human vs. natural disaster theme
A character's struggle to get by during a natural disaster is featured. This could be about surviving a volcanic eruption, an earthquake, a tsunami, etc.
14 total · 6 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Deep Impact (1998) | major | The viewer is shown how the build up to an extinction level event cometary impact might unfold. |
| movie: Deluge (1933) | major | Martin was separated from his family when a massive tsunami and earthquake combo hit New York City. He struggled to survive in the chaotic aftermath of the catastrophe. He ultimately reunited with his wife and children. [tsunami, earthquake] |
| movie: Return to the Lost World (1992) | major | Professor Challenger used his newly invented high-explosive "Challengite" to prevent a volcanic eruption from destroying the whole plateau and everyone on it. [volcanic eruption] |
| movie: Shin Godzilla (2016) | major | The viewer is shown what it might be like for a government to have to evacuate a large population in the face of a looming natural disaster. In this case, the Japanese government struggled with red tape to evacuate Tokyo as Godzilla rampaged around the city. The viewer is also shown scenes of traumatized citizens in evacuation centers, etc. |
| movie: Tidal Wave (1973) | major | The people of Japan were faced with the earthquakes, fires, and tsunamis that accompanied their archipelago sliding into an ocean trench. Mt. Fuji also erupted. [earthquake, wildfire, tsunami] |
| tas1x16 | major | The Captain Kirk led away team braved various natural cataclysms on a geologically unstable planet. [earthquake, tidal wave] |
| movie: Deep Blue Sea (1999) | minor | Russell Franklin spoke of how it'd taken him and his party a week to climb out from an avalanche. [avalanche] |
| movie: Fellini Satyricon (1969) | minor | Encolpius had to bolt from his tenement when an earthquake hit. |
| movie: In Search of the Castaways (1962) | minor | The rescue party survived an earthquake, a lightning storm, a tidal wave, a volcano, and an avalanche. [earthquake, tidal wave, volcano eruption, avalanche] |
| movie: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) | minor | Clare and Owen were part of a team that was tasked to transport dinosaurs off Isla Nublar while a volcano was erupting. [volcanic eruption] |