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Subject: Re: La Palma
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:13:30 -0500
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On 2024-12-13 8:37 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>> I know: "nobody has Netflix". But just in case anyone has acquired it
>> recently, you may want to check out La Palma. It's a 4 episode series -
>> not sure yet if it is a limited or ongoing series - that has a premise
>> involving an imminent disaster, namely a volcanic eruption and tsunami.
>>
>> It is set on La Palma, one of the islands making up the Canary Islands
>> (situated in the Atlantic just east of Africa). The Islands are part of
>> Spain and are primarily tourist resorts. They are of a volcanic nature.
>> This particular island has a team of geologists studying it.
>>
>> I've just watched Episode 1 and it shows normal life on the island.
>> Tourists taking in the beauty with scientists doing their research. The
>> tourists are from various places with an emphasis on a family from
>> Norway. The head scientist is Spanish but the rest are a mix that
>> includes some Scandinavians. (The dialog is largely in English but there
>> are occasional conversations in Norwegian and Spanish so you'll probably
>> want English subtitles turned on or to watch the English-dubbed version.)
>>
>> Things start happening on the island: small discharges of gas, mild
>> tremors, a crack that has suddenly appeared in the mountain, and a
>> gathering of sea turtles, all travelling together. The scientists start
>> getting concerned and investigate the crack to see how big it is, only
>> to discover that it is very big indeed. Then, while they are examining
>> it, it starts to discharge large quantities of poisonous gas and they
>> have to run for their lives....
>>
>> So ends the first episode.
>>
>>  From the trailer I watched, it's clear that an evacuation of the island
>> may become necessary but that it would be difficult to say the least.
>>
>> I plan to watch the remaining episodes to see how this turns out.
>>
>> FYI: There are no big name stars in this but everyone on both sides of
>> the camera does a respectable job.
> 
> Let me know if the disaster actually happens or not.
> 
I just finished the final episode and the tsunami *does* happen in that 
episode, causing massive destruction.

-- 
Rhino