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‘2012’: A 15-Year Retrospective on the End-of-the-World Spectacle
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‘2012’: A 15-Year Retrospective on the End-of-the-World Spectacle

The disaster movie to top all disaster movies

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It may sound hard to believe now, but there was a time when the Mayan’s 2012 end-of-the-world prophecy was enough to stoke paranoia in the eyes of the masses. The cryptic ending of their ancient calendar served as a springboard for momentous, Armageddon-style musings.

It may not have been quite the scare as Y2K in the year 2000, but as a lat…

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