A BOY AND HIS DOG
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| Rated R
| | Copyright 1974 Third L.Q.J. Inc.
| | Reviewed by Andrew Borntreger on 'a long time ago'
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- Vic - Don Johnson! A solo who survives in the wastelands left after World War IV, he is constantly hunting for food and women.
- Blood - Highly intelligent and telepathic mutt who pals around with Vic, in addition he has radar.
- Quilla June - Brazen girl sent to lure Vic underground, though she wants to replace the ruling council by using the solo. Ends up as dog food.
- Mr. Craddock - Jason Robards! Senior member of the ruling council and a very dour man.
- Dr. Moore - Fairly boring member of the ruling council, though he has the best memory.
- Mez - Female member of the council, not a pretty sight when laughing.
- Gary, Richard, and Kenneth - Conspirators who follow Quilla's lead, all three get their necks snapped.
- Michael - Powerful robot which looks like a huge country bumpkin, if one of the ruling council points at you the wrong way he snaps your neck. Disassembled by Vic, but it appears the council has an entire warehouse full of replacements.
- The Screamers - Apparently they are green glowing mutant elephants. (We do not see them, but they do glow green and sound like elephants.)
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Armageddon is a difficult thing to rationalize, lending itself to outlandish scenes of violence and debauchery. The idea of a pubescent Don Johnson wandering the lonely wastelands guided by an intelligent and telepathic dog is a new one on me, but for some reason it all fits. Particularly so when the pooch in question has a bottomless stomach and spouts an endless stream of acidic criticism at Don Johnson. (Often complaining about Vic's libido. A dog complaining about a teenage boy's libido, I love it!)
The two lead an idyllic life, scavenging for food and water in the desolate landscape, but sometimes Blood is able to sniff out a female companion for Vic. For some odd reason all the women are in hiding, other than a ravenous and horny Don Johnson hunting them I can't imagine why.
Well he ends up following Quilla into an underground fallout shelter, there the last "civilized" remnants of society are carrying on tradition. Country fairs, ice cream, and prizes for the best canned goods in addition to trapping fertile males from the surface to impregnate the young women.
Before you start thinking this is not a bad deal let me explain. Vic is immobilized and his genitals attached to the equivalent of an electronic milking machine. (Aiiiieee!) In short succession the lucky brides are wed to him, presented with a bottle of special sauce, and sent on their way. Nearly incapacitated by blue balls the ferocious young man stages a retreat from the complex after being freed, taking Quilla with him. The first (And last might I add.) marital problem results when Vic discovers his faithful pooch waited outside the shelter's entrance this entire time and is on the brink of starvation.
Zany and fun to watch on a rainy day, plus the girlfriend will never look at your faithful hound the same.
This is just a small part of Post-Apocalypso, make sure you read these other great reviews for "After the End of the World Films:"
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- Dogs would make excellent history professors.
- Porn films used to suck, in a real bad way.
- Men are confused and a little put off by women who want sex.
- There is a fundamental difference between "hang" and "harangue."
- A secret and powerful society of mimes inhabits the underground areas of our planet.
- Green plants grow nicely underground, even without artificial light.
- Interrogating a dog is pretty darn difficult.
- Nobody expects a crowbar in the middle of a bouquet.
- If a very large, but slow moving, man is trying to break your neck I suggest running away.
- Dogs make the worst puns.
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- 1 min - You have to respect any film that starts off with nuclear war.
- 8 mins - That is Phoenix? I see that it has not changed much...
- 23 mins - Don Johnson apologizing to a dog ladies and gentlemen.
- 25 mins - Good dog! Hehehehe!
- 37 mins - Blood just managed to kill a full grown man who was armed with a rifle?
- 45 mins - Sort of a canine teleprompter...
- 46 mins - RANDOM GRATUITOUS BREAST SHOT!
- 71 mins - Now, will Vic eat that or wipe it on his clothing?
- 78 mins - The true colors of Quilla's womanhood come to light.
- 79 mins - That is about fifty yards I guess, easy shot with a rifle...
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| | Audio clips in wav format | SOUNDS | Starving actors speak out | |
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| File | Dialog |  | boyanddog1.wav
| Vic: "Damn it Blood, don't give me a hard time, smell it!"
Blood: (Does his radar pooch thing.) "It's clean."
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| Vic: "Right now I'm hungry and I want to get laid, so find me a broad and we'll go to the promised land."
Blood: "That's what you always say."
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| Vic: "You know you're starting to sound like a God damned poodle!"
Blood: "You're starting to sound like a jackass!"
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| Quilla: "I didn't bring you down here so they could use you. I brought down here so I could use you!"
| | Theme Song | Listen to a clip from the soundtrack. | |
| Click for a larger image | IMAGES | Scenes from the movie | |
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| Blood is trying to formulate a plan to fight off a large group of brigands, but the damn woman won't leave him alone for two seconds. I wonder if I should start barking at people who annoy me, it could generate some interesting reactions.
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Re: A Boy and His Dog
Reply #41. Posted on July 20, 2009, 11:42:49 AM by Rev. Powell
I am surprised at the lack of "Fallout" references. I mean, there were raiders, mutants (not exactly like the ones in Fallout but still), a crazed underground society, all that was missing was genocidal government agents.
If you mean the Fallout video game series, there are no references because this movie was made 20 or so years before the series existed (and the original story came out years before the movie). A BOY AND HIS DOG may have been one of the films that inspired the game, though, along with MAD MAX and the other post-apocalyptic movies. |
Re: A Boy and His Dog
Reply #42. Posted on July 20, 2009, 03:28:19 PM by Jim H
I am surprised at the lack of "Fallout" references. I mean, there were raiders, mutants (not exactly like the ones in Fallout but still), a crazed underground society, all that was missing was genocidal government agents.
If you mean the Fallout video game series, there are no references because this movie was made 20 or so years before the series existed (and the original story came out years before the movie). A BOY AND HIS DOG may have been one of the films that inspired the game, though, along with MAD MAX and the other post-apocalyptic movies. I'm trying to remember any explicit references to A Boy and His Dog in any of the Fallout games, and I can't place any. Regardless though, the influence A Boy And His Dog had on the late 70s and 80s post-apocalyptic sub-genre is very noticeable, particularly in Mad Max and the Road Warrior. And those two, of course, were quite significantly influential on the Fallout games. |
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Reply #43. Posted on August 24, 2009, 04:40:22 PM by farmer
I enjoyed it and the ending is really great
@references in fallout 3
it's probably hard to tell if its a reference or just coincidence...
- in the trailer for fallout 3 you see a "lone wanderer and his dog"
- the "glowing ones", feral ghouls glowing green
- you start in a vault where a totalitary overseer rules, and when you come back revolution of the younger ones is going on
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Reply #44. Posted on August 24, 2009, 04:47:16 PM by farmer
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