For months, NewsBusters has jokingly referred to global warming as the liberal bogeyman.
In a recently released horror film entitled "The Last Winter," this tongue-in-cheek reference became reality as the evil apparition embodied by man's insatiable lust for fossil fuels actually comes to life to kill oil workers in Alaska.
In effect, Mother Nature is so displeased with oil exploration that she begins targeting those involved in such dastardly deeds.
I'm really not kidding, folks.
The following is a synopsis of the movie as published at Antidote Film's website (emphasis added, reader is strongly encouraged to protect electronics from uncontrollable bouts of laughter):
In the Arctic tundra of Northern Alaska, an advance team working for a petroleum exploration company is engaged in a massive project to exploit the oil resources of the pristine land.
After one crewmember is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the other members of the team as each of them succumbs to an unknown fear.
This creeping dread bursts open when a malevolent wind brings down a plane that approaches the station. Explosions and carnage wreak havoc on the team and all functions fail in the camp, forcing two of the members out into the cold on a desperate bid for survival. As the two journey to find help, they find themselves utterly alone in a world that is unraveling- either they are being stalked by an invisible herd of menacing phantoms, or they are going mad.
Whatever does happen to them out there... they are never heard from again.
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The Last Winter will be his boldest, most explicit, most challenging film to date, dealing with man's insatiable quest for oil in the face of environmental revolt.
In the end, this all seems a logical extension of the hysteria and fear folks like Al Gore and his sycophants in the media and on the left are trying to evoke. After all, in the 1950s, there were many science fiction horror films distributed which used nuclear energy as the bogeyman typically in the form of monsters resulting from atom bomb tests. The spectacular film "Them" comes to mind.
Of course, such atom-splitting hysteria peaked in the late '70s with the unfortunate release of the film "The China Syndrome" which, coincident with the accident at Three Mile Island, literally put the last nail in the coffin for the creation of nuclear power facilities in this country.
As such, "The Last Winter," following on the heals of 2004's "The Day After Tomorrow," appears to be Hollywood going passed the documentary phase of frightening the public about all things weather-related right to horror films better positioned to scare the dickens out of filmgoers.
The ultimate goal, of course, is to create enough of a panic surrounding this issue that people will be willing to make financial sacrifices to protect themselves from the images being displayed on the screen, as well as anything that might come out of the closet save those fond of show tunes and Birkenstocks.
Don't be fooled, folks: they successfully killed the nuclear power industry using this strategy plants decades ago. Now it's fossil fuels they're after, and they won't be satisfied until all associated with such endeavors rest at the bottom of that swamp a few hundred yards from the Bates Motel.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.





















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I saw some Wendigo and it
January 3, 2008 - 11:47 ET by Dan The Man 2I saw some Wendigo and it was terrible. No matter what a film shows people won't go see the film if it sucks. Given the track record I say it will.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
LOL. The Gia theory meets Hollywood
January 3, 2008 - 11:48 ET by c5thenThe planet will rear up and squash the infection that is harming it as if it is sentient. Must have happened to the Dinosaurs too, right?
I guess that because of Alien and all the space monster movies, NASA is going to be disbanded and we will have to go "silent" and stop all forms of electromagnetic broadcasting.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
'The planet will rear up
January 3, 2008 - 14:18 ET by danbo'The planet will rear up and squash the infection that is harming it" Are you saying mother nature will squash Al Gore and all the Hollyweed folks flying around in private jets?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
figures
January 3, 2008 - 15:23 ET by UndercoverConservativeit's always the working guy, the man following orders, who gets torn up in horror films. The grunt soldier, the beat cop, the wage slave.
So instead of Mother Nature going after the guys jabbing her with a knife (say, Algoreans in jets, limousine liberals) or maybe the guys who actually made the decisions and get the profit (eevil Big Oil Barons) the little guy gets the shaft for poking with a finger or just looking at her the "wrong way". Yep, Mom Nature is a real trailer trash b*tch then, lets rich guys and "rock stars" feel her up all day and raises their children, but the truck driver who she dated once is accused of rape and arrested because he schnogged her while she was drunk.
Just like Algorean fraud carbon credits. The elite and rich don't have to change a thing, even though they're the ones who actually caused the problems. It's the little guy who gets screwed.
But Hollywood will never see this bit of class discrimination, ever. But show a black man die too many times and it's "racist"! Where's the supernatural horror that stalks the boardrooms of the developement company that ordered the desecration of Sacred Burial Grounds instead of the mortgage slave family who bought the home? Why don't the ghosts of slain people in some war go after the politicians on both sides who created the conflict? Now there's a movie idea, Hollywood. And it ain't a sequel or an old TV show.
BTW, you may think you're being funny, Mr. c5then, but your comment about transmissions bringing alien invasion are seriously considered by the "international community". Look up the intense opposition to "Active SETI".
Yup that's what mother
January 3, 2008 - 11:54 ET by taterYup that's what mother nature does...attack the areas where oil and fossil fuels are being drilled out.
In that case the Middle East should be slammed with hurricanes and floods all the time. Tornadoes and hail storms should be raining down on Iran, Saudi Arabia and other countries. Why not throw in a blizzard or two just in case.
Hollyweird will never make a good weather movie (the closest was Twister).
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
the sky is falling
January 3, 2008 - 12:02 ET by AgnosticThe director tries to play like he gives credence to those who are not willing to sacrifice the economy for an unproven AGW but it seems like he has decided. From the director, “There is a feeling I get when I think about Global Warming: a deep sense of aching sadness and nostalgia for a time before the future had been taken from us, when life had a continuum with or without us being here, where even war and terrorism would be phases in history that would end, and rebirth was possible and assured, and my children could dream of having children, and that sounded right and not like a pipe dream. Whether or not doom and gloom lies before us, there are personalities that experience the facts and implications of Global Warming this way: deeply personally with melancholy and dread."
"the closest was
January 3, 2008 - 12:04 ET by Sick-n-Tired"the closest was Twister"
And it was factually a joke, and quite corney-----nonetheless, I liked the hell out of the goofey movie!! -- a guilty pleasure.
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life," Richard Lindzen - March 2007.
Once, a while back, my
January 3, 2008 - 13:01 ET by nnptcgradOnce, a while back, my mother and I were watching that movie. I was doing something, I don't remember what, and my mom looked at me and said "Quiet! I'm listening to the plot development of 'Twister'!" I stared at her for a second and started laughing so hard I fell off of my chair onto the ground.
Mother nature is a bitch - Ninth Corollary of Murphy's Law
Thick plot right?! I love
January 3, 2008 - 13:15 ET by Sick-n-TiredThick plot right?!
I love the part where there are in OKLAHOMA traveling towards the old ladys house (I, for the life of me, can't remember the name of the town). In trying to be authentic, the producers threw in some real chase footage of a car traveling towards a storm--where lo and behold they pass a TEXAS highway sign!!! I thought they (the movie chasers) were supposedly in OK??!!
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life," Richard Lindzen - March 2007.
Wakitia is the town...it's
January 3, 2008 - 13:34 ET by taterWakitia is the town...it's a bad movie to watch if you are a meteorologist because of all the scientific flaws, but taking that out it was a semi-decent movie. Plus the character Dusty represents probably 75% of the personality of storm chasers.
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
DAMN! I knew it started
January 3, 2008 - 13:45 ET by Sick-n-TiredDAMN! I knew it started with a W!!
Yeah, I have a good friend who is a meteorologist that I have gone on a few chases with over the years and he hates the movie. I try to give him the rational that you are mentioning--i.e. get over the b.s. facts and enjoy it---but it doesn't work for him.
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life," Richard Lindzen - March 2007.
oh yeah
January 3, 2008 - 15:31 ET by UndercoverConservativeI can't stand her politics but you gotta admit, the wind-blown Helen Hunt look was soo fine..
Paris fashion runways need more models with hips, wearing jeans and T shirts, like they know their way around a construction site or garage or farm. A little bit of mud or grease in the right place...marriage material!
But remember who creates and runs the fashion industry and controls Californian cultural sites like Hollywood: creative gay men. What do gay men like? What do runway models and Hollywood celeb women tend to look like? Certainly not voluptuous women. More like scrawny teenage boys.
Where did all the Goddesses go? Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, even Catherine Zeta-Jones....now the best we get is "butch".
I really hope they make the movie
January 3, 2008 - 12:07 ET by well99I love seeing them lose their money on this propaganda.
Noel, et al-
January 3, 2008 - 12:10 ET by drillanwrDon't forget the 1982 remake of "The Thing" ...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KdjHkOFxyXg&feature=related
BTW, was one of the really better "remakes" of a classic.
Drill
January 3, 2008 - 12:24 ET by Noel SheppardDrill,
Fabulous remake. But what makes you think this was about nuclear tests? The Thing was a creature from another planet that the Norwegians if I recall correctly dug up.
Regardless, one of the best lines in movie history: " I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is."
ns
Noel
January 3, 2008 - 12:34 ET by drillanwrJust that whole "cold ... stranded ... desolate" venue where "something" is chewing everybody up one-by-one and you don't know who to trust ... put me in mind of "The Thing from Another World" (1951) and "The Thing" (1981).
The original, BTW, is one of my all time favorite movies ... I believe the flow and casual candid nature of the dialog and banter in the 1951 version was a prime model for Ridley Scott and cast when filming the first "Alien" movie.
You gotta love John
January 3, 2008 - 13:06 ET by Roger the ShrubberYou gotta love John Carpenter! Great movie, Noel. Loved Russell, loved the Morricone soundtrack, the bleak ending.
Killer Tomatoes
January 3, 2008 - 12:13 ET by WildBillI saw a movie decades back called, "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." I was joking the other day that a remake featuring larger, more deadly tomatoes (due to Global Warming!) would soon be made. Guess I wasn't too far off the wacko moonbat meter, eh.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged." -Abraham Lincoln
I saw this movie via On Demand...
January 3, 2008 - 16:02 ET by FryeAnd it was quite possibly the worst movie I've seen all year. The blurb made it sound like a monster movie, a la "The Thing", and aside from the completely unintelligible plot and contrived dialog, the only monster in this flick was the oft-repeated scourge known as man. The movie is an exercise in grandiose filmmaking by an indie director. Rarely has a 'message movie' gone so astray, so fast, trying to tackle the imaginary bugaboos of the world.
This is HDTV! It's got better resolution than the real world!
And the winner is..
January 3, 2008 - 12:24 ET by dboGiven Holywood's track record, this movie looks like a shoe in for "Best Documentary".
This out of Russia;
January 3, 2008 - 12:30 ET by upcountrywaterfur coats now.
This movie may be as great as the memorable Killdoser.
iranian uranium; iranian uranium, iranian uranium..
Oh joy 19 more atomic power plants planned.
Up, Nice link; of course
January 3, 2008 - 12:41 ET by Sick-n-TiredUp,
Nice link; of course it is all bull s--- you know, makes too much sense. I'll hold my breath to see it in the MSM....
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life," Richard Lindzen - March 2007.
Is it a comedy? Well,
January 3, 2008 - 14:00 ET by mattmIs it a comedy? Well, maybe not yet....
Rocky Horror was supposed to be serious at first, wasn't it? That's what I've heard, anyway...
For months, NewsBusters
January 3, 2008 - 14:22 ET by dmntd1This comment really tok me for a loop. I recently happened to watch, on the History Channel, Star Wars - The Legacy Revealed. There are a couple comments made by Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, that REALLY bring this comment to mind.
They are comparing the rise of the Empire to the rise of the Third Reich, and talk about how fear, a personable leader, and appealing to the 'little man' are how Democracy is destroyed. Between Gore, Obama, Global Gwarming and the democrat party's appeals to the little man, looks like we're now finally following the Nazi Party/Star Wars path into dictatorship, through Marxism, socialism and the PC Fascism of the left.
I really think that questioning others' masculinity is a game probably better left to people who haven't had more cock in and out of them than a Tyson Chicken regional distribution center. AceOfSpades 06162007
call it what it is
January 3, 2008 - 15:35 ET by UndercoverConservativeAnti-ANWR propaganda
Funny thing is the real
January 3, 2008 - 16:09 ET by ckc1227Funny thing is the real global warming nonsense that we are subjected to on a daily basis is about as realistic as this piece of fiction, yet millions buy into it completely.
Is it a comedy?
January 3, 2008 - 18:41 ET by JungusIt sounds like an unintentional comedy in the style of Reefer Madness.
I really liked the riff
January 3, 2008 - 18:50 ET by JungusI really liked the riff about being chased by phantasmal ecology or whatever. Nothing like being hunted down and killed by the ghosts of treehuggers who fell down.
C'mon guy's it might
January 3, 2008 - 19:07 ET by BlazerC'mon guy's it might actually be a good movie. It is fiction after all, just like an Inconvenient Truth..
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
i thought there was a writers strike
January 3, 2008 - 20:43 ET by lunaticcringeradioapparently when it comes to pushing a political agenda democrats have employed out of work hollywood writers to push the most ridiculous anti-capitolist, anti-american ideas they can get away with.
i would guess that this writers strike is hurting liberals most of all, it protects the public from their ridiculous pro-liberal anti-conservative story lines.
lunaticcringeradio
I'm worried. I look pretty
January 3, 2008 - 21:31 ET by Chris NormanI'm worried. I look pretty much like that guy in the picture when I get up at six in the morning.
lol
January 3, 2008 - 21:43 ET by well99I hear that.Same with me until I had my 6th cup of coffeeee....caffeine is are friend...mmmmm
I'm Doing Everything in My Power to CAUSE Global Warming ...
January 4, 2008 - 02:07 ET by thoridfly... it's frickin' 10 degrees here.
What jack_ss thought "global" warming was a bad thing?!! Anyone talk to the people in Siberia, the Yukon, Alaska, Norway, or Finland?!
Global warming?!! BRING IT ON, MAN ... half the globe NEEDS IT.
Noel - possible story on Artic storm...
January 5, 2008 - 05:22 ET by Parker1227Are GW politics suppressing the the reporting of the positive effects of weather?
Did quick search and could find only one or two very local references to the fact that this storm is bring much needed snow/rain.