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What is it with humans and our existential insecurities? Rapture this global warming that. Apparently, the price of an oversized cortex is a steep one. It means we make movies, Mad Max, Night of the Living Dead, Day After Tomorrow and Idiocracy and write books, Left Behind, The Stand, Oryx and Crake, and The Road , slapping ourselves on the wrist over our transgressions to god and mother Earth: one-size fits all diatribes. Even behind the cheap laughs of Idiocracy and bravado of Mad Max stands akimbo a stern-looking Miss Wormwood telling us to sit-up straight, take notice and recycle, say our prayers, and stop being such greedy little bastards. (Shawn of the Dead being an obvious exception.)

Adding to the pantheon is a movie (The Age of Stupid) due in spring, and a TV series (Remnants) with no release date. If the movie is anything like its trailer below, it’ll be an uninspiring hour and a half of non-sequiturs backdropped against post-production cgi. If the series is anything like its trailer, it’ll be the Office post global pandemic. Though these two genre vehicles have similar subject matter, they are somewhat opposite in their approach to that material.

The Remnants (preview) from John August on Vimeo.

The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.