tagged w/ Post-Apocalypse
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Winners announced in a design contest to create cars for a post-apocalyptic future
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The entries to the Dystopia vehicle design competition are pouring in! Gallery number 2 includes Vladislav Domanin’s steampunk inspired hot rod and a Chevy Nova from Tony Spadaro that you’d feel much safer in. There’s plenty more, too, so scour the gallery below to see them all.The entries to the Dystopia vehicle design competition are pouring in! Gallery number... more
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I love the future. I mean I am really content with living in the present, but if I ever were to dream of another time period, it'd be the future. (Sorry Victorian era England.) My favorite version of the future is a sort of post-apocalypse overrun by robots, zombies, or zombie-robots. You can imagine how elated I was to find out that my coworkers, were creating that same sort of future in their latest promo.
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Last night's episode of infoMania.I love the future. I mean I am really content with living in the present, but if I... more
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Treehugger: 'There's nothing like a vision of a world gone to hell to get the point across.
Movies--especially fantastic movies--have the power to hit messages home with people around the world, regardless of class, race, or socio-economic background. In these nine post-apocalyptic movies (and one tv episode), ranging from the 1960's until next month (one's not released yet) the death destruction, and general bleak futuristic visions are all based on environmental disasters. A note on the selection process: Don't expect to see "Waterworld". Bombs, even with savvy green messages, didn't make the cut. Disagree or think I missed something? Fire away in the comments. Oh, and this list is filled with spoilers.'
Agree or disagree?Treehugger: 'There's nothing like a vision of a world gone to hell to get... more
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So… more li’l doll people. Been a good year for that kinda thing — CORALINE, $9.99. And now there’s 9, in which a group of burlapy, goggle-eyed humanoids struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic waste heap. Would it surprise you that Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov were co-producers on this project? Would it further surprise you that the CG animated film — directed by newcomer Shane Acker, based on his deservedly highly-praised short film (do a YouTube search on “9 Shane Acker”; it’s worth tracking down) — has tons of grotty atmosphere and an overall dark attitude?
And monsters. Really weird, disturbing monsters (if the giant, soul-sucking spider robot doesn’t freak you out, the hypno-snake will). Which is a good thing, because the story itself isn’t really anything to speak of. Shame that a voice cast that includes Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Connelly, Elijah Wood, and Martin Landau doesn’t have better lines to deliver, but when you’ve got little burlap people defending themselves against a robot pterodactyl, snappy patter can sort of take a back seat.
Click on the link above to hear Tim Burton talk about the film.So… more li’l doll people. Been a good year for that kinda thing —... more
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"With its drearily brief paragraphs and poetic emphasis on imagery over dialogue, Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 post-apocalyptic novel “The Road” practically reads like a screenplay. Not unreasonably, John Hillcoat’s tense, discomfiting big screen adaptation remains almost entirely faithful to the book’s distinctive pace and tone. The maintenance of this restrained progression is key to the movie’s chilly effect, but the subtle ingredients behind such morbidity—dreary-eyed performances, an enigmatic score, visual suggestions of death and decay in nearly every frame—turn Hillcoat’s version of “The Road” into a uniquely cinematic portrait of pessimism.
Like Joel and Ethan Coens’s eerily soft-spoken version of McCarthy’s “No Country for Old Men,” much of the movie unfolds with grimly fleeting dialogue that sticks to the ground like lead. The conversations rarely move the plot forward. Instead, they reflect the dour environment. What “The Road” lacks in joy, however, it mostly regains in character depth. Although set in an undefined near future, it has a narrow, minimalist premise that’s easily interpretable, loosely constructed and intentionally vague. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his boy (newcomer Kodi Smith-McPhee) wander across the desolate landscape of a charred America in the wake of some unclassified catastrophe. The boy’s mother (Charlize Theron, seen only in flashbacks) abandoned them in anguish long ago. The remaining family unit wanders south along a strip of woodsy terrain, making a desperate attempt to survive the winter and avoid hostile drifters. Their world has turned against them. Cannibals lurk in the forest and occupy homes in the countryside. Survivors travel in small groups and trust no one." more @ link"With its drearily brief paragraphs and poetic emphasis on imagery over dialogue,... more
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Director McG stripped most of the color from Salvation in order to evoke an "other-worldly, desolate feeling." The filmmaker solicited feedback from experts who monitored the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, then underscored the post-apocalyptic sense of gloom by using obsolete Kodak stock that was baked in the sun to deliberately damage the film.
"Most importantly," McG said, "we added three times as much silver in the processing than one traditionally would to a color stock."
McG, eager to win Cameron's seal of approval, remembers the pitch: "I told Cameron, 'This is the first Terminator picture that takes place post-Judgment Day. We'll be able explore this world that you alluded to ever so briefly and re-invigorate Terminator in the spirit of what Chris Nolan did with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight or the James Bond franchise has done in the Daniel Craig space.' So Cameron said, 'OK, that sounds interesting.'"Director McG stripped most of the color from Salvation in order to evoke an... more
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My review of the rather interesting, post-apocalyptic drama 20 YEARS AFTER is now up on CINEFANTASTIQUE ONLINE. Check it out!My review of the rather interesting, post-apocalyptic drama 20 YEARS AFTER is now up... more
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