It’s all about TEOTWAWKI (I almost named my last daughter “Teotwawki,” but that’s another story). Westerners just LOVE the notion of the apocalypse; it seems the more we have to lose the more we are intoxicated by the notion of losing it. Emmerich — though he’s shallow as a storm puddle — figured that out quite a while back, right down to the iconic level, and 2012 is essentially the culmination of that cultural death wish: almost an hour of just STUFF BLOWING UP OR FALLING OVER, with Cusack and company in place to give the much-loved “personal” touch to the “Aaaaiiiiiii!” ing. I’m not quite sure we-as-a-society love this whole subgenre so much; maybe it’s a longing for simplicity in the face of a complex world (true, we wouldn’t have any more polio vaccine or HBO, but we wouldn’t have the IRS, either!)’ maybe it’s the fulfillment of a dark wish to just break things with impunity. Or maybe it’s a celebration of our ineradicability: after all, if you’re reading/experiencing/enjoying the story of The End, then you’re by definition one of the *survivors,* not one of the untold m’billions who died when Things Fell Apart. So … that’s a good thing, right? WE’LL make it through, it’s just the REST of ’em who died. Notice, in virtually all the EOTW books, movies, and slide shows, there are ALWAYS survivors with real names and frequently cool costumes (viz. Mad Max, Terminator, et. al.), while damn near all the dead are nameless and often faceless, and the survivor’s story is infinitely more interesting than OURS. Except for maybe Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove.” Looks like pretty much EVERYbody dies in that one.

The Aztecs were right. The world IS coming to an end by turtle.

Didn’t you know the world is flat and it’s turtles all the way down? The world turtle is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle are finally tired of doing the circus stacking act, it’s been a millenia and it’s time for break.

So down comes humanity craters for all.

In reply to Alphy Hoffman.

Thanks Alphy! Appreciate the feedback!

Great review, saw it, loved it and Script PhD was right on the money with the review…Thank You