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[AlecWest]

According to all the reviews I've read so far, tomorrow evening's (April 10) showing of "Supervolcano" may be one of the best disaster films ever made. It's a "docudrama" that envisions an eventual "super-eruption" at Yellowstone National Park (the largest volcano in the world).

Trailer

It airs on the Discovery Channel at 8:00 PM my time (check your local listings as it may vary) and ends at 11:00 PM. And then, they show it again, starting at 11:00 PM my time through 2:00 AM. After commercials are cut out, you'll be left with a showtime of 1:42. I know this because the Discovery Channel is already pre-selling it on DVD for $21.95 and lists 1:42 as the length.

But, if you miss it or otherwise can't record it, it will be reshown twice (again) on April 16th, same times ... and then once more on April 23rd at 2:00 PM.

Also, separate from the film (if you like disaster-related stuff), the Discovery Channel is also airing 7 one-hour documentaries preceding "Supervolcano":

1:00 PM - Raging Planet, "Hurricane"
2:00 PM - Raging Planet, "Tornado"
3:00 PM - "Mega Tsunamis"
4:00 PM - The Next Wave, "Science Of Tsunamis"
5:00 PM - "Pompeii Of The East"
6:00 PM - "America's Volcanoes: Sitting On A Powderkeg"
7:00 PM - "Megaquake"

I know this may bore a lot of people ... but I tend to collect more documentaries/docudramas as well as news-related programming than movies.

[Ironballs]

Very good docudrama. It was shown here in the UK about a month ago. It was also followed up by a more in-depth program.

Hope you enjoy it

Ironballs

[canadateck]

Got the Pvr set,Thanks alec.

Whats on tomorrow? Mybe a weekly listing in the OT?

[canadateck]

I know this may bore a lot of people ... but I tend to collect more documentaries/docudramas as well as news-related programming than movies.

I know it does,I was never really sure why.
I always loved these kind of shows even as a kid.Cant see why others find no intrest in them.

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Aussies:
Supervolcano 8:30pm Sunday, April 17 on ABC

[Hardcoreruss]

Aussies:
Supervolcano 8:30pm Sunday, April 17 on ABC

Who cares about them ?

[jimmalenko]

Thanks offline. Hey Russ, blow it out your arse

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[Hardcoreruss]

Thanks offline. Hey Russ, blow it out your arse

[AlecWest]

I did notice one thing. They're selling the DVD of it and say it's 1:42 long. It is, technically, but the docudrama part was followed by a 29 minute (minus commercials) dialogue between Tom Brokaw and the "real" scientists who contributed to the program's accuracy. Unless that's included on the DVD as a "special feature," people who buy the DVD are getting ripped off.

All in all, it was 2:11 long without commercials. Nice fit for a DVD. Still, there was one thing lacking in the Brokaw part ... a question I wish he'd asked. It's clear that a super eruption of that magnitude would be a "global" event. Yet, just as there were areas that were most affected by it, there must have been areas that were least affected by it. I wish Brokaw would have asked about what areas would be least affected ... and why. Otherwise, it was a great film. Glad I captured it.

P.S. I live in Portland, Oregon and was around to see Mt. St. Helens blow in 1980. My ex and I were at a place called "The Grotto" (a kind-of outdoor Catholic Church) on their observation deck. From our vantage point, it looked like someone had nuked Seattle. Even as far away as we were, it was a real pain in the arse ... having to pop off hubcaps to dust off the brakes every day, not to mention tap out the air filters. The ash fall was pretty thick.

Funny story (or stupid, depending on your point of view). A month before the eruption, there was a minor steam eruption. My cousin and I decided to drive up to the mountain and gawk (like a few hundred others). Anyway, we got quite a ways up State Route 504 when we finally came to a roadblock. State cops were turning everyone back. So, we turned around and drove about 2 or 3 miles West when I noticed a logging road off to the left. So, I took the logging road which headed back East and up into the nearby foothills. We "passed by" the cops and saw them yelling and shaking their fists at us (snicker) as we continued on up the incline. Anyway, the logging road finally came to a dead end with a turnaround area. It was a breathtaking view with the mountain right in front of our faces. We got out and walked around. And, we could hear and feel slight rumbling and tremors. Also, while there was snow on either side of the road, the road itself seemed dry. I put my hand on the road and (ulp) the dirt was "warm."

So, my cousin and I decided to turn around and go back. And when we finally got down to SR 504 again and started heading West, we passed by the same cops who had (wisely) moved their roadblock to the OTHER side of the logging road so others couldn't do what we'd done. A month later, the logging road we'd driven on didn't exist. It was wiped out in the pyroclastic flow.

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Ta for the "heads up" Alec