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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Real scientists have done documentaries on the subject. This subject required someone famous to get even a sniff of broadbased appeal.
Tell me that National Geographic's documentary would have gotten the distribution that "An Inconvenient Truth" did:
http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/n...-the-world-dvd
The two major movies about global warming were "An Inconvenient Truth" with Al Gore and "The Eleventh Hour" with Leonardo Di Caprio. The only other one that I know of is the PBS documentary. Hosted and voiced by Alanis Morissette. Without a known name, nobody pays attention.
Even the late aforementioned Carl Sagan wouldn't have been enough star power:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
I've mentioned in threads before... the only people with the power and resources to inform and motivate people towards change are people that are going to be instantly attacked for having said resources. If Al Gore didn't put his face in the movie and he just paid scientist X to discuss the issue, it wouldn't have gotten any distribution. There are plenty of documentaries BY SCIENTISTS on the subject. Only "An Inconvenient Truth" got into all the major theaters. |
Oh I'm aware of all those, seen them all. My point is the difference between someone famous like Dicaprio vs Gore is massive. One's an actor, one's a famous Democrat.
Its an undeniable fact that the conservatives have loved tearing down Al Gore and have helped fuel a heated right vs left war of words. Its muddied and taken away from the real discussion on the science of it, instead its now a polarized issue that seems to cut cleanly along party lines.