La Brea: An utter disaster about a disaster

  • 📰 globeandmail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 23 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 92%

Canada Headlines News

Canada Latest News,Canada Headlines

It’s instructive to see how network TV can fail so badly these days

I watched the entire first episode of with some fascination. For the longest time, there was only a five-minute preview to see, and a person wondered why. Now I know.

Where to start? Well, it’s set in Los Angeles, but was made in Australia. Now, I’ve been to L.A. dozens of times and when there, I know the disaster people worry about is a lethal earthquake. According to this show, the worst that could happen is the area known as the La Brea Tar Pits becomes a giant sinkhole and people and buildings disappear beneath the ground.This happens in the opening minutes, with rather unconvincing special effects.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in CA

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.