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ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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 Posted: 18-04-2012 11:33 Post subject: |
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Many thanks for the link.  |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
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| Posted: 18-04-2012 18:09 Post subject: |
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| Ringo_ wrote: | | Right, what's next on the list? |
Earth Abides, I hope! |
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| Jerry_B Great Old One Joined: 15 Apr 2002 Total posts: 8265 |
| Posted: 19-04-2012 07:53 Post subject: |
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| 'The Death of Grass' by John Christopher. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 19-04-2012 11:11 Post subject: |
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| Jerry_B wrote: | | 'The Death of Grass' by John Christopher. |
An excellent novel. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
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| Posted: 19-04-2012 18:01 Post subject: |
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| ramonmercado wrote: | | Jerry_B wrote: | | 'The Death of Grass' by John Christopher. |
An excellent novel. |
The film version, No Blade of Grass, is worth a look if you can find it. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 20-04-2012 01:13 Post subject: |
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| gncxx wrote: | | ramonmercado wrote: | | Jerry_B wrote: | | 'The Death of Grass' by John Christopher. |
An excellent novel. |
The film version, No Blade of Grass, is worth a look if you can find it. |
Its here:http://veehd.com/video/4567628_No-Blade-of-Grass-1970 |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 21-04-2012 00:06 Post subject: |
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| ramonmercado wrote: | | gncxx wrote: | | ramonmercado wrote: | | Jerry_B wrote: | | 'The Death of Grass' by John Christopher. |
An excellent novel. |
The film version, No Blade of Grass, is worth a look if you can find it. |
Its here:http://veehd.com/video/4567628_No-Blade-of-Grass-1970 |
Just watched it, excellent film, esp in the way it portrays the breakdown of civilisation. I reckon it provided some inspiration for Mad Max with the biker gangs. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
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| Posted: 21-04-2012 17:53 Post subject: |
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| Yeah, its very Mad Max in places. Good to see it as a forerunner of all those eighties post-apocalypse movies. Ahead of its time. Plus Nigel Davenport is always great. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 22-04-2012 01:06 Post subject: |
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The Horde: French Zombie Movie. Fast moving zombies. Cops go on revenge gig to wipe out drugs gang in high rise. Things go wrong. Then the zombies arrive. Great old guy who thinks hes back at Dien Bien Phu a lot of the time but he really kicks zombie ass. Reminds me of Ernest Borgnine in Escape From New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxkvXs5OO7M&feature=related |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 30-09-2013 13:52 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Panic In Year Zero (1962).
A family of four leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before nuclear bombs destroy the city. As lawlessness prevails, the father must fight to keep his family alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSGEiXO5894 |
Starring and directed by Ray Milland with Frankie Avallone as a sub Mad Max road villain. Shows how nasty things could get, murder, rape. Suffers a bit from a lack of real special effects but worth watching. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
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| Posted: 30-09-2013 16:21 Post subject: |
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| Frankie Avalon played Milland's son, he wouldn't go Mad Max on anyone (except the Beatles). Not a bad movie, though, as you say. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 30-09-2013 18:49 Post subject: |
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| gncxx wrote: | | Frankie Avalon played Milland's son, he wouldn't go Mad Max on anyone (except the Beatles). Not a bad movie, though, as you say. |
Oooopa I got them mixed up! |
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| OneWingedBird Great Old One Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Total posts: 542 Location: Attice of blinkey lights Age: 44 Gender: Female |
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How is it that no-one has ever made a movie of A Canticle for Leibowitz?  |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 01-10-2013 14:06 Post subject: |
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| OneWingedBird wrote: | | How is it that no-one has ever made a movie of A Canticle for Leibowitz? |
Beats me. |
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| Mythopoeika Boring petty conservative
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| Posted: 01-10-2013 21:05 Post subject: |
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| OneWingedBird wrote: | | How is it that no-one has ever made a movie of A Canticle for Leibowitz? |
There are quite a few great books that should be turned into films, yes.
That's one of them. |
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