The Aftermath Show:THE END OF THE WORLD, IS JUST THE BEGINNING... Welcome to The Aftermath. This show is dedicated to the post-apocalyptic genre from everything to movies, TV programs, books, animations, comics, and video games. So, if you are fascinated with shows such as Jericho and the upcoming film The Road, Books such as The Stand or Alas Babylon then you have come to the right place.So, get to your fallout shelter and tune in to these important messages.
The Aftermath Show is a weekly online broadcast every Tuesday dedicated to the post-apocalyptic genre and The Aftermath Show on YouTube has post-apocalyptic video content.
This week I'll look at the DVD release of 'Carriers' a film about a group of young adults fleeing from the post pandemic that has nearly wiped out humanity. The group are heading to an isolated beach which they believe they can find shelter and security from the deadly virus and from other survivors. Also, 'Survivors' Episode 8 'Spoil Of War' is uploaded at YouTube and I''ll talk little about the episode and last 'The Road' is heading to more theaters Dec. 18th and I'll discuss anymore news on the film about the release and what people are saying about the movie.
Just finished doing the Aftermath Show and I focused on the limited release of 'The Road' and my profound disappointment. Also, the DVD/Blue-ray release of Terminator Salvation out today Dec.1st. and my YouTube video of 'Survivors' Episode 6 'Garland's War'. Links to the program...
Well Nov. 25th has come and gone and no theaters within a hundred miles are showing 'The Road' due to the Weinstein company pulling the advertised wide release to a limited release. Only about 2 dozen theaters are showing the film so I'm bummed but hopefully news may come that they'll come to their senses and show it at more theaters.
Still unable to see The Road it didn't open in my city Nov. 24th but perhaps after the holidays it'll be released widely...Some of the posts at IMDb have said they have phoned the Weinstein company and were given indications that The Road will be expanded to more markets next Tuesday. Lets hope so...anyhow just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
I'm just finding out that 'The Road' is being released Nov.25th at limited cities around the United States. This is almost unimaginable since fans from all over the United States have circled Nov 25th to see the film that has been delayed for over a year. I'm in Columbia S.C. a city of half a million you can't tell me you can't show the film in at least one theater here. The film is being distributed through the Weinstein Company which has been advertising Nov. 25th since the beginning of 2008. This is very disappointing since the nearest theater that is showing the film Nov. 25th is Atlanta which is 4 hrs away.
I got this list from IMDb of cities showing 'The Road' after just learning the rug has been pulled to a limited release instead of a wide release:
Catch The Aftermath Show today 3:30 pm est.- 12:30 pst. Today's 30 minute show will be about the opening of 'The Road' this week and the video of the week episode 5 'Gone To The Angels' Survivors.
The Road opens in theaters this Wednesday Nov. 25th . This will be the most anticipated open for a post apocalyptic movie since Mad Max 2: Road Warrior from a post apocalyptic movie fans perspective. No this isn't Mad Max with cool biker barbarism and slick mohawks pillaging the wasteland. Instead 'The Road' is a completely eerie realism of the post apocalypse and the seer horror of surviving in a world that is practically dead. The trees, plants, animals and fish are all dead and whats left are a few remaining tins of food scattered in lost shelters or hidden closets in abandoned homes strewn throughout the ruined and charred countryside. Besides being the most uninhabitable environment imagined 'The Road' is occupied with bands of cannibalistic marauders that are seeking the weak, the old, and young for food and debauchery that the imagination keeps locked. Now I've only read the book four times and haven't seen the movie but from all I have seen and read about the movie it's fairly close to the book as far as story line and the post apocalyptic landscape described in the book.
Hence that the movie and book center on a father and son who are on a journey down The Road seeking the coast and maybe someplace that maybe a refuge for survival. Along the way they're always on the move and lookout like prairie dogs who at the first sign of danger duck into a hole or shelter.They do come across a few wanderers who like them are emaciated and scarred of coming into contact with strangers and then their are the gangs of semi humans who devolved into ruthless hunters and gathers of living humans so to procure sustenance to eat. It is an almost unimaginable circumstance that you see in The Road but it is the love of a father to do what ever is asked of him to protect his son and hopefully pass along the survivability instincts so his son can carry on.
Some may find this movie too much perhaps almost unbearable to watch but for the non -squeamish and fans of the post apocalyptic genre this is the closes one can come to visualizing the real desperation and survival in an Earth that has been struck down and laid to waste in the truest but almost unimaginable post apocalyptic world. Perhaps the scariest thought is the movie is opening this Thanksgiving and will I be able to look at a turkey leg the same way ever again.
TV TALK Direct audio feed of the creators of Jericho 3 'Civil War' a new graphic novel series. Interview begins with Robert Levine and Dan Shotz an hour into the show...
Looking and reading the Premise for the upcoming apocalyptic vampire movie 'Daybreakers' looks more and more a human post apocalypse. What do you think?
A poster used by Los Angeles County in the 50's. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Civil Defense program, civil defense coordinators are now more concerned about natural disasters. Photo by David Crane/Staff (David Crane)
Hmm...Hmmm... Did I hear $225 Million yep that's what '2012' raked in over the weekend seems the apocalypse is in...U.S. receipts add up to a very respectable $65 million which is a very good showing for a film that was chastised by many film critics, but hey what do those balcony backseat blowhards really know. The real news is the global reach this movie got over the weekend shattering records for opening movies especially one that isn't a sequel or based on a book.
Now this is good news since really I'm more interested in a post '2012' what really happens to the few survivors. Can mankind pick up the pieces? Can we survive? What is the fate of human continuity and are we able to adapt after an apocalypse? Bring it on '2013' we'll be watching for further news on abc and Roland Emmerich come together to bring a possible epic post apocalypse TV series.
Film Clip: 'The Road' 11/12/2009 Watch a scene from "The Road." Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the film follows a man (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) as they wander the highways of post-apocalyptic America. Video courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
If your wasteland credits are strained and you cant make it to the premiere of 2012 then dont worry because AMC on cable TV is playing the Mad Max trilogy: Mad Max, Mad Max2: The Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Nothing better than watching Max Rockatansky burning down the wasteland highway taking care of wasteland barbarians and bikers. This is a great time to catch back up on one of post apocalyptics most popular franchises Mad Max as director George Miller gets set to make another sequel to the Mad Max World Mad Max4: Fury Road.
Does the apocalypse have you feeling a little down maybe confused then I suggest you follow Charlie Frost the apocalypse prognosticator. Here's one of many clips he has done this year running up to 2012! link:This Is The END...
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