Huge Slice of Global Disaster
Dec 27th, 2007 by Jinja
Would you like some more Christmas pudding?
Yes please, with a HUGE SLICE OF GLOBAL DISASTER.
I ran across this doozy shopping for Christmas presents in Phnom Penh’s Soryia Centre. Now I can’t get the title out of my head.
These DVD bootleg multiple-movie collections are coming out of mainland China with no end in sight, usually with highly arbitrary themes. For a collection of disaster movies, it looks as if it’s primarily about eco-disasters. It isn’t, though The Day After Tomorrow makes an appearance. (They even left out films that have a weather component, such as Titanic and The Perfect Storm! Al Gore was nowhere to be seen.)
The idea that disaster can be a gigantic wave probably harks back to the Asian Tsunami of 2004. And possibly also a sign that ecological issues are now a staple and standard in our culture, as Pope-Emperor Bruce Sterling has triumphantly noted. Hmm, I’m wondering where the original cover picture came from.
Meanwhile, back in Realityland, upstream dams planned on the Mekong could also have a dramatic effect on the ebb and flow of the Tonle Sap, the ‘liver of Asia‘ – handing Cambodia a whoppingly HUGE SLICE OF GLOBAL DISASTER.
Another challenge on the horizon here is upcoming oil exploration: is it a blessing, a curse, or a HUGE SLICE OF GLOBAL DISASTER?
Me? I’ll wait it out and see what happens. For now, please don’t disturb my post-Christmas movie marathon or I’m thumping your plate with a
HUGE SLICE OF GLOBAL DISASTER.
