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   Duggy to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated   
   Re: Post-apocalyptic fiction   
   14 Feb 11 14:36:00   
   
   On Feb 15, 5:50 am, lizardgirl  wrote:   
   > On Feb 13, 2:23 am, Duggy  wrote:   
   > > I think I get where you're coming from.  There's always that "where   
   > > are all the bodies"/"why are there suddenly a dead-traffic jam for no   
   > > apparent reason?"/"Shouldn't there be more/less structural damage to   
   > > the city"   
   > yes, like that.  the end result doesn't tell you much about the cause   
   > or affect.   
   I keep thinking someone needs to make a series of films: apocalpyse,   
   post-apocalpyse, the rebuild.   
   The closest are the Romeo Dead films and the Resident Evil films...   
   Or at least start a film with a small band of survivors arriving at   
   the gates of the last vestages of humanity and go from there...   
   > world war Z is nicely done in that you get a sense of how things   
   > happened, why people/countries reacted/responded they way they did and   
   > what they're doing now.  the personal account/documentary formate was   
   > a good choice in that regard.   
   > i'm curious to see given JMS' experience with Jeremiah who things will   
   > play out if the book ever makes it to the big screen.   
   We live in hope.   
   > > I've found "Life After Man" an interesting documentary to mentally   
   > > compare with all the PA films I've seen and think "yeah, I didn't   
   > > think there'd be no evidence of civilisation in only 30 years."   
   > LAM is fun, though strangely optimistic.   
   If it wasn't no one would watch the show.   
   > > Is this a bad time to say that the other week I left my house to spend   
   > > the cyclone at a friend's, looked at the 4 volume set of "How Things   
   > > Work" and decide that, no, this wasn't "the end", they could wait for   
   > > that evacuation.   
   > we accept you as you are.   
   Oh.  Really?  I'm sorry to here that about you.  There are people who   
   can help you.   
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