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In 1969, he wrote a short story titled “A Boy and His Dog,” which tells the tale of a 15-year-old wasteland scavenger named Vic and his telepathic dog Blood. The story was also adapted into a 1975 film, which Fallout designer Jesse Heinig told The Escapist in 2009 "inspired Fallout on many levels" (including Dogmeat's name, which was taken from a nickname Vic gives Blood in the film).

It also influenced "Love and Monsters" (2020)

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/lq-jones-on-a-boy-and-his-dog-the-rt-interview/

And Mad Max.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 33 minutes ago

Tried to watch it, the casual attitude towards rape turned me off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

My friend and I are B-movie afficionados. A Boy and His Dog is a long time favorite of ours, going back to the original Fallout days.

He recently bought and sent me this amazing knockoff poster with a bunch of weird shit that isn't even in the movie:

https://deadly-prey-gallery.myshopify.com/products/a-boy-and-his-dog-high-quality-print-nii-bi-ashitey

(The name of the gallery, Deadly Prey, is a reference to another fine B-movie masterpiece.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

I had watched it before, and I watched it with my adult son last night.

It holds up. Good times