2012

OK… I usually don’t miss a good movie for any reason in the world. So I didn’t miss this one either. You shouldn’t either. Though I downloaded it and watched it, I recommended that you guys should watch it in wide screen. It will be the best option. Well.. It’s a good movie, trust me. Just as any other Ronald Emmerich (Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow) movie, it’s awesome.

Basically, the film briefly references Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in the year 2012. Because of solar flare bombardment the Earth's core begins heating up at an unprecedented rate, eventually causing crustal displacement. This results in an onslaught of Doomsday event scenarios plunging the world into chaos, ranging from California falling into the Pacific Ocean, the eruption of the Yellowstone National Park caldera, massive earthquakes, and Mega tsunami impacts along every coast line on the Earth. The film centers around an ensemble cast of characters as they narrowly escape multiple catastrophes in an effort to reach ships in the Himalayas, along with scientists and governments of the world who are attempting to save as many lives as they can before the disasters ensue. That’s how Wiki says about the movie. But I’m not gonna post a detailed epilogue about the movie this time. I was curious what the theory behind this whole 2012 phenomenon is. So I looked it up.

This is straight from Wiki -> The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs and proposals, which posit that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012,which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long Mayan Long Count calendar. These beliefs may derive in part from archaeoastronomical speculation,alternative interpretations of mythology, numerological constructions, or alleged prophecies from extraterrestrial beings. A New Age interpretation of this transition posits that, during this time, the planet and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era. Conversely, some believe that the 2012 date marks the beginning of an apocalypse.

Both ideas have been disseminated in numerous books and TV documentaries, and have spread around the world through websites and discussion groups. Scholars of various stripes have disputed the idea that a catastrophe will happen in 2012, suggesting that predictions of impending doom are found neither in classic Maya accounts nor in contemporary science. Mainstream Mayanist scholars argue that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents Maya history.To the modern Maya, 2012 is largely irrelevant, and classic Maya sources on the subject are scarce and contradictory, suggesting that there was little if any universal agreement among them about what, if anything, the date might mean.

Well.. There are a few theories on how the 2012 Apocalypse will take place. Just check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

A very famous one is the clashing of Planet Nibiru. Well.. Personally, I just believe that the end of the world can be ANY day. Just some randon Asteroid crunching down the earth or a massive volcanic eruption or whatsoever. We can’t really say. It can be the next moment, right? I mean.. collisions and things like that happen every second in the planets in this Universe. We can’t be sure it won’t happen on earth, right? So.. Let’s live and find out, shall we? ;-)