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Offline Setekh

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I was going to see this movie with a few mates today, but I've fallen pretty ill. *cough* *splutter* :(
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Offline Stunaep

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Well, now that I've seen it.

The plot was a recycled combination of Godzilla, Armageddon and Independence Day (complete with the loud-mouth nigger, running between the yellow cabs in NY). The character was wafer-thin, and the science was beyond hilarious.

And the SFX were hella cool.

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Offline Liberator

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Meteor with Sean Connery.  That's my favorite.
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

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Offline Corsair

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Originally posted by Stunaep
The plot was a recycled combination of Godzilla, Armageddon and Independence Day (complete with the loud-mouth nigger, running between the yellow cabs in NY). The character was wafer-thin, and the science was beyond hilarious.
Maybe the science isn't as ridiculous as you think...
Wash: This landing's gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

 

Offline Liberator

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Just got back from the theatre.  Overall a good disaster movie.  

Would've been a great disaster movie except for 2 things:

1. It's a little over the top, even given the genre.
2. It's too preachy at the end, while I will admit that Man is able to affect local climates(400 mile diameter's max), the Global Climate is entirely too large and anybody who has other intentions has an over-inflated idea of Man's capabilities.
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

There are only 10 types of people in the world , those that understand binary and those that don't.

 

Offline Stealth

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i went to the movie theater today at 2:30.  the 2:50 show was sold out, and 5 minutes later the 3:35 show was sold out too... so i ended up going home.  since tomorrow i graduate, i intend seeing it on sunday.

looks pretty good though ;)

oh, and hope you feel better soon Setekh ;) :D

 

Offline Black Wolf

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The science in this movie is... questionable. Yes it's built on some solid principles. But it ignores certain other principles, just as the alarmists that the guy chose to interview do. Keep in mind that Humans produce less than one seventh of the Earths atmospheric carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas that people are afraid of) and that the overwhelming majority is produced by Volcanoes. Keep in mind that we're in an upward temperature gradient that has been going since the dark ages, not one that has been going on since the industrial revolution. Keep in mind that for the last several hundred thousand years, the earths climate has been zigzagging, up, down, up, down. Keep in mind that, in the geological history of the earth, polar icecaps are a uncommon and unusual phenonenon. Yes, ocean currents play a huge role in the Global climate, and yes melting of the icecaps could screw with them. No we aren't looking at a catastrophic climate change that will take place over such a short length of time.

And anyway, if it happens, Australia, being the most stable and possibly most powerful western country in the southern hemisphere, will be in a pretty much ideal position to begin its world conquest... Whee!
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Offline Lonestar

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Originally posted by Black Wolf
The science in this movie is... questionable. Yes it's built on some solid principles. But it ignores certain other principles, just as the alarmists that the guy chose to interview do. Keep in mind that Humans produce less than one seventh of the Earths atmospheric carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas that people are afraid of) and that the overwhelming majority is produced by Volcanoes. Keep in mind that we're in an upward temperature gradient that has been going since the dark ages, not one that has been going on since the industrial revolution. Keep in mind that for the last several hundred thousand years, the earths climate has been zigzagging, up, down, up, down. Keep in mind that, in the geological history of the earth, polar icecaps are a uncommon and unusual phenonenon. Yes, ocean currents play a huge role in the Global climate, and yes melting of the icecaps could screw with them. No we aren't looking at a catastrophic climate change that will take place over such a short length of time.

And anyway, if it happens, Australia, being the most stable and possibly most powerful western country in the southern hemisphere, will be in a pretty much ideal position to begin its world conquest... Whee!


Ill beleive the quoted science resources before ill beleive anyone on this forum.

This movie is an exaggeration of what would really happen, nevertheless the message should be strongly heeded.

 

Offline Corsair

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Originally posted by Lonestar


Ill beleive the quoted science resources before ill beleive anyone on this forum.

This movie is an exaggeration of what would really happen, nevertheless the message should be strongly heeded.
And yet I just quoted a scientific resource. I'll post the link again.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,638224-1,00.html
Wash: This landing's gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

 

Offline Liberator

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What message?

You mean the part about the Global Superstorm that's threatening mankind or the really weak-kneed ecowacko ****e at the end?
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

There are only 10 types of people in the world , those that understand binary and those that don't.

  
Other than all the "deep" thoughts that one may have on this whole global warming subject, I did like this movie. It was entertaing and ,in the end, thats all a summer flick really needs to be. I could've watched a bit more of L.A. getting decimated though.....as that never gets old.:D
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