Movie sequels almost never do as well as the original, and given the sort of public opinion we are seeing about global warming/climate change/climate disruption, this idea for a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth will likely go over like a lead balloon.
(h/t to WUWT Jason) They write:
Al Gore might need to dust off his projector. The creative forces behind the Oscar-winning environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth are hatching plans for a sequel to the film that raised global awareness of climate change. “We have had conversations,” producer Lawrence Bender tells THR. “We’ve met; we’ve discussed. If we are going to make a movie, we want it to have an impact.”
Heh, like Gore’s Reality Drop…
(Lower number is better, ex: Google is traffic rank #1)
…I look forward to watching his sequel….bomb.
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Better – “Tatman Returns.”
They should definitely add more cowbell to it.
Sorry, I meant “Fatman Returns.”
My best, “Gaia Strikes Back.”
…If we are going to make a movie, we want it to have an impact…
Richard Curtis had a good idea for an eco-film with impact. Perhaps you could get him to do the sequel?
No pressure…
Sharks and tornadoes would also be good. Hey, they want impact, we’ll give them impact.
behind paywall, where it should stay. extra text found on Climate Depot:
3 April: UK Times: Ben Webster: Crackdown ordered on climate-change sceptics
Ministers who question the majority view among scientists about climate change should “shut up” and instead repeat the Government line on the issue, according to MPs.
The BBC should also give less airtime to climate sceptics and its editors should seek special clearance to interview them, according to the Commons Science and Technology Committee. Andrew Miller, the committee’s Labour chairman, said that appearances on radio and television by climate sceptics such as Lord Lawson of Blaby, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, should be accompanied by “health warnings”.
Mr Miller likened climate sceptics to the Monster Raving Loony Party and said that the BBC should limit interviews with them just as it restricted the coverage it gave to fringe political parties.
In a report published today, the committee criticises the BBC’s coverage of climate change, saying that its news programmes “continue to make mistakes in their coverage of climate science by giving opinions and scientific fact the same weight”.
The MPs say that the BBC should apply the same “stringent requirements” to interviewing climate sceptics as it applies to interviewing politicians…
The committee also criticises the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph for placing “heavy reliance . . . on the ability of their readers to distinguish between fact and opinion on climate science”.
Responding to Mr Miller’s comments, Lord Lawson said: “I think it is appalling that a member of the House of Commons should want to shut down debate on this issue.”…
(LOL, IF ONLY) BBC: While the vast bulk of our interviews are with climate scientists, as part of our commitment to impartiality it is important that dissenting voices are also heard.”
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4051905.ece
I hope they plan a December release (just in time for the Oscars) when the movie going public will be freezing their tails off. No repeat on the Nobel prize, but unfortunately Hollywood is shameless and they would have no problem dishing awards to this stinker even if the box office tanks. There really are more suckers than smart people, and having a lot of fame and money does not make you smart.
Duke C. says:
April 2, 2014 at 3:18 pm
The titles are a parody on recent cr*p movies. Hilarious!
Next will be two White House advisers who do not want to be named saying that the Climate Change, Global Warming, CO2 fears are all to real and yes windmills will save us all. The AP will put it out on the wire, ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN, PBS, and the New York Times and the Guardian will reprint it page one. Done deal, makes it real.
We are now now at the beginning of the end. Every fairytale movie has one.
“inconvenient truths” in the European Parliament (which is always good for a laugh). BBC’s Rendall couldn’t make the piece more unintelligible if he tried but, basically, Intercontinental flights are still exempted:
2 April: BBC: Alasdair Rendall: Wednesday in the European Parliament
21:05: MEPs are debating the future of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme – specifically a proposal to exempt emissions from intercontinental flights.
21:05: The ETS is an attempt to reduce carbon emissions, but there has been longstanding disagreements over how this can be applied to the aviation sector.
21:06: A compromise agreement reached between EU governments and MEPs would see intercontinental flights exempted until 2017.
21:06: The parliament’s negotiator on the proposals, the German centre-right MEP Peter Liese says the compromise agreement is “living up to reality”.
21:12: The procedure being debated is known as “stop-the-clock” procedure, and it is an attempt to allow other countries to work towards a global agreement on charging airlines for the contribution air travel makes to greenhouse gas emissions.
21:13: At committee stage the proposed compromise was rejected.
21:14: It was rejected on a tied vote – 29-29, meaning that the status quo remains.
21:16: Socialist spokesman Matthias Groote is a long-term opponent of the compromise and has accused the EU of “bowing down to bullying by non-EU countries”
21:19: Intra-EU flights would continue to fall (sic) part of the ETS.
21:22: British Conservative spokesperson, Jacqui Foster MEP says the uncertainty over the proposals has put in jeopardy “large aircraft orders, which threatens investment and jobs”. She says that environmental impacts can be mitigated through advances in technology.
21:23: She ends her speech with a scathing attack on the Commissioner, saying “your approach was naive and patronising. Next time you come up with a stupid idea, you should think about its impact before coming to this house.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/europe-26855029
2 March: Reuters: REFILE-European Commission backs down over aviation emissions ahead of crunch vote
(Corrects format of dateline)
The European Commission urged the bloc’s Parliament to exempt international flights from paying for their carbon emissions on Wednesday, retreating from its own proposal on the eve of a binding vote amid pressure from national governments.
In a late night debate in the Brussels parliamentary chamber, Europe’s climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard told members to back a weakened compromise rather than her own agency’s proposal to regulate the portion of international flights over EU territory.
“Without doubt the Commission would of course have preferred and fought for a higher level of ambition…. it would’ve been better for Europe’s self respect and reputation and even more important, for the climate. But we are where we are,” said Hedegaard…
The centre-right European People’s Party, the biggest parliamentary grouping with around a third of the 766 seats, wants to keep international flights exempt while the second-placed Socialists and third-ranked Liberals were split ahead of the vote…
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/02/eu-carbon-aviation-idUKL5N0MU59720140402
1 April: Reuters Point Carbon: Airlines snub CO2 regulation as EU vote looms
LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Hardly any airlines complied with an EU deadline to report their 2013 emissions, official data showed Tuesday, as lawmakers continue to wrangle over how much of the sector should be regulated…
The Godfather Part II was good, although not quite as fictional.
Maybe he could correct all of the errors in the first one.
Mr. Gore obviously forgot to invert his Traffic Curve.
2 April: Bloomberg: Karin Mattusek: Two Britons Charged in Deutsche Bank-Related CO2 Tax Probe
Frankfurt prosecutors charged two U.K. citizens in a tax-evasion probe that also ensnared two of the highest-ranking officials at Deutsche Bank …
The British pair, aged 36 and 39, were accused of being part of a gang that tricked the authorities on value-added tax refunds in carbon emission trades, prosecutors’ spokesman Alexander Badle said in an e-mailed statement today. The men, who didn’t work for Deutsche Bank, were arrested in the U.K. last year, were responsible for evading 31 million euros ($43 million) of taxes, according to the statement…
The case is part of a wider probe in which Deutsche Bank co-Chief Executive Officer Juergen Fitschen and Chief Financial Officer Stefan Krause are also being investigated. Six men were found guilty in December 2011 of evading a total of 260 million euros in taxes on carbon emission trades while running companies. They were sentenced to prison sentences of as long as seven years and 10 months…
Prosecutors are investigating about 25 people at the Frankfurt-based company in the case. Some of the lenders’ employees are being investigated for purchasing the emissions allowances…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-02/two-britons-charged-in-deutsche-bank-related-co2-tax-probe.html
On March 4th President Obama presented his 2015 budget proposal and stated Climate Change was a top priority. Referenced it again on March 18th.
On March 28th Valerie Jarrett made a trip to Hollywood to get the movie people to help with the perception problems the Obama administration was having with some of its policies. Could she have possibly planted the seed for a movie like this? It would give the Mainstream Press something to talk about in 2016 besides failed administration policies.
What are the chances taxpayer stimulus money will guarantee this movie, if it is in fact made, makes a profit?
RealityDrop.org’s traffic, in reality, dropped. How appropriate!
Maybe they can just call this one – No Truth. Now that would be refreshingly honest.
Manbearpig II: Electric Boogaloo
ANALYSIS: Coal-reliant states readying for EPA power plant rules
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) – Long before the Obama administration promised sweeping rules to limit pollution from power plants, states in the crosshairs of what critics call a “war on coal” have been finding ways to meet the expected new standards…
https://www.pointcarbon.com/news/reutersnews/1.4710377?&ref=searchlist
German study criticises rising CO2 output from coal plants
FRANKFURT, April 2 (Reuters) – Germany’s 30 biggest power stations in 2013 raised their carbon dioxide output by 4.6 percent year on year to 239 million tonnes, a study from the Oeko-Institut research institute said on Wednesday, blaming low European carbon prices…
https://www.pointcarbon.com/news/reutersnews/1.4717690?&ref=searchlist
My guess would be that it will win a Nobel prize a week before its debut and Star Wars will become the 2nd highest grossing science fiction movie. /sarc
Count me in ….
….. I like comedies
Pass me the popcorn. This should be very amusing.
Straight to DVD