Topic summary
Post-apocalyptic film
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.
In society
Since the late 20th century, a surge of popular post-apocalyptic films can be observed. Christopher Schmidt notes that, while the world "goes to waste" for future generations, we distract ourselves from disaster by passively watching it as entertainment. Some have commented on this trend, saying that "it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism".