I have not seen this film or even heard about it but after watching this hilarious review of it by the comedian, I don’t think I need to. Like most natural disaster films, there is an attempt to give a scientific explanation for the catastrophe but O’Briain says that this ludicrously over-the-top apocalyptic film offered one that was so utterly outlandish that he used it to insert a useful lesson about neutrinos.
Lofty says
Dara is a giant amongst humans.
blf says
Never heard of this film either. According to Ye Pffft!! of All Knowledge, “It was a commercial success and one of 2009’s highest-grossing films.” And, “Fingerprints of the Gods was listed in 2012’s credits as the film’s inspiration”:
Oh for feck’s sake!
Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says
Gandalf? Is that you?
Rob Grigjanis says
Aw, it was so close to being a cool bit until “They [neutrinos] can’t just change”. But they do, constantly.
/pedantry
mnb0 says
Summary: one and a half hour (or two, I can’t remember) of near escapes, the next one Always more ridiculous than the previous one. Hence it kinda works as a spoof.