Logan's Run is one of my favorites.
It is from the 70's so the effects of that time show. But it is the first movie to use holograms.
An abandoned shopping mall was converted into the main set.
The story and related ideas of this movie is what makes it good. And I think it is a pretty good tale.
It is based on a book, that I have not read. But of course there are differences from the book version.

"Renew!!!"

Anybody seen cherry 2000 with melony griffith? Medicore film about a guy who wants to get a replacement six robot and they travel the wastelands to find one. I don't know if this film was supposed to be futuristic or post-apocalyptic they never explain if its post-apocalyptic. I'd recomend seeing Cherry 2000 if you haven't already its a decent 80's era film.



A boy and his dog is a must see if you're into post- apocalyptic stuff. That movie is a classic! If you put yourself in the mindframe this was made in days where they didn't have the special effect technology and sound effect technolgoy they have now its a great film! Vic was played by the same guy who plays luke skywalker am I correct?

I recently watched the Stand miniseries on Netflix.

Pretty terrible art direction and production design. (All the characters were wearing spotless 80s style wardrobe despite the collapse of civilization.)

Some horrible casting choices (Harold was supposed to be a fat, nerdy outcast, for example). The cinematography was done in the style of a 1980s sitcom (flat over-lighting).

But ultimately the excellent storytelling of the source material was enough to make it watchable. Laura San Giacomo was excellent as Nadine and Rob Lowe delivered an outstanding performance as the deaf and dumb Nick.





Absolutely, yes Zombie apocalypse is apocalypse even on a smaller scale.





:facepalm: Are you freaking kidding me? That was Don Johnson from Miami Vice LMAO :rofl:

Luke Skywalker was played by Mark Hamil

How bizzare I just got done watching the Stand yesturday also on netflix... After seeing Gangland, Land of Doom and Interzone the stand wasn't that bad but it wasn't great either and yes it was really cheesy. Kind of drawn out if you asked me. All these bad post apocalyptic films I've watched and wrote about I watched on netflix...

Okay I guess I was wrong... Don't know my 70's 80's actors very well.... I was only around -10 years old when these movies came out (wasn't born yet). Anybody seen solarbabies I've seen this on netflix another post-apoclyptic film or so it says in the description... Any good or am I going to be writing and complaing about how bad it was like the rest of them...

no worries - to give you an idea of what an old fart I am, I saw solarbabies in the cinema and I seem to recall thinking at the time that it was geared toward a younger audience.

Actually now that I think of it, I believe I was taken to see the original Star Wars in a theater as well, but I don't remember it as I was barely old enough to speak at the time.

I thought Book of Eli svcked. It had bad pacing, stole scenes from Road Warrior, and Eli himself had so much Clint Eastwood-esque stoicness that he came off as bland with no personality.

Well I was born in the late 80's, 87 to be exact... you'd think I would be older as I seem to like and watch older films. I always thought how awsome it would have been seeing Star Wars for the first time never seeing anything like it. Star Wars had really good special effects, I mean really good when you compare to other movies of that time. Star Wars never gets old! I've probably seen all the star wars films a 100 times and watch them everytime theres a marathon on spike. The fallout series got me into watching all these post apocalyptic films and watching older movies. But to get back on track was Mad Max series really big for it time, Land of doom, interzone, and gangland seem to be knock offs of mad max if you ask me. it seems all the bad post-apocalyptic films I've seen where made in 80's with the exception of gangland.

Thinking of Mad Max was it just me or was the saxaphone music in mad max thunderdome really out of place... Just something that bugged me when I watched thunderdome. I also thought the kids in thunderdome were really annoying...

Omega Man
Road Warrior
A Boy and His Dog
Planet of The Apes
Dr. Strangelove And How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb


These are the best post apocalyptic films in my opinion.

OP, it'd be nice if you described why the movie was bad instead of giving us the plot with a bunch of details missing.

I agree, I haven't seen Omega man though. Heres my list of good and bad not in any particlar order...

Good and worth watching:
Book of eli
The road
Jericho, The series is out on dvd It could count as a movie I guess.
All 3 Mad Max Films, mad max 1 was't really post apoclyptic but the 2nd mad max or road warrior clears that up.
Cherry 2000, worth watching wouldn't say it it was the greatest film I've seen.
She (1982)
All 4 Terminator films, well maybe with the exception of 3 I didn't like 3 as much as I liked the first 2 and salvation.
Dr. Strangelove
A boy and his dog
All the Planet of the apes movies including the modern remake
The stand, wouldn't say it was the greatest but it wasn't horrible,
Equalibrium

Bad and worth watching if you want to laugh at how bad they are
Gangland, This movie really svcks, I mean really really svcks I rate worse film ever made in film history.
Land of Doom, This had potiental to be good movie but it just kept getting worse and worse as it went on
Interzone, Really bad movie only thing that got me through it was the plot.


Horrible acting, inconsitencies in the story really stupid characters. Bad script writing, Really bad fighting and gunfight choreography. Interzone for example the music was louder than actors talking and i had to turn the volume up to 100 on my T.V. just to hear what they were saying. All i can say is watch these movies see for yourself and you may agree. I mean theres a point where you can okay special effects aren't what they are now, but these movies are just plain horrible. I mean you can't even find a wiki about these films and every review gives these movies reviews like 2-3/10 or 1.5-2 out of 5 stars.

My list is debatable and yes I've watched all these films the whole way through. I know you guys have other movies listed that you say are good but I haven't seen them yet. I could pick apart some of the movies on the good list but i'd say overall in my opinion these movies were good. My good list some of these movies are better than others some of them weren't the greatest films but I did like them. My bad list these movies really really svck bad the whole way through and forced myself to watch them. Don't recomend watching the movies on the bad list they are jokes and I laugh about how bad they are when i think of them.

In that case The Walking Dead was (or is I guess) very good :yes:

If you're in the mood for something silly, try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfTWYP4bE28. Especially fun if you've been playing New Vegas.

Is it just me, or was there a large amount of apocalyptic/post apocalyptic films released last year?

I think there was only few recent ones the Road and Book of El that i can think that may have been released last year or 2. If you want to talk about a time period where they released alot of post apocalyptic/wasteland films that would have been the 80's. You know now I think about there's a huge time gap between when they made post apocalyptic films. They made a buttload in the 80's, I can't think of a single one that came out in 90's. Unless you count the Stand and some zombie movies.Unless I'm missing something here but I guess the 90's wasn't a doom and gloam era? Its not just you it seems like they just started to bring the whole genre back last year or maybe a couple of years back I don't know when the road and book of eli was made those were like 2008-2010 somewhere around that time. Oh and terminator salvation was pretty recent also. Actually I take that back terminator 2 was made in the early 90's wasn't it? They consider terminator 1/2/3 post-apoplytic films but I think those are more time travelers paradox movies. I would consider terminator salvation a more true post apocalyptic film when comparing 1/2/3.

Yes, The Walking Dead is one of the best new TV series in recent years.

While on the subject of PA films, there is a kickass collection of PA short stories called

http://www.amazon.com/Wastelands-Apocalypse-John-Joseph-Adams/dp/1597801054

most of the stories in the collection are simply brilliant, definitely worth picking up for your Kindle for iPhone, or similar service

Is this a book or graphic novel? I'm assuming book? One thing I like about reading you don't have to worry about bad acting... Looks very tempitng to buy.

Haven't seen the walking dead, I'm not a huge fan of zombie or horror films / shows in the matter, I liked zombieland though. AMC does come up with some good TV series though I may have to check it out. What day and time does it come on?

"Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse" is a book, basically a collection of short stories, no illustrations.

Season 1 of The Walking Dead finished recently and it was renewed for a second season. I have no idea about the broadcast schedule as I don't have cable. It's a great show developed by Frank Darabont (director of Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile), based on a series of graphic novels.

Speaking of zombies... Not to burst anybody's bubble but I really don't consider zombie movies to be part of the post-apocalyptic genre... I think of zombie movies and PA movies to be seperate genres. I mean I guess technically zombies are post-apocalytpic like but I don't know its debatable. I always thought of it as Zombie movies is a sub genre of horror and PA is a sub genre of sci fi. I guess if the zombie story is caused by a virus that could technically be science fiction, as opposed to zombies coming back to life by the super natural. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Post-apocalyptic_films the wiki explains that its a science fiction sub genre but it lists zombie movies which are horror films... What do you guys think zombies considered to be part of the PA genre?

Usually, a zombie apocalypse results in the breakdown of society. Isn't that a staple of the post apocalyptic genre?

I suppose its post apocalyptic but zombies is more horror than sci fi. Sci fi Post apocalytic films general are more about life after a nuclear war or some sort of war which results in the breakdown of society and usually take place in the future. I guess it depends on the zombie film as said... I guess I would cosnider a zombie film post apocalyptic film if its a result of a virus/science experiment as opposed to being a super natural occurance.

Post-apoc is more of a setting description than a formal genre.

Yeah, since most post-apoc films would fall under science fiction.

The Road was a great movie. Not some uber hero or anything. But an average father and son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.

No ones mentioned 12 Monkeys yet I believe.

I've heard of it. What's it about?