tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404974079092188943.post3297397111105315299..comments2009-11-20T14:33:34.782-08:00CJ at Creating a Comicnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404974079092188943.post-15571067648042063902008-04-17T17:02:00.000-07:002008-04-17T17:02:00.000-07:00That is an interesting point about The Postman. I for one recall liking the fact that the main character was just some regular dude who stumbled over a mailman's bag. He may have been swept up in larger events, and even became an inspirational figure to many, but he remained an essentially random ordinary dude. To me, that made his acts of courage more poignant. As a result, I thought his relative unimportance among the greater forces was a feature, not a bug. But I can see the other side of it.<BR/><BR/>With that said, I barely recall the movie <I>at all</I>. The Waterworld exhibition at Universal Studios was fun, though.CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15959443993713789597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404974079092188943.post-61796679192275425862008-04-16T13:01:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:01:00.000-07:00Even though the movie was incredibly low-quality, I did like the fact that it actually had the protagonist be involved in the climatic conflict in The Postman movie. In the book you're coasting along towards the climax and then all the sudden random good and evil super soldiers show up and fight it out while the Postman watches.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189191700783119994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404974079092188943.post-11149712370732468322008-04-16T12:42:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:42:00.000-07:00Sweet. I'll check it out sometime, thanks.<BR/><BR/>Your <A HREF="http://www.mosierworks.com/projects/theDead/index.html" REL="nofollow">esteemed presence</A> reminds me that my inclusion of "I Am Legend" in the movie examples may have been hasty, as it might be more accurately categorized as a zombie movie.<BR/><BR/>The zombie sub-genre of science fiction is popular enough that it certainly deserves equal billing with the post-apocalyptic sub-genre. Taxonomically speaking, though, an apocalypse is an apocalypse, even when it's a <I>zombocalypse</I>, so it could be argued that it's a sub-sub-genre. :) Not that I have a strong opinion or mean to spark a holy war of nerdery on the matter (the Enterprise would totally out-fight a Star Destroyer, maaaan...). <BR/><BR/>But zombies and generic post-apocalypse have a lot of interesting similarities, now that I think about it.CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15959443993713789597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404974079092188943.post-8992806986743573722008-04-16T12:00:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:00:00.000-07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_(TV_series)<BR/><BR/>Jeremiah, while not an *incredible* show, had its moments.<BR/><BR/><B>^m^</B>^mortis^wwww.getoffourlawn.comnoreply@blogger.com