2012: Stupidity For The Masses

NASA on a crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths, AFP

"The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fuelled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie. ... Some websites accuse NASA of concealing the truth on the wayward planet's existence, but the US space agency denounced such stories as an "Internet hoax."

The world won't end in 2012, NASA argues, DVICE

"NASA is interested in particular with Nibiru -- also known as Planet X, a fabled celestial object that "2012" addresses -- which some believe may collide with or pass nearby the Earth, ending life as we know it."

Review: Roland Emmerich's '2012' as massively entertaining as it is stupid, St. Petersburg Times

"Director Roland Emmerich slaps an exclamation point on disaster movies with 2012, a movie as massively entertaining as it is stupid. It's the first time I ever felt like I was witnessing the end of not only the world but also a genre."


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People have been predicting the end of the world for millenia and they have ALL been wrong. This 2012 nonsense is no different. With all of the things going on that NASA ought to be promoting, but isn't, I find it rather disturbing that they take the time to even dignify this mularkey with a response. If the end of the Mayan calendar actually signified anything, I would be more inclined to believe it marks the time when the aliens who visited them centuries ago will return to Earth as predicted in Chariots of the Gods. But the world will NOT come to an end. If fact, I am so sure of this that I would be my life on it. If I lose, I die (LOL).

"When Worlds Collide" ! Exactly what came to mind when I watched the 2012 trailer. It seems to me the producers were on track to re-make the late '50s movie, then decided to tie it to the myth de jour and sucker all the new-agers into theater seats. That's entertainment for you.

How NASA decides to react to this is problematic, as can be expected whenever reality confronts true believers of hogwash. I'm not sure they have a coherent plan, but they best lay out the facts and stand back. Do not engage, that's a suckers game!

All of this garbage is based on a supposed Mayan belief in the end of the world. There's just one problem: The Mayans don't believe this crap, either!

Article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6519923/Ignore-the-movie-2012-will-not-be-the-end-of-world-say-Mayans.html gives the Mayan view of this hype.

If we're lucky, "2012" will end up in the so bad it's good category.

I've always liked "When Worlds Collide," though. The last time I saw it was in November 2002. It was on late at night during the Leonids storm. I would watch some of it when I would take a break inside to warm up.

IMDB has a "When Worlds Collide" remake listed that's directed by Stephen Sommers. No actors are listed. Development might be stalled. It would probably end up being another hyperactive CGI movie, like "2012" appears to be.

I saw an intersting documentary about the Tungusga meteor/cometary fragment and its sociological impact on popular culture. In the documentary, a Russian 'scientific philosopher' suggested that there is a widespread feeling amongst people that something, somewhere, has gone dreadfully wrong with the direction we are taking as a species and that a disastrous outcome is inevitable. He said that the reason there is such a pop-culture fixation on disaster on a global scale is this instinctive dread of impending doom from a force above human control.

Taking this hypothesis at face value, you could argue that the grassroots appeal of Anthropogenic Climate Change could be perceived to be as much as an apocalyptic cult as any. We, as a species, have sinned (by over-usage of resources) and god
(specifically, in this case, natural forces) will inevitably punish us.

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