<![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Another great apocolyptic story set in Australia is the Tomorrow When the War began series. Basically Australia gets taken over by Asians.... Great series that everyone should read....

And vegemite is awesome... great for healing mouth ulcers

mebored81

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Not to mention the Greatwinter trilogy by Sean McMullen, where whales have devasted Australia by luring people into the sea, and war satellites attack anything electrical or fast...

therealzantos

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> I lived in Perth (Western Australia) for five years as a teenager, and in my mind Australia already FEELS apocalyptic! That place is not supportive to human settlement... scorching hot temperatures, the most species of deadly snakes and spiders in the world, not a drop of water to be found anywhere... it's a rough place.

tiemposbuenos

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Markkardwell: it appears we learn more history & geography down under than in UK, which may explain that statement. I replicate the wonders of Marmite every time I visit the bathroom. It's then exported back to UK.

hitmouse

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Monotreme: Whilst that's true for QLD and NSW, SA and Vic and WA are still quite drought affected. The flood waters haven't flowed into the Murray/Darling basin yet, and the rainfall hasn't been adequate enough to fill dams and catchment areas in those states.

Also with regard to Water Riots, there's been one case of "Water Rage" already: [www.smh.com.au]

I've always maintained that even though I'm an unfit and uncoordinated slob, that when the bombs do drop I will be able to survive because I've watched Mad Max numerous times, and even know the people who own one of the original Ford Falcons used in the films ;)

Another film you missed mentioning was Salute to the Jugger (aka Blood of Heroes). It shows that beyond thunderdome and Aussie Rules, we still know how to make kick arse cool team games and true underdog inspired stories in post apocalyptic times. ;)

FunkyJ

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> I'm sorry that no one has commented on QUIET EARTH (I almost typoed it as Quite Earth- dunno what that is). I caught that a few years ago, one of those flipping channels after my wife went to bed events, and I was blown away by the quiet majesty of the thing. Haven't thought of it since. I'm going go home and program the Tivo to look for it- surely SciFi runs it once or twice a year, eh? Maybe when they're not running the same four episodes of FIREFLY over and over again.

Stever-Guy

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> I love the TANK GIRL comics, great writing and nice Hewlett art.
The movie, well, it stank up the theatre. Too bad, cuz Lori Petty brought the cute.

Plague

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> and of course set in the far future of 2000! argh!

Rev Lazarus S Sargent esq.

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> The film 'until the end of the world' sums it up

the bit with the didgeridoo player with the hook for a hand says:
'wouldnt be goin' anywhere without this old hand crank! bloody dangerous times were living in I can tell you eh?' Charlie McMahon, inventor of the didjibone

Very underrated apocalypse film that


Rev Lazarus S Sargent esq.

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Kudos for mentioning Tank Girl, that was a great movie. Ice T as a mutant kangaroo? Hilarious.

Siegeman

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Retropants screams about KFC: A friend of mine once got mauled pretty bad by a dropbear. Those things are no joke, even before you irradiate them.

braak

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> What about the dropbears? If there's any post-apocalyptic Antipodean legendary-type malarkey happening, dropbears must be involved. Imagine it - radiation-crazed dropbears the size of a feral pig, able to take out a petrol tanker in one hit.

Speaking of which, that's nothing to say of what the wombats will be capable of...

Retropants regrets nothing

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Alice Springs is pretty much apocalyptic already.

Melbourne, OTOH, is one of my favorite cities on the planet. And it's not all that dry there either.

JoshJasper

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> And they have like 6/10 of the worlds most poisonous creatures.
[www.australianfauna.com]

Imagine having to spend your post-apocalyptic life there.
It's Fallout all over again.

Katana_Mind

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> New Australian post-apocalypse novel online called ED Day. Super bird flu kills millions in Sydney one sunny morning (ED Day), a few hundred survive. They spend most of their time clearing corpses from the streets and stockpiling booze, pills and cigarettes and watching tourist DVDs of the city when it was filled with people. They can't leave the Sydney CBD because there's all these armed robot sentries blowing away anyone who ventures beyond 'The Zone' covering a few square blocks. I like it because it's done in a blog, so I can comment on whether a chapter sucks or not, serialized, and we harass the author for new chapters every few days. I think writing the novel and copping so much crap has broken the author's mind. Some fun.

GuffChow

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> I suppose that if you rustled up all your nation's crooks dumb enough to get caught, sent them to a desert island in the middle of nowhere, and told them to replicate the wonders of Marmite, they'd probably come up with something like Vegemite.

Oh aye, they already did.

Mark Kardwell

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Marmite is too sweet, a baby-food preparation for those whose taste-buds haven't grown up to the taste of Vegemite.

hitmouse

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Hell, I'd settle for Deputy Inspector of Rabbits!

CapnCalamity

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @zeppelined: Agreed. Tank Girl Rocked.

@capncalamity: This is comics your talking about. Psylocke has probably turned Russian at one point :P

and Australia is so badass it has an official "Chief Inspector of Rabbits". What I wouldn't pay to be a Chief Inspector of Rabbits.

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> The worst thing about Vegemite is that it's spineless and much, much weaker than Marmite. Marmite is simply food of the Gods and the perfect post-apocalyptic way to mainline Vitamin B12 while keeping your salt levels up around Dead Sea levels.

stouters

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz: Umm, didn't Psylocke turn Japanese?

CapnCalamity

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> well as an aussie, I have to agree with Oz being pretty un-hospitable. And the whole nuclear thing... well in the '50's the british did actually nuke a large chunk of our outback, so that was just to add to the fun of the outback I guess.

As to australia being built by convic's not all of Australia was, only the eastern states were. South Aus was pure free people, who paid for their land and built it all with their own money.

but its ok living here, just gotta watch out for the small things, like the red back spider, tiny thing, kill ya in 2 mins, or the blue ring octopus, size of a 20c or a US quater and kills you in 5 (a tad nicer)

But other than that, its nice here!

Oh and Vegemite is great for a hangover or cold, its almost pure vit B. Great stuff!

mmci1525

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> i might point out that the original inhabitants of Australia had beaten the convicts there by around 40 - 60 000 years. But the idea of the oldest continuous human culture on the planet being invaded by an empire looking for somewhere to dump their political prisoners* is pretty apocalyptic.

also, when you grow up in a place where most of the animals and plants will kill you, it gives you a certain grim outlook.

*most of those transported were being punished for crimes such as stealing bread - serious crimes were punished with hanging.

hiro_protagonist

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> #8: Only the most awesomely apocalyptic continent could produce Platinum Grit.

yatima

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> "Australia is going to be the first country with water riots. Climate change has hit Australia pretty hard, and the country has been suffering one of the most profound droughts in its history."

Mmmmmm ... the errors of quoting a 2006 article. Go find some early 2008 weather reports ... Eastern Australia is currently having problems with flooding, and has been for the last month. The drought - it be broken.

Monotreme

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Maybe Doomsday will usher in the age of apocalyptic films set in Scotland.

7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Frozen-Tex: I have never watched Firefly. I realize that I should be killed with a Kryptonite lightsaber, but it's true.

7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Guinness Marmite is the coming together of a great Irish brand and a great English one, to make one of the most collectible comestibles (I enjoyed typing that!) the world has ever seen.

Whereas Vegemite is just foul, Aussie, muck.

Mark Kardwell

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz: I wonder if Joss Whedon was thinking of Marvel's cyborg Reavers when he made up his Reavers for "Firefly"?

Frozen-Tex

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Jamesema: And lets not forget the Guinness Marmite: [www.coolest-gadgets.com]

lillian27

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> You know, it doesn't help when your 90% of your country looks like it suffered through a nuclear holocaust. Non-apocalyptic films like The Proposition and Japanese Story reinforced the notion that the Outback is just hell on Earth.

7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> There was that X-Men run where they were all hiding out in the Australian outback until the cyborg Reavers came along and crucified Wolverine on an X. And then a small Chinese-American girl rescued him. And Psylocke turned Chinese.

Not really relevant to the conversation, but that's all the comic-related Australian nightmares I could think of. They were pretty bad reading.

7Zark7 Iz In Ur Internetz

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Count me a fan of the Tank Girl movie. Yes, I know it has problems. Yes, I know it isn't the movie the director was trying to make. But as Annalee said, if you go into free of preconceptions, it really is pretty cool.

Ed Grabianowski

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Vegemite is just a Marmite ripoff. And its quite yummy.

Jamesema

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Re-read Alan Moorehead's "Coopers Creek." A fucking terrifying land.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Frozen-Tex: Sorry, that's "A"nnalee. and it's entirely possible I misused the word "dystopian"; but I'm sure you get what I mean.

Frozen-Tex

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> @Huxleyhobbes: Oh, yeah! annalee, you left out the fact that the country was founded as a prison colony! How dystopian is that?

Frozen-Tex

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> Vegemite. At the very least, a crime against humanity. Or zombie food.

Frozen-Tex

]]> <![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country]]> I've always through of Australia as a perpetual apocalypse in action. I'd elaborate, but this explains it far better than I do: [www.badassoftheweek.com]

Mister Adequate

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