A seemingly common theme in movies...

Сообщение от Tyristrasz

Alright, so after having seen a few (to say the least) different movies over the past few years, I've begun to notice a rather common theme going on between the science fiction flicks: the end of the human species comes about because of our own doing. A few different examples that come to mind...

WALL•E
We essentially litter the planet to death. Eventually, due to the actions of the robot in question, the earth is saved, human beings go on the Atkins diet, and everything is fixed. Huzzah. <3

Battle for Terra
Though I can't really recall the specifics of this one, I do believe the idea was that after some seriously messed up wars, the human race went and essentially blew up our planet and all our colonies that they'd established, and then they set across the galaxy/unverse/etc. on a ship to the planet they'd designated as Terra. After a failed incursion due to human gone soft, the human race settles on the planet with the native inhabitants.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Remake)
Basically, Keanu Reeves' character comes to wipe out the human species and everything else on the planet, because we're destroying it, and we need to be eliminated so the earth can survive. After some touching words from the lead female, Reeves decides to spare the planet, and we all (presumedly) change for the better, so as to avoid this from happening ever again.

There are, of course, countless others that share this theme.

But what do you think is ultimately gonna happen to the human species and the earth? Are we gonna go out in an awesome blaze of self-destruction, or are we gonna persist until the sun goes out in 4.5 to 5 billion years?

Side note: Do you ever feel like the confirmation code before you make a new post seems like something you'd expect on the SAT's? Good lawd, srsly.

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Сообщение от L33tsauce

This will be the cause of the end of the human race. Those who disagree shall also be the first to die.

Сообщение от Toldu

Well, given the fact that I'm a Baptist you can read Revelations in the KJV Bible to see what I believe.

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Сообщение от Tyristrasz

Watch better movies.

Heresy.

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Сообщение от TheMediator

Either we'll wipe each other out or we'll expand into space and last a very long time as a species (unless we evolve...?). There is no way the end will be from a celestial object.

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Сообщение от Interest

This will be the cause of the end of the human race. Those who disagree shall also be the first to die.

I think I'll take my chances..../disagree.

Сообщение от Cavanoskus

Well, it could be worse. We could find ourselves in battle with a living constellation who must be killed within one hour to prevent him from sending a message to reroll the Earth.

>_>

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Сообщение от Tyristrasz

No species exists for more than... what? 2 million years? We'd probably be extinct by then... in any case I don't understand why you would want the human race to survive for that long. Who cares? It's in 2 billion years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark

Evidence for the existence of sharks extends back over 450–420 million years

But the end of the human species isn't necessarily two million years away. It could be as little as a year away, and as many as billions and billions.

In the end, 's just a thread asking for insight.

A seemingly common theme in movies...

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