dec 21 2012

[icarus]

Originally Posted by flamey_mcflame

There is a simple solution to this whole impending doom. Just remove Dec. 21,2012 from the calendars. Done and done.

As is often the case, an analogous Mitch Hedberg quotation is apropos:

"13 is an unlucky number. Sometimes in buildings there is no 13th floor. But you people on the 14th floor, you really know what floor you're on. Jump out of the window and you will die sooner!"

[Daradon]

I did a tiny bit of research on this, (not a ton, no expert here) but after a little digging I was more inclined to believe that like many early beliefs that took into account the cycles of the earth and the birth and death cycle, this calendar is cyclic. Doesn't mean the word ENDS on Dec 21, 2012 just that the calendar restarts again. And since everything technically orbits, why couldn't that be true?

However, there are enough doomsday nuts and enough world tension out there that someone or some country COULD precipitate a global catastrophe. We all know there are many fundamentalist religions on both sides of the world that are looking forward to doomsday and we all know that these religions are gaining more and more political power.

NOTHing is set in stone, but we as humans LOVE a self fulfilling prophecy.

Time will tell.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Thor

Not referring to this thread, to the fact over 40% of the US christians believe end of days is going to happen in their lifetime.

They should all be beaten over the head with a stick.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by jammies

The world ended, you were saved by aliens, they hooked you up to a virtual reality machine and they've been experimenting on you ever since.

Expect this message to get wiped when They discover it - it's a sad truth that I will be punished for telling you. In fact, I think I hear them outside the

At least the Flames won though.

[SportsJunky]

Here is a link to a teaser trailer for 2012 which comes out next year. The visual is fairly powerful and I like the tone set by the music. Of course it is directed by Roland Emmerlich (Independance Day and The Day After Tomorrow) so it may very well be all flash and no substance but still looks like a fun movie.

http://blog.movieset.com/2008/11/13/...easer-trailer/

[peter12]

But what IF the web bots are correct?!

[OBCT]

Originally Posted by icarus

Watch the Flames go unbeaten until that point in the season only to have the world inconveniently end.

Inconvenient is the right word.

[burn_this_city]

Im excited, its the day after my birthday.. A sort of doomsday belated birthday present..

[peter12]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Im excited, its the day after my birthday.. A sort of doomsday belated birthday present..

Going out with a bang! Ba-dum-dum.

[burn_this_city]

Its gonna be great! I wont make it to 30, but I dreaded that milestone anyhow.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Yup, I had a chat with a Mayan tour guide when we were at Chichen Itza and he said that Dec. 21 2012 is just the end of a cycle for the Mayan calendar, kind of like going from one year to the next in the Gregorian calendar. It's just a much longer calendar cycle than a one-year Gregorian cycle.

That's the thing...

Why does the Mayan calender end then? Simple... it's because Mayan civilization was destroyed and their calender system became obselete. When the time would have come to write a new calender (likely a few decades before 2012), someone would have started work on it.

Do people really think that Mayans would have created an infinite calender? Not to be rude, but western civilization hasn't even done that and the Mayans were effectively a stone-age civilization when they were conquered.

As for real doomsday predicitions, does anyone know if it is true that there is a huge meteor heading towards the Earth due to hit in about 800 years? It supposedly has a 4% chance of hitting the planet (which in astronomical terms, is a pretty good chance).

[malcolmk14]

Well, guess I won't be needing to spend money on University now.

[flip]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

As for real doomsday predicitions, does anyone know if it is true that there is a huge meteor heading towards the Earth due to hit in about 800 years? It supposedly has a 4% chance of hitting the planet (which in astronomical terms, is a pretty good chance).

Pfft. As if that matters, we have Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi to save us.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Here is a link to a teaser trailer for 2012 which comes out next year. The visual is fairly powerful and I like the tone set by the music. Of course it is directed by Roland Emmerlich (Independance Day and The Day After Tomorrow) so it may very well be all flash and no substance but still looks like a fun movie.

http://blog.movieset.com/2008/11/13/...easer-trailer/

That was actually a really cool effect with the mountains there. As far as trailers go that was pretty cool. Shame Emmerlich has done absolutely nothing in his career to give me confidence that the movie will be any good.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Besides, the world is ending this July when they flip the switch on that black hole generator under the Swiss Alps. Who cares about 2012.

well they already fired it up a bit in sept and no black holes

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

well they already fired it up a bit in sept and no black holes

Hey, I was kind of wondering what happened to you. Haven't seen you around the boards lately.

[Captaincanada80]

Bump...

Movie trailer out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9sqrtDLmXY

Out in theatres Nov 13th I believe

EDIT: Yikes, never saw the link posted 6 posts above

[photon]

Old trailer is old

[Dion]

[Dion]

nm