The end of the world has been prophesied in
many ways, shapes and forms by not only religions,
but movies as well. Countless disaster movies
predict the end of the days via asteroids, alien
attacks, and anything that requires large scale
special effects. No director in the modern era
has gotten more from this genre than Roland Emmerich,
of Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After
Tomorrow fame.
This time, Emmerich is going to destroy the
world in a way that the Mayans predicted thousands
of years ago. According to both Emmerich and
the Mayans, 2012 is the final year of existence.
Therefore, Emmerich's 2012 could help us get
ready.
The notorious Mayan legend is that the Mayan
calender has predicted the end of the world.
According to their legends, December 21, 2012
is the day of the apocalypse. It is a prediction
that has attracted a lot more interest now that
2012 is almost here.
Many books have been devoted to the subject,
as well as debate on whether the Mayans even
predicted the world's destruction to happen in
2012. Some debate that the Mayans couldn't have
predicted this and the phenomenon is overblown,
while others see signs that something will indeed
happen in 2012.
Like any trend and phenomenon, Hollywood is
quick to pounce on it and turn it into a thrill
ride. Even though 2012 is a few years away, Hollywood
is putting out the disaster movie version of
the Mayan end of the world, 2012, out next year.
To start teasing people, an early trailer for
2012 was released on the Internet yesterday.
With Roland Emmerich as the director, everyone
knows to expect grand, world ending special effects,
although the world probably won't actually end
in the movie.
John Cusack, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie
Newton, Woody Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor and
Oliver Platt are the less important human stars
who battle the special effects.
Emmerich took a big hit earlier this year with
the bomb 10,000 B.C, so a return to the disaster
movie genre comes just in time for him, as he
continues to be the modern day Irwin Allen.
2012
Apocalypse Theory Inspires Disaster Movie