2012: A Eulogy for the World

Dearly beloved; we are gathered here today to witness the end of the world, at least how Hollywood sees it. As we look upon the departed dead we see them covered in scraps of celluloid from disaster films of the past with flakes of this latest tragedy of cinema, 2012. It would seem that Tinseltown would have these poor souls believe that the end of the world is happening and something to be capitalized on much like the Y2K bug of the year 2000. Even though times are tough there is no need to create more hysteria and fear in the world.
With a film such as this, even though it is a work of fiction manufactured with green screen special fx, elaborate sets and intricate mechanical props, it sets a mental tone in the back of everyone’s mind that everything is going to get worse, fall apart, and just die. All this from a film that can’t decide whether or not it is an action flick or a theme park ride which gives it less credibility than your average former actor turned politician.
Also if this is the herald of what things are to come over the next three years in entertainment, or at least until we are past this overused cliché plotline of a date, I want no part of it. The saturation of bad cable and network movies and shows, films based on post apocalyptic exploits of various anti heroes and disaster survivors, not to mention the amount of leftover and discarded merchandise that will end up in your local Goodwill Store discount bins is enough to make any average citizen of the world at large hide in their closet with a blanket over their heads and their fingers in their ears mumbling “la la la lala”.
Dearest Hollywood, it doesn’t have to be this way. If you would show not just the end of the world, but the renewal of it as well, you could claim that you are being socially consciences and aware of the primal need for safety and assurance that we can survive, adapt, and make better what was once lost and to be the phoenix of our own design. To date, only one film has done so. WALL – E; and if that little robot can teach us that we can survive disasters; manmade, natural, or cosmic then you can too. If that is the case, then we will listen and if the end times come will go out happily singing “it’s the end of the world as we know it, and

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