The Day after tomorrow ! (10 Viewers)

vitoria_Ally

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Jul 14, 2002
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#44
I saw it tonight, finally!
It was amazing, great!! I was sitting there, holding my breath, specially when that huge wave was flooding NY. Picture was so impressive, and all those special effects.
 

gray

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Apr 22, 2003
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#46
I don't really understand the whole concept behind the movie. Why did everything freeze because of global warming? The scientific explanation was half-hearted to say the least.

At least Australia survived :rofl:
 

Majed

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Jul 17, 2002
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#49
yeah... because it was a movie! ;)

didn't really happen... if scientists think it'll happen, then you should research it some more. i'm glad they didn't turn the movie into the discovery channel.
 

vitoria_Ally

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Jul 14, 2002
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#51
++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
I don't really understand the whole concept behind the movie. Why did everything freeze because of global warming? The scientific explanation was half-hearted to say the least.

At least Australia survived :rofl:
Yeah and you will have gazillions emmigrants from all over the world :D
 

vitoria_Ally

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Jul 14, 2002
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#52
Just after watching a movie, I read an article in a magazine about that: movie makers udes one of new scientific theories, but one of those, who are seemed as ridiculous as far.
Cause we have a huge chance for global warming problams really soon, but they predicted ice era to hgappen in about 20-30 years, if all countires dont lower production of carbon dioxide.


But still, the movie was very enterteining for me, I loved it! :cool:
 

Slagathor

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Jul 25, 2001
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#55
++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
I don't really understand the whole concept behind the movie. Why did everything freeze because of global warming? The scientific explanation was half-hearted to say the least.
Actually global warming could lead to a new ice-age via various scenarios. One of them being that the gulf stream that keeps the climate in Europe mild (and Europe's climate really is very mild when you consider New York is just as far north as Rome) would stop because of the sea cooling down when ice caps crash into the water when they break from the poles.

There's no way the ice and frost would find its way south that fast though. It would be a process of decades, not minutes like in the movie.

I know this because over here the threat is very real - the government launched a major operation to keep our nation dry several years ago but its not going well. We had to resort to plan B just recently.

On the bright side, if we loose that battle we won't be tortured by the memories of a disastrous Euro2004 anymore :lazy:

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
Great, maybe I'll get to meet some of you guys :D
No, I'd be among the first to die before the rest of the world was even at threat :doh:
 

gray

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Apr 22, 2003
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#56
++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++
There's no way the ice and frost would find its way south that fast though. It would be a process of decades, not minutes like in the movie.
Precisely. My beef with the science was mostly about the timing of the events rather than the process itself.
++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++
No, I'd be among the first to die before the rest of the world was even at threat :doh:
Then come over now ;)
 

gray

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Apr 22, 2003
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#58
++ [ originally posted by vitoria_Ally ] ++
Oh come on, everyone knows that it was all for a movie, not real, so why bother?
I'm always like that ;)

I don't think I conveyed my attitude towards the whole thing very well. My friends and I were having a great laugh about it this morning, and I think I sounded a bit too serious when i talked about it here... then again that always happens to me :(

My mistake :)
 

vitoria_Ally

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Jul 14, 2002
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#59
Ah I know the feeling though, cause I take some things too serious too, so when I see them in a movie, I always groan about all bs they showed there.
This time it wasnt one of those things :D
 

Slagathor

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Jul 25, 2001
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#60
++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++
Then come over now ;)
Can't do that. I'm too patriotic to leave my province to sink. I'll sink with it if I must but leave I shan't :strong:

If that makes me a fool in a Shakespeare play then so be it :D
 

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