Frozen
US storm: Dozens dead as big freeze grips North America
The weather news has been grim and frightening, so perhaps it's no coincidence that tonight I watched a certain film free now at Amazon Prime: The Day After Tomorrow ...
a 2004 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm. It depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation. A series of extreme weather events usher in global cooling and lead to a new ice age.
I liked the film back when it first came out, but watching it tonight was more than entertaining - it was pretty scary/disturbing. The theory of the climate disaster in the film was pooh-poohed when it came out, but it is looking more possible all the time. Here are a few articles ...
Far-Drifting Antarctic Icebergs Are Trigger of Ice Ages, Scientists Say and How Melting Arctic Ice Affects Ocean Currents and Will melting glaciers cool the climate?
But anyway, the film is worth a watch - I like Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal :) And the special effects are really pretty good ...
And the message is worth reiteratong. Here is a scene at the end of the movie in which the new US president (the former one got frozen) addresses their new situation ...
The weather news has been grim and frightening, so perhaps it's no coincidence that tonight I watched a certain film free now at Amazon Prime: The Day After Tomorrow ...
a 2004 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm. It depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation. A series of extreme weather events usher in global cooling and lead to a new ice age.
I liked the film back when it first came out, but watching it tonight was more than entertaining - it was pretty scary/disturbing. The theory of the climate disaster in the film was pooh-poohed when it came out, but it is looking more possible all the time. Here are a few articles ...
Far-Drifting Antarctic Icebergs Are Trigger of Ice Ages, Scientists Say and How Melting Arctic Ice Affects Ocean Currents and Will melting glaciers cool the climate?
But anyway, the film is worth a watch - I like Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal :) And the special effects are really pretty good ...
And the message is worth reiteratong. Here is a scene at the end of the movie in which the new US president (the former one got frozen) addresses their new situation ...
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