The plot involves some kind of solar storm which generates a massive
pulse of neutrinos that interact with the earth's core, heating it up
and destabilizing the crust.
My favorite part was where Las Vegas was torn apart by massive
earthquakes. Having lived in Vegas for over a decade, it is my wish
to live long enough to see it destroyed - preferably in a nuclear
blast, but falling into a bottomless pit will do.
(Un)fortunately, world governments have teamed up to build giant arks
in the mountains of Tibet. These are not spaceships, but rather giant
fortified water ships designed to handle the force of the massive
tsunamis generated by the shifting of the earth's crust. Like the ark
of biblical mythology, they carry as many species of animals that can
be saved, along with hundreds of thousands of wealthy human refugees.
Tsunamis destroy most of the world's surface, except for the southern
part of Africa, which was lifted thousands of feet higher and thus
avoided the floods. The arks head for Africa and the movie ends.
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"We have combined Hebrew Kabalism, numerology, narcotics, and computer
technology to create a musical ritual to bring about the apocalypse.
Whether it is an armageddon of the subconscious or destruction of the
world as we know it, is up to the listener to decide."
-- Marilyn Manson
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http://www.moviesitearchive.com
Uh Oh, I just burnt my pumpkin pie.
no, he stayed in washington and drowned himself cuz his wife had been
dead for years and it was the only possible euthanasia for a prezzie
That part got me wondering about end of the world protocol for the
President. Does he go down with the ship or does it make more sense
for him to put his lot in with the survivors? It must be written down
somewhere. In 2012, the heroic sacrifice--since no one had given much
thought to succession and chain of command, just like they didn't
think about Africa either--meant Oliver Platt as the leader of
humanity in the post-apocalyptic world. (Also liked how the Italian
PM was the only other world leader to give it up for the home team; a
ncie way of glossing over any possible ill-will from Italian audiences
at seeing the Vatican get trashed.)
i thought when she says 'and i think we can speak for the italian pm',
it was a joke about berlusconi, that mebbe he was drunk somewhere or
had died of a venereal disease in those 24 hours, or they'd imprisoned
him, but now i see it was prolly taken for granted by everyone except
me that he was in the vatican