Disaster film

Nuclear chemistry is unsafe and because the drawbacks outweigh the benefits, it should not be used in modern day technology and science. With its ability to remain for hundreds to thousands of years, and with no safe place to store it, it sucks up space and money. Additionally, the transplant of nuclear waste can be a mark for terrorism, making it even more unsafe. Nuclear, radioactive, radiation, nuclear waste; what do these words bring to mind? Most would think of a superhero, or a deformed…

It is estimated that there are over ten thousand nuclear weapons around the world, and depending on the size of the bomb, it would take as little as two thousand to destroy all of North America and just thirteen thousand more to destroy the entire world. We have all seen the footage of nuclear weapons being detonated; the force of it and the power of it is jaw dropping. We tend to forget just how powerful a nuclear bomb really is. Over the past decades, as technology and knowledge of nuclear…

2.1 Oversea Research The author Richard Sparks discussed the relationship between manhood and heroic roles in some popular movies. She researched that movies how to beautify and glorify hero's sufferings and struggles, which reflected the qualities and virtues of man. In addition, there are some positive evaluations about the manhood heroes in the classic movie, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Because of the attraction of hero’s charming, the audience admire the hero in…

The film I chose to watch is Alfonso Cuaron’s film, Gravity. The film is less of sci-fi and more of space thriller. I chose to watch this film because I have always been a fan of thriller films and this film is different and one of its kind. Especially watching the film in 3-D is worth. Most 3-D films are more like a gimmick but this is film achieves real depth and spatial awareness for the viewer. Perhaps, the film makes you breathless with excitement. To me, the film was more than a…

In the 1997 film Titanic, the director James Cameron exerts to act the historic disaster of the damned ship. In the scenes of the ship's sinking, Cameron shoots the camera at a distance several times in order to show the mass scale of the disaster. He provides a viewpoint of the lifeboat survivors’ from their distance of the ship. He also thrives on capturing a visual in a bird's eye view of the incident during its occurrence. This view would provide the viewer with a sense of how isolated the…

The film Titanic, written and directed by James Cameron in 1997, is the best film of all time. With the support of the countless awards it received in its favor, this film is loved by people all around the world. With the internet breaking out in this time period, the focus of this famous love story- tragedy was all over the World Wide Webinternet. Although James Cameron’s hit film was made in the late 90’s, it still has people shocked at how excellent this film was compared to other films made…

As grandiose as the production design was for its time Metropolis, set designer huge sets to show the hellish factories of the subterranean world. The models of the city's towering skyscrapers are also surprisingly convincing for a 1920s film. Even beyond the expansive production design and (for the time) special effects, Lang's visuals are all consistently inventive. The robot Maria provides some of the movie's most iconic images, including her transformation into a human being. In a later…

Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon has more meaning than just a title of a random book. Randy and Mark Bragg, brothers, knew a nuclear war was coming but did not want anyone to know about it. Mark lived in Omaha while Randy lived in Florida. They would communicate back and forth to each other, via telephone or telegram, and “Alas Babylon” was their codename (Frank 14). Codename was a warning for a nuclear war was coming and if it were to spread to the family, they would all freak out. Alas, Babylon had…

The world's common assets are being expended at a disturbing rate. As these assets reduce , individuals will be looking for option sources by which to produce power for warmth and light . The main handy short term answer for the vitality emergency is atomic force. The world's regular assets are being expended at a disturbing rate. As these assets reduce , individuals will be looking for option sources by which to produce power for warmth and light . The main pragmatic short term answer for the…

I mean, I suppose it can be used to start something, but RIDs are typically used as a secondary attack. Not only are they used to create panic and chaos in the middle of a disaster, but they can worsen the situation by adding “fuel” the fire. Shapiro lists a situation like this; he says to imagine “…..a radioactive bomb with an incendiary device on the upper floor of a high-rise building. [it] would create a rapidly expanding…