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