This film is similar to what you might find on the Discovery Channel or National Geographic. It is perhaps a few notches above the typical documentary found on those channels thanks to some stunning visuals and an imaginative sound track.
The idea that you can predict future trends based on historical cycles has some merit. The author uses a myriad of cycles to explain his reasoning for his pessimistice outlook. Here are just a few: the terriosim cycle, innovation cycle, immigration cycle, geopolitical cycle, demograpic cycle, real estate cycle, various stock market cycles, commodities cycle, and the emerging markets cycle. The cycles range in time from as littles as eight or nine years, such as the terroisim cycle, to as long as 5,000 years for the civilization cycle.
In a world of mindless films about super heros and comic book characters, it’s nice to see that every once in a while Hollywood gets it right.
I was recently interviewed for a one hour documentary on aircraft ditchings that will be aired on MSNBC in July. The story of ALM flight 980 will be told as part of the overall story.
I’m calling this picture light and shadow. I did a little tweaking to bring out the contrasts.
When I first heard about the dramatic rescue of some fifteen Colombian hostages last year, I knew that a book was soon to follow. This is that book. This books tells the story of the three American hostages who were held captive for nearly six years in the jungles of Columbia.