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Volcano
1997 · Film · 104 min
Directed by Mick Jackson
Science FictionActionDramaThriller
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
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> why […]?
Their world-view (and knowledge) of disaster response was shaped by steady diet of 90’s disaster films — Volcano, Dante’s Peak, Armageddon, Twister, etc.
I also think that the everyday super hero, for all purposes is not available in movies any more.
What happened to movies like Volcano or Speed?
you think an online food marketplace is a unique idea? Geo-location services? Unique?
Why do you think so often two similar movies are released close to each other (Antz & Bugs Life, Volcano & that crappier one, etc, etc)
Better example: When http://nowdothis.com/ came out, another 2 or 3 alternatives came out within a week of each other -- you think people "stole" these ideas from each other? I think it's far more likely that people just came up with similar ideas.