Posted on 01/12/2007 8:07:36 AM PST by ZGuy
With record warm temperatures throughout much of the country this winter, and huge ice shelves breaking free in the Arctic, I started to wonder: Who was it that first sounded the alarm on global warming?
It wasn't Al Gore, the Sierra Club, or Rachel Carson. It was Steve McQueen. In 1958.
That was the year McQueen made his film debut as a teenager named Steve, in the classic horror film, "The Blob." Everything about it was horrifying, from the screenplay to the acting. The Blob arrived from outer space in some kind of ball and began consuming humans at an alarming rate, getting bigger and bigger, as it oozed around a small American town. Unfortunately, the Blob didn't have the good sense to land in Washington.
The Blob threatens the town until Steve, in a moment of desperation - sprays the thing with a fire extinguisher. At that moment it dawns on Steve that it's the cold from the CO2 that is the Blob's Achilles' heel.
With a single call, Police Sgt. Dave is able to persuade the Air Force to fly the Blob to the Arctic and drop it there. Imagine giving FEMA the same job today. The Blob would still be in a trailer on the Gulf Coast.
In a prescient moment at the end, McQueen declares Earth to be safe from the Blob as long as the Arctic stays cold, which, in 1958, was taken to mean forever. This sentiment was surely reassuring to millions of people who thought they might die any minute in a Soviet nuclear attack. Today, of course, a Soviet nuclear strike seems about as likely as the Arctic melting did in 1958. Forget hurricanes, drought, and drowning cities. Now I am worried about the return of the Blob. Someone alert the president.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Bwahahahahahaha!
I thought the Bob WAS ALgore.
Too late. She's back and has been having an ongoing snit with Donald Trump lately...
Bob = Blob
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Great minds an' all that...(8^D)
'The Blob' (yes it does resemble Al) would have a tough time here this morning...it was 21 below. But I suppose I should be thankful, without global warming it might have teen 22 below or (the horror) 23 below?
I went with my mom every week to grocery shop there in the early 60's. Watch the movie every time it is on, just for the scene in the store. It was on again over the holidays.
Theme song for the movie.
http://kingtet.com/theblob.htm
Be warned, it's pretty awful!
Even now there are no signs of life in Downingtown.
LOL That even scared my dog!
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