Monthly Archives: December 2015

Planet of the Apes

Posted on December 31, 2015 by apocalypedia

Film * Franklin J. Schaffner * You Maniacs! You Blew It Up! * 1968 Synopsis This is one of those films, then, that I thought I knew about but totally didn’t.  It turns out, like a good many things that … Continue reading →

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The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three

Posted on December 29, 2015 by apocalypedia

Novel * Stephen King * Fish Out of Water, With a Twist!* 1987 Synopsis The second stanza of The Dark Tower epic – full pretentious points, thank you – is pretty much exactly what the title promises. At the end … Continue reading →

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Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Posted on December 24, 2015 by apocalypedia

Film * James Cameron * Attempted Apocalypse Prevention * 1991 Note: This article doesn’t really follow the template I generally abide by. It fully assumes you’ve seen this movie nine thousand times like me. Of course, if you’ve never seen … Continue reading →

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The Last Policeman

Posted on December 22, 2015 by apocalypedia

Novel * Ben H. Winters * Pre-Apocalyptic * 2012 Synopsis What we have here is a murder mystery that follows Detective Hank Palace as he investigates a suspicious suicide that leads the detective into a bigger mystery. The procedural nature … Continue reading →

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The Omen

Posted on December 17, 2015 by apocalypedia

Film * Richard Donner * Coming of the Anti-Christ * 1976 Synopsis When it comes to documenting the inevitable decline and fall of society, there are a tremendous amount of ways to go about doing it. There are good old-fashioned … Continue reading →

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The Handmaid’s Tale

Posted on December 15, 2015 by apocalypedia

Margaret Atwood * Novel * Dystopia * 1986 Synopsis The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in an undetermined future American society in which the country is renamed “Gilead,” the government has been replaced by a pure patriarchy, and war is always … Continue reading →

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Adventure Time: Season One

Posted on December 10, 2015 by apocalypedia

Television * Pendleton Ward * Post-Mushroom War * 2010 Synopsis Adventure Time, as a whole, proves a great many counterintuitive ideas. It demonstrates that a post-apocalyptic setting doesn’t need to be dark and brutal to be effective. It shows that … Continue reading →

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Fallout 4

Posted on December 4, 2015 by apocalypedia

Game * Bethesda Game Studios * Post-Nuclear * 2015 Synopsis Let’s just get this out of the way right up top. Having visited Boston for the first time this year I can totally see the mindlessly violent and foul denizens … Continue reading →

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The Terminator

Posted on December 4, 2015 by apocalypedia

Film * James Cameron * Machine Uprising * 1984 Synopsis You’ve heard this one before. The future isn’t what you’re expecting. There will come a day when all you know will come to an abrupt end. And there will be … Continue reading →

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The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

Posted on December 3, 2015 by apocalypedia

Novel * Stephen King * The World Has Moved On * 1982 Synopsis The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. That’s… a surprisingly thorough summary of the action in this book. The original Dark Tower … Continue reading →

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