Welcome to Monday Mayhem. This is when I delve into the post-apocalyptic madness called the Zombie Apocalypse (a.k.a “The Future”), and give you my take on what life would be like if we as a human race would allow it to happen. Yes, for some of us it may be fictional, but for others…it’s already a reality. Have you been to Las Vegas lately?
In the movie I Am Legend, Will Smith’s character Robert Neville lives alone in a deserted city to fend for a cure to the dratted virus that annihilated humanity. If you haven’t seen the movie, I’d suggest you stop reading ‘cause I may throw in a spoiler or two.
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*spoiler alert!!!*
The thing about the virus that consumed humanity is that scientists engineered it to cure cancer. Yeah, that’s somewhat credible to happen today. No really. In the movie, scientists believed that if they could unleash a biological weapon to destroy cancer cells, they could allow the body to repair itself, eliminating the uncertainty that is happening with today’s methods—and the costs. Unfortunately, it pretty much wipes out all humanity and leaves those who survived, famished zombies.
What I found interesting in the film is when everything falls apart in New York City— why is it New York City always takes the brunt of these end-of-days movie scenarios? (ie. Godzilla, Independence Day, etc.)—the military goes ahead and destroys all the bridges to the island to prevent the infected from escaping. If anyone’s seen The Dark Knight Rises, Bane uses the police to execute a similar strategy to contain the population in Gotham City. Now, this approach as logical as it may seem credible, doesn’t prevent the spread, since the virus crests to become airborne. Once this happens, to put in a cliché, all bets are off.
Thus the creation of the zombies, or rather, the Dark Seekers. Here is a quote from the movie to put the statistics into perspective:
“Seven billion people on Earth when the infection hit. KV had a 90% kill rate, that’s 5.4 billion people dead. Crashed and bled out. Dead. Less than 1% immunity. That left 12 million healthy people, like you, me, and Ethan. The other 588 million turned into your Dark Seekers. And then they got hungry, and they killed and fed on everybody. Everybody!”
*end of spoiler alert*
Yup, quite a future.
Well, this coming Friday, December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar ends. Some have gone so far as to say it will be the end of the world. I actually have it written in my Outlook as an event—End of the World. Heck, I don’t want to miss it if it’s going to happen. No way. I’m just wondering how it will happen.
Will it be a virus? Maybe an invasion from another planet. Or perhaps a Great Tribulation as forecasted in the bible.
No one knows. But you can be sure of one thing: If we’re still around next Monday, I’ll bring you another installment of Monday Mayhem. That is, if the internet is still up and running…
What do you think? Do you think humanity is on the road to a Dark Seeker invasion? Or will it be business as usual this coming Friday? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Looking to God 
Even though the end of the world has come and gone, one should always consider how well a prospective home or apartment would withstand a ravenous zombie hoard. Just in case.
Here is my Comedic parody take on why the world not end on 12/21/12. Enjoy http://bit.ly/ViOLyd
the batman movie seemed to be predictive of future events. the mayan date may be over, but the events may just be beginning…..
https://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/batman-map-and-disasters/
what concerns me the most is that two main highways in the USA running parallel to each other in the mid-west seem to be a target, and the territory in between.
“cutting off escape by bridges” would cut the country in half
Typo “confident” & “type” I should really learn to proof read. LOL
I’m hoping the end of the world will not be for a very long time. I still have alot I want to do and see in this world. The thoughts of being a zombie or being chased by zombies, cause they want to eat me, sounds like no fun at all. My son Colin loves watching anything related to the apocalyps. His 16 year old mind thinks it would be cool to be chase by and to shoot at zombies. I like things the way they are and don’t need that kind of excitment.
I’m looking farward to the next Monday Mayhem blog, I’m convident we will all still be here to look forward to the rest of ours lives. However dull they may be compared to the Zombie thype movies.
This year’s hot topics were zombies, the apocalypse and dystopia (a society built on rules or edict with undesirable results). Although a zombie apocalypse seems rather plausible, what do you think the chances of it ever happening? Yeah, probably rare. Only one thing needs to go wrong though and the whole house of cards falls apart. Look at Chernobyl. As for a dystopian society, I think we’re already living in one. I wouldn’t call this world paradise. Uh-uh.
We’ll find out tomorrow how right the Mayans were tomorrow. So far, it’s past midnight in New Zealand and they’re still around. So, more than likely, we’ll be around tomorrow, too.
What disturbs me about these kinds of movies is that it spreads the idea that it is OK to quarantine a city and let them all perish for the greater good. Perhaps it is, but it is disturbing that the decision to do this is usually made by one person. I find it hard to believe that a person in that position wouldn’t be beholden to some vested interest which would benefit from such a decision.