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Taylor work from a secure location to try “still living [their lives],” as the “Earthquake” (1974) and “Mete- the threat, audiences find them- TV Media to determine another way to pre- truth makes it difficult for people or” (1979) gave audiences a thirst selves more compelled by the vent Earth’s destruction. to accept, which leads them to set for the point at which science fic- characters’ narratives than a de- Video releases cience fiction is increasingly With the second season now out a course of action that reveals tion and dramatic thrillers meet. In sire to witness destruction, which becoming science fact. The underway, it’s clear to see that the what’s truly important to them. the late 1990s, a new wave of di- is a refreshing take on a genre in- Sdreams of golden era writers danger is compounding. RE/SYST Now that “the public knows” and saster films arrived that, like “Sal- creasingly oversaturated with CGI and directors, while perhaps a bit is threatening nuclear action, the “the secret is out ... people go ba- vation,” saw our biggest threat and mass destruction. exaggerated, are more prevalent asteroid’s imminent collision con- nanas.” An event such as this will coming from the stars. “Indepen- As season 2 of “Salvation” pro- now than ever before. Space ex- tinues to present a dire outlook for no doubt “bring out the best” or dence Day” (1996), “Deep Im- gresses, the price of loyalty will in- ploration is advancing, with multi- humanity, and neither situation to “bring out the worst [in us],” pact” (1998) and “Armageddon” crease in value. As the asteroid ple groups and organizations can be resolved without global co- but ultimately, Finnigan believes (1998) are just three of the space- continues its journey toward vowing to establish a new home operation. Meanwhile, Harris and that the most realistic depiction based dramatic thrillers that signi- Earth, Harris, Grace, Liam and Dar- on Mars. This might explain why Grace are struggling to quell po- — something that the series fied this once niche subcategory of ius will do all they can to try and so many of us are captivated by in- tential chaos within the hangar as strives to exhibit — is where the the genre growing increasingly maintain a sense of calm while tergalactic what-ifs, and why the newly informed citizens learn best and worst in us collide. prominent. uncovering a means by which di- many summer TV viewers are tun- to accept their fate. A large part of the show’s suc- Not constricted by the two-to- saster might ultimately be pre- ing in to the sci-fi drama “Salva- In a recent interview with cess is thanks to the popular di- three-hour runtime of its big- vented. If all else fails, there is, of tion,” now in its second season, KCAL9 CBS Los Angeles, Finnigan saster genre. Most prominent in screen forerunners, “Salvation” course, the Ark, but that will mean with a new episode airing Mon- touched on the growing tension of film, the genre was born in 1901 provides deeper insight into the biding a tearful adieu to two be- day, July 16, on CBS. a disaster-bent narrative. The ac- with a silent film called “Fire!,” human reactions and cost of cata- loved characters. Find out the “Salvation” takes place in pres- tress notes that, while “the show though “Salvation” is likely draw- strophic events, rather than plac- fates of our daring heroes and the ent-day America, using modern is mostly about this impeding as- ing more so from the golden era of ing emphasis on fantastic explo- planet itself, as “Salvation” con- technology and a dash of fictional teroid — the sort of scaring, im- disaster cinema, circa the 1970s. sions, tidal waves and meteor col- tinues with a new episode airing liberty to set the stage. Liam Cole pending doom of that,” people are Films such as “Airport” (1970), lisions. Despite the imminence of Monday, July 16, on CBS. (Charlie Row, “Red Band Society”) is a highly intellectual MIT gradu- ate student whose research has been devoted to mapping the un- known parts of space. What Liam didn’t anticipate, however, was that his program would uncover a serious, impending threat to the entire planet: an asteroid set to collide with Earth in 186 days. Dwayne Johnson in Anxious to get the data to the “Rampage” government, Liam reaches out to his professor, but after the profes- Rampage sor goes missing, he turns to his George, an albino gorilla liv- one other option: scientific genius ing in a wildlife preserve Darius Tanz (Santiago Cabrera, near San Diego, is exposed to “Big Little Lies”), a recent speaker at MIT who’s still — thankfully — a mutagenic pathogen that in town. causes him to both grow Armed with this new, time-sen- larger at an alarming rate sitive information, Darius and and become more aggres- Liam head to the Pentagon and sive. His handler, Davis deliver the news to the Depart- (Johnson), learns that the ment of Defense’s deputy secre- pathogen was developed as tary, Harris Edwards (Ian Anthony a biological weapon, but af- Dale, “Hawaii Five-0”). Harris and ter government agents take DOD public affairs press secretary the massive gorilla into cap- Grace Barrows (Jennifer Finnigan, tivity, George escapes and “Tyrant”) have no choice but to heads to Chicago, where the let these two skilled scientists into company that developed the a covert operation called Samp- pathogen is emitting a signal son, revealing that the govern- to attract the animal. When ment was already well aware of two other beasts that have the threat but had chosen to keep also been exposed, a wolf it hidden in order to prevent mass and a crocodile, also arrive in pandemonium. the city, a massive battle The thrilling conclusion of sea- breaks out between the son 1 saw the president reinstated, three titanic animals and the TESS’s source code given up to RE/ military forces trying to save SYST and the group divided, await- the city. ing the impeding likely demise of Director: Brad Peyton. Stars: the East Coast. Harris and Grace, Dwayne Johnson, Naomie along with the rest of the selected crew, are all stowed away within a Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey hangar, ready to board the Ark if Dean Morgan, Joe Mangan- necessary, while Darius and Liam Santiago Cabrera in “Salvation” iello. 2018. 107 min. Action. 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