Article Archive for November 2009
2012 Forum Members on TV
As part of the celebration surrounding the release of the blockbuster 2012 movie, several members of the 2012 Forum have appeared on TV. I was on a Nat Geo documentary, and excerpted on Entertainment Tonight.
Steve Pace was interviewed by CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/11/16/wynter.doomsday.followers.cnn
And our own resident Charlie Frost, known as TheVeiledProphet, popped up amongst other popular YouTube videos on the 2012 topic, also on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2009/11/11/moos.world.wont.end.cnn
2012 Movie: Geryl, Suicide & the Chinese
Most major newspapers had an article on the new 2012 movie when it opened recently. The Spectator ends their review with something I found amusing & strangely prophetic:
When the remnant of humanity — and a Noah’s ark sampling of animals — has to be herded into movie’s own, apocalypse-proof arks, it’s Chinese engineering, not American, that proves equal to the task. “Leave it to the Chinese,” says somebody. “I didn’t think we could do it in the time available.” That sounds to me like a self-fulfilling prophecy. For a start, all our best technical talent has given up working on military hardware and is now concentrating on computer-generated imagery.
Suicide
More serious now, the idea of 2012-related suicide. Tens of millions of people will enjoy the movie for what it is – popcorn entertainment. A few will unfortunately consider it to be an accurate adepiction of an event that will certainly occur, …
Decline in Megafauna Pre-Dates Clovis, Extraterrestrial Impact
Twenty thousand years ago, North America had a more impressive array of big mammals than Africa does today; by 10,000 years ago, 34 genera of these mammals were gone, including the 10 species that weighed more than a ton.
A new study, published in Science, shows that the decline in Megafauna in North America pre-dates the Clovis culture, or the proposed extraterrestrial impact, by 1000 years. The evidence comes from fungal remains from dung:
Sporormiella is a fungus that produces spores in the dung of large herbivorous vertebrates. Lots of dung means lots of spores, so Sporormiella gives an index of the biomass of large herbivores.
Here’s the chart:
As usual, I’ll now be critical. The study is based on a mere 13 samples – in my opinion not nearly enough to cover 13 genera across a continent – and 4 of those were rejected as being anomalous. By anomalous they decided they …
Mini Ice Age Happened Rapidly
Just like the movie helmed by 2012 director, The Day After Tomorrow, our planet’s climate is capable of rapid change, according to scientists from the University of Saskatchewan.
Around 12,800 years ago the northern hemisphere was hit by the Younger Dryas mini ice age, or “Big Freeze”…and lasted around 1300 years.
Until now, it was thought that the mini ice age took a …
Patrick Geryl Discovers Labyrinth in Egypt
With financial support from Louis De Cordier, 2012 author Patrick Geryl has used ground-penetrating radar to provide evidence for the legendary “labyrinth” and possible home of the Hall of Records to be located in Hawara, Egypt. Zahi Hawass is now involved and excavations have begun.
The situation is starting to look a little embrassing for Egyptian authorities, given that English author Andrew Collins is publicizing a relatively undiscovered series of tunnels and chambers below the Giza plateau, which he just found from taking an educated wander.
Could independent researchers be close to discovering some remarkably secret places?
Apocalyptic Entertainment Cranks Up A Notch
Here’s some evidence that whichever way you work it, Hollywood is giving us what we are into, or writers are feeling the vibe, the “end of the world” is really, deeply, seriously in vogue:
Len Wiseman (Underworld, Die Hard 4.0), has in development – “Nocturne” which centers on a handful of survivors following a wide-scale apocalyptic event and how each of them arrived at their current dilemma.
2013 TV Series – Roland Emmerich (producer of the current 2012 movie) is involved in a tv show that will focus on the survivors of a 2012 doomsday, and he suggests it will appeal to the same niche audience as Lost.
A documentary series is in development for the History Channel, with a title of Seekers 2012. A reality show, it will be very much based on the X Files concept:
Ideal Investigators would already be a team (husband and wife, co-workers) who fall somewhere between the …
Rob on Nat Geo – Sneak Peek
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed for a documentary regarding a pole shift in 2012. The title is a little misleading, 2012 – Countdown to Armageddon, but hopefully will encourage many people to listen to the science behind the pole shift scenario. I’m in the preview below, if you want to check out my accent and our fireplace.
The documentary screens on National Geographic channel this Sunday at 8pm, USA only at this stage.
