Apocalypse porn

Two more examples of the popularity of the post-apocalyptic genre. This evening the BBC Survivors programme – a remake of a 1970s series – was first aired. It is the cheery tale of a world in which a global flu pandemic has killed 90% of the population. This week also saw the launch in Britain of Blindness, a movie about a world in which millions of people have gone blind.

For more on the “post-apocalyptic” genre see posts of 24 April 2008, 9 September 2008, 19 October 2008. I have also created an “apocalyptic” tag.