Warriors of the wasteland: Post-apocalypse movies

Just a plug for The Book Of Eli , and Mila :

http://www.esquire.com/the-side/video/mila-kunis-video?src=nl&mag=esq&
list=nl_enl_wom_cel_012610_mila-kunis&kw=ist

The girl really rocks her aviator shades...

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Originally posted by lwaves:



Is A Boy And His Dog the one with Don Johnson? If it is I remember seeing that on Moviedrome many many years ago. Seem to remember I liked it. Might have to try and see it again.

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Yes, that's it. I also saw it ONCE, about ### years ago, somewhere, and it stuck with me all this time, and so I was gonna add it to the list.

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Really, does ANYTHING compare to "Two men enter; one man leaves"?


The laughing Chrisisall

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Bust a deal, face the wheel ?
*snicker*
You know, that one of the collectors girl flunkies, the one who actually helps max spin the wheel, has the prettiest eyes I've ever seen.

There's also that Justine Clark, the actor who played Anna Goanna (the one who sides with Max and plays flunky to him) grew up to be a real sweetheart, you should check out some of her stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Clarke

I second that call for Night of the Comet too, saw that when I was much younger, and considering my work schedule and such, my "world" is kinda like that sometimes - you don't see many people out around here in the frostbitten wee hours, and thems you DO see are likely to be trouble - it can get kinda creepy according to some of my goons, but it ain't never bothered me much.

Of course, IMHO the best post-apocalyptic is Nausica of the Valley of the Wind - just an awesome flick through and through, animated or not.

-Frem

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Of course, IMHO the best post-apocalyptic is Nausica of the Valley of the Wind - just an awesome flick through and through, animated or not.

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Oh, THAT was "Warriors of the Wind?" I've never seen the unedited Japanese version! Now I must!

Also, City Of Ember rocked!


The laughing Chrisisall

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Oh maaaan, big, big, BIG can of worms, that one.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Macekre
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CutAndPasteTranslation

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The original, New World Pictures dub of Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind was Macekred so heavily that Hayao Miyazaki held off licensing his other films until someone approached him with a deal that stipulated no changes to the script or editing. This one is perhaps the most reviled C&P Translation of the 1980s, if only because the effects of the mauling of a work perceived by the Japanese as practically a national treasure are still felt in the industry; many Japanese companies still remember what happened to Nausicaa and are now incredibly paranoid themselves about any changes to their product in translation, even if it would help that product...

When Miramax picked up Princess Mononoke, one of Studio Ghibli's producers didn't forget the previous disaster and reportedly sent the Miramax execs a katana with a note saying "No cuts."

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Here's a link to the actual, full version, without the re-write and 20 minutes worth of cuts.
http://www.amazon.com/Nausicaa-Valley-Wind-Sumi-Shimamoto/dp/B0001XAPZ
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Nausicaa is one of my personal idols you see, an exemplar of human decency, and while not a violent person, has a phenomenal amount of courage - her head-on rush against the hoverpod near the end of the movie is IMHO, probably THE singlemost jaw-dropping piece of awesome in Anime.

Funny thing, last convention I was at, there was this girl, maybe all of about eight or nine, dressed like her, complete with stuffed critter on her shoulder - I complemented her on the idea while at one of the craft events, and wound up in a long conversation about the moral implications of using violence to solve problems instead of understanding, and how futile it is to do so - causing her to drop the usual facade kids hold up to us adults and actually discuss it, stunned that an adult would actually *understand* such a thing, much less be willing to consider her opinions on it valid.
Best part of that was the little exchange as I headed off to go collect my merry horde of adventurers.

Me- "We're not ALL idiots, you know."
Girl- "NOW I do, yeah."

That still brings a smile and a chuckle to think of, perhaps there is hope for humanity yet.

-Frem

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