# Sony Pictures: fearmongering for profit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 8, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093 "2009-06-08T14:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/41 "2009-07-21T08:37:59Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > The Mayans didn’t believe that at all; it’s more like the universe would “shut down and reboot” on that day. And besides, they were four years off – the universe already reset itself on October 23, 2008. Were you there? Did you feel it? My ears are still ringing from the time/space disruption, especially since I was trapped in a wormhole at the time. Actually, no. They believed the \*calendar \*would shut down and reboot. Nothing more. Just as ours shuts down and reboots at the start of each month, when we suddenly go from day 30 or 31 to day 1. Their calendar simply had a really, really long iterative sequence. ---
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/42 "2009-07-21T09:17:28Z")
2012 - It’s a disaster!!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZW2qxFkcLM0/maxresdefault.jpg "From Garrison Dean + io9.com - 2012: It's a Disaster!!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2qxFkcLM0) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/43 "2009-07-21T09:39:47Z")
Just chiming in to mention that Chiwetel Ejiofor is one of those actors I’d pay to watch read the phone book. He’s very good at doing intense. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/44 "2009-07-21T13:11:02Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > That’s some top notch mess making. > > Oh, and fuck Sony for doing that thing what’s making people angrified and all that. Too Early! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/45 "2009-07-21T13:24:55Z")
> [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > Fuck albacore. Only if you’re Troy McClure. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/46 "2009-07-22T20:10:43Z")
You know what would be fun? A alternate history movie where the Mayan civilization would have survived to this day. The movie would be about computer programmers racing against the clock to make Mayan computers 2012 compliant. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/47 "2009-07-22T20:20:21Z")
Instead of running on ones and zeroes, presumably Mayan computers would run on jaguars and feathered birds. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/48 "2009-07-22T22:59:56Z")
This thread is evidence that you can post anything in the Pit and get more than 50 responses. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/49 "2009-07-23T08:33:43Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > You know what would be fun? A alternate history movie where the Mayan civilization would have survived to this day. The movie would be about computer programmers racing against the clock to make Mayan computers 2012 compliant. And if you thought being asked to pay interests on your suddenly-backdated-to- 1901 loan was a problem, wait till you have to pay mortgages retrodated to the beginning of the fourth world (for anyone curious, that would be September 6, 3114 BC). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/50 "2009-07-23T15:22:16Z")
This is more serious than I thought. According to the “Cool Cars” calendar I picked up at my local Goodyear, the world is going to end on December 31, 2009! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/51 "2009-07-23T16:21:55Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > This thread is evidence that you can post anything in the Pit and get more than 50 responses. 😉 Well, _now_ it is. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/52 "2009-07-23T16:23:27Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > Well, _now_ it is. No, NOW it is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/53 "2009-07-23T18:12:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > So according to the blog entry below, Sony Pictures has created an amusing viral web site that promotes the idea that the world is GOING TO END in 2012. > > Complete with fake scientists, a fake lottery people can enter to be among the few survivors, et cetera. > > What a bunch of wankers. This kind of shite is passed on enough by the true believers, who at least have the excuse of being deluded themselves. Major marketing departments joining the fun to help create “buzz” for a movie? Assholes. > > [http://www.mikebrownsplanets.com/2009/06/sony-pictures-and-end-of-world.html](http://www.mikebrownsplanets.com/2009/06/sony-pictures-and-end-of-world.html) pFfft. I rather enjoyed it, actually. It’s fun to get lost in the fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/54 "2009-07-24T05:41:50Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > No, NOW it is. 🙂 I’m a prophet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/55 "2009-07-24T13:40:30Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I’m a prophet. So what _is_ going to happen in 2012, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/56 "2009-07-24T14:32:35Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > So what _is_ going to happen in 2012, anyway? President Palin; Vice President Bachmann? Hmm, maybe the Mayans \*were \*onto something after all. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/57 "2009-07-24T14:55:11Z")
It is not going to be the END of the world…but we may be in for big problems. I read this book about a year ago, and it scared the holy heck out of me. I hope he is wrong, but I can usually smell bullshit and I smelled none from this guy. [http://www.apocalypse2012.com/home/](http://www.apocalypse2012.com/home/) ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/58 "2009-07-24T17:42:56Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > So what _is_ going to happen in 2012, anyway? Barack Obama will be re-elected and reveal his true form and begin his reign of terror. You thought his lack of birth certificate was because he was born in another country? No! It’s because he was born on another planet!!! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/59 "2009-07-24T20:10:05Z")
From the movies, I already knew enough not to go to Tokyo. Now I have to stay off Earth _entirely_? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093/60 "2009-07-24T20:20:00Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Barack Obama will be re-elected and reveal his true form and begin his reign of terror. You thought his lack of birth certificate was because he was born in another country? No! It’s because he was born on another planet!!! I think you mean hatched. Or possibly chewed through his mother’s carapace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-pictures-fearmongering-for-profit/499093.md?page=2)