Volcano: Difference between revisions

* [[Genre Blindness]]: The usual disaster movie ignorance is of course present but the fact no-one in LA has no clue what lava is verges on the ridiculous. Sure, the first time people actually see lava it's understandable they do a double-take. However it soon gets to the point where the film seems to be set in an alternate reality where the very ''existence'' of volcanoes is an obscure geological fact completely unfamiliar to the public.

{{quote| '''TV Anchorwoman:''' Well, we now have a ''name'' for this crisis. It is, according to the US Geological Survey, a "volcano"... }}

* [[Infant Immortality]]: All the small children survive. And so does a small Jack Russell named Bill. Just incase that wasn't enough to assure you no innocents were harmed there is even a brief news report on vets setting up an emergency pet shelter.

* [[Ignored Expert]]: Anne Heche's character.

* [[Jerkass]]: The yuppie husband who wanted his doctor wife, Jaye, to stop working with the injured downtown because they were just poor people. He finally stalked off, never to be seen again on screen once his wife insisted on doing, y'know, her ''job''.

* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Stan, the Metro manager who refused to stop the Red Line subway. At least he goes out in a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], albeit a ''hugely'' [[Senseless Sacrifice|pointless one]].}}

* [[No Endor Holocaust]]: {{spoiler|The bodycount at the end of this disaster is a paltry 100. With a few thousand injured. Considering the destruction on screen not just from the lava itself but numerous secondry fires. Not to mention the accompaning the offscreen implication of mass panic and looting, this result is nothing short of divine intervention.}}

* [[Red Shirt Reporter]]: At one point, a reporter is standing only barely on the right side of the concrete barriers holding the lava back! [[Convection Schmonvection]] indeed...