08-21-2010, 12:23 PM
This isn't aimed at anyone who liked it, but I loathe the Megadisaster series. It's like FOX news got in bed with the History Channel and a bad horror flick. The History Channel should be ashamed and feel dirty.
It's one thing to do an informative look at possible eruption and quake scenarios, quite another to use the Narrative Voice of DOOM and the stupid dum de dum dum music and visuals better left to one of those cheesy disaster pics. It's as bad as one of those but minus the budget to create an actual cheesy story about a separated family and their loyal pet, as they try to navigate their SUV's out of the disaster and the pavement crumbles under them and the lava chases them, and rocks hail down on them. Oh, and how about a scene with a tourist family around a resort pool when SUDDENLY the lava rolls into the pool area and hits the water, boiling a pool full of vacationers. At least make it popcorn worthy.
I only saw the linked preview on this one, but I've seen the Mega-tsunami installment.
Fear-mongering and sensationalism impersonating a documentary. [xx(]
*did anyone see 2012 with John Cusack?*
It's one thing to do an informative look at possible eruption and quake scenarios, quite another to use the Narrative Voice of DOOM and the stupid dum de dum dum music and visuals better left to one of those cheesy disaster pics. It's as bad as one of those but minus the budget to create an actual cheesy story about a separated family and their loyal pet, as they try to navigate their SUV's out of the disaster and the pavement crumbles under them and the lava chases them, and rocks hail down on them. Oh, and how about a scene with a tourist family around a resort pool when SUDDENLY the lava rolls into the pool area and hits the water, boiling a pool full of vacationers. At least make it popcorn worthy.
I only saw the linked preview on this one, but I've seen the Mega-tsunami installment.
Fear-mongering and sensationalism impersonating a documentary. [xx(]
*did anyone see 2012 with John Cusack?*