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By Laura Barcella

You've most likely heard rumors that the tip of the area goes to occur within the 12 months 2012. yet humans were making predictions approximately how and while the area goes to finish for ages. The End is a enjoyable, finished, popular culture examine the 50 best video clips, books, songs, comics, works of art, and plays—from the motion picture Shaun of the Dead to the pop tune "It's the tip of the area as we all know It"—that were created in regards to the apocalypse. each one merchandise includes:

  • a synopsis of the apocalyptic work
  • information concerning the apocalyptic conception in the back of it (from alien invasion to meteors, nuclear warfare, and typical disasters)
  • an clarification approximately why this paintings is necessary in pop culture

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Cars behind him sound their horns, and people begin knocking on his window to see what's wrong. ” This is the first victim of white blindness. EALITY FACTOR In real life, there are no forms of blindness that are contagious between humans. The term “white blindness” is linked to a virus called myxomatosis, which afflicts rabbits and causes swellings, conjunctivitis, blindness, and death. But this is not the same condition that Saramago describes in his novel. So it's not very likely that a blindness epidemic will cause an apocalyptic outcome any time soon.

And Railly, who is with him, sees that a little boy (a younger Cole) is standing there, watching. EALITY FACTOR The reason everyone dies in 12 Monkeys is because of a virus believed to have been unleashed upon society by terrorists. Bioterrorism is the intentional release of biological agents like viruses, toxins, or bacteria into the world. There have only been a handful of successful bioterrorist attacks in the past twenty years, most of which have consisted of an agent spread via inhalation, and in the greater scheme of things, the damage from these attacks was fairly limited.

Walker says this at the end of the play. He is talking about gay people, and how the time has come for them to be able to live openly. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979) CREATED BY Glen A. Larson COUNTRY OR ORIGIN USA The original Battlestar Galactica sci-fi series only ran for one TV season, in 1978/79, but many fans consider it better than any of its various spin-offs and adaptations (see Impact section). The show is about an unnamed futuristic time during which humans are living on the twelve colonies of Kobol—a group of planets in a faraway star system.

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