We’re talking about a movie that was pitched to the studios as “America is suddenly attacked by global warming (and freezes for some reason, also there’s some british guys who die)”.
The villain in 2012 was a super volcano cracking the North American plate, causing global climate change. The villain in The Day After Tomorrow was man’s pollution disrupting the ocean currents and the global ocean conveyor belt, causing global climate change.
And the real twist is that while global warming is real, BUT catastrophic anthropogenic global warming is bull shit. And before anyone brings up the hockey stick graph, it uses two different methods of measurements (VERY unscientific) and truncated y-axes distort the appearance of the graph. Fox News is particularly fond of both.
LOL, truncated y-axes is just about the worst criticism you could make about global warming. You should look at the post that Abhinav links at the end of his post (credit to him for doing so): “the scale should focus on the range of values that are feasible.” Starting the scale at 0 C would be absurd, because 0 C is far outside the realm of feasible temperature variation… it’s like plotting the height of the Himalayas in terms of distance from the center of earth and then saying “It’s basically flat, you shouldn’t need any special equipment to climb it.” If you plot the temperature at a scale that actually lets you see how it’s changing, you can see it shooting up.
I remember when that movie came out. May and June 2004 were colder than usual up where I live (upper midwest) and we had a visitor from Texas. The frost scene was totally how they felt going outside each morning. 😀
“Speaking of our limited resources, sir, you do realise I have no access to a blu-ray player?”
“Well, I guess you won’t be watching the movie where you’re going. Not if you don’t have a player.”
“Sir, please stop doing that.”
Forgot to check this morning. In re: finding old books like those of Fredric Brown, I did most of my buying in the days well before Amazon-dot-com and other came along, and well before any online Gutenberg Project stuff. I went through all the used book stores in the area—I worked in one for awhile—and if a book didn’t turn up, well, it didn’t turn up and that was it. You could go to a book deal and maybe get something, and pay a premium price for it, too, but I didn’t do that that much, what with that not much money problem. Still, I got a pretty big pile of them…but as prosperity bloomed I got out of the habit of looking, and, besides, there were less and less of the really old books as time wore on…
Also, if Claire helped put the guy in the iron lung (whoever he is) back together, does that make him a Man of Parts the way Unity is a Woman of Parts?
Maybe he just needs an oil can? The local Biscuit does not appear to be the local Tin Man analog… and alt-Moustachio has yet to be seen… an alt-Hittie would seem useless, as not-hitting seems a likely default mode for most gear, except bikes… Am i the only one who thinks Moustachio looks like a Yellow Submarine clown drawn by someone who *isn’t* stoned?
“Paleoclimatologist William Hyde of Duke University was asked on Usenet whether he would be seeing the film; he responded that he would not unless someone were to offer him $100.[7] Other readers of the newsgroup took this as a challenge, and (despite Hyde’s protests) raised the necessary funds. Hyde’s review criticized the film’s portrayal of weather phenomena that stopped at national borders, and finished by saying that it was “to climate science as Frankenstein is to heart transplant surgery””
Actually, there was a similar ‘made-for-teevee’ movie released around the same time with that Grant Show guy from Melrose Place, which, POO, was a better movie
Never saw it. Was it *that* bad a movie?
Yes. Better than the first Stella Star movie, not as good as *any* Ed Wood movie. Hadda watch Stella 15-20 minutes a day…
We’re talking about a movie that was pitched to the studios as “America is suddenly attacked by global warming (and freezes for some reason, also there’s some british guys who die)”.
It’s not Troll 2 or levels of bad….but it is bad.
*or Ed Wood levels of bad.
Apparently seamonkey has started randomly auto-removing all references to Ed Wood. Wonder if it’ll do Coleman Francis or Benedict Cumberbatch.
Oh, thanks. I got it mixed up with The Edge of Tomorrow.
The main characters literally have the cold chase them.
It’s an action movie where the nefarious villain is Global Climate Change. Draw your own conclusion.
… isn’t that the plot to 2012? How could this movie be WORSE than that?
Bout on par really
The villain in 2012 was a super volcano cracking the North American plate, causing global climate change. The villain in The Day After Tomorrow was man’s pollution disrupting the ocean currents and the global ocean conveyor belt, causing global climate change.
And the real twist is that while global warming is real, BUT catastrophic anthropogenic global warming is bull shit. And before anyone brings up the hockey stick graph, it uses two different methods of measurements (VERY unscientific) and truncated y-axes distort the appearance of the graph. Fox News is particularly fond of both.
And because I cite my sources:
– ‘Lying with Charts – Global Warming Graph’, Abhinav’s Tech and Analytics Blog
– ‘A History Of Dishonest Fox Charts’, MediaMatters.org
– Additional sources https://www.corbettreport.com/lies-damned-lies-and-global-warming-statistics/
LOL, truncated y-axes is just about the worst criticism you could make about global warming. You should look at the post that Abhinav links at the end of his post (credit to him for doing so): “the scale should focus on the range of values that are feasible.” Starting the scale at 0 C would be absurd, because 0 C is far outside the realm of feasible temperature variation… it’s like plotting the height of the Himalayas in terms of distance from the center of earth and then saying “It’s basically flat, you shouldn’t need any special equipment to climb it.” If you plot the temperature at a scale that actually lets you see how it’s changing, you can see it shooting up.
And why 0 C anyway? Why not 0 F? 0 K?
Rotten Tomatoes gave it 45% “Critics Consensus: A ludicrous popcorn flick filled with clunky dialogues, but spectacular”
…visuals save it from being a total disaster.”
I didn’t think it was bad
Easily Worth the one watch, but no need to watch it more than that
He kind of looks and sounds like evil Artie to me.
Alt!Artie is darker, has shorter sideburns and doesn’t wear glasses.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/current-pc-2/
I remember when that movie came out. May and June 2004 were colder than usual up where I live (upper midwest) and we had a visitor from Texas. The frost scene was totally how they felt going outside each morning. 😀
So, is “Apocalypse limited resources” excusing the movie or describing it?
Porque no los dos?
“Speaking of our limited resources, sir, you do realise I have no access to a blu-ray player?”
“Well, I guess you won’t be watching the movie where you’re going. Not if you don’t have a player.”
“Sir, please stop doing that.”
+1
Couldn’t he just raise her salary like Scrooge did?
Did you see my replies yesterday? Also-
In a world in which goat carcasses are money, and refrigeration rare, is a bump in salary always a good thing?
Forgot to check this morning. In re: finding old books like those of Fredric Brown, I did most of my buying in the days well before Amazon-dot-com and other came along, and well before any online Gutenberg Project stuff. I went through all the used book stores in the area—I worked in one for awhile—and if a book didn’t turn up, well, it didn’t turn up and that was it. You could go to a book deal and maybe get something, and pay a premium price for it, too, but I didn’t do that that much, what with that not much money problem. Still, I got a pretty big pile of them…but as prosperity bloomed I got out of the habit of looking, and, besides, there were less and less of the really old books as time wore on…
Permit me to recommend abebooks as well…
Also, if Claire helped put the guy in the iron lung (whoever he is) back together, does that make him a Man of Parts the way Unity is a Woman of Parts?
Or could a mere sociologist help a genius like alt!Sergio just clone some new parts and attach them?
Maybe he just needs an oil can? The local Biscuit does not appear to be the local Tin Man analog… and alt-Moustachio has yet to be seen… an alt-Hittie would seem useless, as not-hitting seems a likely default mode for most gear, except bikes… Am i the only one who thinks Moustachio looks like a Yellow Submarine clown drawn by someone who *isn’t* stoned?
Nope. You’re not the only one.
I’m the king, you know that I am.
Do I need a cardiogram?
Iron lung and I’m unstrung, and
Really I don’t give a damn.
[Chorus:]
O…knuckle under, expedite,
All my orders, day or night.
Barely breathing, not bequeathing,
Power to some acolyte.
[Chorus]
I’m the king of all I survey,
Gifting Claire with awful Blu-Ray.
I conceded Claire’s not needed,
So no more for her today.
[Chorus]
I’m in charge here, that I proclaim.
Life is like a video game.
Super villain I find thrillin’,
But I don’t have a name.
[Chorus]
—from “We Three Kings,” traditional. I was going to do another Christmas song, but till I get a name, I can’t do it.
“Paleoclimatologist William Hyde of Duke University was asked on Usenet whether he would be seeing the film; he responded that he would not unless someone were to offer him $100.[7] Other readers of the newsgroup took this as a challenge, and (despite Hyde’s protests) raised the necessary funds. Hyde’s review criticized the film’s portrayal of weather phenomena that stopped at national borders, and finished by saying that it was “to climate science as Frankenstein is to heart transplant surgery””
Okay, it’s been many years since saw that movie, but fairly sure it didn’t stop ‘at national borders’
Limited resources in a post-apocalyptic world, and yet he finds the time and materials to create a plinth for this kind of melodramatic display . . .
What do you mean? Plinths, like mallets, just happen!?
I’m honestly curious as to how there’s so much speculation as to our Possibly-Evil? Honestly-Not-A-Supervillian fellow is here.
Isn’t it (the local) Sergio?
Looks like a Sergio to me.
Actually, there was a similar ‘made-for-teevee’ movie released around the same time with that Grant Show guy from Melrose Place, which, POO, was a better movie