On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Alison Croggon wrote...
>On 4/1/05 5:49 AM, "Anny Ballardini" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I unluckily watched _The day after tomorrow_, so if on one side Crichton is
>> not a good writer, the movie is quite a silly story. I would not support it,
>> objectively.
>
>I believe the movie is fairly nonsensical. Climate change isn't, sadly.
You probably all know this, but in case you don't, Crichton gave a much-
cited lecture called "Aliens cause global warming" a couple of years
ago. The text is here (amongst many other places):
http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html
The lecture is interesting and provocative, and I suspect many here will
disagree vehemently with what it says. But Crichton does make some
pertinent points about the sociology and process of science.
I know nothing about the novel or the movie, except what I've read here.
But from what I've read here, it may be interesting to see how the
lecture informs the movie.
Cheers,
--
Peter
http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
http://peterhoward.org
http://subatomicpoetry.blogspot.com/
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