Fascinating thing about apocalyptic films
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dbentley666 — 1 year ago(November 30, 2024 10:06 PM)
Yes, that was an unusual disaster film. Didn't do too well, though. Suggests that people don't want realism about climate change. There was also Kevin Costner's Waterworld, but that bombed because it was really very bad.
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WarrenPeace — 1 year ago(December 01, 2024 09:15 AM)
It's not too late.
With the invention of plastic and over population we still may check out that way.
I figure it's going to be our own doomed ways somehow based on greed or an asteroid/meteor.
We are way overdue for another one.
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Hepocles — 1 year ago(December 01, 2024 07:35 AM)
Because demise from carbon emissions (climate change) would be death by a thousand cuts. That is difficult to turn into an action/thriller
Here is a list of films and TV, that I just came up with, that do involve climate change:
Films:
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
A global climate disaster plunges the world into an ice age due to abrupt climate shifts.
Snowpiercer (2013)
Humanity’s attempt to stop global warming triggers an ice age, forcing survivors onto a perpetually moving train.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Set in a dystopian future where environmental collapse has turned Earth into a barren wasteland.
Interstellar (2014)
Earth is on the brink of collapse due to environmental degradation, forcing humanity to search for a new home in space.
Geostorm (2017)
A network of satellites designed to control the climate goes haywire, causing catastrophic weather events.
WALL-E (2008)
An animated film set in a future where Earth has become uninhabitable due to pollution and neglect.
Waterworld (1995)
In a future where the polar ice caps have melted, Earth is covered in water, and humans struggle to survive.
TV Series:
The Expanse (2015–2022)
Set in a future where Earth struggles with environmental degradation, though climate change is more of a backdrop.
Years and Years (2019)
This British miniseries explores the future impact of climate change, among other global issues, over the span of decades.
The Rain (2018–2020)
A post-apocalyptic Danish series where a virus carried by rainfall wipes out much of the population, indirectly touching on climate-related themes.
Planet Earth 2100 (2009)
A speculative docudrama imagining what life could be like if climate change continues unchecked.
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dbentley666 — 1 year ago(December 01, 2024 03:55 PM)
Very good post. Though your list seems to corroborate Wallace-Wells's theory. Environmental change is often (in the films you mention) a backdrop to more immediate dangers, which are often fought by a brave individual, or group of individuals. I have to admit that I myself may not want to watch a long documentary about the damage we have done, and the disaster that is coming (though I have forced myself to sit through many of these).
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Innocent User — 1 year ago(December 01, 2024 08:01 AM)
I guess Hollywood can't afford to go there, since it trades in escapist fantasies.
Hollywood goes there all the time in its award speeches and documentaries, and support for activism. Di Caprio has made it his life's work to preach about environmental issues while consuming as many single use 25 year olds as he can.
I should imagine that Hollywood steers clear of climate change as its trigger for apocalypse as it would affect us over time and, quite frankly, nobody seems to be able to agree on when it will actually begin to really impact. So, how could anybody do it justice in a movie? How would they capture the crisis accurately, in a way that wouldn't be contested by everyone everywhere? Science fiction movies tend to steer clear of real science because, ironically, that tends to jarr a modern, internet informed audience. Today, everyone is an expert on all things, ready to cry foul.
You know what Reddit is like. Those losers would be unlikely to forgive any movie that didn't conform to their brainwashed idea of what climate change will look like or when it will hit.
That author sounds like he needs to rethink his conclusion and stop seeing conspiracies where there are none.
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