Friday, March 10, 2017

JUMPING THE SHARKNADO : WILL GEOSTORM
RAIN CHEESE ON THE 2018 OSCARS ?

"Something to really look forward to. It will come out in October. Maybe we can dedicate a session ad CEC17 to it!

Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor

Department of Environmental Sciences Rutgers University

Editor, Reviews of Geophysics"

Disaster Thriller Geostorm

Will Have the Most Terrifying

Climate Change Ever

From Gizmodo: " Forget the car-sized hail. It looks like it might actually start raining cheese in the climate-controlled near-future of Geostorm.

Set during a time when a network of satellites help stave off extinction-level natural disasters, Geostorm shows what happens when that technology malfunctions.

It’s going to be a disaster flick centered on mankind enduring the worst weather ever, all because we were foolish enough to think we could play Thor.

Geostorm will star Gerard Butler and Ed Harris and is directed by Dean Devlin, the writer/producer behind Independence Day. It’s due out in October.
We're Doomed."

APPARENTLY, SO IS THE MOVIE:

Geostorm is a remake of

DAS ARCHE NOAH PRINZIP (THE NOAH'S ARK PRINCIPLE)

which began life as master of disaster Roland Emmerich's Doctoral Thesis. After watching Star Wars, the University of Television and Film Munich student debuted his final thesis at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984.
Re-released on DVD in 2002, it won 2 1/2 Rotten Tomatoes.

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In 1983 when this film was shot, the imaginary, far-distant future was set in 1997, when the evil manipulation of a laboratory in space was planned with the idea of controlling the climate of the area around Saudi Arabia.

With this new twist on climate-control, Western forces could invade that country literally under cover. But if the climate alteration were to happen, it would cause flooding to rival the biblical deluge, and so the plan must be stopped at all costs. The commander in charge of the space lab refuses to follow through with the project, causing Houston ground control to send up another two astronauts to take over the military objective. The space lab then becomes the scene of a battle between the forces of good and evil that will determine if a second Noah is going to be needed on earth.

Neophyte director Roland Emmerich in this diploma film for the Munich film and Television School might have spent more time on the storyline, tying up several loose ends and filling in where needed to add a bit more suspense and excitement to the telling.

~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By:

Roland Emmerich
In Theaters:

Feb 22, 1984 Wide
On DVD:

Nov 19, 2002
Runtime:

100 minutes