# Holy hell 2012 looks bad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090 "2009-10-08T18:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/21 "2009-10-08T20:24:07Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > Also TSUNAMI. Over the HIMALAYAS. I KNOW! šŸ˜ƒ I seriously donā€™t know why that one scene makes it for me, but IT DOES ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/22 "2009-10-08T20:26:30Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > Even if they did make movie-screen-sized Legos, they wouldnā€™t fit in my back yard. > > Also TSUNAMI. Over the HIMALAYAS. I;m gonna spoiler it a bit here. What you cant see in the trailer is that the water is tainted with the SARS virus :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/23 "2009-10-08T20:31:04Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > Also TSUNAMI. Over the HIMALAYAS. You just \*know \*thereā€™s going to be a guy in the movie who tries to surf it, too. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/24 "2009-10-08T20:35:27Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Weā€™ll see. Thereā€™s always an audience for empty thrills, but if everyone who expressed excitement about motherfucking **Snakes on a Plane** had actually made it to a motherfucking theater, it wouldnā€™t have finished somewhere between **Deck the Halls** and **Sheā€™s the Man** in domestic box office. The reason people didnā€™t is because the review verdict was, ā€œThis isnā€™t what you wanted a movie called ā€˜Snakes on a Planeā€™ to be.ā€ Iā€™m pretty sure 2012 is going to be _exactly_ what it looks like. If Ebertā€™s Thursday review even MENTIONS the word ā€œplot,ā€ though, Iā€™ll skip it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/25 "2009-10-08T20:40:19Z")
Wait, what about the scene where the RV is dodging giant flaming chunks of stuff falling from the sky? That doesnā€™t interest you? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/26 "2009-10-08T20:45:02Z")
I donā€™t know why but the now overused trope of ā€œFalling Famous Landmarkā€ is really turning me off. I donā€™t want to see ChristoftheAndes or St.Peters or theEiffelTower crashing. just me I guess. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/27 "2009-10-08T20:46:01Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > After this, what is Emmerich gonna immaculately destroy next? The Solar System? The director of the worst of the Mummy films and GI Joe is directing a remake of [When Worlds Collide.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814085/) So does anyone have any idea what is supposed to fuck up the Earth so badly in the 2012 flick? It looks like more than just a mere asteroid strike. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/28 "2009-10-08T20:50:29Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > The director of the worst of the Mummy films and GI Joe is directing a remake of [When Worlds Collide.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814085/) > So does anyone have any idea what is supposed to fuck up the Earth so badly in the 2012 flick? It looks like more than just a mere asteroid strike. The Mayans are backā€¦ and this time, theyā€™re pissed! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/29 "2009-10-08T20:53:27Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > The director of the worst of the Mummy films and GI Joe is directing a remake of [When Worlds Collide.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814085/) > So does anyone have any idea what is supposed to fuck up the Earth so badly in the 2012 flick? It looks like more than just a mere asteroid strike. Its all the hollow spots in a post peak oil Earth. And if anybody answers this seriously, could they please hide their answers so as not to spoil it? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/30 "2009-10-08T20:56:05Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Its all the hollow spots in a post peak oil Earth. > > And if anybody answers this seriously, could they please hide their answers so as not to spoil it? My understanding isā€¦ A planetary alignment starts pulling the Earth apart. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/31 "2009-10-08T20:59:57Z")
BTW, those of you who want to see this really need to check out [10.5](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10.5_%28TV_miniseries%29). Awesomely terrible, with some good disaster porn. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/32 "2009-10-08T21:05:39Z")
Yeah, watching the trailer made me flash to Mark Wahlberg trying to outrun the wind. The only redeeming thing about the trailer was that it was slightly less bad than the hilariously awful ā€œLegion,ā€ in which God is the bad guy, and the heroes battle him with assault rifles. (Actually, looking at that description, it sounds kind of awesome, but no, the movie really looks sad.) ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/33 "2009-10-08T21:06:46Z")
I couldnā€™t agree with the OP more. You people are the reason Michael Bay has a career. Never have I been so ashamed of the SD. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/34 "2009-10-08T21:10:20Z")
I really really hope they meant to make this thing tongue-in-cheek cheesy cause that extended scene just had me laughing all the way through it. Skyscrapers tipping over like trees (I can just hear the 911 conspiracy theorists now, ā€œsee, thatā€™s how a building is supposed to fall downā€), the clever little safe pathway for the family to escape on, etc. I just giggled through the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/35 "2009-10-08T21:19:50Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Yeah, watching the trailer made me flash to Mark Wahlberg trying to outrun the wind. The only redeeming thing about the trailer was that it was slightly less bad than the hilariously awful ā€œLegion,ā€ in which God is the bad guy, and the heroes battle him with assault rifles. (Actually, looking at that description, it sounds kind of awesome, but no, the movie really looks sad.) I saw a trailer for that for the first time last Saturday. It kind of reminds me of [_The Prophecy_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/36 "2009-10-08T21:25:13Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I couldnā€™t agree with the OP more. You people are the reason Michael Bay has a career. Never have I been so ashamed of the SD. Congratulations, youā€™re better than me. Go translate some Aeschylus. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/37 "2009-10-08T21:51:18Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Weā€™ll see. Thereā€™s always an audience for empty thrills, but if everyone who expressed excitement about motherfucking **Snakes on a Plane** had actually made it to a motherfucking theater, it wouldnā€™t have finished somewhere between **Deck the Halls** and **Sheā€™s the Man** in domestic box office. I saw Snakes on a Plane! No snark here. Iā€™m thankful that I have the ability to enjoy great deep art-house flicks and crazy mindless disaster epics like this. And Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™m going to really enjoy it, not just enjoy it in a ā€œso bad itā€™s goodā€ way. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/38 "2009-10-08T22:00:49Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Go for the destruction, [stay for the bongos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0)! Possibly one of the biggest jokes in that is that it has single-frame shots of the actors in the film spliced in randomly. Plot? Whatā€™s that!? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/39 "2009-10-08T22:16:15Z")
Iā€™m just wondering why they didnā€™t save it for, say. 2011. Now we have much more time to get ready for the apocalypse! And Iā€™m glad John Cusack didnā€™t run into Nicholas Cage driving the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090/40 "2009-10-08T22:22:43Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > My understanding isā€¦ A planetary alignment starts pulling the Earth apart. So they were going to make a movie based on Worlds in Collision, but it was too scientifically accurate for them? Thanks, you just broke my stupid meter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hell-2012-looks-bad/513090.md?page=3)