‘Post-apocalypse’ is becoming a popular sub genre and sure-fire marketing catchphrase. For example: Wall – E: “Animated post-apocalypse family adventure”, or I Am Legend: “Rubbishy CGI mutanty post-apocalypse Will-Smith vehicle.” So here’s the latest; The Road: “Cormac McCarthy who wrote No Country For Old Men post-apocalypse Adventure with Viggo Mortensen in it.” – Catchy, isn’t it? Actually, The Road looks more than a little interesting, it fact… it looks pretty damn ace. Viggo Mortensen gets muchos respect from myself, not [...]
I’ve been in somewhat of a Sci-Fi mood of late. It may have something to do with current events such as economical and epidemical disasters (or Credit Crunch / Swine Flu media hysteria) and wanting to escape them, or it may just be down to the fact that I very much enjoy Science Fiction. As to qualify the previous statement, I’ve recently re-watched the Star Wars prequels , and decided that I much prefer them to the original trilogy. This [...]