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Villavic
09-09-2004, 04:38 PM
Remember all those planes and ships in trouble, fires at buildings, earthquakes, etc? This kind of movies was very popular in the 70s and early 80s. Some of them were very silly. "Earthquake" was actually boring, at least in TV, but I guess the "sensurround" effect was the key of its success.

Since I love planes, my favorite saga was Airport (just the first 3 movies). And of course I enjoyed the Airplane! movie.

And yours?
DrummerDeanna
09-09-2004, 04:44 PM
I actually enjoyed Armageddon though I remember thinking midway through - wouldn't it be funny if the whole mission failed and Earth was blown to oblivion? Why don't these movies ever end that way? I guess I have a twisted mind at times...

In addition I liked Deep IMpact and....gosh I guess I haven't seen a lot of those catastrophe movies....
melly
09-09-2004, 04:46 PM
I like Airplane! too... I also like Final Destination 2, does that count? There are some great scenes in that film. A lot of the those films are good because they're bad.. I like the one set in LA where the tar pits bubble up and threaten the subway? And the two women go under the ground and one gets blasted by some magma or something. Maybe that is Earthquake? Sorry, I'm not really an expert on these films. :o Avalanche (I think it's called) was pretty funny.
ontheEdgeof17
09-09-2004, 05:09 PM
Crossroads was pretty catastrophic. :laugh:
amber
09-09-2004, 05:11 PM
um, i liked independence day, but i heard that newish movie where water engulfed cities, etc, was pretty good...
AMber
heyjupiter678
09-09-2004, 05:23 PM
Crossroads was pretty catastrophic. :laugh:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Violet
09-09-2004, 07:27 PM
My all-time favorite would be The Poseidon Adventure. I love that movie and if I'm clicking through all the channels and see it, that's what I'll stop on.
"It's got to be the morning after....."

Carol
strandinthewind
09-09-2004, 07:41 PM
Well, as FABULOUS as Gloria Swanson was in Airplane No. ?, the award has to go to Shelley "I now weigh more than Mama Cass" Winters in the Poseidon Adventure - OOOOOOOOOOO - my girdle weighed me down on that long swim - Mr. Merman . . . I mean Borgnine - kiss me to revive me :laugh: :rolleyes:
dissention
09-09-2004, 07:48 PM
Well, as FABULOUS as Gloria Swanson was in Airplane No. ?, the award has to go to Shelley "I now weigh more than Mama Cass" Winters in the Poseidon Adventure - OOOOOOOOOOO - my girdle weighed me down on that long swim - Mr. Merman . . . I mean Borgnine - kiss me to revive me :laugh: :rolleyes:

You MUST see my Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure impression some day. Guaranteed fun. :p

That one would have to be my fave disaster flick. I've spent years and years pondering what the offspring of Shelley Winters and Jack Albertson would look like. Scary ****, I would assume. And Ernest Borgnine's hairy shoulders and arms petrify every time. Poor Tova. :distress:
strandinthewind
09-09-2004, 07:51 PM
You MUST see my Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure impression some day. Guaranteed fun. :p

That one would have to be my fave disaster flick. I've spent years and years pondering what the offspring of Shelley Winters and Jack Albertson would look like. Scary ****, I would assume. And Ernest Borgnine's hairy shoulders and arms petrify every time. Poor Tova. :distress:

LOL - Tova is fab though!!!!!!!!!!!! We met after her Tallulah Hallleiluja (sp.? show - she is FAB.

My fav. Borgnine slam is from Merman's autobiography. It goes Chapter 4 "My mariage to Ernest Borgnine" - blank page - Chapter 5.

:laugh:

COuld you imagine those two together? :eek:
dissention
09-09-2004, 07:55 PM
LOL - Tova is fab though!!!!!!!!!!!! We met after her Tallulah Hallleiluja (sp.? show - she is FAB.

My fav. Borgnine slam is from Merman's autobiography. It goes Chapter 4 "My mariage to Ernest Borgnine" - blank page - Chapter 5.

:laugh:

COuld you imagine those two together? :eek:

:eek: is right.

I was disappointed in the Merman book, she didn't talk about her torrid lesbian affair with Jacqueline Susann. :mad:
littlelies7
09-09-2004, 10:07 PM
I liked "The Day After Tomorrow"!!
estranged4life
09-09-2004, 10:14 PM
I liked the TV movie "The Day After" about how people will continue their lives after the nuclear holocaust of World War III.

In a related way I also liked how the TV Mini-Series "The Stand" setup the whole good-vs.-evil story with the outbreak of the flu.

Brian j.
Gypsy-Rhiannon
09-10-2004, 03:08 AM
I love disaster films! Old classics like The Poseiden Adventure and The Towereing Inferno and then more recent ones like Armageddon, Deep Impact, Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow

Pip
irishgrl
09-10-2004, 06:35 AM
how about AFTER the Disaster? My fave would have to be Road Warrior with Mel Gibson

I too was going to mention the Poseidon Adventure, I think drowning at Sea would be horrible

another horrible way to go would be via Death by Shark (Jaws????)
DownOnRodeo
09-10-2004, 06:47 AM
Poseidon Adventure!!
irishgrl
09-10-2004, 07:58 AM
How long have you been there and how long are you staying? I bet it is soooo beautiful~
hayley
09-10-2004, 09:59 AM
I LOVE bad disaster movies. My favorite continues to be Twister- it's so, so, so bad and I love every second of it. I also love Volcano- not Dante's Peak, I hated it, but Volcano in all its glory. Especially the "Look! The volcano made us all the same color!" ending... hahahahahaha!!!

I like Deep Impact better than Armageddon, but would've liked Deep Impact more if they hadn't cut out Dougray Scott entirely. The Day After Tomorrow was GREAT- the plot and acting was terrible, but the effects were amazing, and it scared the living crap out of me.

I even see REALLY bad disaster movies, like The Core. I think I was the only one who saw that one.
Patti
09-10-2004, 10:05 AM
The Poseidon Adventure and The Day After are my faves. Interestingly, The Day After was filmed in Kansas City. It was surreal watching my town disinegrate!
jadegypsy
09-10-2004, 01:02 PM
The Posideon Adventure
Deep Impact
Independence Day
Twister
Titanic (I don't know if I would really put it in this category...)
Mari
09-10-2004, 05:42 PM
Mars Attacks, does that one count?
And I love The Stand too.
amber
09-10-2004, 05:47 PM
Mars Attacks, does that one count?
And I love The Stand too.
Omigod, I forgot about Mars Attacks! :xoxo: I love that movie...
AMber
golddustwoman77
09-11-2004, 08:27 AM
In a related way I also liked how the TV Mini-Series "The Stand" setup the whole good-vs.-evil story with the outbreak of the flu.Brian j.



I'm with ya, Brian. I love The Stand! Good choice. :)
paleshadow
09-11-2004, 01:24 PM
I even see REALLY bad disaster movies, like The Core. I think I was the only one who saw that one.


Haley, I know at least 3 other people who saw "The Core"; myself and 2 of my friends. They loved it. I thought it was ridiculous even for a disaster movie. When they decided to travel through the lava flow to get back to the surface I was sitting there thinking "Why did'nt any of these genious scientists think about doing that on the way down"? :confused: It seemed like they wrote the script to that one while it was shooting!
dissention
09-11-2004, 02:23 PM
The Stand is good, but that horrible, awful ending just ruins the whole viewing experience for me. Lord, it was bad.
ShamHy89
09-14-2004, 03:27 PM
Mars Attacks of course. :nod: Lots of catastrophe in that one.

Shamus
GODDESS6
09-16-2004, 06:07 PM
this may b cheesy 2 some but my all time fav movie is: "titanic", i know the whole jack & rose thingy was fake, but i just love that movie~ a huge entreprenuer*sp from my hometown was a 1st class passenger on the ship & was not a survivor, so the disaster has been talked about all my life~ also i just went 2 the titanic artifact exhibit & it was awesome & so sad, but i recommend it 2 any1 who gets a chance 2 c it!!!~

brightest stevie blessings~
jill