[quote=“dirtball, post:3905, topic:985988, full:true”] Movies Set in Wisconsin
American Flyers
Tommy Boy
Ed Gein, the Musical
American Movie
A League of Their Own
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Fort McCoy (2011)
Fort McCoy was (and still is) a military training base located in western Wisconsin less than ten miles from my current place of residence, although it was known as Camp McCoy during the time period in which the movie is set (it was redesignated a ‘fort’ in 1974).
Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan
The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist.
The Road
Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion
The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age
The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times
Planet of the Apes (1968) – as we know it being key
Don’t Look Up (2021) - Comet on collision course with Earth; lots of denialism.
Melancholia - Another doomsday planet collision with earth, right after Kirsten Dunst gets married. One of the slowest and saddest movies I’ve ever watched.
Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan
The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist.
The Road
Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion
The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age
The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times
Planet of the Apes (1968) – as we know it being key
Don’t Look Up (2021) - Comet on collision course with Earth; lots of denialism.
Melancholia - Another doomsday planet collision with earth, right after Kirsten Dunst gets married. One of the slowest and saddest movies I’ve ever watched.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - The last-ditch effort to stop an Earth-impacting asteroid has failed, and everyone knows they’ve got like a week to live. Things sure do happen.
New category:
Movies that had Sequel Hooks and deserved a sequel, but didn’t get one
The Last Starfighter - The Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. Alex went back to Rylos with Grig and Maggie to rebuild the Starfighter Legion.
Movies that had Sequel Hooks and deserved a sequel, but didn’t get one
The Last Starfighter - The Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. Alex went back to Rylos with Grig and Maggie to rebuild the Starfighter Legion.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension - the movie’s end credits tease at a sequel, “Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League,” which was never produced, though a novelization finally did appear in 2021