The trailer for Roland Emmerich's new apoc-buster 2012 is now online, in QuickTime format. I couldn't watch it more than halfway through without wanting to throw something at the screen — mainly, my head.
I know that under it all Emmerich is doing nothing more than updating Irwin Allen's disasterpalooza flicks with better hardware and graphics (but not better acting or storylines), but that doesn't make the pandering to the End Is Nigh crowd any less annoying. I know a few too many people who take some form of this garbage seriously — well, seriously enough to be pests to their co-workers about it, but evidently not serious enough to sell their homes and move to Iceland to wait it out.
It's the compulsive, anything-for-a-good-trailer mindlessness of the whole thing that bugs me, from the re-use of the now very, very tired Mayan calendar nonsense to action-movie heroics that assume people can outrace explosions and natural disasters.
Oh, and in the final money shot, when the tidal wave is causing an aircraft carrier to crash into the White House and everyone probably evacuated days ago, why are the lights still on in the building?
For a contrast, check out a trailer for a movie that actually seems to be well worth catching: Daybreakers.
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You've probably heard this one before, but whenever one of these movies comes out I can't help but think of something the master filmmaker Luis Bunuel said: A real disaster movie, with 100% of the focus on the disaster, would be amazing; unfortunately, most disaster movies are 25% disaster and 75% stock characters. (I'm paraphrasing here, but that's the gist of it)
And yeah, I have friends obsessed with the Mayan calendar too, esp. in regards to what it might mean to Pittsburgh. I don't remember sufficiently enough to explain it, though.
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That one I have actually not heard before, but it sounds like he would be talking about ... a documentary? :D
Wait -- Pittsburgh? Isn't that where they make Videodrome?
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And the Pennsic Wars. Maybe Pittsburgh does have some cosmic significance!
But all that aside, j00 must stop harshin' teh groove, d00d. The world will end on December 21st, 2012, only 2 days after you turn 41, and 4 days after I turn 41 - The Number of the Bush (I). It will end on this day because Yuri will turn 43 that day - the Number of the Bush (II). Thus, on that day, we will have a conjunction of 2 Is and 1 II, or I II I, pronounced ay-yiyi-yi, which, as everyone knows, must be warded against with the traditional response of 'holy frijoles!'
Unfortunately, too few people will take the danger seriously. 12/21/12 is a friday. This is significant because according to the religious texts of the First Church of the Metric Week (of which, remember, I am the Lofty Arch-Chronicler of Mysteries, a duty I take with all due seriousness), on Thursday, in a metaphysical sense, the Great Destroyer prepares to enter the world. Thus, it becomes obvious: On Friday, Dec 12, 2012, due to the failure of those around us to chant 'holy frijoles' with the proper reverence and sincerity, the Great Destroyer will be able to make his way into the world, leaving us all at the mercy of Wingo, the 7-foot tall cigar-smoking purple chicken foretold in ages past by the Exalted Speaker of Verses, and confirmed by our most holy Grand Munificent Enlightenment Director.
And it is. All. Yuri's. Fault.
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You hit him, then. You're closer.
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Dude, he lives right down 110, just north of the train station. You are much, much closer.
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Well poop! That's two days before my 64th birthday! That sucks! ::sobs:: ::foflmao::
Having said that, about the lights, well, most likely everyone was so busy trying to save their asses they forgot about saving energy. ::cackles::
And I just LOVE the last two letters in the required box. ::gigglefits::
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For those of you who would like a no nonsense, practical, feet on the ground yet fascinating understanding of the Mayan calendar and the most probable significance of 2012 then I invite you to review the following links. You will not be disappointed.
Kindest regards,
Rohaan Solare
www.emergent-culture.com
Mayan Calendar and Dec. 21, 2012: The Facts, the Fiction and the Marvels pt.1 An introduction
http://emergent-culture.com/the-mayan-calendar-and-dec-21-2012-the-facts-the-fiction-and-the-marvels-pt-1/
Prophecy Demystified: The Non-Existent “Mayan Prophecies” and the Real Meaning of "Prophecy”
http://emergent-culture.com/prophecy-demystified-the-non-existant-maya-prophecies-and-the-real-meaning-of-all-prophecies/
PREVIEWING Reality: Relating Web-Bot, Synchronicity, Mayan Calendar, the DNA and Future Forecasting
http://emergent-culture.com/preview-relating-web-bot-synchronicity-mayan-calendar-the-dna-and-future-forecasting/
Transitioning to a Planetary Culture: Trend Convergence and the Case for Socio-Cultural Transformation
http://emergent-culture.com/transitioning-to-a-planetary-culture-trend-convergence-and-the-case-for-socio-cultural-transformation/
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