tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:59610 Embracing the Future 2012: Investigating the Possibilities 2010-05-07T14:59:37Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:59610:6424 sunfell 2010-05-07T14:59:37Z 2010-05-07T14:59:37Z public 1 Posted by: <span lj:user='sunfell' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://sunfell.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://sunfell.dreamwidth.org/'><b>sunfell</b></a></span><br /><br />I watched that gawdawful Hollywood disaster of a movie, "2012" the other night. I'll never get those two hours back, but oh, well. If there was a law of physics, of location, of practicality- and of common sense- it was violated. It should have been called "2012: Toon Universe" because even though it was live action, every law of toon physics and hollywood cliche applied. Apparently in this universe, Yellowstone Park is a day's drive from LA and limousines get hybrid-like gas mileage, cell service exists even when tidal waves wipe out the towers, and runways are immune to quake faults. <br /><br />Whatever. I'm just glad I only wasted one dollar and two hours on it. <br /><br />But the subject of 2012 is slowly growing in our minds- sort of like Y2K (remember that) did a decade ago. I remember all the craziness surrounding that. 2012 is no different- there's a whole industry springing up around it. <br /><br />Most of it is bogus crap.<br /><br />But one of my favorite sites, Disinformation, has a sub-site devoted to the subject, and has made a <a href="http://www.2012dvd.com/">movie</a> about it. I haven't watched it yet, so I can't yet comment on it, but the trailer looks interesting. <br /><br /><br /> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2DylQeMx6hY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2DylQeMx6hY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=2012&ditemid=6424" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments