tbourner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Had to record it cos of BGT, watched half this morning, pretty good I'm up to about 30 years at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I thought it was ok... it annoyed me the way they kept showing the same CG clip of buildings falling down at every time line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbonut Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Its ironic that with all our technology and progress, modern man will leave no trace whereas structures built by our ancient ancestors such as the pyramids and Sphinx will far outlive buildings of our time. ....though glad i won't be around for when those cockroaches take over the planet L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 It was interesting to hear what would happen to power stations and the like. I'd always assumed nuclear power stations would go into meltdown. It's nice to know they won't as I can now fantasise about living without any other people around and not have to worry about annoying stuff like radiation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Do they mention the sea in the later parts of the programme? The only bits I saw were about flooding and stuff, interesting that we have pretty much no power over the sea at all - I doubt it'd even notice we were gone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 If you want to watch it - quick cos it wont be on there long i bet. And no i didnt put it up. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4939078184096254535 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 They showed London underwater as the electric pumps for clearing the underground would no longer be working, but surely the tunnels would only flood to the water table, not out into the street and up to 3-4meters deep. One interseting note was the filming of Chernoybl and the surrounding area. Eco-mentalists all say that a few degrees rise in global temp will cause catastophic disasters and environmental failure, yet when Chernobyl sprinkled it's fairy dust, every living thing in a few miles radius was killed, plants, shrubs, trees, fauna, the lot, all dead. Twenty years on, it's like it never happened, a few old dead trees on the ground but that could happen in any forest. Methinks that our exhaust fumes mean sweet FA to the planet and I demand my tax back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Thought a lot of it was b*llocks. All decay this and rot that, then they go to Pripyat and after 20 years of being a ghost town it's just a bit dusty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 A bit dusty? All the glass had collapsed, the tarmac and concrete roads had all risen up and cracked, bits of tarmac had ground cover over it, and that was all rough and solid Soviet buildings. Imagine how quickly our western glass and neoprene sealed buildings will fall apart? Most modern buildings are designed for a max 40 year lifespan. Flying cats though? Wouldn't put it past the little bastrads. Quite true how family dogs wouldn't last a week, yet cats will all thrive the moment we're gone..."Humph, humans! We always thought they were pointless" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 The other thing was that guy on the steps saying the growth was after 18 months, and he reconned within 5 years it would be impossible to find the steps - yet in Chernobyl there was hardly any plant growth over buildings - looked pretty much like my garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Flying cats though? Wouldn't put it past the little bastrads. Quite true how family dogs wouldn't last a week, yet cats will all thrive the moment we're gone..."Humph, humans! We always thought they were pointless" What happens to cats? Interestingly, cats are in a world of their own, they're the only pet animal that doesn't have rules. If someone's cat goes next door and attacks their dog, everyone asks why the dog wasn't supervised. If a dog gets loose and goes next door and attacks a cat, everyone asks why the dog wasn't supervised! They hunt birds and mice for fun because they're out in the wild but have a constant food supply at home, bascially given a really unfair advantage over every other creature!! Still love them though, I think they'd do quite well without us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 A bit dusty? All the glass had collapsed, the tarmac and concrete roads had all risen up and cracked, bits of tarmac had ground cover over it, and that was all rough and solid Soviet buildings. Imagine how quickly our western glass and neoprene sealed buildings will fall apart? Most modern buildings are designed for a max 40 year lifespan. Flying cats though? Wouldn't put it past the little bastrads. Quite true how family dogs wouldn't last a week, yet cats will all thrive the moment we're gone..."Humph, humans! We always thought they were pointless" It was nothing on the scale of their CGI projections, it wasn't even close to the apocolypse visioned in the first half of the programme. Iirc they said any animal that can't get out of the house would last a week, anything that gets out would be ok and revert to instinct- cats or dogs but cats would take hold in the urban areas and the dogs would migrate to the country where there are larger food sources (not a lot of meat on a rat) available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Its ironic that with all our technology and progress, modern man will leave no trace whereas structures built by our ancient ancestors such as the pyramids and Sphinx will far outlive buildings of our time. Indeed, only evidence of us millenia on will be the Hoover dam (concrete still setting ) and the mugs of some US Presidents. Do they mention the sea in the later parts of the programme? Yeah all the sealife populations completely replenishes itself. Apparently you'd be able to walk on the sea due to an abundance of turtles. Thought a lot of it was b*llocks. All decay this and rot that, then they go to Pripyat and after 20 years of being a ghost town it's just a bit dusty. I thought that too but maybe it wasn't a proper 20 years due to lingering radiation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 It was nothing on the scale of their CGI projections, it wasn't even close to the apocolypse visioned in the first half of the programme. Iirc they said any animal that can't get out of the house would last a week, anything that gets out would be ok and revert to instinct- cats or dogs but cats would take hold in the urban areas and the dogs would migrate to the country where there are larger food sources (not a lot of meat on a rat) available. Most cat owners usually have cat flaps fitted so cats are free to come and go. The programme said a lot of bred dogs wouldn't survive as they were so specialist. How long would a Dachsund or Prince Charles Spaniel last against a pack of cats, or a big hawk? Our little papillons can only walk for a few hundred yards before they're knackered, so they wouldn't last at all if they were outside. Only original "dog-like" dogs would survive in wild packs. It was interesting to consider why we've evolved such intelligence and whether any other species would do likewise in our absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 That links to my ever-offending ideas on evolution: That nature has gone as far as it can with teeth and claws and brute strength, so it tried intelligence - dolphins in the sea and us on land. That intelligence has given us the ability to make tools for hunting, which made us the strongest species on the planet. So really people wiping out tigers and elephants and stuff is just natural selection and we should let it carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Flying cats though? This is the thing that makes it unrealistic for me. I can't see it - their little paws wouldn't be able to operate the controls and they'd never reach the rudder pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Most cat owners usually have cat flaps fitted so cats are free to come and go. The programme said a lot of bred dogs wouldn't survive as they were so specialist. How long would a Dachsund or Prince Charles Spaniel last against a pack of cats, or a big hawk? Our little papillons can only walk for a few hundred yards before they're knackered, so they wouldn't last at all if they were outside. Only original "dog-like" dogs would survive in wild packs. It was interesting to consider why we've evolved such intelligence and whether any other species would do likewise in our absence. 380 breeds of dog and you give three toy breeds as examples of the dogs failing? Dachsunds can handle themselves btw, very good at catching rats and a cat isn't going to trouble anything with a decent pair of teeth anyway incase it gets hurt and can't hunt. Any dog that hasn't been bred for cosmetic reasons stands a fair chance once out of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Hey, laws of nature, survival of the fittest, and that means big normal looking, fast running dogs. Dachsunds can handle themselves? They can barely run, let alone hunt small rodents. One had a go at me the other day and all I had was a small kitchen knife, yet I had no trouble stabbing it to death and then wee-ing on its carcass. Dachsunds are rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 380 breeds of dog and you give three toy breeds as examples of the dogs failing?That's not what he said though Gaz. Read it again - properly this time. "a lot of bred dogs wouldn't survive as they were so specialist. How long would a Dachsund or Prince Charles Spaniel last against a pack of cats, or a big hawk? Our little papillons can only walk for a few hundred yards before they're knackered, so they wouldn't last at all if they were outside. Only original "dog-like" dogs would survive in wild packs." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Malamute would be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens747 Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 I thought we'd settled this once? It doesn't matter who joined first - it's who the avatar is associated with most that counts. Blackie wins. Well u can quote and associate all ya blinking like till ya nuts drop off. Just coz he posts more don't mean he didn't blantently steal me avatar. So stick that in ya pipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Do they mention the sea in the later parts of the programme? The only bits I saw were about flooding and stuff, interesting that we have pretty much no power over the sea at all - I doubt it'd even notice we were gone!! Yeah all the sealife populations completely replenishes itself. Apparently you'd be able to walk on the sea due to an abundance of turtles. Was very brief though, the Mrs was giving me grief as she wanted to know what happened to the Sea. I just said it's be filled with more fish, go away.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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