Tag Archives: 2012

Destroying the World, Minus the Amanda Peet Subplot

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Mac Warren

Check this out for a great take on the narcissistic excess of movies like 2012 – but it’s also pretty telling that this footage alone is incredibly entertaining. In short, it’s an easy formula: take apocalyptic blockbuster, subtract what Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Propagandocalypse

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Sam Barnes

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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The Resonance of Revelations

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Mac Warren

The pertinence of the Book of Revelations in contemporary culture is undeniable – it is all at once a landmark religious text, a supernatural tale of the end of days, and a blueprint for the way Western society has viewed … Continue reading →

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Collective Revelation

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Sam Barnes

Mankind’s fascination with the end of days – at once morbid and redemptive, fatalistic and liberational – stretches back as far as our history.  The sages of a given land illuminated prophecy of an end that was informed by and … Continue reading →

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