Post by Bret Walker on May 22, 2006 11:34:04 GMT -5
OMG, first of all, the first installment of 10.5 was one of the worst things ever made by NBC. That said, I just had to watch it, because after all, I appreciate shitty films. And that one was a STINKER.
Now. I have no idea what inspired the geniuses at NBC to make a SEQUEL to that piece of shit, but I watched part 1 last night, and it was even worse than I thought. Just a few points for the fine people at NBC:
1. Putting Beau Bridges in a movie doesn't automatically make it good.
2. The USGS does not have computers with a little readout on the screen that shows what magnitude of earthquake is happening at that moment. It does not go "2.4, 2.6, 1.8" in real time. And while we're on the subject of technology, they don't have computers that show lava flowing upwards inside a volcano in real time either.
3. Also, they don't have the technology to call up satellite photos from any given time at a moment's notice. For example, if you're hovering over a mountain in a helicopter, you can't just say "Bring up the satellite photo of this area from six hours ago." It doesn't work that way.
4. If a woman in Colorado is talking to her father in Las Vegas, and it's daytime where the woman is, it's not nighttime where her father is. Unless he's in Las Vegas, Australia. Of course, it makes sense that her father would be at the casino at night, since her father is Dracula.
4.a. Also, casinos don't let their guests just wander around the basement boiler room, turning on valves and stuff.
5. If the Hoover dam is destroyed, and the only people there to see it are two guys in a helicopter, and the helicopter is destroyed in the ensuing flood, the 6 o'clock news WON'T have video of the Hoover dam collapsing and the ensuing flood.
6. If Superman is in a house that has collapsed, trying to get a man out from inside, he'd merely lift the house off the man, he wouldn't crawl in and out.
OK that last one was silly but you get the point. This movie is, I can't believe I'm saying this, WORSE than the first. Which, of course, means I'll be watching part 2 on Tuesday at 9.
Now. I have no idea what inspired the geniuses at NBC to make a SEQUEL to that piece of shit, but I watched part 1 last night, and it was even worse than I thought. Just a few points for the fine people at NBC:
1. Putting Beau Bridges in a movie doesn't automatically make it good.
2. The USGS does not have computers with a little readout on the screen that shows what magnitude of earthquake is happening at that moment. It does not go "2.4, 2.6, 1.8" in real time. And while we're on the subject of technology, they don't have computers that show lava flowing upwards inside a volcano in real time either.
3. Also, they don't have the technology to call up satellite photos from any given time at a moment's notice. For example, if you're hovering over a mountain in a helicopter, you can't just say "Bring up the satellite photo of this area from six hours ago." It doesn't work that way.
4. If a woman in Colorado is talking to her father in Las Vegas, and it's daytime where the woman is, it's not nighttime where her father is. Unless he's in Las Vegas, Australia. Of course, it makes sense that her father would be at the casino at night, since her father is Dracula.
4.a. Also, casinos don't let their guests just wander around the basement boiler room, turning on valves and stuff.
5. If the Hoover dam is destroyed, and the only people there to see it are two guys in a helicopter, and the helicopter is destroyed in the ensuing flood, the 6 o'clock news WON'T have video of the Hoover dam collapsing and the ensuing flood.
6. If Superman is in a house that has collapsed, trying to get a man out from inside, he'd merely lift the house off the man, he wouldn't crawl in and out.
OK that last one was silly but you get the point. This movie is, I can't believe I'm saying this, WORSE than the first. Which, of course, means I'll be watching part 2 on Tuesday at 9.
