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”
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.