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* ApocalypseHow: If humanity hadn't had their arks (which notably prioritize saving several species of animals as well as a chunk of humanity), the devastation would've likely been a ApocalypseHow/Class4 for the Earth's biosphere and a ApocalypseHow/Class3B for the human race (probably actually just a ApocalypseHow/Class2 in that scenario since it's suggested at the film's end that [[spoiler:the megatsunamis never even flooded South Africa]]). As it stands,a large chunk of humanity including world leaders from several nations survive aboard the arks, putting the likely actual fallout at a ApocalypseHow/Class1 or at worst a Class 2 -- the vast majority of humans are dead, but civilization perseveres.
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* ApocalypseHow: If humanity hadn't had their arks (which notably prioritize saving several species of animals as well as a chunk of humanity), the devastation would've likely been a ApocalypseHow/Class4 for the Earth's biosphere and a ApocalypseHow/Class3B for the human race (probably actually just a ApocalypseHow/Class2 in that scenario since it's suggested at the film's end that [[spoiler:the megatsunamis never even flooded South Africa]]). As it stands,a stands, a large chunk of humanity including world leaders from several nations survive aboard the arks, putting the likely actual fallout at a ApocalypseHow/Class1 or at worst a Class 2 -- the vast majority of humans are dead, but civilization perseveres.
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* ArtisticLicense: Roland Emmerich does this everywhere, as usual.
** [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare Animal Care]]: Amongst the animals being airlifted to the Arks include a rhinoceros and a giraffe. Due to a mixture of the high altitude, low temperatures and the frigid winds being blown over them, both of those animals - as well as any other African animals - would die of either hypothermia or oxygen deprivation.
** [[ArtisticLicenseEngineering Engineering]]: Architects and construction engineers everywhere were cringing in their seats when the earthquakes hit Italy and the Vatican Basilica topples sideways in one piece, then proceeds to roll across the whole of St Peter's Square like a giant flipper ball. A building like this (or any building at all, really) would've simply collapsed like a house of cards when subjected to such unimaginable forces. The same goes for how the destruction of most of LA's skyscrapers is depicted.
** [[ArtisticLicenseGeography Geography]]:
*** The film suggests that a journey between Yellowstone National Park and Los Angeles can be driven in a few hours. The two are 1000 miles apart. The same issue happens when they go from Yellowstone to Las Vegas. Somehow, the ground-based pyroclastic flow from the super-eruption made it all those miles without its momentum getting killed off.
*** If a plane needs to be refuelled during a flight between Las Vegas and China, it would save around 1100 miles if you did so in Alaska or Siberia rather than Hawaii.
*** If the highest point in the world was in South Africa, it would not look anything like it does now.
*** If a cruise ship starts its voyage in San Francisco and travels westwards, within two days it would be a third or so of the distance between California and Hawaii, NOT in the middle of the Sea of Japan.
*** In 2012, as it had been since 2008, the USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) was berthed at NISMF Philadelphia. For a wave to scoop it up from Philly, haul it out to the ocean, then bring it back in on its collision course with [[spoiler:Danny Glover]] is an extreme stretch.
** [[ArtisticLicenseGeology Geology]]:
*** Most of the film operates under this, particularly the depiction the eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. Except for Gordon, who raises his hand very calmly to his eyes in reaction to the brightness, the other protagonist's barely react to the eruption and come out completely unscathed. No-one [[SteelEarDrums goes deaf]] from the sound of the eruption, while the shockwave throws Charlie a couple of feet backwards, despite the trees all around him being uprooted in their thousands. Finally the pyroclastic flow slows down to let the plane time to escape unharmed, while ignoring [[ConvectionSchmonvection convection]] not to boil them alive and after emerging from the ash cloud, the plane [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking isn't even dirty]].
*** According to most, if not all, geologists and volcanologists, anything within 100 miles of Yellowstone is screwed, though the rest of the world isn't any safer from the Ashes and more than likely imminent volcanic winter and possibly the next ice age.
*** Much of the eruption itself is highly inaccurate. First of all, before the main eruption even takes place, there would be a series of monstrous volcanic eruptions that take place all around the caldera; the most we get to see of this is a geyser blowing its top a few minutes before Yellowstone erupts. Second of all, there were no warning signs. There are specific warning signs that scientists look out for, such as increased gas levels within geothermal structures. There would also be swarms of earthquakes that would become more and more aggressive. Temperature changes within the geysers would also result. The topography of Yellowstone would also change months before the eruption, as rising magma would bring the surface up with it, creating visible bulges - again, we don't see this happen until the eruption itself is almost upon us. During the final minutes before the eruption, new cracks in the ground would have formed and geysers release superheated water. The terror doesn't stop there either. Volcanic lava begins oozing from cracks beneath the surface. This is the perfect time to shit yourself if you haven't already. Then, boom! But there are still multiple eruptions that takes place before the main event.
*** The sinking of California by a 10.9 earthquake causing the Earth crust displacement has so much wrong written all over it that it doesn't even ''try'' to stray away from this trope.
*** There are no active volcanoes in Honolulu.[[note]]Since this one seems to create confusion, some clarification. Honolulu is on the island of O'ahu which, though formed volcanically, is no longer on the hot spot. The five active volcanoes in the Hawaiian chain are Haleakala (Maui), Hualalai (Hawai'i), Mauna Loa (Hawai'i), Kilauea (Hawai'i again), and Lo'ihi (just southeast of Hawai'i island at a depth of about 3,000 ft). O'ahu is volcanically dead.[[/note]]
*** Modern scientists studying the caldera at Yellowstone indicate that an eruption there would send enough ash into the atmosphere to bring about a miniature ice age. [[spoiler:Combine ''that'' ash with the amount pouring from the Hawaiian island chain that has erupted, and the Earth would stay cool for a very long time. The end of the movie indicates that a mere ''27 days'' after the event, the seas are calm and the sky is clear and warm.]]
*** On a related note, while the ash cloud would easily reach and probably thickly blanket Las Vegas, the pyroclastic flow would not; it would have slowed, cooled, and collapsed long before then. So, while Vegas would've definitely had a lot of ashfall, the apocalyptic, control-tower-obliterating flow shown is completely unreasonable.
** [[ArtisticLicenseHistory History]]:
*** The scientific paper on the shifting of the Earth's crust is said to have been published in 1958, and Albert Einstein is said to have agreed with it. How somebody who died in 1955 can agree with a paper written after their death is anybody's guess.
*** The trailers called the Mayans "Mankind's Earliest Civilization". It's certainly old, with roots stretching back to 2000 BCE, but Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus Vally Civilization date back to at least 1000 years prior to ''that''. The Classic Period coincides with the decline of the Roman Empire.
** [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary Military]]: The US Navy doesn't paint the name and pennant number of a carrier on the flight deck in the method shown. The number is painted on the island and bow of the flight deck (quite prominently) and name on the stern per maritime convention, but that's it.
** [[ArtisticLicensePhysics Physics]]:
*** The Yellowstone eruption. It manages an explosion probably measured in gigatons without any significant blast overpressure. Trees are flattened, but it abates within a mere mile or two - helpfully before obliterating all the major characters. Geologists say that in an eruption of that magnitude, anyone close enough to ''see'' it with the naked eye would not survive. First of all, any right minded person who knows about the eruptive history of Yellowstone, would know that there would be multiple monstrous eruptions before the main eruption even takes place. Yellowstone just doesn't erupt with a massive explosion like a nuclear bomb. There are several eruptions that occur, according to most volcanologists and geologists, mainly because of the fact the entire supervolcano is a tightly sealed can. Secondly, there would be pyroclastic surges that rampage.
*** The tsunamis:
*** A huge and incredibly heavy Tsunami is able to climb up a steep hill without changing its trajectory.
*** Another tsunami is also able to carry an aircraft carrier ''on its side'' without the ship breaking up.
*** The Earth is ripping itself a new one because solar neutrinos are "mutating" into a form that heats the interior of the Earth like a microwave oven. In reality, solar neutrinos '''do''' mutate -- they change between electron, muon, and tau flavors during their travels in a process called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillations neutrino oscillation]]. However, '''none''' of these neutrino flavors is capable of interacting with the Earth's interior. Or any form of normal matter.
** [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare Animal Care]]: Amongst the animals being airlifted to the Arks include a rhinoceros and a giraffe. Due to a mixture of the high altitude, low temperatures and the frigid winds being blown over them, both of those animals - as well as any other African animals - would die of either hypothermia or oxygen deprivation.
** [[ArtisticLicenseEngineering Engineering]]: Architects and construction engineers everywhere were cringing in their seats when the earthquakes hit Italy and the Vatican Basilica topples sideways in one piece, then proceeds to roll across the whole of St Peter's Square like a giant flipper ball. A building like this (or any building at all, really) would've simply collapsed like a house of cards when subjected to such unimaginable forces. The same goes for how the destruction of most of LA's skyscrapers is depicted.
** [[ArtisticLicenseGeography Geography]]:
*** The film suggests that a journey between Yellowstone National Park and Los Angeles can be driven in a few hours. The two are 1000 miles apart. The same issue happens when they go from Yellowstone to Las Vegas. Somehow, the ground-based pyroclastic flow from the super-eruption made it all those miles without its momentum getting killed off.
*** If a plane needs to be refuelled during a flight between Las Vegas and China, it would save around 1100 miles if you did so in Alaska or Siberia rather than Hawaii.
*** If the highest point in the world was in South Africa, it would not look anything like it does now.
*** If a cruise ship starts its voyage in San Francisco and travels westwards, within two days it would be a third or so of the distance between California and Hawaii, NOT in the middle of the Sea of Japan.
*** In 2012, as it had been since 2008, the USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) was berthed at NISMF Philadelphia. For a wave to scoop it up from Philly, haul it out to the ocean, then bring it back in on its collision course with [[spoiler:Danny Glover]] is an extreme stretch.
** [[ArtisticLicenseGeology Geology]]:
*** Most of the film operates under this, particularly the depiction the eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. Except for Gordon, who raises his hand very calmly to his eyes in reaction to the brightness, the other protagonist's barely react to the eruption and come out completely unscathed. No-one [[SteelEarDrums goes deaf]] from the sound of the eruption, while the shockwave throws Charlie a couple of feet backwards, despite the trees all around him being uprooted in their thousands. Finally the pyroclastic flow slows down to let the plane time to escape unharmed, while ignoring [[ConvectionSchmonvection convection]] not to boil them alive and after emerging from the ash cloud, the plane [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking isn't even dirty]].
*** According to most, if not all, geologists and volcanologists, anything within 100 miles of Yellowstone is screwed, though the rest of the world isn't any safer from the Ashes and more than likely imminent volcanic winter and possibly the next ice age.
*** Much of the eruption itself is highly inaccurate. First of all, before the main eruption even takes place, there would be a series of monstrous volcanic eruptions that take place all around the caldera; the most we get to see of this is a geyser blowing its top a few minutes before Yellowstone erupts. Second of all, there were no warning signs. There are specific warning signs that scientists look out for, such as increased gas levels within geothermal structures. There would also be swarms of earthquakes that would become more and more aggressive. Temperature changes within the geysers would also result. The topography of Yellowstone would also change months before the eruption, as rising magma would bring the surface up with it, creating visible bulges - again, we don't see this happen until the eruption itself is almost upon us. During the final minutes before the eruption, new cracks in the ground would have formed and geysers release superheated water. The terror doesn't stop there either. Volcanic lava begins oozing from cracks beneath the surface. This is the perfect time to shit yourself if you haven't already. Then, boom! But there are still multiple eruptions that takes place before the main event.
*** The sinking of California by a 10.9 earthquake causing the Earth crust displacement has so much wrong written all over it that it doesn't even ''try'' to stray away from this trope.
*** There are no active volcanoes in Honolulu.[[note]]Since this one seems to create confusion, some clarification. Honolulu is on the island of O'ahu which, though formed volcanically, is no longer on the hot spot. The five active volcanoes in the Hawaiian chain are Haleakala (Maui), Hualalai (Hawai'i), Mauna Loa (Hawai'i), Kilauea (Hawai'i again), and Lo'ihi (just southeast of Hawai'i island at a depth of about 3,000 ft). O'ahu is volcanically dead.[[/note]]
*** Modern scientists studying the caldera at Yellowstone indicate that an eruption there would send enough ash into the atmosphere to bring about a miniature ice age. [[spoiler:Combine ''that'' ash with the amount pouring from the Hawaiian island chain that has erupted, and the Earth would stay cool for a very long time. The end of the movie indicates that a mere ''27 days'' after the event, the seas are calm and the sky is clear and warm.]]
*** On a related note, while the ash cloud would easily reach and probably thickly blanket Las Vegas, the pyroclastic flow would not; it would have slowed, cooled, and collapsed long before then. So, while Vegas would've definitely had a lot of ashfall, the apocalyptic, control-tower-obliterating flow shown is completely unreasonable.
** [[ArtisticLicenseHistory History]]:
*** The scientific paper on the shifting of the Earth's crust is said to have been published in 1958, and Albert Einstein is said to have agreed with it. How somebody who died in 1955 can agree with a paper written after their death is anybody's guess.
*** The trailers called the Mayans "Mankind's Earliest Civilization". It's certainly old, with roots stretching back to 2000 BCE, but Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus Vally Civilization date back to at least 1000 years prior to ''that''. The Classic Period coincides with the decline of the Roman Empire.
** [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary Military]]: The US Navy doesn't paint the name and pennant number of a carrier on the flight deck in the method shown. The number is painted on the island and bow of the flight deck (quite prominently) and name on the stern per maritime convention, but that's it.
** [[ArtisticLicensePhysics Physics]]:
*** The Yellowstone eruption. It manages an explosion probably measured in gigatons without any significant blast overpressure. Trees are flattened, but it abates within a mere mile or two - helpfully before obliterating all the major characters. Geologists say that in an eruption of that magnitude, anyone close enough to ''see'' it with the naked eye would not survive. First of all, any right minded person who knows about the eruptive history of Yellowstone, would know that there would be multiple monstrous eruptions before the main eruption even takes place. Yellowstone just doesn't erupt with a massive explosion like a nuclear bomb. There are several eruptions that occur, according to most volcanologists and geologists, mainly because of the fact the entire supervolcano is a tightly sealed can. Secondly, there would be pyroclastic surges that rampage.
*** The tsunamis:
*** A huge and incredibly heavy Tsunami is able to climb up a steep hill without changing its trajectory.
*** Another tsunami is also able to carry an aircraft carrier ''on its side'' without the ship breaking up.
*** The Earth is ripping itself a new one because solar neutrinos are "mutating" into a form that heats the interior of the Earth like a microwave oven. In reality, solar neutrinos '''do''' mutate -- they change between electron, muon, and tau flavors during their travels in a process called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillations neutrino oscillation]]. However, '''none''' of these neutrino flavors is capable of interacting with the Earth's interior. Or any form of normal matter.
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* ArtisticLicense: Roland Emmerich does this everywhere, as usual.
** [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare Animal Care]]:ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Amongst the animals being airlifted to the Arks include a rhinoceros and a giraffe. Due to a mixture of the high altitude, low temperatures and the frigid winds being blown over them, both of those animals - as well as any other African animals - would die of either hypothermia or oxygen deprivation.
** [[ArtisticLicenseEngineering Engineering]]: * ArtisticLicenseEngineering: Architects and construction engineers everywhere were cringing in their seats when the earthquakes hit Italy and the Vatican Basilica topples sideways in one piece, then proceeds to roll across the whole of St Peter's Square like a giant flipper ball. A building like this (or any building at all, really) would've simply collapsed like a house of cards when subjected to such unimaginable forces. The same goes for how the destruction of most of LA's skyscrapers is depicted.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography:
**[[ArtisticLicenseGeography Geography]]:
***The film suggests that a journey between Yellowstone National Park and Los Angeles can be driven in a few hours. The two are 1000 miles apart. The same issue happens when they go from Yellowstone to Las Vegas. Somehow, the ground-based pyroclastic flow from the super-eruption made it all those miles without its momentum getting killed off.
*** ** If a plane needs to be refuelled during a flight between Las Vegas and China, it would save around 1100 miles if you did so in Alaska or Siberia rather than Hawaii.
*** ** If the highest point in the world was in South Africa, it would not look anything like it does now.
*** ** If a cruise ship starts its voyage in San Francisco and travels westwards, within two days it would be a third or so of the distance between California and Hawaii, NOT in the middle of the Sea of Japan.
*** ** In 2012, as it had been since 2008, the USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) was berthed at NISMF Philadelphia. For a wave to scoop it up from Philly, haul it out to the ocean, then bring it back in on its collision course with [[spoiler:Danny Glover]] is an extreme stretch.
* ArtisticLicenseGeology:
**[[ArtisticLicenseGeology Geology]]:
***Most of the film operates under this, particularly the depiction the eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. Except for Gordon, who raises his hand very calmly to his eyes in reaction to the brightness, the other protagonist's barely react to the eruption and come out completely unscathed. No-one [[SteelEarDrums goes deaf]] from the sound of the eruption, while the shockwave throws Charlie a couple of feet backwards, despite the trees all around him being uprooted in their thousands. Finally the pyroclastic flow slows down to let the plane time to escape unharmed, while ignoring [[ConvectionSchmonvection convection]] not to boil them alive and after emerging from the ash cloud, the plane [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking isn't even dirty]].
*** ** According to most, if not all, geologists and volcanologists, anything within 100 miles of Yellowstone is screwed, though the rest of the world isn't any safer from the Ashes and more than likely imminent volcanic winter and possibly the next ice age.
*** ** Much of the eruption itself is highly inaccurate. First of all, before the main eruption even takes place, there would be a series of monstrous volcanic eruptions that take place all around the caldera; the most we get to see of this is a geyser blowing its top a few minutes before Yellowstone erupts. Second of all, there were no warning signs. There are specific warning signs that scientists look out for, such as increased gas levels within geothermal structures. There would also be swarms of earthquakes that would become more and more aggressive. Temperature changes within the geysers would also result. The topography of Yellowstone would also change months before the eruption, as rising magma would bring the surface up with it, creating visible bulges - again, we don't see this happen until the eruption itself is almost upon us. During the final minutes before the eruption, new cracks in the ground would have formed and geysers release superheated water. The terror doesn't stop there either. Volcanic lava begins oozing from cracks beneath the surface. This is the perfect time to shit yourself if you haven't already. Then, boom! But there are still multiple eruptions that takes place before the main event.
*** ** The sinking of California by a 10.9 earthquake causing the Earth crust displacement has so much wrong written all over it that it doesn't even ''try'' to stray away from this trope.
*** ** There are no active volcanoes in Honolulu.[[note]]Since this one seems to create confusion, some clarification. Honolulu is on the island of O'ahu which, though formed volcanically, is no longer on the hot spot. The five active volcanoes in the Hawaiian chain are Haleakala (Maui), Hualalai (Hawai'i), Mauna Loa (Hawai'i), Kilauea (Hawai'i again), and Lo'ihi (just southeast of Hawai'i island at a depth of about 3,000 ft). O'ahu is volcanically dead.[[/note]]
*** ** Modern scientists studying the caldera at Yellowstone indicate that an eruption there would send enough ash into the atmosphere to bring about a miniature ice age. [[spoiler:Combine ''that'' ash with the amount pouring from the Hawaiian island chain that has erupted, and the Earth would stay cool for a very long time. The end of the movie indicates that a mere ''27 days'' after the event, the seas are calm and the sky is clear and warm.]]
*** ** On a related note, while the ash cloud would easily reach and probably thickly blanket Las Vegas, the pyroclastic flow would not; it would have slowed, cooled, and collapsed long before then. So, while Vegas would've definitely had a lot of ashfall, the apocalyptic, control-tower-obliterating flow shown is completely unreasonable.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
**[[ArtisticLicenseHistory History]]:
***The scientific paper on the shifting of the Earth's crust is said to have been published in 1958, and Albert Einstein is said to have agreed with it. How somebody who died in 1955 can agree with a paper written after their death is anybody's guess.
*** ** The trailers called the Mayans "Mankind's Earliest Civilization". It's certainly old, with roots stretching back to 2000 BCE, but Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus Vally Civilization date back to at least 1000 years prior to ''that''. The Classic Period coincides with the decline of the Roman Empire.
** [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary Military]]: * ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The US Navy doesn't paint the name and pennant number of a carrier on the flight deck in the method shown. The number is painted on the island and bow of the flight deck (quite prominently) and name on the stern per maritime convention, but that's it.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics:
**[[ArtisticLicensePhysics Physics]]:
***The Yellowstone eruption. It manages an explosion probably measured in gigatons without any significant blast overpressure. Trees are flattened, but it abates within a mere mile or two - helpfully before obliterating all the major characters. Geologists say that in an eruption of that magnitude, anyone close enough to ''see'' it with the naked eye would not survive. First of all, any right minded person who knows about the eruptive history of Yellowstone, would know that there would be multiple monstrous eruptions before the main eruption even takes place. Yellowstone just doesn't erupt with a massive explosion like a nuclear bomb. There are several eruptions that occur, according to most volcanologists and geologists, mainly because of the fact the entire supervolcano is a tightly sealed can. Secondly, there would be pyroclastic surges that rampage.
*** ** The tsunamis:
*** ** A huge and incredibly heavy Tsunami is able to climb up a steep hill without changing its trajectory.
*** ** Another tsunami is also able to carry an aircraft carrier ''on its side'' without the ship breaking up.
*** ** The Earth is ripping itself a new one because solar neutrinos are "mutating" into a form that heats the interior of the Earth like a microwave oven. In reality, solar neutrinos '''do''' mutate -- they change between electron, muon, and tau flavors during their travels in a process called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillations neutrino oscillation]]. However, '''none''' of these neutrino flavors is capable of interacting with the Earth's interior. Or any form of normal matter.
** [[ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare Animal Care]]:
* ArtisticLicenseGeography:
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*** Now, it ''could'' be possible for neutrinos to be energized to the point that they become functionally larger and can interact with matter more easily. However, not only would this take something like a supernova to actually occur, but the resulting wave of hyper-energized neutrinos would either vaporize or lethally irradiate everything on the surface of the planet, making the consequences of them heating up the Earth's core a moot point.
*** Two courtesy of the Little Prop Plane that Could:
*** '''Takeoff speeds are not negotiable.''' When Gordon points out a specific speed of 85 knots he needs to take off (unsurprisingly reading his airspeed indicator's markings wrong), Cusack essentially tells him to go anyway, the fool ''agrees,'' and it ''works.'' [[note]]There are two screwups here, one a glaring oversight by anyone with the ability to read (He's reading the wrong damn numbers - the outer ring of the ASI is in miles per hour, and the inner one is knots. So if he'd said "70 knots" he would've had the right conversion for the speed he thinks he needs, but he didn't. Of course, it's only marked with a prominent white ''MPH'' at the top and he's theoretically had a flight lesson, but oh well.) while the other is basic airmanship: the white arc on the ASI indicates the flap operating speed range. The bottom of the arc (the lowest speed) is the stall speed of the aircraft with full flaps and in landing configuration (gear extended). Coincidentally, this is also the minimum takeoff speed. Trying to lift before that speed just adds drag and lengthens your takeoff roll - which, when the airport is falling into a bottomless abyss, ain't exactly a great plan. The little red mark at 82 MPH we're led to believe is takeoff speed actually indicates the single-engine controllable airspeed, and is useful only if one of the engines has failed in flight. Ironically, though, while the ASI shown on screen does not belong to a Cessna 340, he ends up being nearly right anyway; the 340's takeoff speed actually ''is'' 71 knots...if it's empty. The Cessna 340 can hold six people and up to 102 gallons of fuel in stock configuration, expandable to up to 207 gallons. The problem is that with six people aboard, their weight has to be saved somewhere, which means the pilot is going to need to ''dump some fuel'' to get down to maximum takeoff weight. Either that or leave a nonessential character behind.[[/note]]
*** '''The plane apparently had a warp drive.''' When the Yellowstone caldera decides it's time to party, among other things it sends out a pyroclastic flow. This is to be expected should Yellowstone erupt again. The problem is that the average speed of a pyroclastic flow is between 300 and 450 MPH, and the top speed of a Cessna 340 is 279MPH. It is physically incapable of remaining in stable flight at greater speed. [[note]]Referring back to the airspeed indicator, you can see a very prominent red line at about 240 miles per hour. This is called the VNE speed, also known as the ''never exceed speed.'' There is a reason for this name: the plane should ''never'', not ever, not even if it's being chased by a giant angry ash cloud, go that fast or faster. Above that speed, the control surfaces will eventually cease to be able to control the plane (you can't maneuver) and the plane could even begin to come apart in midair. In the interests of full disclosure: reaching or exceeding the VNE speed may or may not cause problems ''right away'', but the plane begins to become markedly less stable. Flutter - which is exactly what it sounds like - may begin, causing a loss of control or damage to the wings. The aircraft will begin to adopt a nose-down trim as dynamic air pressure continues to build, eventually forcing it into an unrecoverable dive. (Contrary to popular and cinematic belief, though, it's very unlikely the wings will snap off.) But even if nothing deadly happens, the plane will almost certainly need depot maintenance and an inspection teardown. It's bad. There's a reason the line is red. It's also worth noting that many aircraft can't even reach their VNE speed with stock engines; they just don't have the horsepower. Now, the ASI shown on screen isn't an ASI for the Cessna 340 we see being flown (its markings are wrong). The ASI we see has a VNE of about 249 MPH, while a Cessna 340 maxes out at 279 MPH. Either way, the plane will become an uncontrollable lawn dart long before it's able to outrun a pyroclastic flow. (Given how the rest of the film plays out, this might have been preferable.) [[/note]]
*** All scientists - even American ones - use metric units, so Satnam should have referred to the mine as being about 3300 metres rather than 11,000 feet deep.
*** It's not possible for a ship's engines not to function when there is one door or gate open.
*** It's not possible for water to flow into a watertight room when all access routes are closed.
** [[ArtisticLicensePolitics Politics]]:
*** The US President requests to speak to his fellow heads of state at the G8 Summit. If this was to happen, he'd only be speaking to the French and Russian presidents - the rest[[note]]Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom[[/note]] send their head of government (who actually exercise executive power).
*** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ended in 2011, as the state has a two term limit.
*** Two courtesy of the Little Prop Plane that Could:
*** '''Takeoff speeds are not negotiable.''' When Gordon points out a specific speed of 85 knots he needs to take off (unsurprisingly reading his airspeed indicator's markings wrong), Cusack essentially tells him to go anyway, the fool ''agrees,'' and it ''works.'' [[note]]There are two screwups here, one a glaring oversight by anyone with the ability to read (He's reading the wrong damn numbers - the outer ring of the ASI is in miles per hour, and the inner one is knots. So if he'd said "70 knots" he would've had the right conversion for the speed he thinks he needs, but he didn't. Of course, it's only marked with a prominent white ''MPH'' at the top and he's theoretically had a flight lesson, but oh well.) while the other is basic airmanship: the white arc on the ASI indicates the flap operating speed range. The bottom of the arc (the lowest speed) is the stall speed of the aircraft with full flaps and in landing configuration (gear extended). Coincidentally, this is also the minimum takeoff speed. Trying to lift before that speed just adds drag and lengthens your takeoff roll - which, when the airport is falling into a bottomless abyss, ain't exactly a great plan. The little red mark at 82 MPH we're led to believe is takeoff speed actually indicates the single-engine controllable airspeed, and is useful only if one of the engines has failed in flight. Ironically, though, while the ASI shown on screen does not belong to a Cessna 340, he ends up being nearly right anyway; the 340's takeoff speed actually ''is'' 71 knots...if it's empty. The Cessna 340 can hold six people and up to 102 gallons of fuel in stock configuration, expandable to up to 207 gallons. The problem is that with six people aboard, their weight has to be saved somewhere, which means the pilot is going to need to ''dump some fuel'' to get down to maximum takeoff weight. Either that or leave a nonessential character behind.[[/note]]
*** '''The plane apparently had a warp drive.''' When the Yellowstone caldera decides it's time to party, among other things it sends out a pyroclastic flow. This is to be expected should Yellowstone erupt again. The problem is that the average speed of a pyroclastic flow is between 300 and 450 MPH, and the top speed of a Cessna 340 is 279MPH. It is physically incapable of remaining in stable flight at greater speed. [[note]]Referring back to the airspeed indicator, you can see a very prominent red line at about 240 miles per hour. This is called the VNE speed, also known as the ''never exceed speed.'' There is a reason for this name: the plane should ''never'', not ever, not even if it's being chased by a giant angry ash cloud, go that fast or faster. Above that speed, the control surfaces will eventually cease to be able to control the plane (you can't maneuver) and the plane could even begin to come apart in midair. In the interests of full disclosure: reaching or exceeding the VNE speed may or may not cause problems ''right away'', but the plane begins to become markedly less stable. Flutter - which is exactly what it sounds like - may begin, causing a loss of control or damage to the wings. The aircraft will begin to adopt a nose-down trim as dynamic air pressure continues to build, eventually forcing it into an unrecoverable dive. (Contrary to popular and cinematic belief, though, it's very unlikely the wings will snap off.) But even if nothing deadly happens, the plane will almost certainly need depot maintenance and an inspection teardown. It's bad. There's a reason the line is red. It's also worth noting that many aircraft can't even reach their VNE speed with stock engines; they just don't have the horsepower. Now, the ASI shown on screen isn't an ASI for the Cessna 340 we see being flown (its markings are wrong). The ASI we see has a VNE of about 249 MPH, while a Cessna 340 maxes out at 279 MPH. Either way, the plane will become an uncontrollable lawn dart long before it's able to outrun a pyroclastic flow. (Given how the rest of the film plays out, this might have been preferable.) [[/note]]
*** All scientists - even American ones - use metric units, so Satnam should have referred to the mine as being about 3300 metres rather than 11,000 feet deep.
*** It's not possible for a ship's engines not to function when there is one door or gate open.
*** It's not possible for water to flow into a watertight room when all access routes are closed.
** [[ArtisticLicensePolitics Politics]]:
*** The US President requests to speak to his fellow heads of state at the G8 Summit. If this was to happen, he'd only be speaking to the French and Russian presidents - the rest[[note]]Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom[[/note]] send their head of government (who actually exercise executive power).
*** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ended in 2011, as the state has a two term limit.
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** The entire city of Los Angeles. You could probably pick out the Capital Records Building getting it again if you look closely.
** Subverted during the movie's planning stages with the Kaaba in Mecca. One of the scriptwriters outright said that he didn't want a ''fatwa'' issued against him.
** Subverted during the movie's planning stages with the Kaaba in Mecca. One of the scriptwriters outright said that he didn't want a ''fatwa'' issued against him.
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** The entire city of Los Angeles. You could probably pick out both the Capital Records Building and the U.S Bank Tower getting it again if you look closely.
** Subverted during the movie's planning stages with the Kaaba in Mecca. One of the scriptwriters outright said that he didn't want a ''fatwa'' issued againsthim.him, thus it was ultimately not included.
** Subverted during the movie's planning stages with the Kaaba in Mecca. One of the scriptwriters outright said that he didn't want a ''fatwa'' issued against
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** During the destruction of the Sistine Chapel, the cracks forming on the roof directly between God and Adam in the Creation of Adam symbolize two aspects related to the Bible: the transition between the first and second circles of life (specifically, breaking the connection between humans and God) and God's reversal of creation of humanity in Chapters 6-9 in the Literature/BookOfGenesis.
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** During the destruction of the Sistine Chapel, the cracks forming on the roof directly between God and Adam in the Creation of Adam symbolize two aspects related to the Bible: the transition between the first and second circles of life (specifically, breaking the connection between humans and God) and God's reversal of creation of humanity in Chapters 6-9 in the Book of Genesis.
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** During the destruction of the Sistine Chapel, the cracks forming on the roof directly between God and Adam in the Creation of Adam symbolize two aspects related to the Bible: the transition between the first and second circles of life (specifically, breaking the connection between humans and God) and God's reversal of creation of humanity in Chapters 6-9 in the Book of Genesis.Literature/BookOfGenesis.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Noah does this to his father Jackson at least twice, which is meant to signal the strained relationship they have at the beginning. Each time it happens, Jackson expresses his annoyance with this.
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* OutrunTheFireball: Or outrun the earthquake, supervolcano and tidal wave. Luckily the Earth is sufficiently polite to wait for the protagonists to reach a car, plane and ark to escape to catastrophe. Not so much for everyone else.
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* OutrunTheFireball: Or outrun the earthquake, supervolcano and tidal wave. Luckily the Earth is sufficiently polite to wait for the protagonists to reach a car, plane and ark to escape to catastrophe. Not so much [[EverybodyDiesEnding for everyone else.]]
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*** Arnold Schwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ended in 2011, as the state has a two term limit.
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*** Arnold Schwarzenegger's Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ended in 2011, as the state has a two term limit.
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* BribeBackfire: Implied. After the Chinese take Yuri and his sons to the helicopter while leaving the rest of Jackson's group behind, Kate asks if any of them has money, thinking they could bribe the Chinese into taking them to the [[spoiler: Arks]]. Gordon says he has some and begins looking into what looks like a wallet. The response:
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* BribeBackfire: Implied. After the Chinese take Yuri and his sons to the helicopter while leaving the rest of Jackson's group behind, Kate asks if any of them has money, thinking they could bribe the Chinese into taking them to the [[spoiler: Arks]].[[spoiler:Arks]]. Gordon says he has some and begins looking into what looks like a wallet. The response:
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*** Then yet AGAIN, [[spoiler: none of this would have been an issue had Jackson's crew not managed to foul the gears up in the first place when they snuck in. Makes one wonder if they ever bother to correct everyone calling Jackson a "hero." That's a secret to take to the grave.]]
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*** Then yet AGAIN, [[spoiler: none [[spoiler:none of this would have been an issue had Jackson's crew not managed to foul the gears up in the first place when they snuck in. Makes one wonder if they ever bother to correct everyone calling Jackson a "hero." That's a secret to take to the grave.]]
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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Both Sasha and Tamara die because they were having an affair.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Tamara's death is an odd case, as her compartment was the only one to flood to that level. Note that the main characters are in the next two compartments over (with Tamara in the ''middle'') and the water level does not reach the same height. Tamara must have been in the overflow section. At least she saved one of the kids and her dog first.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Tamara's [[spoiler:Tamara's death is an odd case, as her compartment was the only one to flood to that level. Note that the main characters are in the next two compartments over (with Tamara in the ''middle'') and the water level does not reach the same height. Tamara must have been in the overflow section. At least she saved one of the kids and her dog first.]]
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* DivorceIsTemporary: Double Subverted. Looks like they're going to play it straight as [[spoiler: Kate and Gordon]] seem to be drifting apart then, then subverted as it looks like they're going to work things out, then cruelly forced back into played straight as [[spoiler: Gordon is killed in the gears of the Ark while Jackson looks on, unable to save him]].
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* DivorceIsTemporary: Double Subverted. Looks like they're going to play it straight as [[spoiler: Kate [[spoiler:Kate and Gordon]] seem to be drifting apart then, then subverted as it looks like they're going to work things out, then cruelly forced back into played straight as [[spoiler: Gordon [[spoiler:Gordon is killed in the gears of the Ark while Jackson looks on, unable to save him]].
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** Also [[spoiler: Yuri]], who throws his kids to safety before the momentum [[HeroicSacrifice takes him over the edge of the bridge.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: More {{Jerkass}} than evil, but [[spoiler: Yuri sacrifices his life so his sons can survive, throwing one of them onto the Ark's walkway and hurling himself off a cliff with the momentum]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: More {{Jerkass}} than evil, but [[spoiler: Yuri [[spoiler:Yuri sacrifices his life so his sons can survive, throwing one of them onto the Ark's walkway and hurling himself off a cliff with the momentum]].
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** [[spoiler: Lama Rinpoche gets an '''epic''' one as the tsunami sweeps away his monastery (note, at the ''very top'' of a mountain in the Himalaya). He simply stands and rings the giant bell at the top of the building as the wave approaches.]]
** [[spoiler: Thomas Wilson, the President who did not abandon his post.]]
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**[[spoiler: Thomas [[spoiler:Thomas Wilson, the President who did not abandon his post.]]
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* MissingMom: First Lady Dorothy Wilson, Laura's mother, died prior to the main events of the film. President Wilson mentions that she suggested they [[spoiler: hold a lottery for the Arks (instead of what actually transpired).]]
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* PairTheSpares: Subverted. It looks like [[spoiler: Gordon and Tamara will get together]] but they both die instead.
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** Anheuser is a flawed character, but he does have moments of sadness about how many people are dying, and genuinely compliments and encourages Adrian a few times, [[spoiler: Even admitting that he was right to oppose him at the end in a deleted scene]].
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** Anheuser is a flawed character, but he does have moments of sadness about how many people are dying, and genuinely compliments and encourages Adrian a few times, [[spoiler: Even [[spoiler:Even admitting that he was right to oppose him at the end in a deleted scene]].
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** The bonding between [[spoiler:Gordon and Tamara]] initially looks like PairTheSpares, [[spoiler: only for both to later die]].
** The continual references to "big ships" [[spoiler: makes one think of spaceships that are going to leave Earth. They're really just boats]].
* RegionalRedecoration: Hoo-boy, where do we begin? Southern California is torn to shreds by an enormous earthquake, one big enough to rip open a new canyon and [[CaliforniaCollapse causes the fragmented land to sink into the ocean]]; Yellowstone national park is wiped out when the supervolcano erupts, Las Vegas is split in two by a huge fissure, and Hawaii is buried under miles of lava. However, the crowning moment has to be when ''the Earth's crust shifts.'' According to Adrian, it moves about 23 degrees to the southwest, which puts Wisconsin at the center of the new magnetic south pole. Conveniently, it also pushes the Himalayas close to the main characters. [[spoiler: And during the crust shift, the African continent somehow rises several thousand feet, which saves it from the floods.]]
** The continual references to "big ships" [[spoiler: makes one think of spaceships that are going to leave Earth. They're really just boats]].
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** The bonding between [[spoiler:Gordon and Tamara]] initially looks like PairTheSpares, [[spoiler: only [[spoiler:only for both to later die]].
** The continual references to "big ships"[[spoiler: makes [[spoiler:makes one think of spaceships that are going to leave Earth. They're really just boats]].
* RegionalRedecoration: Hoo-boy, where do we begin? Southern California is torn to shreds by an enormous earthquake, one big enough to rip open a new canyon and [[CaliforniaCollapse causes the fragmented land to sink into the ocean]]; Yellowstone national park is wiped out when the supervolcano erupts, Las Vegas is split in two by a huge fissure, and Hawaii is buried under miles of lava. However, the crowning moment has to be when ''the Earth's crust shifts.'' According to Adrian, it moves about 23 degrees to the southwest, which puts Wisconsin at the center of the new magnetic south pole. Conveniently, it also pushes the Himalayas close to the main characters.[[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And during the crust shift, the African continent somehow rises several thousand feet, which saves it from the floods.]]
** The continual references to "big ships"
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** Jackson Curtis' son is named "Noah," and he [[spoiler: later rescues Ark 4 from disaster]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Gordon tries his best to be a good stepfather to Jackson's children, as well as getting on well with Jackson himself, and he manages to use his minimal flying experience to pilot several drastically different aircraft, and is never anything less than cooperative with the other characters. [[spoiler: His reward is death and Jackson's family later reuniting]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Gordon tries his best to be a good stepfather to Jackson's children, as well as getting on well with Jackson himself, and he manages to use his minimal flying experience to pilot several drastically different aircraft, and is never anything less than cooperative with the other characters. [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His reward is death and Jackson's family later reuniting]].
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Played straight with [[spoiler: Tamara]], who gets sealed in a room rapidly filling with water.
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* TakeMyHand: About a dozen times but the most notable one is when Jackson attempts to pull Yenzin and Gordon out of the gear shaft. [[spoiler: Gordon]] doesn't make it.
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* TakeMyHand: About a dozen times but the most notable one is when Jackson attempts to pull Yenzin and Gordon out of the gear shaft.[[spoiler: Gordon]] [[spoiler:Gordon]] doesn't make it.
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* UncertainDoom: Various characters who aren't evacuated to the Arks. It does seem like a stretch that the various disasters killed every single other person on earth besides [[spoiler: The Africans]], but it's doubtful that there were many left. This is lampshaded after Tony loses connection with his son and granddaughter as an earthquake hits Japan and Harry tells him to hold out hope that they might have evaluated somewhere. [[spoiler: And then there's the ''Genesis'' itself when it's hit, but not explicitly destroyed, by a giant wave just minutes later]].
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* TakeThat: A very lazy shot at Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger ("He's an actor - he's reading from a script!"). There is a veritable myriad of [[TakeThat take-thats]] in the film, but there's so many that it's kind of hard to pinpoint them all. Western civilization? Religion? Rich people? Russians?
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* TakeThat: A very lazy shot at Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger ("He's an actor - he's reading from a script!"). There is a veritable myriad of [[TakeThat take-thats]] in the film, but there's so many that it's kind of hard to pinpoint them all. Western civilization? Civilization? Religion? Rich people? Russians?Poor people?
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*** Now, it ''could'' be possible for neutrinos to be energized to the point that they become functionally larger and can interact with matter more easily. However, not only would this take something like a supernova to actually occur, but the resulting wave of hyper-energize neutrinos would either vaporize or lethally irradiate everything on the surface of the planet, making the consequences of them heating up the Earth's core a moot point.
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*** Now, it ''could'' be possible for neutrinos to be energized to the point that they become functionally larger and can interact with matter more easily. However, not only would this take something like a supernova to actually occur, but the resulting wave of hyper-energize hyper-energized neutrinos would either vaporize or lethally irradiate everything on the surface of the planet, making the consequences of them heating up the Earth's core a moot point.
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----> '''Dara O' Briain''': [Neutrinos] can't mutate. Their structure is fundamental to the structure of the universe. Right? They can't just change. He might as well have gone, "The electrons are angry!".
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----> '''Dara O' Briain''': [Neutrinos] can't mutate. Their structure is fundamental to the structure of the universe. Right? They can't just change. He might as well have gone, "The electrons are angry!". Or "The light from the sun, it's gone off!".
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* BlatantLies: This bit during the Yellowstone Caldera eruption...
-->''[the Yellowstone volcano literally blows up]''\\
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'''Lily:''' Daddy, ''what was that?!''\\
'''Jackson:''' Nothing! Nothing!
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'''Lily:''' Daddy, ''what was that?!''\\
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This movie is by [[Creator/RolandEmmerich the same guy]] who did ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow.'' (There's probably a pattern here.) At the time of the film's release, WordOfGod stated that this was to be his final disaster flick,[[note]]Though it's now a FlipFlopOfGod thanks to ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' in 2016 and ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' in 2022.[[/note]] so [[UpToEleven he tried as best as he could]] to pack enough StuffBlowingUp and MonumentalDamage into it to last a lifetime.
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This movie is by [[Creator/RolandEmmerich the same guy]] who did ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow.'' (There's probably a pattern here.) At the time of the film's release, WordOfGod stated that this was to be his final disaster flick,[[note]]Though it's now a FlipFlopOfGod thanks to ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' in 2016 and ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' in 2022.[[/note]] so [[UpToEleven he tried as best as he could]] could to pack enough StuffBlowingUp and MonumentalDamage into it to last a lifetime.
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* RegionalRedecoration: Hoo-boy, [[UpToEleven where do we begin?]] Southern California is torn to shreds by an enormous earthquake, one big enough to rip open a new canyon and [[CaliforniaCollapse causes the fragmented land to sink into the ocean]]; Yellowstone national park is wiped out when the supervolcano erupts, Las Vegas is split in two by a huge fissure, and Hawaii is buried under miles of lava. However, the crowning moment has to be when ''the Earth's crust shifts.'' According to Adrian, it moves about 23 degrees to the southwest, which puts Wisconsin at the center of the new magnetic south pole. Conveniently, it also pushes the Himalayas close to the main characters. [[spoiler: And during the crust shift, the African continent somehow rises several thousand feet, which saves it from the floods.]]
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* RegionalRedecoration: Hoo-boy, [[UpToEleven where do we begin?]] begin? Southern California is torn to shreds by an enormous earthquake, one big enough to rip open a new canyon and [[CaliforniaCollapse causes the fragmented land to sink into the ocean]]; Yellowstone national park is wiped out when the supervolcano erupts, Las Vegas is split in two by a huge fissure, and Hawaii is buried under miles of lava. However, the crowning moment has to be when ''the Earth's crust shifts.'' According to Adrian, it moves about 23 degrees to the southwest, which puts Wisconsin at the center of the new magnetic south pole. Conveniently, it also pushes the Himalayas close to the main characters. [[spoiler: And during the crust shift, the African continent somehow rises several thousand feet, which saves it from the floods.]]
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This movie is by [[Creator/RolandEmmerich the same guy]] who did ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow.'' (There's probably a pattern here.) At the time of the film's release, WordOfGod stated that this was to be his final disaster flick,[[note]]Though it's now a FlipFlopOfGod thanks to ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' in 2016.[[/note]] so [[UpToEleven he tried as best as he could]] to pack enough StuffBlowingUp and MonumentalDamage into it to last a lifetime.
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This movie is by [[Creator/RolandEmmerich the same guy]] who did ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow.'' (There's probably a pattern here.) At the time of the film's release, WordOfGod stated that this was to be his final disaster flick,[[note]]Though it's now a FlipFlopOfGod thanks to ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' in 2016.2016 and ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' in 2022.[[/note]] so [[UpToEleven he tried as best as he could]] to pack enough StuffBlowingUp and MonumentalDamage into it to last a lifetime.
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** Yuri Karpov looks suspiciously similar in appearance and hairstyle to [[http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5Jjf5SHmV-JMeM Shabtay Kalmanovich]], a recently murdered oligarch known for his patronage of sporting events. Russian boxer Zultan seems to be a stand-in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ibragimov Sultan Ibragimov]]. And, for some weird reason, the Russian president is a look-alike of geriatric Soviet leader [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev]].
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** Yuri Karpov looks suspiciously similar in appearance and hairstyle to [[http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:5Jjf5SHmV-JMeM Shabtay Kalmanovich]], a recently an oligarch murdered oligarch in 2009, who was known for his patronage of sporting events. Russian boxer Zultan seems to be a stand-in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ibragimov Sultan Ibragimov]]. And, for some weird reason, the Russian president is a look-alike of geriatric Soviet leader [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev]].Brezhnev]], who died in 1982 already.
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** The White House getting destroyed by the USS John F Kennedy.
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** The White House getting destroyed by the USS John F Kennedy.''John F. Kennedy''.
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** Empire Magazine's review includes this response to Emmerich's "wilfully ignoring science [[RuleOfDrama to keep the plot boiling]]": "For future reference, sudden continental drift probably will affect your cellphone reception." And even if it doesn't, good luck getting through when ''literally the whole world'' is trying to call someone.
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** Empire Magazine's A review in ''Empire Magazine'' includes this response to Emmerich's "wilfully ignoring science [[RuleOfDrama to keep the plot boiling]]": "For future reference, sudden continental drift probably will affect your cellphone reception." And even if it doesn't, good luck getting through when ''literally the whole world'' is trying to call someone.
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** The inspirational black president, though this may just be a latter-day example of BaldBlackLeaderGuy.
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** The inspirational black president, though this may just be a latter-day example of BaldBlackLeaderGuy.president.
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-->'''Jackson:''' ''(after his ex-wife mentions that the news are saying the earthquake that preludes the "sinking of L.A." sequence is no cause for panic)'' When they tell you ''not'' to panic - ''[[YouCanPanicNow that's when you run!]]''
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-->'''Jackson:''' ''(after his ex-wife mentions that the news are saying the earthquake that preludes the "sinking of L.A." sequence is no cause for panic)'' When they tell you ''not'' to panic - ''[[YouCanPanicNow that's ''that's when you run!]]''run!''
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A new character is added to the movie every 10 minutes or so, and most of them exist to get mowed down for the sake of upping the drama quotient.
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* DidIMentionItsChristmas: The supposedly MayanDoomsday is on December 21, 2012, which is almost around the time of Christmas. However for unknown reasons, there were no Christmas decorations set up in different areas.
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* AdultFear: Kate provides proof that, in a situation like what's depicted in the movie, one of the top priorities for parents is the safety of their children (in this case, Lilly and Noah). Her concerns do not go unfounded at Yellowstone, seeing as Lilly gets close to the edge of an awakening supervolcano thanks to Jackson and is nearly killed by a lava-bomb that strikes the RV she and Jackson are in (the only reason they survive the strike is the fact it only obliterated the back). There are also implied instances of children dying as the disaster unfolds, [[spoiler:as well as cases that seem obvious such as Satnam's son]].
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*** Much of the eruption itself is highly inaccurate. First of all, before the main eruption even takes place, there would be a series of monstrous volcanic eruptions that take place all around the caldera. Second of all, there were no warning signs. There are specific warning signs that scientists look out for, such as increased gas levels within geothermal structures. There would also be swarms of earthquakes that would become more and more aggressive. Temperature changes within the geysers would also result. During the final stages of the imminent eruption, new cracks in the ground would have formed and geysers release superheated water. The terror doesn't stop there either. Volcanic lava begins oozing from cracks beneath the surface. This is the perfect time to shit yourself if you haven't already. Then last but not least, the ground will start rising from the pressure of the rising lava and expanding hot gases. But where it will begin to rise is still not yet known as there are multiple potential areas that the ground may rise. Geyser Basin being the most feared locations the ground may begin swelling. This is where things get real. Then, boom!. But there are still multiple eruptions that takes place before the main event.
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*** Much of the eruption itself is highly inaccurate. First of all, before the main eruption even takes place, there would be a series of monstrous volcanic eruptions that take place all around the caldera.caldera; the most we get to see of this is a geyser blowing its top a few minutes before Yellowstone erupts. Second of all, there were no warning signs. There are specific warning signs that scientists look out for, such as increased gas levels within geothermal structures. There would also be swarms of earthquakes that would become more and more aggressive. Temperature changes within the geysers would also result. The topography of Yellowstone would also change months before the eruption, as rising magma would bring the surface up with it, creating visible bulges - again, we don't see this happen until the eruption itself is almost upon us. During the final stages of minutes before the imminent eruption, new cracks in the ground would have formed and geysers release superheated water. The terror doesn't stop there either. Volcanic lava begins oozing from cracks beneath the surface. This is the perfect time to shit yourself if you haven't already. Then last but not least, the ground will start rising from the pressure of the rising lava and expanding hot gases. But where it will begin to rise is still not yet known as there are multiple potential areas that the ground may rise. Geyser Basin being the most feared locations the ground may begin swelling. This is where things get real. Then, boom!. boom! But there are still multiple eruptions that takes place before the main event.
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'''Yuri:''' ''(smiling proudly)'' It's Russian. [[note]]It's technically (Soviet) Ukrainian, as only one model exists. An-225 is a one-off (essentially a stretched An-124 ''Ruslan'') built to carry the Buran shuttle in mid-80'es. There's a lot of talks about series production (or completing the second airframe, which was never finished), but as Antonov design bureau lacks production facilities and must rely on Russian plants, which are still in a pretty bad shape, nothing has come of it as of now.[[/note]]
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'''Yuri:''' ''(smiling proudly)'' It's Russian. [[note]]It's technically (Soviet) Ukrainian, as only one model exists. An-225 is a one-off (essentially a stretched An-124 ''Ruslan'') built to carry the Buran shuttle in mid-80'es. There's a lot of talks about series production (or completing the second airframe, which was never finished), but as Antonov design bureau lacks production facilities and must rely on Russian plants, which are still in a pretty bad shape, nothing has come of it as of now. The sole existing An-225 was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[[/note]]
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-->'''Charlie:''' (''After Jackson asked what the map he had indicated'') They're building [[RightForTheWrongReasons spaceships]], man!
-->'''Jackson:''' Err, I've got to go, because I've gotta get back to Earth.
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--->'''Jackson:''' (''After he and his children have been detained by the military'') This is a National Park! There's not supposed to be posted fences. What's going on?
--->'''Adrian:''' We're geologists.\\
-->'''Jackson:''' Err, I've got to go, because I've gotta get back to Earth.
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'''Jackson:''' Err, I've got to go, because I've gotta get back to Earth.
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* ArabOilSheikh: An early scene shows a Saudi prince [[TheElitesJumpShip buying]] seats on TheArk for himself and his family even though they cost 100,000,000 euros apiece.
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* IgnoredExpert: Played straight for about ten seconds as Anheuser blows a frantic Adrian off, then subverted as he grudgingly stops to flip through through his manuscript, and immediately starts taking the findings seriously.
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* IgnoredExpert: Played straight for about ten seconds as Anheuser blows a frantic Adrian off, then subverted as he grudgingly stops to flip through through his Adrian's manuscript, and immediately starts taking the findings seriously.
