by Brigit » Tue Dec 16, 2025 11:45 pm
For Electric Universe concepts and visualizations in modern cinema, how about "San Andreas" (2015) --
- "In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot races to save his ex-wife in Los Angeles before the complete destruction of the city, and together they make their way to San Francisco to save their daughter."
This is some high level catastrophism, yes. We have earthquakes, tsunamis, and 5 story cruise ships landing in downtown San Francisco, but more on that later.
I actually just saw it and was astonished at the side-character played by actor Paul Giamatti, a geophysics professor at CalTech. He
has to be the number one reason this movie is up for Electric Universe discussion!
He and his colleague are working on a theory of earthquakes, and have set up magnetic sensors in California. Their working hypothesis is that the earthquakes can be predicted by the changes and wild variations in magnetic phenomena. As the story goes, they notice some magnetic activity in the vicinity of the great Hoover Dam, so they trek there to work out the details, and to show a successful correlation/prediction.
But alas, they did not count on a 9.5 quake. Paul Giamatti is thrown to the ground, and the first thing he does as the world falls apart around him is...he opens his laptop and LOOKS AT THE DATA!
(He is a favorite in our house as the Apartment Complex Manager in "Lady in the Water".)
The data shows that the San Andreas fault to the west of the Dam will become active. The magnetic precursors begin lighting up the entire map of California. And then the story follows the main character, a divorced father of two daughters, and rescue helicopter pilot...
For Electric Universe concepts and visualizations in modern cinema, how about "San Andreas" (2015) --
[list]"In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot races to save his ex-wife in Los Angeles before the complete destruction of the city, and together they make their way to San Francisco to save their daughter."
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This is some high level catastrophism, yes. We have earthquakes, tsunamis, and 5 story cruise ships landing in downtown San Francisco, but more on that later.
I actually just saw it and was astonished at the side-character played by actor Paul Giamatti, a geophysics professor at CalTech. He [i]has to be[/i] the number one reason this movie is up for Electric Universe discussion!
He and his colleague are working on a theory of earthquakes, and have set up magnetic sensors in California. Their working hypothesis is that the earthquakes can be predicted by the changes and wild variations in magnetic phenomena. As the story goes, they notice some magnetic activity in the vicinity of the great Hoover Dam, so they trek there to work out the details, and to show a successful correlation/prediction.
But alas, they did not count on a 9.5 quake. Paul Giamatti is thrown to the ground, and the first thing he does as the world falls apart around him is...he opens his laptop and LOOKS AT THE DATA!
(He is a favorite in our house as the Apartment Complex Manager in "Lady in the Water".)
The data shows that the San Andreas fault to the west of the Dam will become active. The magnetic precursors begin lighting up the entire map of California. And then the story follows the main character, a divorced father of two daughters, and rescue helicopter pilot...