# Trailer for Mel Gibson's new movie, "Apocalypto" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190 "2006-01-16T04:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/1 "2006-01-16T04:24:23Z")
Well. This looks… bizarre. What do you guys think? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/2 "2006-01-16T04:49:30Z")
bizarre is, indeed, the very word I would use. It looks interesting, but something tells me it’s going to gross somewhat less money than Mr. Gibson’s previous effort. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/3 "2006-01-16T04:50:15Z")
Did you download it? Go searching for a single frame in the Quicktime version of this trailer for an easter egg. Looks like a really amazing movie, actually. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/4 "2006-01-16T06:30:57Z")
It made me curious, at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/5 "2006-01-16T06:41:14Z")
[Here it is](http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/apocalypto/). Looks pretty damn stupid to me. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/6 "2006-01-16T14:11:05Z")
Looks like the same film style as Passion, without the instant interest to Christians. It could be interesting, or just really self-indulgant. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/7 "2006-01-16T16:13:04Z")
I think I’ll like it. I’d pay to see the Aztec (or is this Mayan?) civilization in its glory days. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/8 "2006-01-16T23:17:56Z")
Those are supposed to be Maya and isn’t the movie going to be in Quiché?. I’ll catch this movie, could be very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/9 "2006-01-17T04:15:03Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Those are supposed to be Maya and isn’t the movie going to be in Quiché?. I’ll catch this movie, could be very interesting. It’ll use Yucatec, says [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypto). They claim it isn’t going to be religious, but I’d be surprised if the Mayan calendar (end of) is not mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/10 "2006-01-17T04:22:34Z")
> [@gooftroopag](#): > > They claim it isn’t going to be religious, but I’d be surprised if the Mayan calendar (end of) is not mentioned. 😕 How can a calendar have an “end”? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/11 "2006-01-17T11:58:00Z")
The Mayan Calender runs in (very long) cycles. Supposedly, at the end of certain cycles, the world might well change/be destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/12 "2006-01-17T12:54:52Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#): > > The Mayan Calender runs in (very long) cycles. Supposedly, at the end of certain cycles, the world might well change/be destroyed. It’s more like an ancient version of the Y2K bug. Their calenders simply couldn’t handle dates past what we’d call 2012 AD. However, they’d already fixed it. We’ve found Mayan calenders that could handle dates up to about 10,000 AD. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/13 "2006-01-17T13:52:12Z")
I saw this trailer recently. It looks interesting, but in the what the heck is it about? sort of way. So does anyone know what the actual movie is about? ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/14 "2006-01-17T19:35:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 How can a calendar have an “end”? The date I was referring to December 21, 2012, is an end not the end. The Mayans believe that at the end of all the long cycles, the gods will create a fourth world and it will signify the end of mankind. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/15 "2006-01-17T19:56:05Z")
> [@gooftroopag](#): > > It’ll use Yucatec, says [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypto). OK, I can get the thinking behind shooting _The Passion_ in Aramaic. But now Mel is getting just plain silly. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/16 "2006-01-17T20:40:45Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Did you download it? Go searching for a single frame in the Quicktime version of this trailer for an easter egg. HA! that’s great. Good to see he still has his sense of humor. Now if he could just find his razor. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/17 "2006-01-17T20:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > OK, I can get the thinking behind shooting The Passion in Aramaic. But now Mel is getting just plain silly. No way – if there’s one thing we need it’s more historical movies set with their original languages. Movies set in ancient Greece should be in ancient Greek. The ancient Persians should speak Persian and Aramaic! The Egyptians should speak Egyptian! The Scythians should speak Scythian! The Sumerians should speak Sumerian! ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/18 "2006-01-18T08:20:21Z")
And the Schnozzberries should taste like Schnozzberries! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/19 "2006-01-18T15:43:48Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#): > > I think I’ll like it. I’d pay to see the Aztec (or is this Mayan?) civilization in its glory days. I think it’s supposed to be about the collapse of their civiliation, not the glory days. ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190/20 "2006-01-18T16:28:05Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > No way – if there’s one thing we need it’s more historical movies set with their original languages. Movies set in ancient Greece should be in ancient Greek. The ancient Persians should speak Persian and Aramaic! The Egyptians should speak Egyptian! The Scythians should speak Scythian! The Sumerians should speak Sumerian! Only someone interested in linguists would say such a thing! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-mel-gibsons-new-movie-apocalypto/340190.md?page=2)