17 March 2008
Just a reminder: Accretionary Wedge #7 is coming up!
Posted by Jessica Ball
The deadline for submitting posts for the next Accretionary Wedge is Sunday, March 23 (just in time to overdose on Easter chocolate and let loose the ranting)!
The subject is Geology/ists in the Movies. What do you love, loathe, laugh at and ridicule about Earth science and scientists as Hollywood envisions them? Here’s your chance to drag up the most obscure films you can find, or revive discussions of recent ones, and extol their virtues or castigate their failings as you wish. Ranting and raving encouraged!
Please have everything emailed, linked or commented on by 6PM Eastern Standard Time. I’ll post up on Monday so you can all indulge in some post-Lenten-season movie-whomping!
Jessica Ball is a graduate student in the Department of Geology at State University of New York at Buffalo, where she is learning how to safely and productively play with very hot rocks. Her PhD research focuses on the interaction of water and lava domes, and involves both field investigations and modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from life as a grad student to geoscience outreach to (of course!) her field and lab work in volcanology.
Garry Hayes said on 17 March 2008
Here is my post: http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2008/03/accretionary-wedge-carnival-7-hollywood.html. Thanks for hosting! It was fun doing my “research”.
Mel said on 18 March 2008
http://ripplesinsand.blogspot.com/2008/03/great-warming-and-i-missed-it.htmland http://ripplesinsand.blogspot.com/2008/02/journey-to-center-of-earth.html
Dr Mike at Otago said on 21 March 2008
My contribution:http://reelgeology.blogspot.com
Callan Bentley said on 22 March 2008
A brief commentary on The Blob.
jrepka said on 22 March 2008
Here is my post:http://jrepka.blogspot.com/2008/03/there-that-wasnt-so-good-now-was-it.htmlThanks for hosting…
BrianR said on 22 March 2008
here’s mine … it’s real short, but better than nothinghttp://clasticdetritus.com/2008/03/23/geology-in-the-movies-coarse-grained-villain/
Silver Fox said on 22 March 2008
Here is my post:http://highway8a.blogspot.com/2008/03/star-trek-tos-devil-in-dark.html
Garry Hayes said on 22 March 2008
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2008/03/action_paleontologists_to_the.php
Zinjanthropus said on 23 March 2008
Does TV count as movies?http://astronomicalseeing.blogspot.com/2008/03/hollywood.html
ScienceWoman said on 23 March 2008
I didn’t write a post this time, but I noticed this one that seems appropriate:http://eriktron.blogspot.com/2008/03/10000-bc.html
zs said on 23 March 2008
Here are some comments on ‘There Will Be Blood’.
Julian said on 23 March 2008
The wild deadline has not escaped me!http://harmonictremors.blogspot.com/2008/03/impending-disaster-movie.html
Chris said on 24 March 2008
Mine can be found here: http://www.goodschist.com/2008/03/21/geology-in-the-movies-the-chronicles-of-riddick/I emailed Tuff Cookie a few days back, so hopefully he got it (and thus I got things in by the deadline