# "It's the end of the world as we know it..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344 "2018-09-14T16:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/21 "2018-09-14T19:10:14Z")
Season 8 of American Horror Story is themed “Apocalypse.” They drop the bomb in the first 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/22 "2018-09-14T19:18:47Z")
[Last Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Night_(1998_film)), a really good Canadian flick. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/23 "2018-09-14T19:18:54Z")
The 1998 Canadian film “Last Night” is actually a really good film. It starts with the premise that everybody has known for months that the world will end at a specific day and time but never bothers to mention exactly what the cause of the end is. Instead of focusing on the disaster aspect, it’s a pretty good look at how various people deal with life and death when you know there’s not going to be any tomorrow. ETA: Dagnabbit, Larry. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/24 "2018-09-14T19:39:40Z")
It’s unclear if a nuclear war destroys the whole world at the end, but how about [Miracle Mile](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097889/)? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/25 "2018-09-14T20:00:12Z")
How about [The World’s End?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213663/?ref_=nm_knf_t2) There’s an alien-induced apocalypse at the end. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/26 "2018-09-14T20:23:13Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > …There’s an alien-induced apocalypse at the end. I\* hate\* it when that happens! ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/27 "2018-09-14T20:31:16Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > [Last Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Night_(1998_film)), a really good Canadian flick. I randomly watched this a long time ago - it’s great. Thanks for reminding me of it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/28 "2018-09-14T21:36:31Z")
The Coca-Cola Kid? 🙂 The film’s closing epilogue states: “A week later . . . while cherries blossomed in Japan the next World War began”. I assume it’s nuclear. For my serious choice, I like _The Omega Man_. I always dreamed of being the last person alive. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/29 "2018-09-14T23:11:27Z")
Beneath the Planet of the Apes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/30 "2018-09-15T00:01:02Z")
[It’s the end of the world.](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/66c465ce-af1a-4673-a2a1-b8e052367cc6) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/31 "2018-09-15T00:17:11Z")
Hey according to the ramones the the would ended almost 40 years ago anyways … ---
**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:** [September 15, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/32 "2018-09-15T01:37:44Z")
[This Is the End](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245492/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_76) – Franco, Rogan, McBride and the rest of the gang get what’s coming to them. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/33 "2018-09-15T20:33:16Z")
Does a major cataclysm that fundamentally changes society, but doesn’t wipe out all of humanity and/or the planet, count? How about the various versions of _I Am Legend_, where the species hasn’t _quite_ been eliminated yet, but it’s inevitable within a few decades at most? ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/34 "2018-09-16T07:15:44Z")
In _Children of Men_, things look pretty bleak. Although there is a ray of hope at the end. Terrific film - highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/35 "2018-09-16T07:38:54Z")
_[A Boy And His Dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog_(1975_film))_. Which is about due for a new adaptation, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/36 "2018-09-16T12:55:33Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > [Melancholia](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/) - the movie ends before the actual destruction, but it’s inevitable as the credits roll. This is what I came in to say, though I’ll offer that the destruction does happen on screen. It just happens at the very beginning. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oA4BpcIfH10/maxresdefault.jpg "MELANCHOLIA Opening sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA4BpcIfH10) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/37 "2018-09-17T04:55:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > One I saw recently is an Australian movie called [_These Final Hours_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/These_Final_Hours). I really enjoyed this one. Similar in concept to the also-mentioned _Last Night_, but _These Final Hours_ has a bit more urgency to it. ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/38 "2018-09-17T15:11:30Z")
_A.I._ (unless you count the robot archaeologists in the final as a sort of continuation of humankind). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/39 "2018-09-17T15:20:44Z")
Besides the extremely drawn out apocalypse of the _Left Behind_ series, are there any decent religiously based end-of-the-world movies out there? Not talking about parody movies like _This Is The End_, but serious god/goddess/godthing Apocalypse Now! films. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344/40 "2018-09-17T15:41:22Z")
It ended when you said goodbye. [Just ask Skeeter Davis.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonLd-32ns4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/821344.md?page=3)