Prophecy

The big hullabaloo from Roland Emmerich’s film 2012, and all the disaster films we’ve been seeing for the last 50-60 years or so is scaring the heck out of viewers. So badly are they scared of the end that they are watching the same movies of disaster, over and over, with different actors, different titles, and different producers – all aimed to scare you and empty your pockets.

The question “Will we die in 2012 because the Mayan calendar runs out?” is being asked with increasing frequency as we move from 2009 in 2010 and beyond. Supposedly, the world is going to end in 2012 when this calendar runs out of days, though it is just as often the case that just as many people are able to point to a myriad of apocalyptic scenarios that have never proven themselves out in history.