Anyone going to watch 10.5 tonight?

[Archae]

Just to see the special effects, like me?

[m-jean03]

1. Yeah, I have GOT TO SEE the Space Needle topple-

I wonder if anyone will tune it, not know what they're seeing, and think it's news footage?:7

[flamingyouth]

26. I've heard that effect is REALLY bad

Looks like it's walking downtown, then it collapses. That'll be worth tuning in for five minutes.

[m-jean03]

74. How was it? I was watching Lethal Weapon 3 and forgot

to tune in...:-(

[Sandpiper]

2. I'll probably watch it

But I don't need to, because some day soon I might be living it. ;-)

[Piperay]

3. NO, I live in CA

and I have lived through enough real earthquakes without needing or wanting to seeing fake ones. :-(

[Sandpiper]

4. Are you SoCal or NoCal?

Because SoCal's supposed to be getting a 6.2 in September.

[Piperay]

6. SoCal

:scared: in the Los Angeles area.

[Katha]

14. Where in LA, Piperay?

I'm in Hollywood.

I have very very vivid memories of the Northridge earthquake in 1994. (That was a 6.7, if I remember correctly.) I was only ten, but the destruction that it caused in my neighborhood made a profound impression on me.

I really hope they're wrong about that 6.2 in Sept.

[Piperay]

76. In the South Bay

along the beach. I remember the Northridge Quake too, there wasn't too much damage here though I had some broken china and the power was out for hours.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. I hear that

All these dumb ass earthquake movies bug the shit out of me.

Earthquakes? Been there, done that.

[zulchzulu]

49. I prefer soft, mushy quakes over those sharp, jolty ones

Lived in SF for a bit and highest one was a 6.5 aftershock in '93.

[Gothic Sponge]

5. I may watch it.

This was posted on IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364146/

Summary: Funny, if you like bad disaster movies

They had a preview screening of this for my office. I work with a bunch of seismologists, and the overall consensus was that when it came to the science, they got *everything* wrong. The room was full of people laughing uproariously at one howler after another. The special effects were pretty good, but the acting was kind of hard to take. Too melodramatic. And not just the science was wrong. The bit that kind of summed it up was a scene where a TV news report was showing a banner that the President had declared 'marshal law'. Don't the writers have a dictionary? Anyway, if you like bad disaster movies, this is entertaining. But it's pure fantasy, and not at all an accurate portrayal.

[VelmaD]

7. Oh of course...

I LOVE cheesy disaster movies.

[Love Bug]

8. Heck, yeah!

My sister and I plan to watch it and count disaster movie stereotypes! Hmmm.... sounds like the basis for a good drinking game...

[Cush]

9. LMAO at the first 5 minutes

A guy out-running the disaster on his BMX? Although I think he got crushed by the Space Needle

[Archae]

11. Looked like he fell into a crack.

Happened too fast to see.

Ye gawds, It's Bo Duke!

[Cush]

10. ahh, John Schneider!!!!

run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gothic Sponge]

13. The Quake is gonna get them Duke boys!

[Cush]

12. oh man, this is cheesy

the earthquake is right in line with the railroad tracks?

[Renew Deal]

15. I'm watching.

Trains built on fault lines? What a coincidence.

[bbernardini]

16. Toy train. Toy train. Toy train.

:)

[Gothic Sponge]

17. Yawn.

I'm waiting for the part where Shelley Winters saves everyone. ;)

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Right on!

Get it, Shell-EY!

[zulchzulu]

32. That WAS a toy train

The crumbling effect of the train could be pretty easily done with Cinema 4D

[JVS]

38. I had no idea that earthquakes followed trains to destroy them

[Cush]

18. here's an article from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/12/quake.miniseries.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- An upcoming TV miniseries about an impossibly large earthquake that strikes the West Coast has left seismic experts shaking their heads at what they called gross inaccuracies......Seismologists who have previewed "10.5" expressed both alarm and mirth. A magnitude-10.5 earthquake would be 8,000 times more powerful than the 6.7 Northridge quake that killed 72 people in Southern California in 1994.

[arwalden]

19. Nope... I'm ReplayTV-ing it. I'll watch it later (SANS Commercials)

And I can instantly rewind and replay the cool effects. Also stop action and slo-mo.

-- Allen

[Cush]

20. oh no, John Schneider just did a Dukes Of Hazzard bit

run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: He did some offroad driving in his SUV and did a Yeehaw type of thing

[Renew Deal]

24. He also said something like:

I haven't done that in a while. Pretty funny

[Cush]

25. yeah

[Null Pointer]

23. No,

I don't watch network TV anymore. I listen to AA instead.

Edit: And interact with you fine people... :)
)

[Cush]

27. oh no, its got Bo Duke!

[zulchzulu]

28. Portland apparently makes it unscathed!

Controlling suburban sprawl can do miracles for quakes ans stuff.

[slinkerwink]

29. but it might fall into the ocean!

[zulchzulu]

30. While Schneider make it out of the sinking rock dealio?

I'm guessing yes. After all, he WILL bond with his bratty daughter.

[Gothic Sponge]

33. Sorry to say.....but

The daughter can NOT act to save her life.

[Cush]

36. she's from "8 Simple Rules to Dating My Teenage Daughter"

plays the oldest daughter. What's funny is that the actress who plays the 15 yeart old girl is like 25 in real life

[Faygo Kid]

31. Been watching it. Off to bed now. Typical.

Really Concerned Good Looking People, and others who Just Won't Listen. Typical sidebars; young woman who is assistant to California governor (a woman!) gets desperate calls from her husband (hilarious); black doctor with young family is told He Just Doesn't Understand by his wife (Will Smith did it better, see Independence Day and An Enemy of the State); young hottie scientist in tight shirt figures it out, but is dismissed (name your movie; too many to list). How creative.

[Cush]

34. and Bo Duke somehow gets out from his car

that was buried under gravel/dirt......

[JVS]

35. Take a drink if you see a former duke boy exit a car in an unorthodox way

[Renew Deal]

42. Is that a joke?

Cause he came out the window when the car sank.

[JVS]

43. I thought he went through the sunroof

That man has a problem with car doors

[zulchzulu]

37. Waiting for GG Bridge topple...

I wish this would hurry up

[Renew Deal]

40. lol

It takes time. ;)

[zulchzulu]

48. San Fran is next!!!

Maybe they'll drive there from LA in 20 minutes. Will wille Brown make an appearance?

[Renew Deal]

47. GG bridge going down after a few words from our sponsors.

[zulchzulu]

50. I'm guessing they're going to do another ad cycle before GG Bridge tumbles

That was an expensive shot.

[zulchzulu]

53. Wow! The governor (who usually is in Sacramento) is in SF

Maybe the quake moved the capitol.

[Renew Deal]

63. It's must be MIHOP

;)

[Renew Deal]

39. Gas masks? This is terra propoganda.

Al Queda caused the earthquake.

[zulchzulu]

44. Exactly!

Bush should interrupt the movie with a warning. America needs to know.

[Skip Intro]

41. Ugh!

Really bad movie, imho. It rivals scooby doo for suspense.

The camera work is getting on my nerves - makes it almost unwatchable.

And why are they all pissed at each other?

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[Cush]

45. no clue about the Governor's family

but for the doctors.

The one guy is pissed at his dad who was never there when he was a kid and apparently didn't attend his wife/exwife's funeral. And oh yeah, the dad just happens to be the guy in charge (Fred Ward's character)

And the other docs wife is pissed at him because he bought a Porsche 911 without telling her

[JVS]

46. This movie is so cool! I'm going to grab some beers!

enjoy the cheezyness

[Gothic Sponge]

51. Where's Irwin Allen when you need him?

CHEESE!

[Renew Deal]

52. San Fran City Hall is going down. No more Gay Marriage.

[slinkerwink]

54. I really like that female governor! she doesn't try to gloss things over

now only if she could be the president in this movie. Damn, hope she's not going to die :-(

[Cush]

55. There goes San Francisco

[Archae]

60. When the Golden Gate went...

Did you notice a Hummer was one of the first to fall in? :-)

[zulchzulu]

62. Nice effects on the GG bridge

Better than the toy train

I wonder if Larry Ellison's boat is OK...

[Archae]

56. There goes SF!

SF is going...

[Cush]

57. Cheesy Special Effects Alert!!!!

EDIT: Golden Gate Collapsing

[earthside]

58. Still have the set on ....

I still have the television set on, sort of paying attention ...

But so far 10.5 is LAME!

I almost turned it off when the governor's aid is talking to her husband about starting a family during the middle of a crisis.

Oh, please.

[slinkerwink]

59. lol! the Hummer just went over the GG bridge!

[Renew Deal]

61. I saw that. It was followed by a Mini.

Funny

[zulchzulu]

64. You may note the Hummer was heading toward Marin

They deserved it!

[PartyPooper]

65. I'm sure Jeb Bush is watching...getting his jollies watching this calamity

:eyes:

[zulchzulu]

66. Pat Robertson paid for the SF quake animation

He'll use it for future...um..money-making events.

[PartyPooper]

73. Yeah, all of this mayhem and madness is occurring in "Blue" states.

Coincidence of nature...or, wishful thinking on the part of evil Republicans?

:think:

[Renew Deal]

67. They're gonna NUKE California.

It's about time.

:nuke::nuke:

[zulchzulu]

69. Extreme measures are needed

Nuclear bombs to stop the quakes makes total sense.


Hmmm. This could help out with the Iraq war.

[zulchzulu]

68. I got it! Terrorists in Oregon made this happen!

If you noticed, you'd see that Oregon (which is in the middle of all this) has been completely unmentioned.

Call Ashcroft now!

[VelmaD]

70. Ok, this has turned into a bad rip off of...

a pretty good book titled "8.4" about using a nuke to turn off a series of earthquakes on the New Madrid fault.

[zulchzulu]

71. Tomorrow night's conclusion...????

Ashton Smith's voiceover is so lame.

[Renew Deal]

72. I am so watching.

Watch the whole west coast leave Continental US.

[murielm99]

75. I watched it for the effects.

But the dialogue was so incredibly hokey that I was squirming in my chair.