The time I would have usually spent with writing up something nice for you peepz, I spent with a movie today. And since it fits the topic I present to you:
Wizards
This 1977 animated movie features an apocalypse brought by technology and mindless mutants [read: zombies] coming from it. What a nice fit to our topic here!
Besides the sometimes rather goofy animation and funky 70's soundtrack, this fairly unknown piece of entertainment features violence, war, swearing, partial nudity and Nazis, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it for children or the easily impressed. You have to look over some weird jumps in the storytelling and a bunch of loose ends, too. But in the end, this movie is great for its symbolism, metaphors and allegories. The theme of technology is big in this cult masterpiece and although it might seem that it is being demonized here, its moral neutrality can be seen if you watch the full movie.
Ralph Bakshi directed Wizards and wanted to call it War Wizards, but since it came out the same year as Star Wars, the title was changed after George Lucas asked him to.
So if you have an hour to spare and would like to spend it with clever adult-oriented animation. Go and see Wizards.
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