ᛟᛗᛖ᛫ᚠᚱᛠᚾᛞᛚᛃ᛫ᛒᛟᛗᛒᛋ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᚨᛚᛚ᛫ᛟᚾ᛫ᛋᛚᛟᚢᚷᚺ᛭᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᛋᚾᛏ᛫ᚠᛁᛏ᛫ᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᚺᚢᛗᚨᚾᛋ᛫ᚾᛟᚹ᛬᛫ᚦᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᛁᛋᚾᛏ᛫ᚷᚱᚨᛋᛋ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᚷᚱᚨᛎᛖ᛫ᚨ᛫ᚲᛟᚹ᛬᛫ᛋᚹᚨᚱᛗ᛫ᛟᚡᛖᚱ᛬ᛞᛠᚦ᛭
//.op/./ ᚲᛟᛗᛖ᛫ᚠᚱᛠᚾᛞᛚᛃ᛫ᛒᛟᛗᛒᛋ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᚨᛚᛚ᛫ᛟᚾ᛫ᛋᛚᛟᚢᚷᚺ᛭᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᛋᚾᛏ᛫ᚠᛁᛏ᛫ᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᚺᚢᛗᚨᚾᛋ᛫ᚾᛟᚹ᛬᛫ᚦᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᛁᛋᚾᛏ᛫ᚷᚱᚨᛋᛋ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᚷᚱᚨᛎᛖ᛫ᚨ᛫ᚲᛟᚹ᛬᛫ᛋᚹᚨᚱᛗ᛫ᛟᚡᛖᚱ᛬ᛞᛠᚦ᛭᛫ᚲᛟᛗᛖ᛬ᛒᛟᛗᛒᛋ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛒᛚᛟᚹ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᛋᛗᛁᚦᛖᚱᛖᛖᚾᛋ᛫ᚦᛟᛋᛖ᛫ᚨᛁᚱ᛫᛭ᚲᛟᚾᛞᛁᛏᛁᛟᚾᛖᛞ᛬ᛒᚱᛁᚷᚺᛏ᛫ᚲᚨᚾᛏᛖᛖᚾᛋ᛬᛫ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛖᛞ᛫ᚠᚱᚢᛁᛏ᛬ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛖᛞ᛫ᛗᛠᛏ᛬ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛖᛞ᛫ᛗᛁᛚᚲ᛬ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛖᛞ᛫ᛒᛠᚾᛋ᛬᛫ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛖᛞ᛫ᛗᛁᚾᛞᛋ᛬ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛖᛞ᛫
ᛒᚱᛠᚦ᛬᛫ᛗᛖᛋᛋ᛫ᚢᛈ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛗᛖᛋᛋ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᚲᚨᛚᛚ᛫ᚨ᛫ᛏᛟᚹᚾ᛭᛫ᚨ᛫ᚺᛟᚢᛋᛖ᛫ᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᚾᛁᚾᛖᛏᛃ᛭ᛋᛖᚡᛖᚾ᛫ᛞᛟᚹᚾ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛟᛜᚲᛖ᛫ᚨ᛫ᚹᛖᛖᚲ᛫ᚨ᛫ᚺᚨᛚᚠ᛫ᚨ᛫ᚲᚱᛟᚹᚾ᛫᛫ᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᛏᚹᛖᚾᛏᛃ᛫ᛃᛠᚱᛋ᛬᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚷᛖᛏ᛫ᚦᚨᛏ᛫ᛗᚨᚾ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛞᛟᚢᛒᛚᛖ᛫ᚷᛁᚾ᛫ᚹᚺᛟᛚᛚ᛫ᚨᛚᚹᚨᛃᛋ᛫ᚷᛠᛏ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚨᛚᚹᚨᛃᛋ᛫ᚹᛁᚾ᛬
././// // plus_+__________________________............
᛫ᚹᚺᛟ᛫ᚹᚨᛋᚺᛖᛋ᛫ᚺᛁᛋ᛫ᚱᛖᛈᚢᛚᛋᛁᚡᛖ᛫ᛋᚲᛁᚾ᛫᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚹᛟᛗᛖᚾᛋ᛫ᛏᛠᚱᛋ᛬᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛗᚨᛋᚺ᛫ᚺᛁᛋ᛫ᛞᛖᛋᚲ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛈᛟᛚᛁᛋᚺᛖᛞ᛫ᛟᚨᚲ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛗᚨᛋᚺ᛫ᚺᛁᛋ᛫ᚺᚨᚾᛞᛋ᛫ᛋᛟ᛫ᚢᛋᛖᛞ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᛋᛏᚱᛟᚲᛖ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛏᛟᛈ᛫ᚺᛁᛋ᛫ᛒᛟᚱᛜ᛫ᛞᛁᚱᛏᛃ᛫ᛃᛟᚲᛖ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛗᚨᚲᛖ᛫ᚺᛁᛗ᛫ᛃᛖᛚᛚ᛬᛫ᛒᚢᛏ᛫ᛋᛈᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛒᚨᛚᛞ᛫ᛃᛟᚢᛜ᛫ᚲᛚᛖᚱᚲᛋ᛫ᚹᚺᛟ᛫ᚨᛞᛞ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛈᚱᛟᚠᛁᛏᛋ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᛜᚲᛜ᛫ᚲᚨᛞ᛬᛫
ᛁᛏᛋ᛫ᚾᛟᛏ᛫ᚦᛇᚱ᛫ᚠᚨᚢᛚᛏ᛫ᚦᚨᛏ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᛗᚨᛞ᛬᛫ᚦᛖᛃᚡᛖ᛫ᛏᚨᛋᛏᛖᛞ᛫ᚺᛖᛚᛚ᛬ᛁᛏᛋ᛫ᚾᛟᛏ᛫ᚦᛇᚱ᛫ᚠᚨᚢᛚᛏ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᛞᛟ᛫ᚾᛟᛏ᛫ᚲᚾᛟᚹ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛒᛁᚱᛞᛋᛟᛜ᛫ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚱᚨᛞᛁᛟ᛬ᛁᛏᛋ᛫ᚾᛟᛏ᛫ᚦᛇᚱ᛫ᚠᚨᚢᛚᛏ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᛟᚠᛏᛖᚾ᛫ᚷᛟ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᛗᚨᛁᛞᛖᚾᚺᛠᛞ.ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚨᛚᚲ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛋᛈᛟᚱᛏ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛗᚨᚲᛖᛋ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᚲᚨᚱᛋ.ᛁᚾ᛫ᚡᚨᚱᛁᛟᚢᛋ᛫ᛒᛟᚷᚢᛋ᛭ᛏᚢᛞᛟᚱ᛫ᛒᚨᚱᛋ᛫.ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᚨᚱᛖᚾᛏ᛫ᛚᛟᛟᚲ᛫
// see_____ also______
Armageddon 1981
Retropocalypse Now
c.f. //ᚢᛈ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛖᛖ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛋᛏᚨᚱᛋ.ᛒᚢᛏ᛫ᛒᛖᛚᚷ᛫ᛁᚾᛋᛏᛠᛞ᛬.ᛁᚾ᛫ᛚᚨᛒᛟᚢᚱ᛭ᛋᚨᚡᛜ᛫ᚺᛟᛗᛖᛋ᛬ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚲᚨᚱᛖ.ᚦᛇᚱ᛫ᚹᛁᚡᛖᛋ᛫ᚠᚱᛁᛎᛎ᛫ᛟᚢᛏ᛫ᛈᛖᚱᛟᛪᛁᛞᛖ᛫ᚺᚨᛁᚱ.ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛞᚱᛃ
᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᛃᚾᚦᛖᛏᛁᚲ᛫ᚨᛁᚱ.ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᛈᚨᛁᚾᛏ᛫ᚦᛇᚱ᛫ᚾᚨᛁᛚᛋ᛬.ᚲᛟᛗᛖ᛬ᚠᚱᛠᚾᛞᛚᛃ᛫ᛒᛟᛗᛒᛋ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚠᚨᛚᛚ᛫ᛟᚾ᛫ᛋᛚᛟᚢᚷᚺ.ᛏᛟ᛫ᚷᛖᛏ᛫ᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛠᛞᛃ᛫ᚠᛟᚱ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛈᛚᛟᚢᚷᚺ᛬.ᚦᛖ᛫ᚲᚨᛒᛒᚨᚷᛖᛋ᛫ᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᚲᛟᛗᛜ᛫ᚾᛟᚹ᛬.ᚦᛖ᛫ᛠᚱᚦ᛫ᛖᛪᚺᚨᛚᛖᛋ ᛬ the /. earth ./.. exhales :
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// transmissi0n c- |\| cls
For a film called "No Blade of Grass" there appears to be a lot of grass in the posters.
ReplyDeleteYes the americanised title is incongruous in poster form. The virus hadn't yet taken hold fully in Britain before the government decided to nuke its major population centres in an attempt to reduce population to a manageable number of potato munching motorcycle gangs with horned helmets. Asia and continental Europe had already been wiped out.
Delete"The virus hadn't yet taken hold fully in Britain before the government decided to nuke its major population centres in an attempt to reduce population to a manageable number of potato munching motorcycle gangs with horned helmets."
DeleteThis made me laugh out loud. I've never seen or read any of these, though.
Is this a definitive collection of all British apocalypse films/books, by the way?
Death of Grass is horribly misanthropic, sexist and not as fun as the motorcycle viking gangs might suggest - more a reflection of 1950s social values.
DeleteNo where near definitive guides to the coming days. Off the top of my head:
*Threads (the best)
*28 Days Later
*Day of the Triffids
*No Blade of Grass / Death of Grass
*When the Wind Blows
*Two Tribes : Frankie Goes to Hollywood
*Protect and Survive
*Shaun of the Dead
*Children of Men
*The Bed Sitting Room
*1970s Chewits adverts
*The Flumps (arguably)
*Tower King (80s Eagle Comics)
*V for Vendetta
*Glastonbury Festival
*Every Day is like Sunday - The Smiths
*Some NuWho
*The Drowned World
*Mutants in Avalon / Palladium
Still by no means definitive!
Also tempting to put the BBCs adaptation of John Christophers The Tripods in, although it is set on mainland Europe, there is a lot of 'Britishness' in it, Watership Down bears a lot of the hallmarks of a Britopocalypse piece.
Can't believe I left off Terry Nations Survivors series. Goodness me. lol!
DeleteYes, Watership Down is very "Britpoc", as is The Plague Dogs. Don't forget Brother in the Land by Robert E. Swindells. Classic 1984 Britpoc novel for young adults, featuring cannibal cults and biker gangs.
DeleteDouble plus good Britpoc. Britageddon. Brother in the Land looks good, just remembered What Niall Saw by Brian Cullen as well.
DeleteAre Doomsday and 28 Weeks later proper Britopocalypses? Technically there still some civilization out there but things aren't looking all that rosy.
ReplyDeleteWhy ever not - there has been a major disaster that wipes out a significant part / most of Britain, and the story focuses on that.
DeleteBritopocalypse probably has a contagion zone with any Britadystopia fiction that uses the Britopocalypse as a pretext and significantly focuses on aspects of how the Britopocalypse helped establish or support the Britodystopia.