Comments on: 2006: Year of the Post-Apocolypse http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/ All the makings of a real web site, plus my stuff. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jason Coleman http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/comment-page-1/#comment-57426 Jason Coleman Wed, 09 May 2007 19:11:29 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/#comment-57426 Jason: I didn't mean my comment about watching without the sound to mean that the sound wasn't worth having on; it was very well done. I was just blown away by the cinematography, though. You make a very good point that by changing the visual, you allow for different perception of the audio. I suspect that dystopian novels go hand-in-hand with rule by conservative parties. Of course, it was the great "Red Scare" of communism that also brought some of the great dystopian stories from the 50's and such. Your statement on it being the appropriate climate is spot on. Mary: That entire scene just about left me breathless, along with the "following Theo through battle" scene. I really enjoyed V, too. I really didn't have a lot of expectations of it but I was really impressed with that it didn't pull punches. It was a really good film that I'm surprised didn't get better reception. I've read that Alan Moore wasn't pleased with the script treatment concerning the political bent of the film. I have never read the comic and if V was supposed to be an anarchist rather than a freedom fighter, I have to admit I think I wouldn't enjoy the comic as much. Jason: I didn’t mean my comment about watching without the sound to mean that the sound wasn’t worth having on; it was very well done. I was just blown away by the cinematography, though. You make a very good point that by changing the visual, you allow for different perception of the audio.

I suspect that dystopian novels go hand-in-hand with rule by conservative parties. Of course, it was the great “Red Scare” of communism that also brought some of the great dystopian stories from the 50′s and such. Your statement on it being the appropriate climate is spot on.

Mary: That entire scene just about left me breathless, along with the “following Theo through battle” scene. I really enjoyed V, too. I really didn’t have a lot of expectations of it but I was really impressed with that it didn’t pull punches. It was a really good film that I’m surprised didn’t get better reception.

I’ve read that Alan Moore wasn’t pleased with the script treatment concerning the political bent of the film. I have never read the comic and if V was supposed to be an anarchist rather than a freedom fighter, I have to admit I think I wouldn’t enjoy the comic as much.

]]> By: mary http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/comment-page-1/#comment-56576 mary Mon, 07 May 2007 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/#comment-56576 i'm glad you blogged about these movies! I saw V in the theater and couldn't stop talking about it for weeks. The other two i saw on dvd and really enjoyed them. i was hoping you would mention something about the uber long shots that took place in children of men-the shot in the car when they get attacked was so impressive! i’m glad you blogged about these movies! I saw V in the theater and couldn’t stop talking about it for weeks. The other two i saw on dvd and really enjoyed them. i was hoping you would mention something about the uber long shots that took place in children of men-the shot in the car when they get attacked was so impressive!

]]> By: JTJ http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/comment-page-1/#comment-56486 JTJ Mon, 07 May 2007 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2007/05/06/2006-year-of-the-post-apocolypse/#comment-56486 I haven't seen Idiocracy. Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out. As for the other two, I was fortunate enough to have seen both in the theater last year, and I'm glad I did. Those were two movies that really need a big screen and great sound (either in the theater or in the home). Speaking of sound, one of my (many) favorite things about Children of Men was the sound. Sound doesn't usually stand out to me, but this time, it did. Whereas, normally, movies with a lot of action have a constant high-level noise floor, CoM had a very carefully put together audio track. A lot of the time, the sound level was relatively low, and the dynamics were very realistic. There were a few loud noises during the movie that were so jarring and realistic, it blew me away. I guess part of that was the way it was filmed in that you had fewer camera changes, and therefore fewer changes in point-of-view creating more opportunity for realistic, dynamic sound levels. The camera wasn't always where the loudest sound was. I really like the distopian sci-fi movies as well. There definitely seem to be more of them as of late. Seems like there has to be an appropriate climate for them. There has to be a large disillusioned population. Remember all of those cold war/nuclear war/post-nuclear-war movies and TV shows in the 80's? War Games, Miracle Mile, A Boy and His Dog, Red Dawn, Damnation Alley, The Day After... I can't even count how many I watched when I was a kid. I haven’t seen Idiocracy. Sounds interesting. I’ll have to check it out.

As for the other two, I was fortunate enough to have seen both in the theater last year, and I’m glad I did. Those were two movies that really need a big screen and great sound (either in the theater or in the home).

Speaking of sound, one of my (many) favorite things about Children of Men was the sound. Sound doesn’t usually stand out to me, but this time, it did. Whereas, normally, movies with a lot of action have a constant high-level noise floor, CoM had a very carefully put together audio track. A lot of the time, the sound level was relatively low, and the dynamics were very realistic. There were a few loud noises during the movie that were so jarring and realistic, it blew me away. I guess part of that was the way it was filmed in that you had fewer camera changes, and therefore fewer changes in point-of-view creating more opportunity for realistic, dynamic sound levels. The camera wasn’t always where the loudest sound was.

I really like the distopian sci-fi movies as well. There definitely seem to be more of them as of late. Seems like there has to be an appropriate climate for them. There has to be a large disillusioned population. Remember all of those cold war/nuclear war/post-nuclear-war movies and TV shows in the 80′s? War Games, Miracle Mile, A Boy and His Dog, Red Dawn, Damnation Alley, The Day After… I can’t even count how many I watched when I was a kid.

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