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Post by brutalis on Aug 23, 2016 8:19:06 GMT -5
Movies, television, novels, comic books: you name the disaster and they are there. What is it about destruction and devastation on a minor or major scale that elicits our excitement to read and watch? I remember the 70's when disaster movies took over at the theaters and on television. Earthquake, Towering Inferno, Poseidon Adventure, Airport, Day of the Animals, Jaws, Grizzly, Night of the Lepus and so on. Every few years there has been some type of new disaster movie that catches on in the theater (Airplane, Tornado, Backdraft, etc) but now with new special effects skills there seems to be a renewed interest of late seen with the surprising multiple Sharknado's. Is it just the fun of watching things being destroyed or is it the human interest of seeing who dies and who survives? Whatever the reasoning there will never be an end to the disaster of the week movie, book or comic book. Lets discuss the disasters you like but wouldn't necessarily want to be in! Especially when there are so many disasters to choose from:
Natural Disasters
Man Mad Disasters
Chemical
Radiation/radioactive
Biohazard
Airplanes
Cars/Trucks/Buses
Ships/submarines
Spaceship/Outer Space
Trains
Theme Parks
Bugs
Animals
Plants
Monsters: small to giant
Nature gone wild
Alien Invasion
Epidemics
End of Days
Post Apocalypse
Floods
Volcano
Tidal Waves/Tsunami
Hurricane/Tornado
Fire
Eathquakes
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 23, 2016 10:54:50 GMT -5
Hey, brutalis, you forgot "Trump presidency" in there!
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Post by brutalis on Aug 23, 2016 14:01:13 GMT -5
Too true. But that would be the end of the world as we know it. Total destruction. Nobody survives except maybe the cockroaches?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 15:15:43 GMT -5
One of my favorite disaster movies is 10.5 Apocalypse - starring Kim Delaney and a host of Television Stars including Dean (Superman) Cain, Frank Langella, Fred Ward, and Beau Bridges as President Paul Hollister.  |
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Post by brutalis on Aug 23, 2016 15:18:02 GMT -5
One of my favorite disaster movies is 10.5 Apocalypse - starring Kim Delaney and a host of Television Stars including Dean (Superman) Cain, Frank Langella, Fred Ward, and Beau Bridges as President Paul Hollister. Never seen this. Will have to track it down for a watch. Thanks Mecha. |
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Post by String on Aug 23, 2016 16:27:19 GMT -5
I am of the firm opinion that, given the popularity of airplane disaster films throughout the 70s into the 80s, members of my generation should know the firm basics of flying and/or landing an airplane without ever having taken a single flying lesson.
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Post by dupersuper on Aug 23, 2016 20:28:59 GMT -5
If a tornado strikes while you're working at a radio station, and a window implodes in your face while you're saving your news director, make sure you have a secretary who knows CPR.  |
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Post by dupersuper on Aug 23, 2016 20:29:59 GMT -5
One of my favorite disaster movies is 10.5 Apocalypse - starring Kim Delaney and a host of Television Stars including Dean (Superman) Cain, Frank Langella, Fred Ward, and Beau Bridges as President Paul Hollister. Interesting tagline. The world standing still would actually be a disaster movie itself... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 20:45:23 GMT -5
One of my favorite disaster movies is 10.5 Apocalypse - starring Kim Delaney and a host of Television Stars including Dean (Superman) Cain, Frank Langella, Fred Ward, and Beau Bridges as President Paul Hollister. Interesting tagline. The world standing still would actually be a disaster movie itself... Lots of people was surprised how well it made and I got it on DVD and I watch it on a rainy day once a year for kicks and it's one of the most gripping and suspenseful movie ever made. Fred Ward of Remo Williams did a one fantastic job as Roy Nolan, FEMA Director in this movie. He was great. |
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Post by brutalis on Aug 24, 2016 8:27:45 GMT -5
Loved all the Airport movies and the different ways for causing a plane to suddenly suffer damage and need somebody to land it. Sheer brilliance to have Dean Martin whose general characterization was the playboy drunk being the pilot in the original. His plane would be on auto pilot all the time while he was either flirting with the stewardess, making out with the stewardess as part of the mile high club or pestering the stewardess for all of her tiny alcohol collection. Thought the 2 Airplane comedy send ups were hilarious and spot on in showing their love of the insanity of disaster movies in general.
i can watch Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno any time if only for the fun of watching the actors bite it and not just in their chewing up the scenery. Considering how small budget minded Irwin Allen's effects were for television these 2 movies went all out in the big screen effects.
These were just fun movies and most were a who's who of Hollywood television and movie stars of the current and past times.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 24, 2016 8:35:44 GMT -5
I watched These final hours on Netflix, and since I was expecting an Asylum-level shlock movie I was very pleasantly surprised. (It turns out it's a well-regarded movie after all; I hadn't heard of it before watching). The take is an interesting one : it's not about scientists trying to avert the end of the world, and it's not about heroic characters saving kids and the family dog while the planet shakes itself apart. It's about what you do when the end is coming and there's nothing you can do to stop it. The Earth has been hit by a large asteroid somewhere in the North Atlantic, and as the fiery shockwave spreads from the point of impact, the residents of Australia know they have only a few hours before they're wiped away by a wall of destruction. Some party like there's no tomorrow (because there isn't!), some indulge their worst tendencies... and the protagonist comes to realize that he's made bad choices in life when there's very little time to try to put things right. It's believable, it's not preachy, and I'm glad that no Deus ex machina occurs at the end. (Kind of like Open water, in a way). The sense of futility at the end is almost painful!!! |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 24, 2016 9:54:10 GMT -5
Interesting tagline. The world standing still would actually be a disaster movie itself... Lots of people was surprised how well it made and I got it on DVD and I watch it on a rainy day once a year for kicks and it's one of the most gripping and suspenseful movie ever made. Fred Ward of Remo Williams did a one fantastic job as Roy Nolan, FEMA Director in this movie. He was great. Did Beau Bridges get to say, "Heckuva job, Remo!"? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 10:45:53 GMT -5
Lots of people was surprised how well it made and I got it on DVD and I watch it on a rainy day once a year for kicks and it's one of the most gripping and suspenseful movie ever made. Fred Ward of Remo Williams did a one fantastic job as Roy Nolan, FEMA Director in this movie. He was great. Did Beau Bridges get to say, "Heckuva job, Remo!"? I don't know - that's all I can say. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 25, 2016 4:16:03 GMT -5
If a tornado strikes while you're working at a radio station, and a window implodes in your face while you're saving your news director, make sure you have a secretary who knows CPR. Was that the show the helicopter dropped the turkeys? |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 25, 2016 6:52:48 GMT -5
If a tornado strikes while you're working at a radio station, and a window implodes in your face while you're saving your news director, make sure you have a secretary who knows CPR. Was that the show the helicopter dropped the turkeys? Yes. |
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