"What A Disaster!"

With the winter months upon us, and people hunkering down against the cold (and the pandemic), GamerDude started thinking about his favorite disaster movies, and why he enjoys them.  He talks about the different disaster movie tropes that are generally common to all disaster movies, from the huge, all-star casts, to the amazing special effects, to the destruction of landmarks, to the uncertainty of who is going to survive to the end.  You never know who is going to make it to the final reel of a disaster movie, which is part of the fun. GamerDude explains that, in his opinion, the disaster movie genre truly started in the 1970s, with movies like The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake.  He also talks about the sub-genres of disaster movies that have developed, and explains why his own definition is so specific.  He differenti ...