Wasn't the Earthquake ride at Disney based on this? That ride was sweet as hell.
Just watched a few hours ago 1974 film "Earthquake" with Charlton Heston. Give it a 7/10. Not kidding when i started feeling my house rock to the 7.1 earthquake that just hit out here this evening during the movie. Can't make this up.
Movie wise,its a better disaster film then films like twister, sharknado and your other various lower budget films. Practical effects over cgi and sometimes you can tell something was fake but for 1974 what the heck do you want. The movie had plenty of destruction.
Wasn't the Earthquake ride at Disney based on this? That ride was sweet as hell.
Not sure, the movie was quite a bit before my time but the friend who recommended us to watch it can absolutely answer the question to your question. Surprisingly she knows quite a lot about Disneyland and what is new and has changed since the mid 60s when she first went there. I find it interesting you ask this cause she did mention something after our quake experience. She mentioned something about a theater type deal where it would move to the movie. I guess that could have been it?
You got me intrigued to find out the answer.
Yeah, they had you start in a big theater room where you'd watch some clips of the (or, a) movie, then you'd move into the subway and get to ride it while the earthquake happened.
From all of those Disney rides (Earthquake, King Kong, Twister), I could always distinctly smell propane. One of the things that have always stuck in my mind after all these years. Kind of like how the E.T. ride smells both weird but good.
I didn't see this movie but the bolded immediately came to mind when I saw the previews for this ~last year. I'm like...uh so now this character is suddenly elite special forces science nerd hacker person? wtf? Do not want.
I didn't read the books or watch the American version(s?) of this story, but I saw the original Dutch trilogy with Noomi Rapace. Such a cool, sleek story, but this new movie looks absolutely nothing like the character.
Yeah I'm 2 eps into Stranger Things S3 and pretty much nothing has happened. This was the same problem with season 2. It's like they went overboard with the nostalgia though, but I'm a sucker for it. Malls used to be incredible.
Edit: Decided to renew and go for the premium plan. Got a 40'' 4k Samsung a bit ago and want to actually enjoy watching some 4k content on it. Can anyone confirm if Season 1 now streams in 4k or is it only 3? I guess discs have sold that are 4k but i can't find nothing concrete.
I just checked. On my 4k TV, season 2 and 3 show "HDR" on my TV when playing an episode, while season 1 does not.
EDIT:
I just checked again from my 4k Sony box (instead of streaming through my TV), and all seasons show it's streaming in 4k resolution. However, season 1 definitely does not have HDR, so it doesn't look near as good as season 2 and 3.
Yeah, they had you start in a big theater room where you'd watch some clips of the (or, a) movie, then you'd move into the subway and get to ride it while the earthquake happened.
From all of those Disney rides (Earthquake, King Kong, Twister), I could always distinctly smell propane. One of the things that have always stuck in my mind after all these years. Kind of like how the E.T. ride smells both weird but good.
Aren't all those rides at Universal Studios theme parks? (always conveniently near the 2 big Disney parks)
Yep, I think it's a pretty good combo of humor, fantasy, drama like you said. I'm on episode 6 (beginning) but I've been really enjoying this season, maybe even more-so than the first season. I'm not done with it but I'll give it 9/10 (doubt I'll have to change that haha).Just finished Season 3 of Stranger Things. Really, really good season. Not sure about the ending... But if you have kids who are or have grown up, going to be a tear jerker.
Decent amount of humor, unbelievable stuff, and relationships. Continued on the tried and true formula. Hard seeing child actors grow up, going to be interesting if there is another season.
9/10.
Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) 9/10
Yeah, it's been 20 years. Watched last night... wanted to watch something that would make me laugh! Hadn't seen it in over 5 years. Yeah, I laughed. Still one of my favorite movies ever. The opening is one of the greatest ever, it's absolutely brilliant, and perfect. The brilliance doesn't stop. So many great scenes!
I feel a special connection with this movie. I was working at software companies about this time and using the same software (xBase derivative) as our central protagonist, Peter Gibbons. I actually had one project (exactly when this movie was made) where I did Y2K compliance for an app, the same thing Peter did day in, day out. So, I was Peter, he was me. I can feel him!
Before getting into computers I exclusively worked a myriad of temp jobs, for over 10 years, so I can get to where Peter was at the end of the movie.
I've only seen it 6 times! I have two copies, one an earlier non-anamorphic DVD, the other the anamorphic Special Edition DVD. Never fails, I should watch it more! Watching it last night, it was fresh, I picked up on things as if never before. This movie stands the test of time, at least for me.Probably my favorite comedy of all time. I remember watching it all the time when it came out (I was around 14); I've probably seen it at least 40 times and it just never gets old. Even if your situation isn't exactly like Peter's, you can still relate to nearly everything in the movie.
We rented US on Blu-ray. I'd give it a 3/10 just because it at least made me think, even if the thinking was "wtf is going on in this movie?!".