Armageddon films FAQ : all that's left to know about zombies, contagions, aliens, and the end of the world as we know it

9781617131196

xix, 439 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 429) and index

Ten famous apocalyptic novels never turned into major films: The pitch meetings
When film was young, the Earth was doomed: Early examples of armageddon
Congrats! You've slept through armageddon: Movies where the protagonist missed the end of the world
Five years left to cry in: Movies where the end is a foregone conclusion
Oh, yeah, Babylon: Movies featuring apocalyptic events we forgot happened
Apocalyptic or dystopian? Futuristic societies that may or may not be due to the apocalypse
A man, a woman, a nuclear bomb: Nuclear dramas
I am Legend...but mostly to readers: The classic Richard Matheson novel and its various adaptations
Contagion movies: Wiping us out, one person at a time
We have become them: How zombies slowly took over the world
The supernatural: When the undead just aren't enough
Onword, Christian soldiers: the end-time flicks
War of the Worlds: A look back at our many first encounters with the martians
Body snatching: Invasions over the years
Aliens are jerks: While the pods and martians were busy
Slammin': The movies that define how the Earth is getting smashed!
Let me tell you about The Birds and The Bees: Ecological diasters and their films
Exterminate! Eradicate! Et Cetera!: Movies where technology takes control
The earth is dead, but where's my car? Ten postapocalyptic/ Prehistoric/ Present-day car flicks
Armageddon, coming this fall: Television apocalypses
I want my armageddon! The top ten music videos in early apocalyptic rotation
Go out smiling: Movies that show the "Funny side" of armageddon
Survival and armageddon films: in the end, what does it all mean?

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