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In the end, my only real criticism with this film would be that Blood is absent from the story an uncomfortably long period of time, relieving the story of its central relationship. The reasoning is clearly to give another character an opportunity to bond with Vic, awakening his maturity as well as his understanding of what's really important to him. While I certainly understand this, I do think that Blood being gone for so long robs the story of some badly needed momentum. Aside from this, I've found A Boy and his Dog to be a particularly enlightening experience and it remains so for me after multiple viewings. It is dark, often hilarious, occasionally poignant and above all, uncompromising in its vision. Despite its sporadic coarseness and crude production values, each time I have seen this film I am struck by something new and it never ceases to amaze me what was accomplished with such a laughably small budget. In fact, it makes me think of many a hundred million dollar blockbuster that seems to have spent sixty million on the special effects, and maybe sixty paying someone to write the screenplay.

And above and beyond it all, this is a film whose insight only reinforces the opinion that so shocked Alien Girl – which is that I would not in fact, wish to survive the end of the world. Because no matter how much creamed corn you manage to store in your basement, it will eventually run out. And when it does you'll come to realize that food comes in many forms and can be found in many strange places. But what you really need to survive in a world like that – more than love, even – is trust, loyalty and friendship, which are probably going to be pretty hard to come by. I'm pretty willing to take the risk that the world is going to be here for a while longer. Either way, while I do think Alien Girl is a nice person, I definitely don't envision spending a year in her basement eating Spam, let alone a lifetime wandering the atomic wasteland together.

But find me a telepathic Bearded Collie with an IQ of 150 and then we'll talk.

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