Do you remember the early 80s cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian? It ran two seasons, and it took place in the distant future after some apocalyptic event that broke the moon and shattered civilization. In it, the heroes battled evil wizards who combined magical spells with reanimated technologies from the pre-catastrophe world, but what does a…
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Road Warrior Rip-Offs: Guns, Babes and Dwarves in a World Gone Mad
Movies about “the end of the world” have been around almost as long as cinema itself, evolving alongside the industry into a wide range of tones and styles. Broadly speaking, the genre splits into two dominant strands. On one side are the serious, introspective films, such as On the Beach, which focus on the emotional…