Yeah, I definitely like the Matrix (although it does seem generally acceptable to dislike the two sequels as being bloated), but like a lot of the others that didn’t make the list, I also saw it as a sort of alternate reality story, not post-apocalyptic. But I guess there is that element to it, too. Maybe we should have another post about our favorite alternate reality movies. Anyone want to write it?

This can be directly linked what you guys were talking about with post-apocalyptic movies and books. Have you noticed an insane number of disaster, apocalypse and post-apocalyptic movies coming out over the last 5 years? Most of the movies that you guys listed came out recently. This year alone there is Oblivion (Tom Cruise in live-action remake of Wall-E), Catching Fire, After Earth (Will Smith and son vs. Avatar Earth monsters), World War Z, The World’s End (Edgar Wright’s 3rd in his trilogy), This Is The End (Seth Rogan and every awesome friend he has face the apocalypse) and Pacific Rim (giant robots vs. massive monsters from another dimension duking it out on Earth). The end of the world is definitely on people’s minds and Hollywood is exploiting that. Same goes for books. I work in a bookstore and literally every week there is a new Teen book about the end of the world or a dystopian future. Sure most of this is from the popularity of Hunger Games, but it’s still interesting to think about.