10.5: Apocalypse

[Double L]

10.5: Apocalypse (NBC May 21 9:00pm)
"The president and a top scientist work together to save North America from potentially devastating earthquakes."

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE disaster movies! I love the bad acting, one dimensional characters, and of course, DEATH & DESTRUCTION! Let's face it, "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" was lame and Posideon isn't as cheesy as the original! But last seasons 10.5 that ripped the West Coast and split SoCal in half was pretty good with epic earthquakes in Seattle, San Francisco, & Los Angeles! Now this Sunday, prepare for the Apocalypse as earthquakes strike the rest of the continental states. Those of us in California now get to laugh at the rest the country's bad building codes! We laugh at your brick buildings and unfinished basements! HAHA! Anyone else waiting for the destruction? Seems like the Washington Monument will be getting a facelift! And of course, prepare for the obligatory warning epilogue that warns us "that it could happen!" And then we'll have the obligatory actor on set telling us to check out websites to learn more about earthquake safety. And then the local news will have special stories on "HOW IT COULD HAPPEN HERE!!!! ARE YOU READY?!?!" Yea, I love disaster TV movies but I doubt B-Side will cover it since Lucy Lawless does not star in this disaster. :(

[copygodd]

last summer i was down at the disney studios in orlando recording some new radio spots for a client of mine and got a look at the script for 10.5. trust me, you will not be disappointed. unless you happen to like things like plot, character development and special effects. in which case you will.

[Double L]

last summer i was down at the disney studios in orlando recording some new radio spots for a client of mine and got a look at the script for <i>10.5</i>. trust me, you will not be disappointed. unless you happen to like things like plot, character development and special effects. in which case you will.

"Plot" and "character development" are totally over rated when compared to bad CGI effects destroying the Mid-West.

[copygodd]

touche, double l. touche.

[Double L]

i kid! i kid! :)

Disaster movies as a genre just naturally lack crazy stuff like plot and character development so you kinda expect. It's all about death and destruction! Besides seeing extras freaking out at invisible CGI is always fun. :rolleyes:

[copygodd]

entertainment weekly just gave it a D-, and said the most frightening thing was a close-up of kim delaney's nostril.

i can't wait!

[Tabby Lavalamp]

I've seen commercials for this and it sounds like tv GOLD!

[Double L]

Just finished 10:5 Apocalypse and it was so AWESOMELY bad! I LOVED it! Yea, I just happen to love bad disaster movies and this one didn't disappoint if you're a disaster junkie like I am. So let's recap the movie!

First, we have to go back to the original 10.5 to understand where we're at.

1) Seattle, Washington gets hit by a massive earthquake destroying the Space Needle (Note: During diasters stay away from tourist attractions).

2) San Francisco, California gets hit by a stronger earthquake that destroys The Golden Gate Bridge (Note: Told you to stay away from tourist attractions!)

3) Los Angeles, California gets hit by a massive 10.5 earthquake causing a major rifts to open up in Southern California and creating Los Angeles Island. (Note: No more worries about traffic commutes in LA!)

10.5 Apocalypse takes place right after these events, so HOLD ON!

4) The Los Angeles earthquake creates a tsunami wave! A poor little cruise ship happens to be in the area and gets flipped over by the tsuanmi wave. "Posideon Adventure," you've been SERVED! Not content with just a cruise ship, the tsunami wave continues and wipes out the Hawaiian Islands! (Note: Never go on vacation during an Apocalypse!)

5) Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington State... no one cares...

6) An extinct volcano in Idaho erupts which causes the best death scene of the night. Before, the volcano explodes, we get random shots of mountain bikers doing EXTREME SPORTS (yes, I'm yelling it like I'm in a Mountain Dew commercial). Cut to a cute couple on a ski lift (but it's summer so it's like a mountain bike lift). Anyways, a little earthquake knocks the girl out of her seat and she's clinging on her boyfriend's hand and hoping to be pulled up. No luck, she falls to her death! YAY! Boyfriend turns around just in time to see the volcano explode and he gets vaporized by super heated gas and ash from the volcano! YAY! (Note: Nothing is more EXTREME
than Pyroclastic Flows!)

7) Monument Valley, Utah - ground water is forced upwards causing massive flooding in the 4 corners area... yea not so exciting but nice CGI of a flooded Monument Valley. (Note: Sometimes natural disasters can actually improve an area! Water skiing in Monument Valley!)

8) Random freeway is hit by massive sink hole! As unexciting as a sink hole can be, they actually made it exciting with sink hole swallowing up cars stuck on the freeway. (Note: Sink holes can chase you!)

9) Hoover Dam in Nevada breaks causing a torrent of water to flood down the Colorado River. The dam break also kills off one of the main characters (but it's okay, we never really cared about him in the original movie). (Note: NEVER use your helicopter to investigate a dam before it breaks!)

10) Las Vegas, Nevada gets hit by earthquakes too and the whole city starts sinking into the sand! TO BE CONTINUE till Tuesday night to watch the earthquake finish off Las Vegas.

All and all a pretty good start. We've got one dimensional characters with lame story lines and predictable dialog but that's to be expected 'cuz we're all here for the disasters! :D We've also got an appearance of Tony Almeida as a Doctor and very obnoxious Dean Cain. Well I'm excited for Tuesday!

[JayhawkAnne]

Thanks so much for the recap...I was only partially watching on tivo delay while working on my computer. It suddenly stopped and cut off the ending. I was completely confused about how they could possibly wrap up the end of North America as we know it in just a couple of minutes because I didn't see that it was "to be continued." Thank you, Double L for easing my mind. I was stressing all morning because I'm smack dab in the midwest and Kim Delaney said that we'll all be overtaken by some ancient river or whatever. I'd better start building my ark so I can get it done in time for Tuesday's conclusion and surf Lake Kansas.

[Double L]

Well you better build that ark a bit faster. The promo had the President ordering a mandatory evacuation of Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, North & South Dakota. Good luck with that. :) I'm just waiting for the next sequel where plate techtonics causes hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards. 10.5 is awesome for the sheer fact of throwing in as many disasters as possible without blinking.

[JayhawkAnne]

Ark is now done...just gotta catch all those pairs of animals now. But that raises the question...are two TVgasm recapping gang really enough? And if so, how the hell do I decide which two to pick?!? And if I pick two TVgasm recappers, then I should probably also pick a pair of snarksters for commenting on and appreciating the recaps. Finally, if I pick someone like Lizardqueen, Firecat, or Monkeypeanut, would they count as both animal and snarkster and would Zoobabe be willing to hitch a ride to keep everyone in line?

Perhaps this is all moot...would TV even exist post-10.5 Apocalypse?