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28 Sep 2012, 12:42 pm

Do you like paradocumentary movies, showing the world after some catastrophe that hit our planet? Which ones? I recently discovered "Super Comet: After the Impact" and I'm watching this :) I also really very like Life After People.


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03 Oct 2012, 8:13 am

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03 Oct 2012, 9:15 am

I like Life After People as well. I recently watched an episode about the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, that was very interesting.


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03 Oct 2012, 9:22 am

there is a whole series called aftermath, inspired by life after people.

very good,they do over dramatize some of tehse issues and i have found a few minor factual oversights but all in all they are great viewing.


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04 Oct 2012, 12:06 am

Yep. I love "Life After People" and "Aftermath: Population Zero". :)

Also (don't know if this counts): "The Future Is Wild". It's not after a catastrophe per se, just millions of years in the future after humans have left Earth.


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04 Oct 2012, 12:10 am

Here is another one that you might like.
Population Overload
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUwt2vfIxB8
Also, check out Earth 2100
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI31a2L1Olw



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04 Oct 2012, 10:27 am

I find them quite entertaining myself, though they aren't always realistic.



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04 Oct 2012, 12:41 pm

I second the recommendation of "earth 2100", I love the whole doom genre and this one is my absolute favorite.



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05 Oct 2012, 1:40 pm

Irulan wrote:
Do you like paradocumentary movies, showing the world after some catastrophe that hit our planet? Which ones? I recently discovered "Super Comet: After the Impact" and I'm watching this :) I also really very like Life After People.


I thought first a documentary after catastrophes in your own life.

That would be interesting as well...

Though very sad usually???



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05 Oct 2012, 5:15 pm

It would be a good idea for a series showing the life of people after a tragedy in their life - how the whole situation influenced the life of their family, how people after an accident/amputation/house fire/death of their spouse dealt with it afterwards. But there are indeed many documentaries showing people like that, on their own. Like a girl lost her leg after a shark's attack on her - what it looked like and what her life after recovery was like; stuff like that.


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