1. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - Tsunamis in Hollywood films

January 07, 2005

1. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Tsunamis in Hollywood films

Indonesia reported more than 4,000 new deaths from South East Asia’s earthquake and tsunamis on Friday, January 07, 2005, pushing the overall toll to about 145,000.
‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is built on the idea global warming could explode into global disaster at any moment. It results in an overnight quick freeze of the northern hemisphere. As New York City is hit by serial tsunamis which overnight turn millions of people to multi-cultural ice cubes. This time, landmarks like the Hollywood sign and Statue of Liberty go bye-bye after Mother Nature gets her knickers in a twist, as massive floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and more usher the planet into a new Ice Age.
John Carpenter’s ‘Escape from L.A.(1996)’, God’s wrath upon that cursed land and is proven correct as a giant earthquake and tsunamis destroy the city. Even after being all but annihilated, Carpenter’s L.A. is still L.A., full of hip nightclubs, drive-by shootings, sex in the streets, battles to the death involving basketball and surfers ride tsunamis down Wilshire Boulevard.
‘Deep Impact(1998)’, impacts by comets or asteroids can also generate giant tsunamis -- large enough to swamp the Manhattan skyline -- are possible and have almost certainly happened in the distant past. Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico calculated that if an asteroid three miles across hit the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the tsunamis would swamp the upper East Coast as far inland as the Appalachian Mountains and drown the coasts of France and Portugal.
‘Die Another Day(2002)’, James Bond didn't pick up machine guns, punch guys in the face, pilot a helicopter, surf tsunamis, et cetera. But to be quite honest, though Bond has lost some of his classiness, the films are still fun to watch.