Doomsday denied - Hawaii Features

Some scientists are amused while others are bemused by "2012," reminding all that the end-of-the- world saga is pure fiction By Burl Burlingame POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 10, 2009 Return to Paginated View No one knows why the ancient Mayans decided to end their long calendar on winter solstice, 2012.

[loco moco]

When 12/31/2012 rolls around and the world hasn't ended, we will all die laughing.

Woops! Hold on a second there.

[Gegogi]

Ah dunno, it's only a friggen movie. Nobody--save small children--is stupid enough to confuse fantasy entertainment with reality. I can't believe UH professors were dorky enough to comment on it. Duh, dude, it's freakin' science fiction, not a documentary! There's a reason it's called science fiction...

[Local fisherman]

Considering how many people out there truly believe in creationism, it's not surprising thousands get sucked in by this stuff.

Personally, I'd go see it just to watch the special effects. Hollywood is getting very good at creating images of mayhem on a massive scale.

[doomsday]

The folks who believe the truth in this film must also believe the truth in "The Fourth Kind" and "Paranormal Activity." Their minds must really be messed up right now, heh, heh.

[Matrix9]

2012 is not the end of the world. It is just the beginning. However,there could be something big that might happen on that year or earlier that would change the world. We'll see.

[skippy]

"Nobody--save small children--is stupid enough to confuse fantasy entertainment with reality."

Gegogi - if you read comments to news stories you would see stupidity is limitless. The world is chock full o' nuts.

[Make my Day]

Geez, it's fiction Mr. Scientist. Get off your high, snobby horses and see it for what it is - pure entertainment.

Disclaiming it in all your pseudo-intellectual puffery is EXACTLY what Hollywood wants you to do. The more buzz, the better.

Brainiacs have NO sense of humor, which only makes the rest of us laugh even louder!

[Lefty]

Gegogi wrote:

Ah dunno, it's only a friggen movie. Nobody--save small children--is stupid enough to confuse fantasy entertainment with reality. I can't believe UH professors were dorky enough to comment on it. Duh, dude, it's freakin' science fiction, not a documentary! There's a reason it's called science fiction...

There are people out there who believe that cave people(half of whom were beautiful women in animal skin bikinis) were chased around by dinosaurs. I once met a guy who (no kidding) wrapped a towel around his neck because there were bats in the area and "they bite you in the neck and you die" (really, no kidding). And, of course, there are all the alien abductions. Bigfoot. The Abominable Snowman. Frankenstein. Never underestimate the propensity of some people to believe the most preposterous things just because somebody put them in a move or TV show.

[ARCANE12]

2012 means it is time to buy a new calendar for 2013, which is cheaper than the book or movie

[Hilarious]

You have the same odds of dying tomorrow, the next day, next week, or next year for that matter from a catastrophic as you do in 2012.

[Burl Burlingame]

The story says clearly that the reason real scientists are annoyed is because the film company has created a viral marketing campaign that uses phony "scientists" pretending the event is real.

Not reported in the story, however — one of our state officials contacted the University to ask if he should sell his seaside property before 2012.

[the examiner]

Gegogi wrote:

Ah dunno, it's only a friggen movie. Nobody--save small children--is stupid enough to confuse fantasy entertainment with reality. I can't believe UH professors were dorky enough to comment on it. Duh, dude, it's freakin' science fiction, not a documentary! There's a reason it's called science fiction...

Have no fear Miss. Lang Clark Kent will come and save our earth.

[diana]

i think that the 2012movie,its gonna be a ball of fear(for all the people)..but no one can say that the world will end on a specific year....the ONE and ONLY who can decide that is GOD....

[madeitthrutherai n]

Lefty wrote:

<quoted text> There I once met a guy who (no kidding) wrapped a towel around his neck because there were bats in the area and "they bite you in the neck and you die" (really, no kidding). And, of course, there are all the alien abductions.

Actually the towel is so you can hitchhike the galaxy, everyone knows that.

[Brainiac]

I know, file a world court order mandating the Earth calendar use a new numbering system, say...now were in the year 0 A-O (after Obama).

It'll give us 2012 more years before doomsday!

[Kimo]

I have reservations at The Waldorf Astoria in NYC for New Years 2012! The manipulators of meterological machinations better not be messing with my vacation! I simply won't stand for it! Don't make me use my Superpowers, or you'll be sorry!

[Kimo]

diana wrote:

i think that the 2012movie,its gonna be a ball of fear(for all the people)..but no one can say that the world will end on a specific year....the ONE and ONLY who can decide that is GOD....

I would really appreciate it if you would inform the likes of the T.V. Rev's Robertson, Shuler, Cordova, et al! They seem to believe they all have a direct line to GOD! Moreover, I don't believe that my GOD would destroy--he is more likely going to IMPROVE on what he has already created!

[wacos101]

So the "scientists" are laughing about 2012. These are the same "scientists" who are screaming about global warming when it's actually getting colder!

[wacos101]

Isn't 2012 the year that Obama loses the next election. What a disaster! LOL

[naman]

loco moco wrote:

When 12/31/2012 rolls around and the world hasn't ended, we will all die laughing.
Woops! Hold on a second there.

The first doomsday claims I remember, I was just a child. From then on, there have been a few each and every year, and at least every second year a serious one. I am now soon a pensioneer. I long since have started laughing from such stupidity.

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