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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

I'm really facinated by the idea of the end of the world...how people would react...the thing that everyone experiences everywhere at the same time...the ultimate threat to civilization and all our works. There's something about great falls that I just can't get enough of. There is a horror and a beauty to it.

So what are your favorite world ending scenes from the movies?

-"Transformers", the opening with Unicron destroying Linthra.
-"Titan AE", opening scene with the death of Earth.
-"Neon Genesis Evangelion", while the planet itself remains intact all life on the surface is wiped out.
-"Wolf's Rain", Earth's biosphere collapses, life becomes near impossible on the surface and the Moon comes crashing down.
-"Titanic", while not about the end of the world I see it as a microcosm of that event.
-"The Day After", total nuclear war. 'Nuff said. Might be 80's special effects but still scary as heck.
-"Robotech", the Zentraedi's Rain of Death... mmmm... gota love a molten glass surface.
-"Babylon 5", the nuking of the Narn Homeworld from orbit.
-"Battlestar Galactica", the nuking of the Twelve Colonies of Man / Kobol.

Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :

Last Night, a small Canadian flick that starts 6 hours before the end of the world with absolutely no explanation.

Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :

The greatest flash movie on the end of the world. Ever.

Edit: Some profanity and violence to cartoon figures. Sorry 'bout that.

[ November 03, 2006, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: Jhai ]

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

Jhai, I love that one. [Big Grin]

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

That is a good one. [Smile]

Posted by Tullaan (Member # 5515) on :

Wow, I'm surprised I even need to mention this.

Aldaran!! Star Wars Episode 4, A New Hope.

Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :

Serenity...ships blasting off earth as nukes fall.
The Day After Tomarrow...the sea rising to engulf New York, bu-YA!

Nice flash...very funny...could you please put a warning next to the link about the profanity though please?...got some youngsters floating about.

Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :

I know it's corny, but also the begining of Waterworld was pretty awsome with the Universal Pictures globe transforming...

Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :

quote:

-"Transformers", the opening with Unicron destroying Linthra.

Orbilius look, it's Unicron!

With you all the way on this one.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

I really enjoyed Titan AE's take on it. All the ships clamoring to escape and being taken out by fighters as they break the atmosphere. The wave of destruction covering the entire earth before it explodes.

If the end of the world is scary, being obliterated as you try to escape your dying planet is just a notch higher for me.

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

The first fifteen minutes of Highlander II.

Yeah, I know... but it *felt* like the world was ending!

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

The teaser trailer for the movie Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

I really liked the transition from the World of Balance to the World of Ruin in Final Fantasy 3 (6 in Japan). The world didn't really end, but everything changed. Continents were broken up, and everything was a depressing brown color. As a bonus, you got to wander through the world and talk to people trying to scrape by.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

The dream sequence in Terminator II, where Linda Hamilton is standing at the playground fence and watches the kids playing turn to ash.

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

A few songs:

REM -- "It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)"
Neil Young -- "After the Goldrush"
David Bowie -- "Five Years":

quote:
Pushing thru the market square, so many mothers sighing
News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us, Earth was really dying

lyrics link

[edit to add link because of the cursed cursed three line rule]

[ November 03, 2006, 09:28 PM: Message edited by: plaid ]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

*pokes plaid* Three-line rule.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I really dislike that rule.

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

[Grumble]

Stupid stupid three-line rule... where's a burninator when you need him???

Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :

Deep Impact. The meteor impact and tidal wave were pretty cool.

Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

Doctor Who's scene wasn't bad.

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

Has no-one mentioned the destruction of the Bugger Homeworld? Although not a cinematic event (yet) it is still frightening when told from the Hive queen's perspective.

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

The opening title of Team America

Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :

The entire last half of Greg Bear's "The Forge of God". I want that into a movie nowww. [Wink]