# The Day After Tomorrow - Thank you conservative press **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375 "2004-05-27T17:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/1 "2004-05-27T17:25:02Z")
Thank God for the conservative press or I would have thought the movie was a documentary. Did they “expose” _Jurassic Park_ when it came out? > [@](#): > > Conservatives expose ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ > The much-hyped movie release is nothing but liberal propaganda and laughable science. [http://www.townhall.com/culture/movies.html](http://www.townhall.com/culture/movies.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/2 "2004-05-27T17:46:43Z")
Ah. And here I thought it was a morality piece designed to make the thinking public step back and take a more enlightened look at how their actions affect the world around them. Like, say, _Starship Troopers._ The _movie,_ not the _book!_ Ow! Quit it! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/3 "2004-05-27T17:55:18Z")
Well I’ll be going to a screening in 5 hours, so I’ll let you know if I’m brainwashed. ---
**Author:** ![CalH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@CalH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalH)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/4 "2004-05-27T17:55:28Z")
Ah these liberals. Always making crazy doomsday movies. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/5 "2004-05-27T18:14:14Z")
Here’s a cool quote from one of the [links](http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA512.html) in that link: > [@](#): > > So, other than the legitimate business of huckstering a new movie, why all the hype over “The Day After Tomorrow?” The obvious answer is contempt that Hollywood’s liberal elite holds for the intelligence of American voters. yep. pretty obvious. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/6 "2004-05-27T18:22:03Z")
Having gone to a screening last night, I can safely say that the article is a bunch of BS. The movie’s focus is not on science; I think it uses science simply to try to let the audience in on WTF is going on. And that lasts all of about 10 minutes. Most (if not all) of the people there were just there to see LA and NYC get trashed. Oh, and Jake G. Personally, I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/7 "2004-05-27T18:34:44Z")
Does Chicago get destroyed, too? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/8 "2004-05-27T18:45:14Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Does Chicago get destroyed, too? I don’t think so. And having not seen the movie, my prediction is that it ends with the Cubs losing to the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, since all the west and east coast teams have been drowned. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/9 "2004-05-27T18:55:06Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Does Chicago get destroyed, too? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/10 "2004-05-27T19:08:10Z")
Wait a minute … are they saying there are things in movies that aren’t true? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/11 "2004-05-27T19:09:34Z")
Oddly enough, environmentalist Al Gore is promoting the film and hoping it raises awareness of global warming. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4900768/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4900768/) > **[Breaking Celebrity News, Entertainment News and Celeb Gossip - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news)** > > Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces! Check out our breaking stories on Hollywood's hottest stars! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/12 "2004-05-27T19:14:20Z")
Is this the film Art Bell has a piece of? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/13 "2004-05-27T19:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > So, other than the legitimate business of huckstering a new movie, why all the hype over “The Day After Tomorrow?” The obvious answer is contempt that Hollywood’s liberal elite holds for the intelligence of American voters. Yes, everyone knows that Fox is a bastillion of liberal agiprop! :rolleyes: Geez, guys, it’s from the same twinks who gave us _Independence Day._ That alone is enough to tell you it’s cotton-candy fluff… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/14 "2004-05-27T19:32:53Z")
> [@Doug Bowe](#): > > Is this the film Art Bell has a piece of? Don’t forget about fellow odd-ball Whitley Striber!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/15 "2004-05-27T19:35:07Z")
> [@cmason32](#): > > Wait a minute … are they saying there are things in movies that aren’t true? Well, some movies are factually accurate to a very high degree. “Masters of the Universe” for example… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/16 "2004-05-27T19:48:25Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > Oddly enough, environmentalist Al Gore is promoting the film and hoping it raises awareness of global warming. Exactly. If Al and others weren’t running around saying (to anyone who still pays attention to him): “Let This Be a Lesson To Us All! We have Meddled in God’s Domain and We Must Suffer the Consequences!”, the conservative press would have ignored it. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/17 "2004-05-27T19:55:40Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > Well, some movies are factually accurate to a very high degree. “Masters of the Universe” for example… That movie sucked. I _hate_ documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/18 "2004-05-27T20:55:42Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Thank God for the conservative press or I would have thought the movie was a documentary. Did they “expose” Jurassic Park when it came out? I doubt they were concerned about liberals imposing a political agenda with respect to dinosaurs. This isn’t even a Cafe Society thread; it’s a Pit rant. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/19 "2004-05-27T22:03:32Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I doubt they were concerned about liberals imposing a political agenda with respect to dinosaurs. Well they should have been! _Jurassic Park_ supported that evil humanist notion that the Earth is more that 6000 years old., and dinosaur fossils aren’t just a test God planted in the ground to test us. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375/20 "2004-05-27T22:06:09Z")
If this movie had not come out in an election year, this wouldn’t have been an issue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-tomorrow-thank-you-conservative-press/247375.md?page=2)