Haddonfield - after the great flood?

[pinelandpaddler]

King, what of the south pole? As far as I know, there be land beneath the ice down yonder.

Paddler you don't need a study. Fill a glass to the top with ice cubes and then fill the glass with water. Come back in 3 hours and see how much the water level has risen and spilled all over. Answer................absolutely none.

Now ya don't say! The thing is, King, that melting ice from Antartica would add water to the ocean.

 

[kingofthepines]

King, what of the south pole? As far as I know, there be land beneath the ice down yonder.



Now ya don't say! The thing is, King, that melting ice from Antartica would add water to the ocean.

Fine woohoo! I'm wrong, you're right.

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Oh yeah, King? You can kiss my cedar wooder-drinkin' behi.....what's that you say? you're wrong and I'm right? Ah, I knew you were an agreeable chap.

 

[Boyd]

C'mon guys..... be nice

Thanks for that link bobpx. Now I know what the premise must have been for AI, the melting of Antarctica:

If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet).

A 200 foot rise sounds about right for what the movie depicted in New York City (although that link also says this isn't likely to happen). But getting back to my original question, that would also put Haddonfield and Philadelphia underwater, right?

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Boyd,

Yeah, it would put Haddonfield about 120 feet under and it would out Philly about 160 feet under (actually, the lowest point of Philly is just 10 feet above sea level).

Was it a good movie, btw?

 

[woodjin]

Oh well, there goes are real estate values.

 

[Boyd]

Was it a good movie, btw?

I enjoyed it myself, but not everyone I know felt the same. It is very sentimental, and the ending is a little strained. But Spielberg is a terrific storyteller and that usually makes his films work for me.

There is an interesting history to the film because Stanley Kubrick originally wanted to do it and spent a number of years developing the project. Then Kubrick went to Spielberg and told him he should direct the film instead. The two of them talked about this for awhile, but finally Spielberg backed out because he felt strange taking over something which Kubrick seemed so personally attached to. Kubrick died before he could make the movie though, and his widow later asked Spielberg to direct, which he did as a tribute.