I… am pretty sure that this is not how meteorology works.
According to ComingSoon, the premise of Geostorm apparently is that weather control satellites were put up, and then promptly started carving up the landscape, or whatnot. So there’s going to be space travel! And lots of scenery igniting, freezing, drowning, or getting buried! And the President is in danger! And Ed Harris and Andy Garcia are both there!
…Look, I’m not saying that it’s going to suck. Just that that’s not how science and engineering works. That’s not how any of this works.
It looks bad. Like, “Literally Burning Money Would Be Faster” bad.
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I am sorry. I’ve been watching a lot of Archer of late.
Yeah, when I think “weather control satellites” I think tornadoes, hurricanes, maybe a blizzard or two. Not volcanoes, tsunamis, and what looks like a building destroying space laser.
That’s Ming the Merciless level stuff.
You’d think that they’d put a guard on that sh*t.
Nah. This is a sequel to “The Day After Tomorrow”.
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::puts on ice skates::
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The point to this film is obvious; the solution to excess insolation .. that is excess heat ‘down here’ due to too much sunlight from ‘up there’ .. *must be in space*.
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When a greenhouse gets too hot, the greenhouse owner throws a shade cloth specifically made for the purpose over the greenhouse to reduce the amount of sunlight available.
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Recognizing that the fix is in orbit, though, would decimate the greenie-extortion-complex .. and this movie – just like “China Syndrome” – is to seed a general negative attitude in the minds of those Abe Lincoln’s law described as “being able to be fooled all of the time”.
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::takes off ice skates::
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::waits for ban-hammer to fall::
…What?! Did you just link words together in order to sound as smart as a climate change scientist?
No .. I pointed out that, as with “China Syndrome”, the goal of this film is to sow FUD .. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
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“China Syndrome” provided a simple enough “nuclear is bad” plot, and I’m not sure you can argue against its’ results – when was the last new U.S. reactor brought online?
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This bit of nonsense provides a simple (and yet, bullshit) plot around the industry that could manage insolation, solving “global warming” (excess insolation) at the lowest cost (but least politically useful) point .. outer space.
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Mew
How can a person walk on a surface hot enough to fry egg and then be surprised that it’s hot?
But he needn’t worry. That tsunami ought to take care of it.
Lol. This is not a thinking man’s movie. It’s an “Oooh! Shiny! Explosions!” man’s movie.