tackles the 2012 Mayan Long Count calendar "prediction" of the end of the world by mashing it up with the mysterious and completely fabricated Mesoamerican crystal skulls (all known examples that have been authenticated were created in the 19th century present era and later, not by Aztecs or Mayans). She claims that the Mayans "carved thirteen crystal skulls" (paperback back cover blurb) and that the Mayans "to protect humankind ... sent them to the four corners of the globe" (paperback back cover blurb). The Mayans are not known to have had deep seafaring capabilities, so she must an ingenious explanation as to how they got the skulls to the four corners of the globe.Sunday, December 12, 2010
The Crystal Skull (2008) novel
British novelist Manda Scott in her 2008 novel The Crystal Skull tackles the 2012 Mayan Long Count calendar "prediction" of the end of the world by mashing it up with the mysterious and completely fabricated Mesoamerican crystal skulls (all known examples that have been authenticated were created in the 19th century present era and later, not by Aztecs or Mayans). She claims that the Mayans "carved thirteen crystal skulls" (paperback back cover blurb) and that the Mayans "to protect humankind ... sent them to the four corners of the globe" (paperback back cover blurb). The Mayans are not known to have had deep seafaring capabilities, so she must an ingenious explanation as to how they got the skulls to the four corners of the globe.
tackles the 2012 Mayan Long Count calendar "prediction" of the end of the world by mashing it up with the mysterious and completely fabricated Mesoamerican crystal skulls (all known examples that have been authenticated were created in the 19th century present era and later, not by Aztecs or Mayans). She claims that the Mayans "carved thirteen crystal skulls" (paperback back cover blurb) and that the Mayans "to protect humankind ... sent them to the four corners of the globe" (paperback back cover blurb). The Mayans are not known to have had deep seafaring capabilities, so she must an ingenious explanation as to how they got the skulls to the four corners of the globe.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Shades of Grey (2009) novel
Jasper Fforde's highly imaginative and satirical look at a post-apocalyptic world organized around color scheme is one of the few novels to take a lighthearted approach to doomsday. In Shades of Grey
, Fforde slowly reveals the strange workings of the Colortocracy that rules Chromatica, the world that exists after Something That Happened and where to be a Yellow, Red, Blue or any of the other acceptable colors, even Grey, defines one's sole being.
, Fforde slowly reveals the strange workings of the Colortocracy that rules Chromatica, the world that exists after Something That Happened and where to be a Yellow, Red, Blue or any of the other acceptable colors, even Grey, defines one's sole being.Skyline (2010) movie
The 2010 Hollywood movie Skyline
, in which an alien invasion centers on Los Angeles, California, will bear comparison with the 2011 movie World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles.
, in which an alien invasion centers on Los Angeles, California, will bear comparison with the 2011 movie World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles.World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles (2011) movie
To help us prepare for the end of the world in 2012, Hollywood will release yet another alien invasion film, this time centered on Los Angeles, California. The film is titled World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles. It focuses on a platoon of United States Marines who mount a defense.
The Sony Pictures Web site for World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles.
The film premieres in the United States on March 11, 2011.
The film is also partly based on an incident described by the title of Terrenz Sword's book The Battle of Los Angeles 1942: The Silent Invasion Begins
(2003). One of the film trailers begins with purported news footage of this "battle".
The Sony Pictures Web site for World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles.
The film premieres in the United States on March 11, 2011.
The film is also partly based on an incident described by the title of Terrenz Sword's book The Battle of Los Angeles 1942: The Silent Invasion Begins
(2003). One of the film trailers begins with purported news footage of this "battle".2012 Supernova
In the 2009 movie 2012 Supernova
, the wavefront of a supernova explosion reach the Earth where it will produce the end of the world. Various heroic efforts involving spacecraft, astronauts and scientists attempt to stave off the inevitable demise of all life as we know it. According to one reviewer on the Internet Movie Database, the film has no connection with the year 2012!
, the wavefront of a supernova explosion reach the Earth where it will produce the end of the world. Various heroic efforts involving spacecraft, astronauts and scientists attempt to stave off the inevitable demise of all life as we know it. According to one reviewer on the Internet Movie Database, the film has no connection with the year 2012!Saturday, December 4, 2010
Meteor Storm (2010) TV movie
In the 2010 Meteor Storm TV movie created for the SyFy Channel in the United States, a meteor shower from a comet oribiting the Earth threatens to destroy San Francisco and then the world.
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