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Made the mistake of starting to watch a particularly putrid 80's movie called ROBOT HOLOCAUST, wherein the remaining population of the entire planet lived in a bombed-out Manhattan. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093872/ I didn't get past the telepathic hero, who is apparently named Neo (according to IMDB), and his expositional conversation with a floppy-headed 'bot during the OOOOOH AHHHH gladiator match. Cuz, JEEBUS. As I was turning off the tv, we cut to GASP THE POWER PLANT where a woman with superb 1986 media hair was strutting grumpily down a hallway, wearing a corset, pointy boots, and holding a crop.
This made me think about how TV and movies have usually visualized the inevitable end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine, thank you). Somehow, the wimmins are always wearing these foxy li'l outfits that display the wonder boobzen to their best advantage, their eyeshadow is always perfect, and the guys are always wearing fashionable yet sensible army-esque clothing.
And yet.
I'm thinking that the reality? Sooooo utterly on the other side of the planet! I feel that I can say with a reasonable amount of confidence that fashion and hygeine will ge the way of the Passenger Pigeon after WW3. High heels? You can't run away from the radioactive zombies in heels. And when society falls, what's to keep nasty boys from taking one look at your nicely corseted body with the glitter-encrusted titsling and having their dirty-fingernailed way with you? It's not like you can run away from them in those, ahem, heels. And let's talk about that eyeshadow, while we're here, m'kay?
A few guys seem to end up looking like Hercules on acid, some will go all Death Rocker with their big stompy boots and swirly trenchcoat. And chaps are RIGHT OUT! But my prediction is that real people will be going for jeans, sneakers and sweatshirts. Comfortable, reliable, sturdy.
At least until Wal*Mart has been completely gutted, and then things will start to get ... creative.
WHY is it that boys get to wear sensible clothes in movies and girls don't? (Oh, becuase boysare in charge of the movies, right, sorry, my bad!)
[Poll #1418325]
Made the mistake of starting to watch a particularly putrid 80's movie called ROBOT HOLOCAUST, wherein the remaining population of the entire planet lived in a bombed-out Manhattan. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093872/ I didn't get past the telepathic hero, who is apparently named Neo (according to IMDB), and his expositional conversation with a floppy-headed 'bot during the OOOOOH AHHHH gladiator match. Cuz, JEEBUS. As I was turning off the tv, we cut to GASP THE POWER PLANT where a woman with superb 1986 media hair was strutting grumpily down a hallway, wearing a corset, pointy boots, and holding a crop.
This made me think about how TV and movies have usually visualized the inevitable end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine, thank you). Somehow, the wimmins are always wearing these foxy li'l outfits that display the wonder boobzen to their best advantage, their eyeshadow is always perfect, and the guys are always wearing fashionable yet sensible army-esque clothing.
And yet.
I'm thinking that the reality? Sooooo utterly on the other side of the planet! I feel that I can say with a reasonable amount of confidence that fashion and hygeine will ge the way of the Passenger Pigeon after WW3. High heels? You can't run away from the radioactive zombies in heels. And when society falls, what's to keep nasty boys from taking one look at your nicely corseted body with the glitter-encrusted titsling and having their dirty-fingernailed way with you? It's not like you can run away from them in those, ahem, heels. And let's talk about that eyeshadow, while we're here, m'kay?
A few guys seem to end up looking like Hercules on acid, some will go all Death Rocker with their big stompy boots and swirly trenchcoat. And chaps are RIGHT OUT! But my prediction is that real people will be going for jeans, sneakers and sweatshirts. Comfortable, reliable, sturdy.
At least until Wal*Mart has been completely gutted, and then things will start to get ... creative.
WHY is it that boys get to wear sensible clothes in movies and girls don't? (Oh, becuase boysare in charge of the movies, right, sorry, my bad!)
[Poll #1418325]
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