December
21st is believed by some to be the day the world is either going to have a
rebirth or end.
So what greater way to celebrate than with this witty blogfest happening on 21.12.12 TODAY! Hosted by Shannon Lawrence at the Warrior Muse & Chuck at Apocalypse Now
I've
always been drawn to apocalypse stories, films, TV dramas and almost always
been disappointed, like with The Road, Mad Max, Waterworld
etc written by men and full of bleak depravity about men running round with
guns trying to take charge, shooting at others and blowing things up. Sigh!
Maybe I'm just being too girlie
about it!
I
appreciated The Postman where there was hope with one man using his
gumption to inspire others. I enjoy films where one man uses his wits to outwit
others like Die Hard and Bourne, so combining that with a post
apocalyptic setting works for me.
When
I was a teenager, I enjoyed the TV series Survivors based on the
novel by Terry Nation but once again in both the 1970's and noughties,
men ran around with guns, a vast building fell down for inexplicable reasons
and not much actual surviving was happening.
I
wanted to see a return to the old crafts and ways of living and them using
clever survival tactics against adversity.
Also, the characters kept saying that society had gone back to the dark ages, forgetting that they had the luxury of modern insights into science/knowledge, technology, medicine etc, as a basis for building a better future, drawing on the basic survival strategies and salvaging the technology and the industrial innovations, so they were hardly medieval. Indeed medieval people would probably know how to survive better than us! I wanted to see them struggling to grow their own food, make their own clothes utensils, converting what they had, using herbs etc. etc.
My dad was a very resourceful man (and something of a basement inventor), so he would have come up with some great ways to get jobs done without electricity etc.
Also, the characters kept saying that society had gone back to the dark ages, forgetting that they had the luxury of modern insights into science/knowledge, technology, medicine etc, as a basis for building a better future, drawing on the basic survival strategies and salvaging the technology and the industrial innovations, so they were hardly medieval. Indeed medieval people would probably know how to survive better than us! I wanted to see them struggling to grow their own food, make their own clothes utensils, converting what they had, using herbs etc. etc.
My dad was a very resourceful man (and something of a basement inventor), so he would have come up with some great ways to get jobs done without electricity etc.
I wonder whether the new celebs would become those who could show survival gumption.
You'd certainly want them on your team wouldn't you? Like the TV celebs
Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langlands.
Oh and below are some post apocalyptic books I've read and enjoyed:
