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The truth is that nothing is going to happen.
The rapidly spreading belief over 12/21/12 is borne of the misery we find ourselves in. Not just the specific economic crisis or endless war of today, but the simple malaise that manifests itself in a society that realizes that it is quite mundane. And it's not just mundane, but it's also powerless against the outside forces that steer our daily lives. We look to our future and don't see the cyberized future of William Gibson or even Masimune Shirow. We look to our past and don't see the fantastic past of J.R.R. Tolkien. We are ordinary, and the belief of 12/21/12 is our attempt to become extraordinary.
Looking forward to this date is no better than the members of Heaven's Gate searching for the mothersehip hiding in the tail of the Hale-Bopp comet. Well, it might be since I don't expect anybody to suffocate themselves. They'll just wake up on 12/22 and realize that there's only three shopping days left.
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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