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Cleretic posted:You might be thinking of Tomorrow When The War Began, which isn't actually a nuclear apocalypse, but probably had similar notes getting hit. It's possible you misremembered the 'nuclear' part. I also remember it describing scenes of tons of dead people, too many to bury.
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We definitely did Children of the Dust in year 7 or 8 but since I haven't read it in 20 years anything I could tell you could be read on Wikipedia.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:We definitely did Children of the Dust in year 7 or 8 but since I haven't read it in 20 years anything I could tell you could be read on Wikipedia.
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Stone (1974)is a super sick bikie movie filmed around Balmain, Kurnell and (I think) La Peruse. Had bike scenes that were way before their time. Tarantino likes it but appeals to authority suck but it might give you an idea of what it is like The Proposition is a western film directed by Nick Cave and set on Winton, western central QLD. Stars Guy Pearce and is grim. I don't give a gently caress about Nick Caves music but this movie is really solid.
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How have you been talking about Australian cinema for this long without mentioning Animal Kingdom? Absolutely brilliant film. Shame The Rover was a bit of a letdown.
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bowmore posted:I wish it was that but I read Tomorrow for the first time a few years ago. The book I'm looking for talked vividly about the effects of radiation poisoning on people and the earth. It's not On the Beach by Nevil Shute is it?
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bowmore posted:One thing I remember specifically is they turned away Goths at the settlement or whatever it was they were staying at. If I recall Year 9 English correctly then, yeah, you're thinking of Children of The Dust. It's a pretty weird book. Foreman Domai fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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Walkabout whilst pretty boring was gorgeously shot with some awesome cinematography. Also tits. My old boss did the sound work, six months in the outback getting hosed up, the film was almost an accidental byproduct. Also emoh ruo for poo poo 80's films lampooning new home owners. And also tits.
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MiniSune posted:Also tits. Who could forget Sirens
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bowmore posted:I wish it was that but I read Tomorrow for the first time a few years ago. The book I'm looking for talked vividly about the effects of radiation poisoning on people and the earth. On the Beach? We were made to read David Malouf's dreary book about WWI. Also The Year of Living Dangerously.
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Reminder :goonmeet is on tonight at Mu'ooz in West end at 1830.
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So I published a paper today in the MJA about how the freeze to Medicare is going to have twice the impact than the now retracted $5 rebate reduction. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2015/202/6/cost-freezing-general-practice I also wrote a companion piece in the Conversation. If you like it, please share it! The Conversation posted:High cost of GP rebate freeze may see co-payments rise from the dead
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Inge posted:It's not On the Beach by Nevil Shute is it?
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freebooter posted:How have you been talking about Australian cinema for this long without mentioning Animal Kingdom? Absolutely brilliant film. Shame The Rover was a bit of a letdown. Was gonna mention this one. Why do all Australian films have the same vibe though?
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I was going go say Animal Kingdom but I had already mentioned a couple of crime films.
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What uncultured freaks you guys must be if you haven't mentioned "He died with a felafel in his hand" or "bad boy bubby"
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Birb Katter posted:What uncultured freaks you guys must be if you haven't mentioned "He died with a felafel in his hand" or "bad boy bubby"
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Fruity Gordo posted:Baz Luhrman Is Bad. more like: Spaz durrman
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What about our boy Russell's earlier films? I liked the one where he was Jack Thompson's gay son, and Romper Stomper
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starkebn posted:What about our boy Russell's earlier films? I liked the one where he was Jack Thompson's gay son, and Romper Stomper
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:That looks really good, I'm going to have to remember to look it up. Threads? It's one of those films (like Come and See) that's really important commentary on war which everyone should watch but which will take you a day or two to get over, just a warning. Especially the ending. I think there might have been an alternative ending actually since the real one was deemed just too traumatic. Looking at the wiki page for it: when it was first shown on Australian television it screened without any commercial breaks. I'd forgotten that. Threads and The Day After: two films that permanently scarred a generation of Australian schoolkids and probably helped turn a lot of us into strident anti-war protestors. Growing up with the very real threat of nuclear annihilation at any second was not fun. On The Beach is Threads in book form and well worth a read too. All this talk of old ozspolitation cinema reminded me of a couple of others I'd forgotten about : They're a Weird Mob and And the Big Men Fly. And Alby Mangels. Don't suppose anyone in this thread will remember those.
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nockturne posted:And Alby Mangels. Don't suppose anyone in this thread will remember those. I remember Alby Mangels at least, if only very vaguely.
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Birb Katter posted:What uncultured freaks you guys must be if you haven't mentioned "He died with a felafel in his hand" or "bad boy bubby" Bad Boy Bubby owns. It's the most hosed up movie.
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There was a Threads anniversary edition released a whiles back on DVD. As you say if you lived through the eighties that was some very scary poo poo to watch. And still is now. The Day After was a bit easier to watch as the timeframe was pretty short. Still pretty bad though. Still love They're a Weird Mob though. World Safari at the Broadmeadows Town Hall. It felt like a school excursion. If memory serves after years travelling Alby couldn't get a his movie picked up so he said, "gently caress it, I'll release it myself". Which is exactly what you expect a dude who globe trotted like some action figure for six years to do. Graic Gabtar fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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Birb Katter posted:What uncultured freaks you guys must be if you haven't mentioned "He died with a felafel in his hand" or "bad boy bubby" Australia is the cat the mum is rupert the Freudian Slip posted:So I published a paper today in the MJA about how the freeze to Medicare is going to have twice the impact than the now retracted $5 rebate reduction. Thanks for doing the effort work to get this information out. I shared it around. SMILLENNIALSMILLEN fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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everyone should watch this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksTVKfwVA0
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Speaking of Australia's cultural wasteland someone found out how to see what's in the Australian Netflix catalog and its actually good: http://imgur.com/a/wz74R And cheap: Hope y'all have FttH like me
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cpaf posted:Speaking of Australia's cultural wasteland someone found out how to see what's in the Australian Netflix catalog and its actually good: http://imgur.com/a/wz74R Who do you think we are, having fibre and homes, Malcolm Turnbull????
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cpaf posted:Speaking of Australia's cultural wasteland someone found out how to see what's in the Australian Netflix catalog and its actually good: http://imgur.com/a/wz74R That catalogue is far better than I was expecting starting out after people making a big deal about Foxtel etc. holding so many exclusive licenses. They'll get my
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australian netflix will never have any good shows b/c of the Iron Fist of Murdoch and our draconian licensing laws *gets a million good shows* e; I've had US netflix for about 6 months now and I'll definitely be resubbing for Australian netflix since that price is way better with the dollar disparity. HBO is releasing something called "HBO Now" in the next month or so which they've suggested will be about $15 a month and offer the entire HBO catalog without a cable subscription. $12aud + $15usd sure beats $60-90 a month for loving Foxtel Thinking fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Mar 23, 2015 |
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cpaf posted:australian netflix will never have any good shows b/c of the Iron Fist of Murdoch and our draconian licensing laws *gets a million good shows*
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Malcolm! A great flick.
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I think this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Not even bad enough to be good.
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Isn't Game of Thrones the only reason people wanted Netflix anyway?
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Game of Thrones isn't on Netflix lol. Actually it's because the other local streaming services like Quickflix are trash with lovely range.
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Netflix is also apparently going to be unmetered on internode and iinet which is ownage
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Its still a fair bit more expensive than buying blocks of usenet access, to access a range of shows I dont really want to watch, and means my connection would be slowed down while its in use, which would be the same timeslot Im usually playing games online. So Im out. but the pricing makes it nice for people who dont have the hardware or know how to pirate properly.
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open24hours posted:Isn't Game of Thrones the only reason people wanted Netflix anyway? Australia pirates a shitload of stuff, including things which aren't Game of Thrones.
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