Geologists in Movies Tend to be Goners (opens in new tab)

A group of Swedish geologists have been keeping track of how geologists are portrayed on the silver screen. You might think that the profession is rare, and relatively it may be, but they compiled a list of 141 movies with 202 geologists between 1919 and 2023 (available to download). They appear in all genres, but most often in adventure films. These roles are broken down by age, sex, race, era, whether they are "the good guys," and even how they dress. However, geologists in movies die at an...