There's Got To Be A Morning After

From Matt Drudge:

FOX’s global warming thriller THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW is turning into a political lightening rod.

A rally featuring former VP and environmental advocate Al Gore will be held a couple of blocks away from the pic’s May 24 preem in Gotham and hosted by MoveOn.org, DAILY VARIETY is reporting on Wednesday.

...VARIETY reporter Gabriel Snyder is planning to quote Gore: “THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW presents us with a great opportunity to talk about the scientific realities of climate change. Millions of people will be coming out of theaters on Memorial Day weekend asking the question, ‘Could this really happen?’ I think we need to answer that question.”

Could this really have happened? People will be asking that about a Gore 2000 victory.

A friend of mine who works for an environmental group and grapples with global warming for a living was adamant that it would be a mistake for his group to get involved with this picture. His (evidently simplistic) theory - it is hard to be associated with something that is over the top without depicting one's self as over the top. I don't think this story about Al Gore rebuts him.

However, the lying, crooked Republican Attack Machine (of which I am but a proud lying, crooked RAMster) will have a forceful response to this Dem initiative! In order to demonstrate the commitment of this Administration to battle shadowy foreign threats, the GOP is hosting an event to concide with the opening of Van Helsing.

MORE: Steven Green is either funny or eerily prescient; we consider ourselves avenged on Hans Blix.

Comments

[Paul Zrimsek]

The "scientific realities of climate change" apparently include volcanoes and tidal waves. Stand by for some serious amusement.

[TM]

Bring it on! Where is my Al Gore Cred-o-meter?

[Crank]

I believe global warming also caused the butterfly ballot.

[TM]

If a butterfly ballot flaps its wings in Palm Beach, it may cause Al Gore to see a hurricane in Manhattan.

[Moonbat_One]

Al "Kiss of Death" Gore is promoting a movie? Perhaps he can do for The Day After Tomorrow what he did for Dean's campaign and the new Liberal cable station.

[Robert Sore]

OK, but Gore's move can't be as dumb as NASA's, yes?

NASA Curbs Comments on Ice Age Disaster Movie

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/national/25MOVI.html?8bl

[Ricky Vandal]

Gore is a moron. Just as moronic as those morons who said the Passion was violently anti-Semitic. Nobody has killed any Jew, so the impact of cinema is pretty little. And Jesus is a bit more important to most people than the enviroment.

[rick]

Hey, I caught the trailer when I went to see Man on Fire. First off, go see Man...it's got great revenge killing. Second; this wacky flick looked really cool. Forget the bad science; it was like Poseidon Adventure without the fat broad. Neat. Gotta love gigantic disaster flicks.

[Buddy Larsen]

Fill me in, what did Georrrge Double-You Boshhh do this time, overheat, or underheat, the Earth?
Lord-a-mercy, that feller is really mean, ain't he? Let's get Gore back in the white house, and put a stop to this durn Global Warming Ice Age. We probly ought to hurry, I have noticed it is has gotten a LOT warmer outside, just in the last couple months.Count me in with the Dimmer-crats!

[william]

This is the basis:
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/currenttopics/abruptclimate_joyce_keigwin.html
It supports probably one utterance from the movie.

[Anthony]

Should we be worried about Zombies too?

[Zhombre]

The movie is the liberal answer to The Passion of the Christ. The climate is crucified for our sins.

[John]

No, I believe the better analogy is, "If someone starts an SUV, it will lead to (insert earthquakes, volcanoes, other natural disasters)."

[TM]

I loved Man of Fire. There was not a scene that couldn't be predicted, but Denzel Washington was great, and he did a terrific job with the mandatory macho bluster lines. Make my day!