Oilstorm...

[Bigmack]

Anybody know anything about "Oilstorm" on FX tonite?

I know it's Fox and all... but FX also does "The Shield", arguably the best show on TV.

[jaxx]

1. I heard the commercials about the show

about our dependence on oil. Thought I might watch it and see what's in the message.

Just googled and came up with this.....sounds like a propaganda piece.

Peak Oil: The Movie!
by AF

A telemovie produced for the US Rupert Murdoch / FOX owned cable channel FX looks set to deal with the events of a sudden catastrophic loss of oil imports, apparently due to a shipping disaster. The content, however, is obviously influenced by the bleaker end of Peak Oil discourse.

The trailer uses footage reminiscent of the LA riots, and explains in that all too familiar movie trailer voice-over style that "It has already begun. A chain of events that will spark fear, create panic, and result in a catastrophe that will change our lives forever. Americans didn't realize how fragile their existence was."

Called Oil Storm, it will be shown at 8PM Eastern Time on June 5th.
http://www.energybulletin.net/6324.html

[kliljedahl]

2. Get "The End of Suburbia"

Much more realistic, albeit depressing & scary.

http://www.endofsuburbia.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009231TG/qid=1118006088/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-4259589-5909508?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846



Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Rick Myers]

3. All I know is the TV spots

I'm gonna watch it until it pisses me off...

[teryang]

4. The shield sucks

the fascist undercurrent is so obvious.

[Bigmack]

5. That's no undercurrent...

fascism and racism are the main themes. I watch for the twisted story lines and the twisted characters. It's a guilty pleasure.

I had a friend - well educated, happily married guy who loved his kids - who watched "Married, With Children".

[Skip Intro]

6. KICK

Have just started watching

Very trippy - America falls apart in 2006,: documentary style

I will watch this again, from the begining