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Bethesda to host post-apocalyptic film festival in August

by Ross Miller on Jul 11th 2008 1:25PM

Fallout 3 developer Bethesda announced via press release that it is hosting (alongside American Cinematheque and Geek Monthly) a post-apocalyptic film festival in honor of the upcoming game. The two night even starts Friday, August 22 at Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA.

Three films will be shown each night. For Friday, August 22: Wizards, Damnation Alley, A Boy and His Dog. For Saturday, August 23 (The Last Man on Earth, The Omega Man, Twelve Monkeys), both nights starting at 7:00 pm. We think they're missing a few good choices -- namely, Six String Samurai, Mad Max and The Adventures of Pluto Nash.

The real kicker is a "special Fallout 3 giveaway" for every attendee. We're expecting a poster or tote bag, but who knows? Maybe Bethesda is offering free Rad Away for all. Tickets go on sale July 25.

Tags: apocalypse, bethesda, Bethesda-Game-Studios, Bethesda-Softworks, fallout, fallout-3, film, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (38)

Two night event* :)

"The Omega Man"... ripped off by... "I Am Legend"... Chuck Heston was king of sci-fi in the 70's... ...on a side note Will Smith sucks ass as a actor, every part is just a Fresh Prince of Belair rehash... cant even do an accent...brrr!, but I digress... everyone who goes, "enjoy"!!!

Actually "The Omega Man" was actually ripped off by "I am Legend". Richard Matheson and Vincent Price predate your Heston movie by about 20 years. Nice try though.

Uh, The Omega Man and I am Legend are based off of the same book...

exactly :P

The last man on earth is..is??? oh $#%@#$..who is it? damn!! whys that guy in the way? oh god, I'm not gonna sleep tonight.

It's just the I Am Legend tagline. "The last man on earth is not alone."

Hot. The last man on earth is hot. All that carbon dioxide in the air has caused global temperatures to rise, causing things to get really warm.

What? No "When the Wind Blows"?

Or, for extra Cheese flavor, "Teenage Caveman"

No love for "The Postman"?!?!

Oh that movie did suck some fat cocksicles.

Even mentioning it hurts.

What a crappy selection of movies.

What about "Threads", "Testament", "The Day After", "On The Beach", and "The Miracle Mile"???

You should be punched in the teeth for that. Omega Man and 12 Monkeys alone keep the lineup from being anywhere near crappy.

Don't make me laugh, AoE...

Considering there has never been a good version of I Am Legend made for the screen, 12 Monkeys is overrated, and Fallout 3 is a game about the aftermath of nuclear war, my selection of flims is much better, and more logical.

And I add "Dr. Strangelove" to my list.

On The Beach and Dr. Strangelove would get me to go.

You've obviously never seen A Boy and His Dog.

Miracle Mile is pre-apocalyptic.

And A Boy and His Dog is a fantastic irreverent SF movie.

the ultimate warrior is a good movie for this

just thought of night of the comet. post apocalyptic with an 80s teen movie feel.

There ARE good post-apocalyptic films, somebody should tell them. But they probably couldn't get permission to use them. I Am Legend with the alternate ending is better than either of the other movies based on the book.

philistine

Holy sh**. A Boy and His Dog is one of the worst excuses for a film ever. Some films just don't age well at all and this is the definition.

I never watched that movie but according to wiki it must be one hell of a movie.

"The main character, Vic, played by Don Johnson in a notable early role, is an 18-year-old boy focused on stealing food and fulfilling his sexual needs. He is accompanied by a well-read and wise-cracking telepathic dog named Blood, an "experienced female provider." Blood was voiced by Tim McIntire".

"In addition to locating women for Vic to rape, Blood also has the unenviable task of trying to educate Vic and keep him safe from harm".

A talking dog that finds women to r*pe? Beat that Underdog ROFL.

Yeah Esquire. Don't listen to Mike. It's a classic that gets better with age. But what do I know? Logan's Run is one of my most favorite movies ever.

I really want to change my avatar to differentiate myself from this other, newer Mike, but I can't seem to use the password I use for this site to do that.

I've not used any other password on anything regarding any of these blogs. Is there any way to retrieve the imaginary password which the weblog site must have made up for me?

I wanted to like A Boy and his Dog, and was really looking forward to seeing it, but horrible dialogue writing a completely errant and direction-less plot make for a bad movie, "classic" or not.

Mike 2.0

Damnation Alley is awesome, and not available on video!

As shameful as some of their choices are, I may be going to this simply to see Wizards on a big screen. Can anyone REALLY deny the glory that is that film? I say no...

Wow, "Six String Samurai"... I brought that to Tate when I was an undergrad, y'know. Still got the one-sheet...

Tate as in ... ?

The theater at the Tate Center at UGA. I was in Cinematic Arts for 4 years. :)

Fritz! My God, they shot Fritz! Those yellow fairies!

Yeah Esquire. Don't listen to Mike. It's a classic that gets better with age. But what do I know? Logan's Run is one of my most favorite movies ever.

Ha! First time that the Joystiq comment system has failed me. WTF is going on?

"A boy and his dog." Wow, I remember that one... Best movie-ending EVER.

aren't those smilie 50's looking characters from bioshock?

i want to see more of fallout.

"Don't make me laugh, AoE...

...12 Monkeys is overrated..."

OMG. I vote we punch Diskoboy in the junk instead.

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