Here's Something You Don't See Everyday...A Post Apocalypse Comedy

 

Hollywood Writer John August was bored during the writers strike last year.  Without any real work that he could do, he decided to take his time off and do something creatively constructive with it.  He wrote a script, got some friends together and shot a short film that was designed as a possible pilot episode for either a TV series or a web series.  The result is the strangely funny post apocalyptic comedy called The Remnants.

 

So far, only this 10 minute pilot episode has been created, but after watching it I find myself praying that they make more of it.  The Remnants stars an ecclectic cast featuring Ernie Hudson and Justine Bateman among others.  What exactly brought about the end of the world isn't really told to us in the episode, nor is it exactly clear what humanity has turned into.  Vague references are made about some form of either zombies or monsters, but the characters only seem to be worried about being out at night.  There's enough left out to make me really curious as to how the rest of the story will go, but the little bit we get to see here is certainly entertaining on its own.

 

The film has a great nhilistic sense of humor.  There's a rather amusing exchange about the current worth of a Nintendo Wii in a world that no longer has electricity, people are surviving on food like pringles and lunchables, and at one point two guys even play a game of rock paper scissors to see who will get to have sex with the only single woman in the group.  This is definitely my sense of humor.

 

Please hear me hollywood.  Make more of this series.  It's something totally unique.