the science march. why science should have to march, that s a whole other question to be addressed. but during the science march, one of my favorite posters irsaw someone hold up was every disaster movie begins by someone in charge ignoring the warnings of a scientist. so this movie allegory is too soft a word. allegory is, well, there s a hidden message. there s nothing hidden. a comet is going to take us out and how are we going to react? it s like the diplomats say. you re terry cloth, that means you re very soft. maybe they were too soft on some of the problems. i want to look at another aspect of this. neil stays. in the film, even when the warnings arrive, they have to fight through many muck of our superficial a.d.d. discourse weighed down by the selfish