Silly TV Movie of the year
NBC is going to run an earthquake disaster movie next week - "10.5". The premise is that a magnitude 10.5 (ouch) Earthquake hits the west coast of the US (apparently, more than 1). You have to love these quotes I got from the CNN story on the show:
Howard Braunstein, executive producer of the miniseries, acknowledged that the film is meant as "fun entertainment" and plays loose with the facts.
Asked whether he consulted scientists in developing the project, Braunstein said: "Not really. We went on the Internet for backup research."
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[bryan] April 26, 2004 3:59:47.890
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=omfg+earthquake
Re: Silly TV Movie of the year
[Michael Lucas-Smith] April 26, 2004 5:05:28.426
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There are such things as Earthquakes? Check! They can be measured in a scale? Check! No worries, lets make this sucker in to a movie people! :)
Re: Silly TV Movie of the year
[Rich Demers] April 26, 2004 9:29:36.149
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I love the TV ad for it that shows the Seattle Space needle crashing to the ground -- especially since those of us attending StS 2004 next week will be having dinner at the top of said structure!
Re: Silly TV Movie of the year
[alan knight] April 26, 2004 11:26:09.887
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Actually, the food will be somewhere lower down, though we get the right to go up to the top and look around whenever we feel like it during the evening.
I was wondering which disaster was going to afflict this year's conference :-)
Silly TV Movie of the Year
[Tom Sattler] April 26, 2004 11:52:33.935
Sounds like a waste. This'll be a good time to get to the several episodes of Duckman I have on my Tivo.
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[Hmmm...] April 26, 2004 14:55:27.666
Why are we complaining about 10.5 magnitude earthquakes when we have already endured, consumed and celebrated the following without complaining? * a die hard against 20 terrorists wins * a die hard against terrorists, corrupt army people and airport security included wins * a man can have numerous godlike capabilities but fails at kryptonite * if a woman traps you with a golden lace, you are compelled to tell the truth * aliens come to invade earth but fail to notice it's full of water - which is a deadly poison to them * Oswald was the lone crazy assasin, and there was a magic bullet involved * people from any other country are of significant lower quality than people from this country * the nazis made the Holocaust and that's horrible alright - but somehow the US is not the only country to use nuclear weapons on civilians in a war, killing ~200k and injuring many others in just two shots ... and the list goes on and on...
Re: Silly TV Movie of the year
[James Robertson] April 26, 2004 15:22:43.217
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but those plots are so reasonable :)