Bobert - Hmmm...turtles...the only things that come to mind are "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (irradiated turtles and two disasters of a movie, especially the sequel), or any of the "Gamera" movie (nothing like a giant flying turtle propelled by flames shooting out of its butt and other orifices!).

gnu - Also, any civil engineering department should have the famous "Galloping Gertie" footage from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse in the 40's.

Robomatic - Yeah, "Wargames" you save for computer classes so they can laugh at Matthew Broderick's bookshelf-sized CPU and disk drive and the modem you had to set the telephone receiver in! 8-)

But seriously, I have a soft spot for the Irwin Allen classics. Also maybe "Dante's Peak" (liked it slightly better than "Volcano"). Also nobody mentioned "Twister" yet.

-- Gary