Category Archives: September 14

Propagandocalypse

For most of the Christian West’s history, prophecy of the end of days has held latent within it the promise of redemption.  As the story of Revelation goes, each man, woman and child will stand before his creator and, possessed … Continue reading

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Apocalyptic Films have Oh-So-Revealing Titles

Confronted with the problem of how to complete this assignment using a movie that wasn’t over-marketed, I decided to perform a quick Google search of “Apocalyptic Films” to see what I could find in the way of the underground. I perused … Continue reading

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September 12th “Knowing”

“Knowing” (2009) Directed by Alex Proyas Prophecy in the 21st century has become the center of many End-of-the-World theories and movies made for entertainment rather than to warn humanity. In 1959, a disturbed girl name Lucinda places a white sheet … Continue reading

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Tweeting the Apocalypse: The Implications of Cloverfield

The nightmarish, hyperbolic imagery of Revelation and allusions derived from the book itself have become commonplace motifs in the media of contemporary culture.  From the popular video game Doom, which pits humans against demons in a climactic Mars-based battle, to … Continue reading

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Musical Doomsday

Please forgive me, folks, because I know I’m about to take a very non-conventional approach to this assignment.  Or perhaps it’s not that unconventional; it’s just not to the letter of the assignment.  You see, I did not get to … Continue reading

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