Author Topic: SURVIVAL in the MOVIES or TV (Read 104802 times)

Storm · « **Reply #120 on:** March 22, 2009, 03:12:02 AM »

5AM....Twilight Zone, "The Obsolete Man". Good stuff, very 1984-ish, or Equilibrium-like. Equilibrium is also a cool story of people surviving.

sneauxball · « **Reply #121 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:05:12 AM »

Last night I watched a movie called blindness. It involves a blindness epidemic, a few people quarantined and left to fend for themselves, one person never gets the blindness, but she can't seem to pick up the scissors fast enough

they end up getting out, into the city, to find the epidemic spread throughout. It dealt with aspects of social breakdown & survival in an urban area.

I might have enjoyed it a bit more if I hadn't been so busy yelling into the TV at the stupid characters!

Darkwinter · « **Reply #122 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:15:33 PM »

Just saw "Knowing: (Nicolas Cage). It's not a "survival" movie, but leaves you some things to think about.

Newb Survivalist · « **Reply #123 on:** April 13, 2009, 01:26:58 PM »

Ive got a good one for you...TREMORS. (1990) with kevin bacon

here is a link to the trailer - http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2197750041/

NickyTheHeel · « **Reply #124 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:07:06 PM »

Quote from: Newb Survivalist on April 13, 2009, 01:26:58 PM

Ive got a good one for you...TREMORS. (1990) with kevin bacon

here is a link to the trailer - http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2197750041/

Casting Reba and the dad from Family Ties as gun nuts was about as genius as one can get.

Beetle · « **Reply #125 on:** April 14, 2009, 02:16:03 AM »

Quote from: Newb Survivalist on April 13, 2009, 01:26:58 PM

Ive got a good one for you...TREMORS. (1990) with kevin bacon

here is a link to the trailer - http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2197750041/

I kid you not this is my wifes favorite movie of all time and I bet she has seen it over a hundred times. She can quote the movie word for word....lol

Found My side of the mountain on DVD, never seen it before and I liked it.

HumeMan · « **Reply #126 on:** April 14, 2009, 03:00:04 PM »

No greater movie in my opinion!

Newb Survivalist · « **Reply #127 on:** April 14, 2009, 03:04:18 PM »

i use to watch this when i was a kid, and my older brother use to tease me when i went "#2"....watch out,,, or those graboids will get you......

i joke. i am not really sure where that one came from.

Morning Sunshine · « **Reply #128 on:** April 14, 2009, 05:51:54 PM »

what about post-EMP world in Dark Angel. yeah there's some science fiction in it, but the setting is post-apocalyptic

Thox Spuddy · « **Reply #129 on:** April 18, 2009, 09:24:30 AM »

I don't think anyone has mentioned "The Snow Walker", a great movie, in my opinion, about how the most harshest environment provides sustenance.

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Snow_Walker/70032916?trkid=496751

Beetle · « **Reply #130 on:** April 18, 2009, 02:43:35 PM »

Quote from: Thox Spuddy on April 18, 2009, 09:24:30 AM

I don't think anyone has mentioned "The Snow Walker", a great movie, in my opinion, about how the most harshest environment provides sustenance.

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Snow_Walker/70032916?trkid=496751

The DVD special features are cool too.

Newb Survivalist · « **Reply #131 on:** April 19, 2009, 02:38:59 AM »

just finished Red Dawn for the first time....me likey

Heavy G · « **Reply #132 on:** April 19, 2009, 06:45:43 AM »

Quote from: Newb Survivalist on April 19, 2009, 02:38:59 AM

just finished Red Dawn for the first time....me likey

Since you just saw Red Dawn, you will like the graphic on Swanson's signature page that says "Resist. The chair is against the wall." I think Swanson is kidding a bit, but you'll like the reference.

swanson · « **Reply #133 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:05:09 AM »

!!!WOLVERINES!!!

An absolute American classic...

swanson

RonH2K · « **Reply #134 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:14:43 AM »

Swanson's sig is one that always makes me smile. Very ingenious!

Beetle · « **Reply #135 on:** April 19, 2009, 10:18:52 AM »

I'll give you a plus 1 if you can finish the rest of Swanson's quote.

Sister Wolf · « **Reply #136 on:** April 19, 2009, 11:32:54 AM »

it's a long dang quote. Worth more than +1. See now I want to go watch Red Dawn.

khristopher23 · « **Reply #137 on:** April 19, 2009, 12:03:41 PM »

I thought it was something like "John has a long mustache".

Sister Wolf · « **Reply #138 on:** April 19, 2009, 12:05:40 PM »

that's certainly part of it.

BerserkerPrime · « **Reply #139 on:** April 19, 2009, 04:14:40 PM »

One the the best movies I've ever seen on being prepared or the lack there of is call The Trigger Effect with Elizabeth Shue. It really does a good job showing how human nature and society kicks in during a crisis.

There's one scene were a family that has kids tells a neighbor during a neighborhood meeting that they are entitled to their neighbor's generator because they have kids and the genie owner doesn't. Things go bad from there .......

Great movie

BP

Thox Spuddy · « **Reply #140 on:** April 19, 2009, 04:42:28 PM »

Quote from: Bailey on April 18, 2009, 02:43:35 PM

The DVD special features are cool too.

I reviewed those special features today, never looked at them before, thanks for the tip. Just making the movie apparently was a survival adventure.

Beetle · « **Reply #141 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:20:23 PM »

Quote from: Thox Spuddy on April 19, 2009, 04:42:28 PM

I reviewed those special features today, never looked at them before, thanks for the tip. Just making the movie apparently was a survival adventure.

I love the polar bear scenes and the mosquito's....WOW

Thox Spuddy · « **Reply #142 on:** April 20, 2009, 07:46:13 PM »

Has there ever been a movie/TV special on Shackleton?

"Lord of the Flies" - I've often thought the book was an excellent depiction of the assumption of leadership in a state of anarchy, never saw the movie.

union hill · « **Reply #143 on:** April 21, 2009, 01:14:25 AM »

Not a survival movie per se, but I just re-watched "Atomic Cafe." This compilation of training films, newsreels and archival footage is amazing to watch now for several reasons. The palpable immediacy of the threat that comes through in the civil defense messages, the various government and military agencies putting a harmless spin on the consquences of nuclear detonations, and some of the shown preparations that are comical in their naivete. Check out the 2 girls with the food storage demo - priceless. Everyone was a survivalist then.

The film has a political agenda to be sure, but there is no commentary outside of the archival footage and the clips are interesting in their own right.

I first saw this movie when it came out in 1982 with my wife (then girlfriend). I was living in Berlin and the cold war was very much on. Next to Peter Kuran's excellent documentary series, this movie contains some of the most interesting collection of footage for those interested in nuclear history.

The Limey · « **Reply #144 on:** April 24, 2009, 03:50:50 PM »

Hi my favorite survival TV was the original 3 series BBC 1970's SURVIVERS really bleak and with no background music because the BBC were really cheep but this somehow seemed appropriate,
I loved both Jeremiah and Jericho
I also liked the Postman which looked fantastic. The local TV listing mags review was a one liner it said "Kevin Costner impersonates a postman". Kind of missing the point i think
Mark

tugger123 · « **Reply #145 on:** April 25, 2009, 01:54:38 AM »

A movie I liked was Touching the Void. Also I just watched "A Cry in the Wild" which is a movie based off Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet". The book is much better but the movie isn't worthless. I would say it is good for a child.

theaccidentalsurvivor · « **Reply #146 on:** April 25, 2009, 03:55:08 PM »

Quote from: swanson on April 19, 2009, 07:05:09 AM

!!!WOLVERINES!!!

An absolute American classic...

swanson

I read somewhere there is going to be a remake.

PistolWhipped · « **Reply #147 on:** April 25, 2009, 04:27:13 PM »

Yep, they are remaking Red Dawn and Robocop. And Red Dawn is supposed to be updated to fit with a situation more like we'd see today. Just hope they don't plug it up with happy feelings and PC bullshit to make it more friendly to wusses. I liked the original. A LOT. These guys invade your home and are killing your people. Kill them. Simple.

NickyTheHeel · « **Reply #148 on:** April 25, 2009, 04:34:17 PM »

Quote from: PistolWhipped on April 25, 2009, 04:27:13 PM

These guys invade your home and are killing your people. Kill them. Simple.

Unless we're the ones doing the invading and killing.

My favorite part of Red Dawn (which I have not seen in several years) was the Russian guy translating for the Russian officers up in the mountains.

theaccidentalsurvivor · « **Reply #149 on:** April 26, 2009, 06:07:44 PM »

Quote from: NickyTheHeel on April 25, 2009, 04:34:17 PM

Unless we're the ones doing the invading and killing.

My favorite part of Red Dawn (which I have not seen in several years) was the Russian guy translating for the Russian officers up in the mountains.

I loved that part too....... My only thing about a remake is this.... Can u imagine the uproar when this gets made? Russian and South/Central Americans invading the US..... There is going to be some backlash about the US being xenophobic..... I can see the headlines now.

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Author Topic: SURVIVAL in the MOVIES or TV (Read 104802 times)

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