History Film / Geostorm

''Geostorm'' is a 2017 disaster film directed by Dean Devlin.

** ArtisticLicensePhysics: The film was made by one of the guys responsible for ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', so ''Geostorm'' following in its footsteps shouldn't be too much of a surprise. One of the most blatant examples is probably the Hong Kong scene where [[spoiler:a weather control machine ''in space'' somehow manages to heat up subterranean gas pipelines until they glow red-hot and ''melt through the tarmac above'' while the people in the streets merely go through a stifling heat wave instead of being cooked alive]]. Then as people look on, the camera also pans over to a car's computer screen which displays the current temperature - in Fahrenheit, a system not used outside of the US. But hey, [[RuleOfCool it looks awesome, so it's okay]].

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The film was made by one of the guys responsible for ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', so ''Geostorm'' following in its footsteps shouldn't be too much of a surprise. One of the most blatant examples is probably the Hong Kong scene where [[spoiler:a weather control machine ''in space'' somehow manages to heat up subterranean gas pipelines until they glow red-hot and ''melt through the tarmac above'' while the people in the streets merely go through a stifling heat wave instead of being cooked alive]]. But hey, [[RuleOfCool it looks awesome, so it's okay]].

--> '''Palma:''' ''[to Max]'' [[FunnyMoments Marry her!]]

** Regarding ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', the literal [[KillItWithIce freeze frame]] scenes could be considered blatant [[ShoutOut shout outs]].

* BrickJoke: Jake at one point recounts a tale of him and his brother going fishing with their father when they were young, as a way to transmit a hidden message to Max. In the film's final scene, [[spoiler:Jake, Max and Hannah are sitting on a pier facing Cape Canaveral]], fishing rods in hand

* BrickJoke: Jake at one point recounts a tale of him and his brother going fishing with their father when they were young, as a way to transmit a hidden message to Max. In the film's final scene, [[spoiler:Jake, Max and Hannah are sitting on a pier facing Cape Canaveral]], fishing rods in hand.

* ArtificialGravity: The ISS has solid Earth-like gravity even in [[CentrifugalGravity sections that aren't spinning]], and whatever's generating it can apparently be tuned so precisely that people can instantly go from 1G to zero-G and back simply by crossing any airlock threshold. How that's possible is never touched upon.

* CoolStarship: The ISS IV is so important and has such a large crew complement that an entire fleet of nifty orbital shuttles is required to keep it supplied, with at least a dozen occupied launch platforms stretching off into the distance at Cape Canaveral. The shuttles themselves look like much more advanced versions of present-days space shuttles, have enough seats for a platoon, are impressively manoeuvrable, and even come with large panorama windows.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Duncan]], TheMole aboard the ISS, [[spoiler:tries to shoot Jake with a pistol when he's found out, only to hit a window instead which promptly shatters and offers him a front-row experience of Earth's low orbit, although not before Jake had safely left the room.]]
* HolographicTerminal: Used quite extensively, from nifty pens that unfold into holographic [=PDAs=], over average-sized computer monitors, to the giant holo-screen aboard the ISS. Most of them are composed of HighTechHexagons for that extra bit of cool.

* LampshadeHanging: When [[spoiler:the ISS' self-destruct system suddenly activates]], one of the guys in the control room asks incredulously why such a system even exists. [[JustifiedTrope Justified example]], though - Jake offers a pretty reasonable explanation.[[note]]This version of the ISS is ''enormous'', and the self-destruct was meant as a failsafe to prevent a minor ColonyDrop in case of uncontrolled atmospheric reentry.[[/note]]

* StuffBlowingUp: Wouldn't be a proper disaster movie without it. Hong Kong and [[spoiler:the ISS exploding spectacularly]] are the most memorable examples, with the latter taking up much of the final chapter.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Played with. One guy aboard the ISS falls victim to the station's sabotaged systems when the corridor he's in gets sealed, then vented into space. [[KarmicDeath Appropriately]], the one responsible for it suffers a very similar fate later, [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard and by their own hands no less]].

* TooDumbToLive: Whoever allowed large-bore handguns aboard a civilian (read: unarmored) space station deserves a hefty kick in the nuts. There's a reason even most softer works of fiction arm their space station security personnel with shotguns at best - their projectiles won't compromise the integrity of walls or windows in case of a miss, which is exactly what happens the moment some idiots starts shooting up the ISS.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The Hong Kong car shows outside temperature in Fahrenheit.

-->'''[[spoiler: President]]:''' This is genocide!\\

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The BigBad's plan is pretty stupid when you stop to think about it. [[spoiler:Dekkom basically wants to rewind history back to 1945 when America was at the height of its global power, by utterly annihilating its rivals and enemies. Thing is, it's hard to be the shining leader of manking when there's nothing left to lead, and even harder to assert dominance over a planet that's almost completely wrecked beyond recovery, perhaps even covered by a perpetual worldwide monster storm. What's more, he never explains how he intended to stop the geostorm after killing the only person capable of doing so, and there was no guarantee whatsoever that it couldn't have escalated beyond all predictions.]]

* OpenSecret: Max' and Sarah's relationship.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The film was made by one of the guys responsible for ''Film/Stargate'', so ''Geostorm'' following in its footsteps shouldn't be too much of a surprise. One of the most blatant examples is probably the Hong Kong scene where [[spoiler:a weather control machine ''in space'' somehow manages to heat up subterranean gas pipelines until they glow red-hot and ''melt through the tarmac above'' while the people in the streets merely go through a stifling heat wave instead of being cooked alive]]. But hey, [[RuleOfCool it looks awesome, so it's okay]].

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese release is "Dinosaur" by B'z

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The film was made by one of the guys responsible for ''Film/Stargate, so ''Geostorm'' following in its footsteps shouldn't be too much of a surprise. One of the most blatant examples is probably the Hong Kong scene where [[spoiler:a weather control machine ''in space'' somehow manages to heat up subterranean gas pipelines until they glow red-hot and ''melt through the tarmac above'' while the people in the streets merely go through a stifling heat wave instead of being cooked alive]]. But hey, [[RuleOfCool it looks awesome, so it's okay]].

* PresidentEvil: US President Andrew Palma is the man behind the misuse of Dutch Boy as a WMD. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Or so the heroes think at first]]. It's actually Leonard Dekkom, his defense secretary.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The film was made by one of the guys responsible for ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' (which still proudly defends the title of most scientifically absurd movie ever), so ''Geostorm'' following in its footsteps shouldn't be too much of a surprise. One of the most blatant examples is probably the Hong Kong scene where [[spoiler:a weather control machine ''in space'' somehow manages to heat up subterranean gas pipelines until they glow red-hot and ''melt through the tarmac above'' while the people in the streets merely go through a stifling heat wave instead of being cooked alive]]. But hey, [[RuleOfCool it looks awesome, so it's okay]].

* DisasterMovie: Not a coincidence given that it's directed by Dean Devlin, who co-wrote ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' and ''Film/TwentyTwelve'' with director Creator/RolandEmmerich.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' and ''Film/TwentyTwelve'', given the fact that Dean Devlin co-wrote them. It can also been as this for ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''.

* AmoralAfrikaner: One of [[spoiler:Dekko's]] goons has a South African accent.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The film is set sometime in 2019, and while most regular tech looks to be on par with what was common in 2017, electric cars (at least some of them with autopilot) seem to be much more prevalent, and space technology is ''a lot'' more advanced than anything available to mankind when the movie was released.