As above really. Looking for a good film to chew over. Hopefully something on blinkbox, Netflix or some other on-demand service. So nothing too recent please.
Along the lines of 28 Days Later, World War Z (which I know is a bit shite but I liked the idea behind it), The Road...that kind of thing.
I haven't seen Prometheus - is that worth watching?
Book of Eli is probably worth a look?
Oblivion is'nt awful (unlike Elysium).
District 9.
Dredd.
Mad Max of course - though not the first one.
I also really liked City of Ember - a kids movie really, but clever and nicely made.
The Omega Man
Book of Eli and District 9 I've seen. Enjoyed both so thanks - would have been good recommendations. Will give Oblivion a look on imdb.
Children of Men
Mad max ftw!! Children of men?
The whole of two and a bit series of Jericho are on Lovefilm - thats quite good
Gattaca
The Road.*
...or just go out and buy a PS3 and play The Last Of Us & Resistance 3.
*Assuming you have not read the book.
Gattaca well worth a try.
Oblivion was ok and no more, imho.
Brazil, Dark City.
Superman 3.
Twelve Monkeys, Final Fantasy.
Wall-E.
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Ok, ok. 🙂
Bladerunner,.
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The Omega Man
quite underrated IMO
District 9.
thought this was awful but a lot of people will vehemently disagree
Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Long time since I saw it, but I think it was a bit like that.
District 9 that south African one? Found it completely unwatchable.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Long time since I saw it, but I think it was a bit like that.
Heh....I remember watching T2 - Body Hammer.
Mental.
District 9 that south African one? Found it completely unwatchable.
yes and yes 😆
Stake land is worth a look.
Brazil should fit the bill nicely
District 9 that south African one? Found it completely unwatchable.
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Surely you should be recommending Catch22?
IMDB recommends
The Quiet Earth
Night of the Comet
The Last Man on Earth
The Crazies
not seen any of them, but The Crazies would be my pick
And something more light-hearted - John Carpenter's 'They Live':
Surely you should be recommending Catch22?
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Get in. Get out. Get away.. says it all.
Waterworld
The Postman (Kevin Costner version)
V for Vendetta
Mad Max (especially MM2)
Minority Report
Ooooh, Stake Land looks good. Just the type of thing I'm looking for.
Get in. Get out. Get away...
Great first date advice as well.
Something a little different - I happened across the old TV movie of [url=
Headroom[/url] on Youtube - a dystopian prequel movie to the TV show about how someone's personality ends up trapped inside a computer. It actually has almost bugger all to do with the Max Headroom character/show - his character is the consequence of the film rather than the subject. It has pretty much all the 80s dysoptian tropes - industrial wastelands, puddles, tramps with TVs in shopping trollies, a tyrannical mega-corporation - but actually a pretty decent entertaining bit of british cinema too.
I am Legend. Not as good as the Omega Man, but hey ho
A Boy and His Dog
A boy and his dog (1975)
or "Adventure Time" series 5 😉
The Road is the best of all suggested in my opinion. Did the book justice and the book is, with Riddley Walker, one of the two best post apocalyptic books ever published. Oblivion was better than expected but book of Eli crap. And waterworld is terrible!
I am Legend is good, although the introspective bits are a bit contrived.
and for what it's worth I thought Prometheus was perfectly watchable, wish I'd seen it at the cinema for the cinematography. if you ignore the plot holes and any links with the other Alien films it's really quite alright.
Struggling to find Stake Land on a streaming site. Any ideas?
I fink it might be rubbish
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As long as it's not as rubbish as you at posting pics. 😛
Not sure what you mean
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Ninjas be ninjing 😀
Stake Land is good fun, and A Boy and His Dog has one of the best endings ever.
brakes - Memberand for what it's worth I thought Prometheus was perfectly watchable, wish I'd seen it at the cinema for the cinematography. if you ignore the plot holes and any links with the other Alien films it's really quite alright.
No it isn't, even if you can ignore the completely stupid characters, e.g. biologist who gets friendly with an alien vagsnake, catographist who gets lost, the two dopey women running in the shadow of a rolling spaceship (one immediately doing so after having a ceasarian section) it's still a deeply flawed film. Sorry but it really was a waste of a good opportunity. 2/10.
Empty Earth is worth a watch on You Tube
Pandorum's on Netflix, best film you've never heard of
'The Quiet Earth' is one of my favourite films, but quite unlike anything else on this thread-
'A Boy and his Dog' is the one you want 🙂
No it isn't, even if you can ignore the completely stupid characters
haha, I'd forgotten about the self-administered c-section followed by instant recovery.
brakes - MemberNo it isn't, even if you can ignore the completely stupid characters
haha, I'd forgotten about the self-administered c-section followed by instant recovery.
Yes, done a medical computer bizarrely only programmed for men! WHY!? 😆
Yeah Pandorum is good too
New total recall ? Granted it's not as good as the first but watchable
Prometheus
How about TV series Jericho or Falling skies (which starts on c5 next week)
Stake Land was good, go for it!
Plus one on Twelve Monkeys.
Children of Men fits the bill too.
Monsters.
Serenity.
zombieland...woody harrleson
Three very 1970s movies
zardoz.............sean connery
rollerball .original james caan
thx 1138
brilliant thought provoking....
Solent Green
serenity but watch firefly the series
lockout.............slightly dystopian bllody good fun
Daybreakers..............laffed all the way through
rollerball .original james caan
thx 1138
brilliant thought provoking....
Solent Green
Brilliant recommendations. I would add Silent Running, The Andromeda Strain, Fahrenheit 451, Logan's Run, The Day The Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds and When Worlds Collide to this list of classic, thoughtful dystopian/existential sci fi. Ignore remakes and go for originals.
Yes!Monsters
Stop resisting - you may damage your credit rating.Brazil should fit the bill nicely
A little bit older and quite Matrix like in terms of action but I really like Equilibrium
Day of the Dead is bleak bleak bleak. You might enjoy that!?
City Of Lost Children.
What about the Romero stuff - originals and remakes?
Mad Max and Road Warrior!!! 
Avoid the 3rd Thundercrap one, though... 😡
And maybe Robocop?
Stalker or Solaris by Tarkovsky. Both an acquired taste I admit but beautiful, haunting masterpieces IMO.
I love this about Prometheus (spoilers):
Another vote for Children of Men
TV series rather than films, but how about the original (Terry Nation?) series of Survivors. And I think there was a pretty good verison of Day of the Triffids in the 1980s (Channel 4?)
And the 1979 Thames TV series "Quatermass"