End of a solar era, not the world. Mayan Calender

[DanielBrown]

Old news is really, really old.

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[MammothBlade]

I'm kind of hoping for Ragnarok myself. I mean, you don't get a more badass doomsday scenario. The World Serpent, the Fenris Wolf (who's jaws stretch from the skies to the ground), the Jotun and the Norse Gods clashing in the titanic end of the world. It's as far as I know the only doomsday scenario where even the Gods perish, leaving only two mortals to recreate the world.

Now THAT would have made a movie. Just call it Ragnarok, set it in 2012 for shits and giggles, have the Fimbulwinter be portrayed through climate change and bam. Here comes the Norse Gods and all the most batshit awesome armageddon visuals of all time. All viewed from the perspective of the hapless mortals of course. Hell, even Hollywood would have to be satisfied with the premise, given that the two surviving mortals would lend themselves to a shitty romance story.

Yeah. Directors need to be a bit more creative with their world endings. Though you've got to have Fenrir and Dragons and Valkyries, they are a staple of Ragnarok, and awesome to boot.

 

[TheCruxis]

Uh...is this topic supposed to be news or something? I've known about this pretty much since this whole crap story about the forseen apocalypse by the Mayans began. The Mayans never claimed that the world would end in 2012, but even if they did I wouldn't belive them. ^^

 

[winter2]

I'm kind of hoping for Ragnarok myself. I mean, you don't get a more badass doomsday scenario. The World Serpent, the Fenris Wolf (who's jaws stretch from the skies to the ground), the Jotun and the Norse Gods clashing in the titanic end of the world. It's as far as I know the only doomsday scenario where even the Gods perish, leaving only two mortals to recreate the world.

Now THAT would have made a movie. Just call it Ragnarok, set it in 2012 for shits and giggles, have the Fimbulwinter be portrayed through climate change and bam. Here comes the Norse Gods and all the most batshit awesome armageddon visuals of all time. All viewed from the perspective of the hapless mortals of course. Hell, even Hollywood would have to be satisfied with the premise, given that the two surviving mortals would lend themselves to a shitty romance story.

LOL.... That would actually work..

Hollywood!!! ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION HERE????

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

Haven't we known this since....ages ago

Yes, and it's been successfully ignored by people for ages, too.

Ha your comment made my day.

You see a lot of people ignored it because they don't own the discovery channel

 

[Micalas]

Isn't there a Mayan Calender that goes on to 2040 or some such anyways?

Also, it's not going to stop people going "DA WORLD GUNNA END!" they've been doing it for years now after all, Y2K ftw.

Y2K was actually a pretty valid fear. Not the end of the world bit but all of the worlds computers really would've gone down the shitter were it not for updates. It has to do with the computer's calendar/clock. In fact, we're due for another one relatively soon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

 

[Soviet Steve]

Plus the Mayans are still around and have maintained that they don't view 2012 as being an apocalyptic event.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Bah. Everyone knows that the world is going to end in 2038 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem].

I thought it's supposed to end in 2050? I can't keep track anymore. Every generation loves to believe that they'll be the last.

It's a great excuse to do stupid shit. I mean, if there isn't going to be anyone after you anyway, why not leave a mess to clean up?

...

I'm going to facepalm and be a little sad at the inevitable loss of life from 2012 suicides. The cynic in me wants to say it will be good for that amount of stupid to be taken out of the gene pool but I can't consciously approve of people throwing their lives away.