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What Happened After the Ring Of Fire?

posted 16 years ago by skjoseph
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What do you think? Did our heroes live or die...and how?

I say they lived. Frank and Roger's past competent behavior gives me hope. :) Also, if unrealistic stunts occurred more than once in this film, why can't they happen again??

[–] rabiddog67 13 years ago

It is pretty clear that they die. In the 1970a, studios weren't afraid to have downbeat endings.

[–] mostyn38 13 years ago

Even when I saw this this as a kid (scared the crap out of me), as much as I wanted them to live, I know they died. As a kid I used to try and think up scenarios of how they might escape, but none seemed 100% plausable. This film stayed with me for a long time.

[–] wtl471629 12 years ago

If someone can ask Peter Fonda whether they survived or not that would be great. I don't know how anyone could get this question to him or not.

[–] KobiyashiMauru 12 years ago

I heard they all escape and re-unite in Heaven.

[–] hydra_100 12 years ago

Have to wait and see in part 2

[–] mike_james27 12 years ago

Most likely they ate their flesh.

[–] ElectricWarlock 12 years ago

I am quite sure they died. If they would've lived, the director surely would've shown them getting away. It was a really creepy ending. It is not how I was expecting it to end at all. I enjoyed it very much.

Come, fly the teeth of the wind. Share my wings.

[–] jmartz11 12 years ago

I thought there would be a sequel? thats what it looked like to me when i first saw it at 12 years old and maybe because thats what my parents told me so i dont get Nightmares LOL

[–] phillindholm 12 years ago

The writers simply went out on a limb, and then sawed it off.

[–] semsox 11 years ago

Peter Fonda jumped in behind the wheel got the RV up to 90mph, looked back at the other 3 saying "I think we made it" before smashing into an on coming train..........wait that's a different movie. "Race With Crazy Larry"

[–] benGsboat 11 years ago

...got the blu double feature, and have to say I enjoyed DMCL a little more.
At times this one seemed like a TV movie, esp the dated score. The 'hitting the road' theme in particular sounded like a Brady Bunch episode.
And yeah, I think they were goners. Freeze frames are a bad sign in this kind of film. I'm glad Jaws didn't go for the bummer ending like these two did.
Both movies looked very good in HD, with a couple of great featurettes

Any town's a nice little town when you nail a broad - Deke Sommers

[–] MTDave69 11 years ago

That's one good thing about Satanic type movies, they rarely end well. A nice change from the 90 percent of movies that have a happy ending.

For the record, I'm canceling that trip to Texas. There's just way too many Satanists there. :)

[–] CarlCarlson 9 years ago

Unfortunately, another campfire celebration of some kind.

"If Mad Max Fury Road is an 8 (I gave it a 1). Then I'll use 8 for OK, 9 is better, 10 is best."