Comments on: Dermot O'Connor's "There's No Tomorrow"

Dermot O'Connor's "There's No Tomorrow"

Trurl — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:47:40 -0800

"There's No Tomorrow" is a half-hour animated documentary that deals with resource depletion, energy, and growth.

The original idea for the film was to be a pastiche of the pro-capitalist propaganda cartoons of the 1940s and 50s. These works are all in the public domain, making them an invaluable resource: "Going Places" (1948), "Meet King Joe" (1949), "Why Play Leapfrog" (1949), "What Makes Us Tick" (1952), "It's Everybodys Business" (1954) and "Destination Earth" (1956).

By: panaceanot

panaceanot — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:54:20 -0800

Vimeo link for those without Flash.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:54:38 -0800

This sounds interesting. Downloading now.

By: evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight

evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:01:02 -0800

If Lou Dobbs doesn't like The Lorax, he's gonna really hate this.

By: ob1quixote

ob1quixote — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:10:45 -0800

Sleep tight everybody!

By: 2N2222

2N2222 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:38:08 -0800

Kind of plodding pace, more than I expected. But I can see how this could be red meat to the doomer crowd. I would have thought the tips on how to survive the apocalypse might have more impact, were it not for the flat delivery. Or the futility of even trying.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:44:48 -0800

Doom 2N2222, or Nzzzzz Pop! 80's music bursts heads.

By: fuq

fuq — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:53:53 -0800

I would have thought the tips on how to survive the apocalypse might have more impact, were it not for the flat delivery. Or the futility of even trying. I don't even want to survive the apocalypse. I know what happens afterwards and I want none of that.

By: panaceanot

panaceanot — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:54:58 -0800

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By: ob1quixote

ob1quixote — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:37 -0800

2N2222: "Or the futility of even trying." fuq: "I don't even want to survive the apocalypse." I relatively regularly horrify people with my stock answer to admonitions to live healthier, "Who wants to be a 70 year-old man in a world with 10 billion people?" It occurs to me that Soylent Green is set just 10 years from now. It's looking more and more to have been frighteningly prophetic. Still, as I mused to my friend last night that nothing would delight me more than to live to regret smoking, drinking, and cheeseburgers because humanity somehow found a way to a beautiful future.

By: Yowser

Yowser — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:42:38 -0800

Sorry, well treaded territory. We're toast, Simple and obvious math proves we're screwed , as usual Doug Stanhope Speaks the truth(NSFAnywhere). Only takeaway I got is, Canada won't peak in production until after 2018? I'M MOVING TO ALBERTA, BABY! Show me the money. Sadly, that's the only new thing I learned here.

By: foleypt

foleypt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:05:30 -0800

This impressive movie is the work of a single guy that has been working on and off on the project for the last 6-7 years. His now infrequently updated blog is here This shit is important and I had hoped that propagation of the understanding of this problem would be enough to give impetuous to make the economic changes necessary to sort out it and global warming. However these days I'm less hopeful, the world seems more than ever just lurching from crisis to crisis, there is nobody in the wheelhouse, with us fast approaching some difficult waters.

By: Trurl

Trurl — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:41:00 -0800

well treaded territory The doom, yes. The doom as conveyed by - as foleypt observes - an impressively and single-handedly animated short, I don't think so. If the global famine angle is dull, check out his "making of" page. I thought it was cool.

By: staggering termagant

staggering termagant — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:47:53 -0800

Hey, I know that guy! He's awesome.

By: Megami

Megami — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:55:02 -0800

Make Wealth History writes a pithy critique (and there are some interesting comments) of the film here.