10.5 TV Movie

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-02 09:38pm

I'm watching this tv movie cause i like these huge catastrophic stories,and it begins with an earthquake hitting Seattle most building is getting heavy damage while this guy is avoiding everything thats falling around him until (i'm not sure if he escaped the last thing that fell) the Seattle Space Needle fell down,and now there was another quake which the ground was opening up behind a speeding train and "POOF" train fell the the crack.

My opinion before this movie end is i think its another Hollywood Wankfest

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-05-02 10:14pm

I didn't see it, as I was switching between the new episode of The Simpsons that aired tonight (The "Promiscous Idiot Island" bit at the beginning was hilarious) and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour on Comedy Central, but I believe that they admitted that they got their research off of the first page on the Internet they could find on it. I guess the 10.5 refers to the average IQ of the people who wrote it.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-02 10:38pm

Isn't this the one that was recently discussed in SLAM, where they fuse a faultline together with nuke-yoo-lar bombs?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-02 10:40pm

Frank Hipper wrote:Isn't this the one that was recently discussed in SLAM, where they fuse a faultline together with nuke-yoo-lar bombs?

If its the one i'm watching then i'll know soon enough it started at 9pm and now it 10:27pm

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-02 10:43pm

Montcalm wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:Isn't this the one that was recently discussed in SLAM, where they fuse a faultline together with nuke-yoo-lar bombs?
If its the one i'm watching then i'll know soon enough it started at 9pm and now it 10:27pm

Eep! Hope I didn't spoil the rivetting drama for you.

But you can be prepared and not be drinking anything when it comes, blowing soda pop out your nose through laughter can be painful.

Teradoc · Post by **Teradoc** » 2004-05-02 11:34pm

Egad, what a terrible movie....

I would be surprised if it didn't make seismoligists cry.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-05-03 12:15am

I'm taping both parts, i like it a lot. It's very exciting, with poor science, but who cares about science it's entertainment

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-05-03 12:53am

IIRC, isn't 10 the highest the Richter scale goes? And isn't one of those babies supposed to be "felt around the world" or something? And yet, from this preview I saw, the President had to be told about it? Unless he just felt a rumble and discounted it, one would think he'd figure it out.

But then, I didn't see it. I'm just wondering about that one part.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-05-03 01:00am

Just wait until CaptainChewbacca sees this thread...

At any rate, 10.5 is a crock of shit. NBC did not even bother to consult *any* geologists while they were making the movie.

I wish this movie could be MSTed.

Dennis Toy · Post by **Dennis Toy** » 2004-05-03 01:39am

think that one was bad, ever see the movie "Atomic Twister"on TBS . Man that was one steaming pile of Horseshit....

an f5 tornado threatening to cause a nuclear plant to melt down??

it was a laugh riot

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-05-03 02:11am

The commercials for 10.5 made me cringe. Who is the target audience for this movie? I don't think anyone in California watched it.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2004-05-03 02:25am

RogueIce wrote:IIRC, isn't 10 the highest the Richter scale goes? And isn't one of those babies supposed to be "felt around the world" or something? And yet, from this preview I saw, the President had to be told about it? Unless he just felt a rumble and discounted it, one would think he'd figure it out.

But then, I didn't see it. I'm just wondering about that one part.

I don't think they use the Richter scale anymore. And the quake the President had to be told about was a smaller one in Seattle. I think the "10.5" is tomorrow in Los Angeles.

Which is fine with me - smoldering rubble still constitutes better architecture than the drek I have to hurt my eyes with every day.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2004-05-03 02:38am

Crayz9000 wrote:Just wait until CaptainChewbacca sees this thread...

At any rate, 10.5 is a crock of shit. NBC did not even bother to consult *any* geologists while they were making the movie.

I wish this movie could be MSTed.

No, but they did consult geological websites.

A press-release was sent out last week that said it was a movie, and that no real-science was involved.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-05-03 07:20am

ohmyfuckinggod, was it me, or was that the most asinine piece of shit to hit the airwaves since the heyday of Sid and Marty Croft?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-05-03 11:29am

But can it beat Asteroid in which F-14’s can explode multi mile wide rocks using bolt on lasers the size of Sidewinders?

desertjedi · Post by **desertjedi** » 2004-05-03 12:36pm

You know, I really enjoyed the popcorn factor of this movie, that is until they wanted to use nukes to "create enough heat to fuse the fault line". Uh didn't Lex Luthor use nukes to cause the Big One until that no good Superman guy traveled back in time to stop it? I live in San Diego and while watching this movie all it reminded me to do is buy some spare batteries for my Maglite.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-05-03 01:06pm

Tell NBC just how crappy the movie was:

there is a pull down menu.... click movies and specials, and it will open your default e-mail program.

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/footer/Contact_Us.shtml

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-03 01:21pm

I saw part one on CH Montreal last night,and i think part two will be tonight which i wonder why stretch a crappy story when two hours is enough including commercial pauses.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-05-03 01:25pm

"Dear NBC; do you know thats 2 hours of my life I cant get back??!!"

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-05-03 03:39pm

Yes, I watched it....and constantly made fun of it the whole time with a heavy scottish accent.

Seriously, how could you NOT make fun of this movie? I was all I could do to keep from rolling when that train got swallowed up by that trench....which conveniently stopped after it gobbled up the train.

I was making references to Tremors and MIB 2 when that trench was chasing that train.

Teradoc · Post by **Teradoc** » 2004-05-03 04:39pm

My letter tp NBC, and it's all true....well except maybe the friends and fraiser thing, I never liked Fraiser, and only like the first 4 seasons of friends.

"How could you make sure a horrifyingly bad movie? This movie coming from the network that made great hits like Friends and Frasier. This movie is so offensivly bad, I'd be surprised if geoligists didn't up and keel from watching your crap fest of a movie.

This movie is worthy of being on Mystery Science Thearter 3000. If is that horrible. Really, you people paid money to a group of people who's research was looking at the first page on the internet they could find? Unghh...

Congratulations on the stupification and demise of common sense in western culture

-Tyler Weepie"

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-05-03 04:48pm

Edit: My rant already posted by Vertigo.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-05-03 07:31pm

Crayz9000 wrote:Just wait until CaptainChewbacca sees this thread...

At any rate, 10.5 is a crock of shit. NBC did not even bother to consult *any* geologists while they were making the movie.

I wish this movie could be MSTed.

I have arrived

IIRC, isn't 10 the highest the Richter scale goes? And isn't one of those babies supposed to be "felt around the world" or something? And yet, from this preview I saw, the President had to be told about it? Unless he just felt a rumble and discounted it, one would think he'd figure it out.

[spinal tap]It goes to 11[/spinal tap] Seriously, 9.2 is the highest ever recorded, but there's no limit, its a logarithmic scale with each interger representing an order of magnitude. A 10.5 earthquake would release 5 TRILLION tons of energy. Oh, and Metrion Cascade, we still use the Richter scale.

NBC makes good sticoms, but bad science. Atomic Train anyone? A few little things:

1. Earthquakes don't amplify. The stress can shift down a fault, but they don't resonate or any crap like that.

2. They don't "ramp up" either like in the movie. "7... 7.2 ... 8... 8.4..." seriously, I thought California was trying to go to warp. A quake happens, you wait ten minutes, call Berkley and UCLA, and they tell you what it was.

3. No geologists are that good looking.

4. Earthquakes aren't mean. They don't chase trains for 45 seconds FOLLOWING TRACK CURVES until they swallow the train and then stop.

5. NBC can't do science.

Anyone have questions?

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » 2004-05-03 11:00pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote: Anyone have questions?

Yeah, how hammered would you get if you took a shot for every scene with a piece of bad geology/bad science in it?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-03 11:10pm

Verdict 10.5 on the Laugh-O-Meter,talk about bad science and wow a new island on the US West Coast