Geologists save the world....in movies.

I rewatched Dante's Peak last night. For an old movie, 1997, it was good. I was on the edge of my seat. It just reminded me it's always geologists that save the world or at least try to warn the world the S*** is about to hit the fan.


It helps that I'm a geologist.

Pierce Bronson, Linda Hamilton flick

that was a stupid movie, like most are
entertaining movie, yes

quite a few scenes were total BS
driving, thru & over molten lava
hiding in a cave inside the Suburban
trapped after a pyroclastic flow,
buried under feet (10's if not 100's) of ash
driving back out of it
(they have been fried, like good southern chicken)
geologist saved the world, well that area & movie maybe

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I think that movie was loosely based on Mt. St. Hellens


a bunch of geologist died, trapped on the mountain
during the 1980 Mt. St. Hellens eruption

that part is truly sad

They save us when the movies are on earth, sometimes in space, too, BUT if you have a biologist, an army guy, a geologist, and some other sort of person in space suits at the start of a movie, you can bet dollars to donuts that the geologist gets eaten by the alien first. The army guy has to shoot at it, the biologist identify it, and depending on how good looking the other person is, they may have to be the hero(ine).

If I were you, I'd stick to this planet. (unless you are really good looking- then the other person might get eaten first)

The "red shirt" guys on the original Star Trek.

Expendable!!

My brother in law (was) is a geologist/scientist and he's one crazy MF'er!! And I'm not kidding. He's been married many times with the last one being much much younger than him plus she was looking for a way in to citizenship in the U.S. Long story short, she called the cops and told them she needed SWAT because he was holed up in a back room with a bunch of guns. He's the one that ended up living with us for 39 months and well, I didn't like his last wife at all. He's crazy but not that crazy. Very long story short, he's pretty cool but has a very different way of thinking about the whole universe. He also did two tours in Nam with his first one being on a Swift Boat and maned a 50 cal most of the time and he said he made very good use of it lol

It was my daughters favorite movie as a kid ! So I like it.