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lucklessforhim

Apocalypses

Mar 28, 2010 17:07

I have them on the brain today. Right now I'm actually watching a show about seven signs of the apocalypse on the History Channel. One of them is...earthquakes. Now, I'm not generally one to be like "OMG! I SEE THE SIGN." But...Um. Haiti, Chile, I think there was a big one in Indonesia? I'm not saying anything, but...I'm just saying. It's weird ( Read more... )

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luckytohaveher March 29 2010, 03:15:10 UTC

Don't forget the tsunamis. At least they were able to evacuate and not many people got hurt.

Dude, if the worlds ends in some sort of giant earthquake thing I'm gonna be so disappointed. I've been getting ready for a Zombie Apocalypse for years!

Thanks for the recs, off to read them :D

lucklessforhim March 29 2010, 03:32:20 UTC

Well, this particular show was explaining how ALL THESE THINGS were going to happen at once and that would be what did humanity in. I dunno. Personally, I'll be a little miffed if the world ends and I haven't done the things at the top of my bucket list.

Zombies would certainly be more interesting than an earthquake. But the one that always worried me was the SUPER-VOLCANO. I was a paranoid child and I learned that we have one (in Yellowstone National Park) here waaaay too early. Super-Volcanoes are cool, though. I mean, it'd be a crappy way to go, but they only erupt once ever 300,000 years!

On a slightly less morbid note, I hope you enjoy them! I did! Fair warning, they're both fairly long (the first was a Big Bang). But they are SO GOOD. :D

luckytohaveher March 29 2010, 04:14:36 UTC

Personally, I'll be a little miffed if the world ends and I haven't done the things at the top of my bucket list.

Meh, I don't think the world's gonna end. It'll just break into chaos, zombies and stuff, then instead of having shipper lj comms, we'll have communities on how to deal with radiation sickness. And instead of fan conventions we'll have fan gatherings to lynch the walking dead. Life will go on and all that...

Oh lol, the Super Volcano thing. I used to love the film Dante's Peak as a child still... it made me very glad to not live around any.

I think there was a similar film where Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche discovered a secret volcano in the middle of Los Angeles.

lucklessforhim March 29 2010, 04:32:45 UTC

That's such a delightful picture you paint! Haha!

Volcano movies are ALWAYS ridiculous. I mean, for some reason it's hard for Hollywood to make them seem realistic and scary at the same time. And, volcanoes are, generally speaking, both of those.

But. You give them something like the Cloverfield concept, and I thought that movie was SUPER SCARY and, oddly enough, very realistic. Weird.

luckytohaveher March 29 2010, 19:09:35 UTC

I loved Cloverfield! I know I'm in the minority but that scared the hell out of me. I really hope the cute guy and his gf survived, they were still alive in the scene after the credits.

Then again, it's from JJ Abrams. The man can do no wrong *point to icon*

lucklessforhim March 29 2010, 20:52:32 UTC

There was a scene after the credits?! I don't think we stayed! The shaking camera made my friend throw up, so we left asap. Damn. I wish I had seen it!

Generally, I did not enjoy Cloverfield. It really scared the shit out of me. I kept telling my friend "it felt too real!" I mean, all I could think when I saw it was that that must have been the similar fear to what people were feeling when 9/11 happened. (I know how dramatic that sounds. It's just been the closest comparison I can think of.)

But I also hated the little...things. And we were sitting in the FRONT ROW, so it was disorienting to watch the screen for long stretches.

JJ did an awesome job on Trek. It was amazing. :-)

luckytohaveher March 31 2010, 20:02:51 UTC

This is the sound at the end of the credits, it sounds like the main guy survived Clovie's final attack. People speculate he's saying "I don't want to live" which possibly means his gf died.

I loved Cloverfield and I was sad as hell when the bridge fell on the little brother, it really set out the motivation for the big bro and the girlfriend. They were having PSTD and were doing batshit stuff, which is the NORMAL reaction to these situations. This movie wasn't about being heroic or "doing the right thing" it was about people being fueled by adrenaline and emotion and just not thinking clearly. That probably helped to make it more realistic.

For instance I understood the characters here, whereas in Paranormal Activity I was just screaming at them (mainly the boyfriend) for being stupid. Similar movies yet different emotional payoff for the viewer.

I could think when I saw it was that that must have been the similar fear to what people were feeling when 9/11 happenedAwww, *hugs* I don't think the New York setting helped at ( ... )

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