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Best pandemic-themed film?

Started by celedhring, March 17, 2020, 07:24:22 AM

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What's the best film virus?

Outbreak
4 (13.8%)
Contagion
5 (17.2%)
Carriers
0 (0%)
Children of Men
5 (17.2%)
Doomsday
0 (0%)
Dawn of the Apes
1 (3.4%)
Maze Runner films
0 (0%)
Andromeda Strain
4 (13.8%)
12 Monkeys
8 (27.6%)
Other (name it)
2 (6.9%)
The Jaron Strain
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 29

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mongers

#16
March 17, 2020, 11:20:18 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 08:56:20 AM
Children of Men is terrible.

:yes:

Philistines  :blurgh:

Is that the one with the not especially great Brit in the lead and with the somewhat weak ending?
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Valmy

#17
March 17, 2020, 11:21:55 AM
I guess I will go with the classic, Andromeda Strain.

Damn those are some really mediocre filmes :lol:

I did really enjoy 12 Monkies but I guess I more consider it a time travel film.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Sheilbh

#18
March 17, 2020, 11:22:14 AM Last Edit: March 17, 2020, 11:29:51 AM by Sheilbh
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 08:56:20 AM
Children of Men is terrible.

:yes:

Philistines  :blurgh:
Yeah. I don't think I've ever seen a worse opinion by garbo or Tamas :blink: :o
Let's bomb Russia!

mongers

#19
March 17, 2020, 11:25:13 AM
Can someone please watch some of the youtube link I posted up thread and see if they're as spoked by some plot points as I was.   :mad:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

garbon

#20
March 17, 2020, 11:43:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on March 17, 2020, 11:20:18 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 08:56:20 AM
Children of Men is terrible.

:yes:

Philistines  :blurgh:

Is that the one with the not especially great Brit in the lead and with the somewhat weak ending?

Yes, exactly that.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Camerus

#21
March 17, 2020, 11:50:17 AM
The Children of Men novel is much better than the mediocre film adaptation.

Contagion is probably the best on that list.

garbon

#22
March 17, 2020, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 17, 2020, 11:22:14 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 08:56:20 AM
Children of Men is terrible.

:yes:

Philistines  :blurgh:
Yeah. I don't think I've ever seen a worse opinion by garbo or Tamas :blink: :o

Clive Owen is not a good actor. Soz.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#23
March 17, 2020, 11:56:06 AM
Night of the Griffin probably had the biggest impact on me.  Freaked me out cuz I was young when I saw it.  More or less fits.

Sheilbh

#24
March 17, 2020, 12:01:35 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 17, 2020, 11:22:14 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 08:56:20 AM
Children of Men is terrible.

:yes:

Philistines  :blurgh:
Yeah. I don't think I've ever seen a worse opinion by garbo or Tamas :blink: :o

Clive Owen is not a good actor. Soz.
Agreed, but in that film he's a good enough actor. And it's not really about him it's all the other stuff.
Let's bomb Russia!

mongers

#25
March 17, 2020, 12:02:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:43:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on March 17, 2020, 11:20:18 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 11:15:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 08:56:20 AM
Children of Men is terrible.

:yes:

Philistines  :blurgh:

Is that the one with the not especially great Brit in the lead and with the somewhat weak ending?

Yes, exactly that.

Great minds think alike.  :D
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

fromtia

#26
March 17, 2020, 12:13:09 PM
The Charlton Heston Omega Man seems a notable omission from the poll. I voted Children of Men, a wonderful portrayal of societal breakdown.
"Just be nice" - James Dalton, Roadhouse.

fromtia

#27
March 17, 2020, 12:15:08 PM
Not strictly speaking a pandemic movie, but my mind has been on Childs and Macready at the end of John Carpenters "The Thing" from 1982. Not to mention Wilfred Brimley and his computer model of the spread of the contagion earlier in the same movie.
"Just be nice" - James Dalton, Roadhouse.

celedhring

#28
March 17, 2020, 12:16:14 PM
Quote from: fromtia on March 17, 2020, 12:13:09 PM
The Charlton Heston Omega Man seems a notable omission from the poll. I voted Children of Men, a wonderful portrayal of societal breakdown.

Omega Man is excluded by the "no zombie/vampire/mutant plagues" clause.

fromtia

#29
March 17, 2020, 12:30:37 PM
Quote from: celedhring on March 17, 2020, 12:16:14 PM
Quote from: fromtia on March 17, 2020, 12:13:09 PM
The Charlton Heston Omega Man seems a notable omission from the poll. I voted Children of Men, a wonderful portrayal of societal breakdown.

Omega Man is excluded by the "no zombie/vampire/mutant plagues" clause.

Its sort of an outlier in that respect. Theres only a handful of muties and they are a by product of the plague. Fair enough though, I'm with you on Children of Men, for the same reasons.
"Just be nice" - James Dalton, Roadhouse.
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