Hey,
im new to this forum and i couldn't resist replying to your threaRAB. Somone mentioned earlier what were the problems in the science of the film and as a Geog student from the "little apple" (York) i decided to astound you all with my amazing knowledge
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i went to see the film the day it came out as we decided to make it into a geography field trip since we had broken up for A-Level exam revision, and we were sat laughing all the way through due to the totally implausible science of it all. the fact of the matter is another ice will not occur for another 5000 years (unless the sun wobbles a bit, not very likely, or particles from the tail of an asteroid makes a layer around earth similar to saturns rings and block the sun) Humanity CANNOT stimulate a new ice age (at our current tech level), and if the gulf streamwere to be cut off (the principle theory in the film), America would NOT change as they are not affected, britain would become as cold as Newfoundland of Canada as we are already on that same latitude and the oceans would rise thats about it.
secondly those tornedos hitting LA, not physically possible under any conditions, you cannot get about 10 twisters in the same area at once....
Also the Wolves, very comical that in a city filled with people (and a fair few being led south by that policeman), that the wolves should choose to attack the 3 on the boat.
and if she was so seriously ill a tetnis shot would not save her, theyd have to amputate her leg. Most importantly by that stage that guy would be dead from hyperthermia, theoretically the way she saved him by hugging him is true but shed have to be naked as well.
Also the mega problem of the temperature dropping 10 degrees a second.... um they were outside the library for over a minute, HOW DID THEY SURVIVE, and i suspectif its -150C (about the same as antartica) that a small fire would keep them warm it would raise the heat by maybe 5 degrees.
Saying all that i loved the graphics of the film even if the plot was laughable, but hey, it entertained me and thus was worth the money. I loved the bit at the end when the astronauts said "ive never seen the air so clear" which was a broad statement of the self destructiveness of Humanity, though i couldnt help wonder that if people survived in New York then what happened to all the people living in Vancouver, London, Berlin, Moscow and so on, made me fairly sad that did. though the argument that it is centred around america, im not botherred about it showed scenes of Shanghai and Tokyo being destroyed and at the end all of Europe covered in Snow, in fact im fairly surprised by the size of the roll granted to us Brits in the film, so really we cant complain. The only thing that really disapointed me (i already new the physics would be rediculous before i went tosee it) is that all the posters show cities such as Paris, London and Sydney being destroyed, and when in the film they were talking about the Tsunamis (known as Walla Wallas in Aus
) hitting Sydney i thought to myself "ah here we go we will see the bit from the poster" but no, so im hoping that itll be on the DVD as a deleted scene. Well, in conclusion, (god im making this sound like an essay :yawn: ) i found the film wassplit into two parts, the first part was "tommorow" which was the first hour and was belter, i loved it. However the "day after part" which was really a story of heroism was borring, to be honest if i was the ambulance driver who was sent to pick up that kid id have legged it south hours before then, and im not entirely sure how standing in a kitchen saved that guy from being frozen, we saw the ice chasing him and was stopped by a door
,which he seemed to open pretty easily i the end, and rather ironically just as they are leaving helicopters arrived, so had he gone on the helicopter in the first place that guy who committed suicide would still have been alive...
but i guess if your looking for a cheep thrill then thisll be for you, to be honest i much prefur films like Shaun of dead or lord of the rings which are either meant to be comody, or are not based on reality, independance day was good as it wasnt based on a realidea but this was meant to be serious, and it failed with the shabby physics, anyone who reaRAB this and has exams DONT USE THE FILM AS A GUIDE TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN GLOBAL WARMING (otherwise you will get a U grade, maybe an E due to an overactive imagination)
thats about it
Thanks for reading this i now feel so geeky
and im off to go and lie on my bed feeling darn proud of my extensive knowledge
