Thank you and welcome to this week's issue. The movie titled Thrash reminds us how quickly everything we hold dear can fall to shits. There are loads of social inferences and lessons in this one. Enjoy reading.
- Mother Earth's Warning Signals
The movie starts with some disturbing stats, that there has been about a 280% increase in the intensity of hurricanes since 1980. I mean that's within one lifetime, isn't it?
Mother earth warns us of the increasing effects of our wrongs as her perturbance translates into disasters still too big for us to handle efficiently.
The problem of hurricanes, floodings, and other natural disasters reminds us of the true composition of our world. About 71% of the earth's surface is covered by water and the human body consists of 60% to 70% water. If you ask me, I'd say we are probably the 'water tribe' from the movie 'Avatar', lol.
The composition of water in our system indicates that we should be experts at co-habiting with water. We should be able to live on and in water and have a good knowledge of survival techniques in flooded areas. Maybe it is because of the bonds of wrongness that we neglect the right approach to overcoming our planet's challenges. So giddy-up water tribe, because the ocean doesn't care about your wrongness bonds. The bonds of wrongness is one of the central themes in our latest eBook titled 'To Right A Wrong' and we also reviewed the warnings of natural disasters in our review of the movie 'Twisters'.
- Importance of News
Lisa (Phoebe Dynevor) was heading out of town, unaware that the interstate had been closed. In a related scene, Dr Edwards (Djimon Hounsou) hadn't heard about the shark attacks which was already on the News.
With streaming services and On-Demand content along with addictive social media, many young adults neglect the importance of 30 mins or 1 hour of News daily. Sometimes we neglect News because we try to avoid the mental stress, but it is worthwhile to be current with ongoing affairs. Wouldn't you agree? At least after watching this movie.
I remember my Dad used to come home late evenings and scold us for watching movies or cartoons during national or state News hour. He would claim that if the moon was falling the next day, we wouldn't know, because we were carried away by movies. It was one of the most annoying things about him. But in retrospect, I think I quite agree with him. Not that any of us could do anything about a falling moon, lol.
Maybe there should be certain News labeled 'Urgent' or 'Vital' that come into your viewing content like an amber alert, even if you are on a no-ads subscription.
- It Could Never Be Me
Dakota (Whitney Peak) and Billy Olson (Matt Nable) are two of the movie's characters that suffered from the 'it could never be me' mentality. They stayed back when everyone was rushing to higher grounds.
In reality, they are quite similar to many of us. Instead of developing a consciousness and influencing or assisting mitigation methods, most people in life tend to wish bad situations away. It is good to be optimistic but don't forget to act in accordance with your wishes.
- Importance of Basic Skills
Thrash also brings to mind the importance of basic skills that can prove vital in emergency and unplanned scenarios. Skills like swimming, cycling, lighting a camp fire, or changing a car tire can be life saving in totally unexpected situations. It is important that we imbibe these skills as kids, teenagers, or young adults.
Even barbecue traditions that use outdoor gas cookers can prove vital in natural disaster situations that affect the power grid. Basic skills are definitely as important as technical or computing skills most of us cling to these days.
- Emergency Prep
Isn't it disheartening how everything that looks so coordinated and planned in a civilized society, suddenly breaks down into total chaos even worse than third world situations?
Designated disaster prone areas should have emergency preparation routines and techniques that go beyond the usual 'move to high ground alert'. Such areas should be like a sought of 'Disaster friendly' design. Much like we can redesign a house to be child friendly.
Think stuff like boats, inflatable floaters, controlled power grid, dynamic house structures and alternate communication methods. Imagine if during a hurricane, everyone just got out on inflatable floaters within their yards, and power grids were turned off to reduce electrocution hazards, along with activating alternate communication methods. Or even better, imagine if every house within a hurricane flooded zone suddenly transformed into amphibious buildings that float on water without leaving their positions. It would be an achievement to see a more coordinated approach to managing disasters. For example, in some parts of the world, houses have a high resistance to withstand earthquake shock waves, and in some others there are floating houses in the middle of water bodies, like Venice. We definitely have what it takes to redesign our world and make it safer for everyone.
- No Clue Generation
Dakota is bewildered when Lisa turns her into a birth midwife. This scene gives us a sense of the importance of common knowledge in young adults. Teenage girls and maybe boys should have a basic idea of the birthing process and how to help if no one is around. Personally, I have no clue and it sucks watching Lisa struggle and knowing I'd equally be clueless in such situations. Having no clues is one of the many problems that reduced man from the civilization of the Star Wars era to the primitive struggles of improvisation in the Mad Max: Furiosa era. If you've seen our review and watched the movie, you'd see a car with a makeshift tire.
Thrash is a beautiful movie to watch and we thank you for going through our review of life lessons hidden in its scenes. Enjoy the rest of your week.
You can find streaming sources for this movie on the links below, and don't forget to check out the latest eBook in our eBook section.
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/82650122
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32362890/
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