Future shock the story of 2000 ad torrent

This film will celebrate and pay respect to the comic and explore its importance and influence on contemporary pop culture. Future shock is a 1970 book by the futurist alvin toffler, in which the author defines the term future shock as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. A long overdue documentary that tells the story of 2000ad, the unsung cult hero of the comics industry. This documentary history of britains most groundbreaking comic is shallow and repetitive. Its a multiaward winning cocktail of explosive scifi and fantasy, infused with a mean streak of irony and wry black humour. An era when of some of the greatest ever comics were born, like 2000ad. Another 2000 ad war comic, rogue trooper shamelessly updated the american civil war to create its future conflict. With dan abnett, geoff barrow, emma beeby, karen berger. It introduced seminal comic characters like the ultrafascist future cop judge dredd, the pagan barbarian warriorking slaine, the geneticallyengineered supersoldier rogue trooper, the mutant bounty hunter strontium dog, to name but a few of the hundreds of characters that have passed through. Future shock the story of the 2000ad 2014 rerip bdrip x264deuterium. His writing is excellent, often illustrating large complex ideas with understandable examples. First published in 1977, it was violent, antiauthoritarian, blackly funny and above all, idiosyncratically british.

Being a colossal robocop fan, future shock actually made me feel silly for never outwardly realizing how much, some would say all of, alex murphys genesis pinches from judge dredd. Whether youre a lifelong reader of seminal british weekly comic 2000ad or have never heard of it, chances are that its anarchic sensibilities. A film charting the story of how the multiaward winning comic 2000ad came to be, how it has survived for 37 years, and how it continues to be an innovator and gamechanger in both comics and the. Documentary covering the highs and lows of 2000ad s history, from its inception after the demise of action to the present day. Featuring interviews with the likes of pat mills abc warriors, slaine, dave gibbons watchmen, neil gaiman the sandman, karl urban dredd and alex garland ex machina, future shock. Turn to urban furniture the last war in albion part 34. Documentary covering the highs and lows of 2000ads history, from its. The story of 2000ad is available from arrow video on bluray and dvd. The story of 2000ad 1 hours and 50 minutes movie 2015 documentary covering the highs and lows of 2000ads history, from its inception after the demise of action to the present day. The story of 2000ad is a 2014 documentary film about the history of british science fiction comic 2000 ad. Thargs future shocks the shop that sold everything.

Doubly ironic is that belardinelli was the actual artist for gaimans future shocks story and neil gets so much airtime you could be forgiven for thinking that he was a regular writer, while the person who illustrated his story and was a part of 200ad from the very beginning is. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the paul goodwindirected movie. This documentary history of britains most groundbreaking comic is. Dan abnett, geoff barrow, emma beeby, karen berger, lauren beukes, david bishop, brian bolland, will brooker, disraeli, will dennis, andy diggle, ian edginton, gary erskine, carlos ezquerra, henry flint sinopsis. First published in 1977, it was violent, antiauthoritarian, blackly funny. Listen now to 2000 ads awardwinning official podcast the 2000 ad thrillcast. The story of 2000 ad documents the rise and fall and rise of the iconic british comic. Beamed direct from the nerve centre of the galaxys greatest comic, every fortnight publicity droid molchr brings you the lowdown on the galaxys greatest comic, interviewing some of the worlds greatest comics creators, welcoming special guests, giving you exclusive announcements and the chance to win. Doubly ironic is that belardinelli was the actual artist for gaimans future shocks story and neil gets so much airtime you could be forgiven for thinking that he was a regular writer, while the person who illustrated his story and was a part of 200ad from the very beginning is relegated to a name in the end credits. Its uk debut was at the 2015 edinburgh international film festival, and it has a limited theatrical release in the uk. Documentary about the history of 2000ad, the scifi comic that spawned judge dredd. The book, which became an international bestseller, grew out of an article the future as. Its world debut was at the 2014 fantastic fest in austin, texas, and subsequently shown at other us film festivals. Starring pat mills, john wagner, neil gaiman, karl urban, dave gibbons, scott ian.

Please note this is a region 2 dvd and will require a region 2 europe or region free dvd player in order to play. The story of 2000 ad charts how the multiaward winning comic came to be, how it has survived for 37 years, and how it continues to be an innovator and gamechanger in both comics and the wider cultural world beyond. The abbreviated derogatory term futsies was applied to citizens in 2000 ad stories mainly in the judge dredd universe who had been driven insane by future shock. But with the birth of indie upstart 2000ad, fans were introduced to visionary talent like alan moore, neil gaiman and mark millar. Paul goodwins documentary celebrates the bold and brutal comic best known for creating fascist future cop judge dredd. Long overdue account of britains most punk comic, from its birth in the ashes of previous boys comics. Jul 31, 2017 an era when of some of the greatest ever comics were born, like 2000ad. The story of 2000ad was released to give fans an insight into the creation of the comic, and now a new extended bluray edition is available to celebrate the 40th anniversary. Starring pat mills, john wagner, neil gaiman, karl urban, dave gibbons, scott ian, brian bolland, carlos ezquerra, kevin oneill. While documenting this evolution, future shock as a story stays rooted specifically on how such events recharged 2000ad behind the scenes.

The story of 2000ad charts how the multiaward winning comic came to be, how it has survived for 37 years, and how it continues to be an. Pat mills, john wagner, alan grant, kevin oneill, grant morrison, neil gaiman, leah moore, david bishop, alex garland, karl urban cert. The story of 2000ad 1 hours and 50 minutes movie 2015 documentary covering the highs and lows of 2000ad s history, from its inception after the demise of action to the present day. The shortest definition for the term in the book is a personal perception of too much change in too short a period of time.

Since 1977, uk comic 2000 ad has run a series of short stories called future shocks based on this concept, some of which were written by alan moore. Thatcher is in power, the yorkshire ripper is on the loose, punk rock is on the rise and shite comics are widespread. Oct 31, 2014 the story of 2000 ad, presented as part of days of fear and wonder, a major nationwide scifi season. As the title of this documentary would suggest, future shock. The doomed journey of richard stanleys island of dr. Thargs future shocks is a longrunning series of short strips in the british weekly comic 2000 ad in 1977. The story of 2000 ad new documentary on the influential and rulebreaking comic by richard whittaker, 1.