Not to start the New Year off on a bad note but I recently read an interesting article that outlines some of the difficulties we currently face in our global society and possibly safe places to go in case of catastrophe. (I guess it may not matter if you get there and don’t already have a compound set up and self-sufficient means of survival set up!) But Definitely food for thought in our currently turbulent times. When aren’t times on this planet turbulent? But read on and enjoy!
The link is here:
7 Best Places to Go in the U.S. in Case of a Societal Collapse (msn.com)
Let’s look at an end of the world movie scenario that you can cozy up to. I am adding the link to a Top 10 Post Apocalyptic Movies video clip for your amusement.
Happy New Year!
Climate disaster strikes in this gritty, black and white science fiction picture from Britain. The US and Russia are independently testing nuclear weapons at opposing poles in the same time frame. The resultant detonations have calamitous effects on the rotation of our planet setting it on a course a bit too close to the Sun for our own good. London experiences drastic temperature rises. The Thames dries up, looting and riots break out and panic sets in. The authorities decide on a desperate course of action: fire off a couple more nuclear devices in an effort to get the Earth back on its normal rotation. The movie ends with the detonations imminent but the final outcome not revealed. Brutal. Many similarities to our current times resonate throughout. Very enjoyable science fiction.
The premise of this queasy little tale is that climate change, aka global warming, has caused the partial thawing of a wooly mammoth up in Northern climes that is infested with an ancient parasite that emerges ready and willing to infest a New Age. The roughly cockroach sized bugs burrow under your skin and lay eggs that basically feed on their host and then emerge ready to find a new home. This movie is definitely not for the squeamish! Yes. I felt my skin crawl on more than one occasion. There are numerous grotesque set pieces throughout this flick.
All in all, an engaging horror film with a cameo from Val Kilmer as the scientist who finds the insects and reiterates the potential horrors lurking unseen that will be unleashed by climate change. Whether that is true or not is of course speculation or inevitability depending on your point of view.
After spending a couple of days at Disneyland during the Christmas holiday season, I was reminded of this ecological disaster movie from the 1970’s. Witness people packed in to a space like sardines, witness the repeated equipment breakdowns and infrastructure collapse. And the air ain’t that great to breathe. I don’t think I ate anything remotely resembling the type of swill the people in “Soylent Green” are reduced to consuming though. Check it out. Another fine Charlton Heston performance is in store for you.
2024 UPDATE:
What I should have commented on back in time, when this post was first written, is the notion of coverup. The greatest coverup of all time!!!! Humans are being sustained through Government provided food that is derived from dead bodies! You may be partaking in your deceased neighbors’ remains or even munching on a dearly departed relative. HOW SICK A CONCEPT IS THIS?!!! As resources disappear and food sources vanish, why not recycle fellow, recently deceased humans? Wow. A revolting and shocking solution. Don’t worry. Your government would never participate in a coverup of this scale or lie outright to your face. Right?
A varied collection of unusual movie and music video clips.
