existential+threat+movies

Hi All,

After watching 'Threads' a movie about nuclear war and the battle for survivial in the following years, I found myself very, very interested in the direction my research was headed and having an urge to read/watch more. So, I thought I would list all the movies I currently have that may be beneficial to your thinking about this subject. I will bring my hard-drive into class if anyone wnats to copy them:


 * Mad Max 1-3
 * Tank Girl
 * Last night I watched ‘Tank Girl’. It was set in the year 2033, and describes the consequences if a comet were to hit earth. The comet turns the earth into a wasteland, and water is really scarce. Most of the water is controlled by an enterprise called Water and Power (W&P), who is run by a crazy fascist freak called Kesslee. For some reason – and this reason isn’t really explained in the movie – everyone listens to this Kesslee character. His just some control freak who wants to have ALL the water that is available. Essentially they use water as a new form of currency, so more water means more power. If I describe the rest of the story, I’ll probably end up with another ‘epically’ long post, so if you want to read a summary of the plot, read it in [|Wikipedia]. ([|Mel])
 * 28 Days Later
 * On the Beach (new version)
 * Threads
 * Testament
 * The day after
 * When the wind blows
 * [|city of] [|ember]
 * The last of civilisation lives in a large underground refuge, there's no clue as the the cause of this, but it explores a bit of how people might live for a long period underground, and also how power could become corrupted in close quarters (as referred to by Mel [|here])

This documentary is worth watching: Doomsday Clock []