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.
Oh, and the dog is the same dog that was “Tiger” on “The Brady Bunch”
The ending of A Boy and his Dog is what brings everything together in kind of a punchline sort of way. People that said they could not watch very long need to watch it in its entirety to appreciate the movie as a whole.
Is it a great movie? Hell no, but it is an interesting and slightly thought-provoking movie.
Who knows what future awaits us after society goes to shit. Survival would be number one. Think about what happened in 28 Days Later, or how social norms quickly break down in The Mist.
I’m tired and I hope I was succinct enough.
You were, and you’re right. Without the ending the movie fails; with it, it’s a movie about love vs lust, compassion vs conquest.
Is it misogynistic? Yes, but in a world of violence there is only room for predator and prey. When the protagonist tries to buck that system and pursue love, he is betrayed. He becomes the prey. He becomes objectified, his sexual power taken from him against his will, without pleasure, as it had been from the women he hunted.