Category 6: Day of Destruction

Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon (2004) Residents of Chicago deal with a national blackout just as three extreme weather systems collede over the city.

2 part movie thing. The second half seems to be the Syfy Saturday movie from 1/9.

And you probably shouldn't tried to get married in the middle of a tornado. They'll rip the wedding dress off the bride, without affecting anything else. Including the hat precariously perched on the groom's head. The one that blew off in significantly lower winds.

And I'm glad that this movie seems to be wreaking havoc on Chicago. Or at least it will shortly. Probably in response to the fact that Chicago's airport is quite the stupidest airport in the history of time. I hates that airport with a passion. And I think it hates me, too. But, I'm not going to take the high road on this one. I'm just gonna keep on hating it right back.

Also, the Butterfly Effect: If a butterfly flapping its wings in Africa causes a thunderstorm in San Francisco, what effect does me farting have? Food for thought. Also, about 10 minutes after I wrote that comment, the guy who originally mentioned the Butterfly Effect made a comment about a dog farting in Duluth. I must be prescient.

Apparently, this movie is going to be significantly less about shit getting blowed up by weather, and a lot more about politics and energy policy and stuff. But, hopefully there will still be a good amount of shit getting blowed up.

Also, one of the main characters seems to be having an affair. But unfortunately, his wife is significantly hotter than his mistress. So, good for him?

Another thing: this movie has some pretty spectacularly bad computer graphics.

And folks running a wind farm don't seem to be adjusting the angle of the blades on the wind turbines in the face of heavy winds. And disaster is happening. Serves them dumbasses right.

And an airliner is now getting diverted into O'Hare. Which is not a surprise. Because that airport sucks so bad. And likes to suck in airplanes that aren't even routed to go there. And the flight crew is the Secret Service Agent Aaron from 24, and the DEA guy from Breaking Bad. So, basically its a flight crew consisting entirely of large bald men. And they're flying an Oceanic airliner. Which, I think is the movie industry's generic airline for when something's gonna go horribly wrong (see Lost, et al). But it seems they survived after all. And then the flight crew seemed to stare longingly into each other's eyes.

And apparently the adulterer's daughter just robbed a shop to acquire Slurpees. Or whatever the fictional Slurpee knock-off is called in this movie. (I didn't pay enough attention to know what it was called) Something like a "Big Freeze" or something...

And apparently if a tornado passes less than 10 feet in front of an SUV, the SUV will only rock around a little bit, but won't be damaged, blown away, or anything else, even while the rest of the scenery is getting demolished.

Also, they shouldn't air a 2-part movie in one go. Because that's far too much movie for one sitting, unless its a really quality movie. But unfortunately, these things usually aren't. This one isn't bad, but its just too long.