One of the things that often happens to Simpson (since 1989), a veteran animated series starring Springfield’s most famous family, is that some of its social parodies come true. For example, in the chapter “Bart to the Future” (11×17), which premiered in March 2000, our beloved Lisa Simpson takes over as President of the United States after the nefarious Donald Trump. And now something like happened to don’t look up (2021).
In one of the most memorable scenes in Adam McKay’s film for Netflix, which was a huge success with the public and multiple nominations for film awards with the most media attention, Dr. Randall Mindy and graduate student Kate DiBiaskyplayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. TV show interview featuring Jack Bremmer Tyler Perry and Bree Evanti Cate Blanchett.
When they try to warn that a huge comet will crash into the Earth if measures are not taken to prevent it, two hosts respond with unbearable frivolityas if it doesn’t matter and the guest loses his temper. And some facts that may remind us of these depressing circumstances don’t look up recently witnessed how viewers British channel GB News with meteorologist John Hammond.
Scientists against media frivolity
It was Ben Phillips who linked the incredible broadcast to the broadcast of Adam McKay’s film and your tweet, which has become a stratospheric-viral phenomenon. He deserved no less. “It could be twenty degrees early next week, but it could well be forty,” the scientist warned. “I think there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of additional deaths next week.” And added:The graphics I see in front of me are terrifying“.
“We all love good weather, but it’s not going to be good weather, it’s going to be potentially deadly for a few days. It will be short, but brutal.” And at that moment host Bev Turner interrupted him like those of don’t look up say some impressive words: “So, John, I want us to be happy with the weather. D I don’t know if something happened to the meteorologists.what makes them a bit fatalistic and they have omens of disaster.”
“On every show, especially on the BBC, every time I tune in, someone is talking about the weather and saying there will be a lot of deaths,” he continued. “But haven’t we always had warm weather, John?“. To which he was able to respond: “No, and we are seeing more and more records, more and more and more seriously, which heatwaves are getting more extreme. And this is another one coming towards us on the way.”
Meteorologist John Hammond, Keith DiBiasky of GB News
Own Adam McKay shared a video comparison on Twitter to this message: “There clips as it is from quite a few European countries, but none from the United States. Why? Because the United States, for the most part, does not have substantive discussions with climate activists or scientists on news channels and on TV news.” The ball of this unfortunate reaction rolled so far and became so big that bloomberg wanted to interview John Hammond himself.
After admitting that he has not yet seen don’t look up on Netflix, he explains: “As a meteorologist of many years, it was quite surprising the escalation of this event, the UK heat wave, to the point where I have never seen charts as disturbing as the charts I saw towards the end. , for the last week. There has been growing agreement among computer models that Great Britain faces unprecedented heat wave“.
“People just weren’t ready. for this because he lives within his own empirical data,” he explains. “It is therefore my duty as a meteorologist to point out the expected consequences of this extraordinary heat wave, not only for the vulnerable, but also for perfectly healthy people who are not used to experiencing the 40-degree heat in the UK. The United Kingdom and its impact on infrastructure, healthcare, transport, etc.”
Are we already at the Don’t Look Up point?
“I wasn’t surprised by Bev Turner’s reaction”, confesses John Hammond, who responded with a calmness that Kate Dibiaskey does not have in don’t look up. “I don’t single it out. It just doesn’t surprise me, because I think, generally speaking, when people hear that it will be hot and sunnyThe default thought, not only among the mainstream media, but in general among the majority of the public, is: “Oh, that’s good.”
“Particularly in Britain, where it is often very gray and cold, [los días] “warm and sunny” is a novelty and it makes people smile and say “It will be nice and sunny” because that doesn’t happen often” and concludes “So I wasn’t surprised by their reaction when I told the story was : “we will have a heat wave”; the media generally treats it as a good thing.” Too sympathetic, in our opinion, climatologist.
Not like Kate DiBiasky, who snaps at the hosts in the Netflix movie: “Sorry, were we not clear? We’re trying to tell them that the entire planet is about to be destroyed.” Screenwriter Dan Greaneywho signed the episode Simpson with President Donald Trump, who in 2014 announced Hollywood Reporter: “It was a warning to the United States. and it seemed the last logical stop before falling to the very bottom“. Are we already in this place?
