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b'With the winter months upon us, and people hunkering down against the cold (and the pandemic), GamerDude started thinking about his favorite disaster movies, and why he enjoys them.\\xa0 He talks about the different disaster movie tropes that are generally common to all disaster movies, from the huge, all-star casts, to the amazing special effects, to the destruction of landmarks, to the uncertainty of who is going to survive to the end.\\xa0 You never know who is going to make it to the final reel of a disaster movie, which is part of the fun.\\n\\nGamerDude explains that, in his opinion, the disaster movie genre truly started in the 1970s, with movies like The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake.\\xa0 He also talks about the sub-genres of disaster movies that have developed, and explains why his own definition is so specific.\\xa0 He differentiates "disease" disaster movies, like Contagion and Outbreak, from "alien" disaster movies, like Independence Day and Cloverfield.\\xa0 He also explains why his favorite disaster movies involve natural disasters, like climate change (The Day After Tomorrow), earthquakes (San Andreas) or problems with the earth\'s core (2012). No spoilers here, though; you\'ll have to listen to the episode to get the full list!'