Age of Stupid: Clips: Conclusion

Our Archivist Pete Postlethwaite muses on the dire situation humanity has created for itself.

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[aerithtirea]

what's the song's name?

great movie by the way :)

[spannerfilms]

the song is called 'Real Thing - Stupid Mix' and it's on the AOS soundtrack that will be released later this year

[chrismccalphy]

An excellent film hopefully it will be seen by as many people as possible in the run up to copenhagen.

[JuiceInternet]

"NOT STUPID" BREAKS RECORDS

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The Film Council carried out an official survey and were totally bowled over by the results, which are way, way better than for a normal film:

98% of viewers liked the film

(56%: excellent, 31%: very good, 11%: good, 2%: fair, 0%: poor),

98% said they would recommend it to their friends and.... wait for it....

75% of them had heard about the film from word of mouth (as opposed to our non-existent advertising, reviews etc).

[wheelofhawk]

@cupera1

The planet will be here long after we become extinct. It's the environment we should worry about :-)

All joke aside - what evidence is needed when the wealth of the planet is in the hands of a very few countries? Since I am running out of characters, I recommend reading Noam Chomsky's opinions about wealth, politics and media- he has a pretty good opinion about who owns what and why there is still war and poverty. You can also watch the documentary " HOME" by Yann Arthus Bertrand.

[MottTheWot]

Oh the arrogance of it all, after the planet has been here 4 billion years and humans just a mere few hundred thousand give or take a millenium, Pete Postlewaite tells us we are all going to fry by next Tuesday! After what this beautiful blue planet has been through in that time there is absolutely nothing humans can do that mother nature hasn't done a thousand times over and worse! We are here only temporarily and will be swatted like a fly by mother nature whenever she feels like it.

[bin1127]

The skeptics really have to read the IPCC reports. I'd like to see anyone provide peer reviewed proof that even just 5% of the report is wrong. the thousands of scientists who contributed to the report are not taking this like a game.

[davibreu]

I just seen this movie and I thought it was very good. The name of the movie itself was well put "The Age of Stupid". We are very ignorant, and to change our lifestyle it is in a way a sacrifice. I think it would not be if everybody collaborate. But at the same time we are greedy, always wanting more, and more for less work. I have always thought that one of the solution would be to EDUCATE people to all this knowledge. EDUCATION and DISCIPLINE would be the key to console this problem.Nice Work!

[flegolas]

@cupera1 I think Cupera's talking about some of the people in the film, not the filmmakers?

[Kangsryche]

Of course we were an experiment basically--this planet. We failed miserably.

It was out of our own selfishness and greed which brought about our demise.

The last remaining chance for survival which is acknowledged in this solar system, destroyed by conflict for control. Why, . .that sounds like a great idea for a book or religion!

[Mstreesitter]

Almost everything you say is sound and significant but there is one mistake which depends on your current age. The worst of global warming WILL most definitely affect the next generation but sadly we've already set these climatic shifts in motion and it's going to happen within the next 25 years. How severe? No one knows. This is the most important challenge that human civilization will ever face and majority of people don't even know about it or the consequences. It is devastating.