warm comfort, with a very different style of language and rhythm.