So I've discovered Jim Henson's The Storyteller. If I saw any of this series back in 1987 I'm afraid I don't recall, but I am absolutely LOVING it. And just the right "flavor" of stories for the month of October. Available for instant stream on Netflix.

Even though I know it's going to be a crap movie, I kinda wanna see 2012. Chaos! Woohoo!

I can't even watch the trailer without fearing the stupid will kill me.

I feel the same way. But... still!
I predict it will have a 38% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Every time I see it, I yell out, "Train!"

I think 2012 should be screened immediately after 1776, and 1984.

and 2 Million B.C.

I like the giant destruction scenes in the 2012 trailer. I'm a bit of a sucker for natural disaster effects scenes, old and new. I feel certain the movie containing these scenes will be predictable and dimwitted, but I'm also pretty sure I'll give it a go.

And no, I don't for a second think the Mayans knew jack about events in the 21st century. AND last time there was a big "world's gonna end" alignment back in 1988, the worst thing that happened was my cash register came up short at a Burger King in Ridgecrest, CA.

I fell deeply in love during the "world's gonna end alignment" back in 1988.


I'm looking forward to 2012 with renewed gusto ... including the movie!

Hate to burst your love bubble, but there is no planetary alignment in 2012, let alone specifically on 12/21/2012. Hopefully you don't have to wait for one to find love, the next major alignment is in 2040.

Here's where the outer planets will be on 12/21/2012. Here are the inner planets.

Once the planetary alignment idea was destroyed (though apparently not for the movie) the thinking among those who take the doomsday stuff seriously shifted to that date being one on which earth will be aligned with the galactic plane (false, we're currently moving away from the plane) or that the solstice will align directly at the galactic center (essentially true, but true for the last 30 years and the next 30 years and entirely a visual artifact).

All of this, of course, ignores the fact that the Mayan calendar did not actually end on 12/21/2012 as archaeological artifacts include plenty of references to dates beyond that.