Saw the ad last night during the Superbowl, coming to theaters May 12 by Warner Bros. Studios...did anyone else see the ad?

http://www.ifilm.com/superbowl?htv=12 you can view it down on the right near the bottom...

Longer trailer here too...

http://poseidonmovie.warnerbros.com/

[ 02-06-2006: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

WAY OFF TOPIC, but...

Dont forget to view all the other Superbowl commercials, some are very funny, one under Anheuser-Busch called Budweiser: Clydesdale American Dream was quite cute.

[ 02-06-2006: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

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Originally posted by Ernst:
How should a badly done film affect the cruise industry? Speed 2 has also been irrelevant.

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Agreed. No disaster film has had a significant effect on the travel industry, unless you count JAWS to which most people went to the beach, but wouldnt go in the water that Summer.

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Originally posted by dmwnc1:

Agreed. No disaster film has had a significant effect on the travel industry, unless you count JAWS to which most people went to the beach, but wouldnt go in the water that Summer.

People can still differentiate between Hollywood and reality. The film looks interesting enough though to pay $4 at a Saturday matinee.

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Originally posted by Rex:

Not true. I've read several travel articles that said cruise travel increased considerably after "Titanic" (1997) was released.

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I recall the same stats regarding how the movie TITANIC increased cruise sales...

My fault, I should have said 'negatively impacted'...

[ 02-08-2006: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

Once this film has been released you only need a freak wave like the one that hit the NCL cruise, for all the news channels to go into overdrive.

Ernst I agree with you about Speed 2 - that was obviously a load of tosh - but a well made, successful film, played for realism (like Jaws and Titanic), IMHO, will have an impact of some sort.

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Originally posted by goodclicks:
Obviously it won't affect anybody who knows anything about the cruise industry, but maybe, just maybe, it'll make someone think again about booking that first cruise.

Once this film has been released you only need a freak wave like the one that hit the NCL cruise, for all the news channels to go into overdrive.

Ernst I agree with you about Speed 2 - that was obviously a load of tosh - but a well made, successful film, played for realism (like Jaws and Titanic), IMHO, will have an impact of some sort.

I am sure there are also a lot of people whose lack of knowledge stops them from considering a cruise. EG one of the comments I had was, but I wouldn't like to sleep below the water line!

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1. Its seems as if this film will not get too much attention. (unlike Titanic) And even then I do not believe that there would be a negative impact.

2. I do not think that an event like a freak wave hitting a cruise ship will get much more attention because of another movie on this topic - this is masked by many other MUCH more important factors. Also, the footage of such an event is rather unspectacular.

3. Speed 2 was really bad - but it is very obviouse that this will be EVEN WORSE.

4. Lack of knowlede is genereally the number one reason why people do not go on a cruise vacation. It is difficult to get them on a ship - but most then find out how fantastic it is and return. I do not see how such a film should change anything in this respect.

PS...Turn the volume UP!

http://www2.warnerbros.com/poseidon/

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Originally posted by Frosty 4:
I wonder about the new FOTS. If a rogue wave ever hit it broadside if it would capsize?? It sure looks top heavy.
Frosty 4

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Matts wrote:
...I keep reading she is 47m wide and this must be where all those extra tonnes come from...

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That's not the width at the waterline (hull), which is the same as the Voyager-class, it's all the protrusions out of the superstructure.

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The upper decks are made of aluminium, not steel, so she a lot more stable than she appears.

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If she doesn't capsize, I wonder how much damage could be caused by a 100-foot breaking wave hitting her broadside with all that aluminium in her superstructure? I think there would be a few large dents in her.

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Originally posted by DAMBROSI:
It's all going to be about pyrotechnics and CGI...that's it.

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Originally posted by Frosty 4:
I like the Harry Potter movies,no foul language, sex, violence...

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Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says:

You'll end up entertained if you forgive the cliches and let Petersen grab you with the visuals, from the avalanche of water in the ballroom to the eerie sight of a flooded crawl space where wires take on the form of deadly tentacles. One of the bigger names in the cast has a drowning scene that really had me going. You don't expect a remake to spring surprises. This one does.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poseidon/

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Originally posted by Ernst:
On modern cruise ships there are no passenger cabins below the water line.

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Until the ship sinks........ then they are all under the water line