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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
discussing what causes the end of the
world in movies
our survival instinct is our single
greatest source of inspiration
i will detonate the wmds now more than
ever
people find themselves asking the
unsettling yet eerily relevant question
how is the world going to end nobody
knows for sure although
hollywood screenwriters have given us
several possible nightmare scenarios
over the years
some of them seem far-fetched while
others almost sound probable
in the case of a zombie apocalypse the
likelihood is somewhere in between
zombie outbreaks often start off in a
lab where a virus is discovered or
created
turning patient zero into a mindless
reanimated corpse
whose sole purpose is to bite anyone
with a pulse
after nibbling on a few scientists or
doctors it isn't long until the zombie
plague
spreads throughout the land if the
outbreak is contained to a small town
composed of scrappy young heroes
there may be hope for humanity so
we're just gonna stand here without
thumbs up our asses
and we're gonna go out there and save
the world once the zombies reach major
cities though
it's pretty much game over that is
unless a vaccine is produced but how do
you get a zombie to take their medicine
zombies might not be real but if you
switched out the word zombie with the
infected
the scenario suddenly takes on a much
more relevant meaning
zombie movies are essentially pandemic
movies with more flesh eating
pandemics are also popular in the end of
the world genre although
seeing people run away from hordes of
zombies is admittedly a lot more fun
just as there are echoes of real world
horror in zombie movies
the same can be said about the robot
uprising genre in the same vein as
zombies
technology gone wrong movies often begin
with a virus albeit one inside a
computer given humanity's ever-growing
reliance on technology
a global computer virus can our
economy
defense systems and way of life with the
press of a button
the cyber carnage will only be amplified
if the network behind this virus gains
self-awareness
this will traditionally result in a
nuclear war
wiping out civilization as we know it
those who survive judgment day will be
left to fend off the sentient robots
hell-bent on terminating what remains of
our species
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of course the technology that dooms
humankind doesn't need to stem from
earth per se
sometimes it comes in the form of a
giant robot from another planet
in that case though would it be
categorized under the robot
uprising or alien invasion genre either
way
aliens are also a common source of
destruction in movies whereas zombies
typically follow a basic blueprint
aliens can get a bit more creative in
how they end the world maybe flying
saucers will be deployed over landmarks
blowing them to smithereens
or if flying saucers are too cliched a
tripod with laser beams and tentacles
will get the job done
depending on the type of alien fancy
toys aren't always a necessity
some extraterrestrial beings are strong
and fast enough on their own to destroy
a human being with their bare hands
as advanced as aliens can be the key to
their downfall may be as insignificant
as a microorganism
or a change in sound frequency even when
aliens mean no harm
trouble can still arise
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dr banks
after all humanity has a bad habit of
judging what they don't know or
understand the minute the mothership
lands the authorities may jump to
conclusions that'll do more harm than
good
in the long run tonight china becomes
the first world power
to declare war against the aliens aliens
don't necessarily
need to come from outer space sometimes
they're inter-dimensional beings from a
parallel universe
whether you want to call them
inter-dimensional extra-dimensional or
other dimensional
they can be smaller than the average
human or as massive as a skyscraper
speaking of which kaiju have a tendency
to wreak havoc on the silver screen as
well
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whereas some originate from different
dimensions others are science
experiments gone wrong
or even the result of chemical fallout
from the destruction of an asteroid that
threatened earth
in any case all of our nuclear warheads
do not stand a chance against these
gargantuan beasts
especially if they suddenly appear out
of nowhere in great numbers
giving us little time to react the day
the monster uprising
was the day i lost everyone towers will
topple
bridges will be burned and those who try
to run will only get stepped
on honestly our only hope is that
another giant monster shows up to fight
for humanity
or perhaps beauty will vanquish the
beast oh my god
are you guys seeing this right now are
you seeing
are this is seeing this right now
okay so far we've touched upon
zombies evil robots aliens and beastly
titans
all of which seem fairly grounded in
fiction nuclear war is another story
however
we're not talking about the kind that
you see in science fiction pictures
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some nuclear war movies could
theoretically happen
even if liberties are taken here and
there in a majority of modern hollywood
productions the heroes trying to prevent
war
are american whichever country or group
is behind the impending attack
chances are the main villain will have a
thick foreign accent
and while all the world's most important
people are distracted here i will
detonate the wmd's
there's usually a time limit to stop the
attack let's say somewhere between 72
and 24 hours
and occasionally there are a few higher
ups who are in on the conspiracy
thankfully there's always a team of
agents or maybe just one super spy
to save the world when it comes to end
of the world movies though
the go-to setup is typically an act of
god these can range from severe weather
conditions
to a massive comet on a collision course
with earth
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not all disasters are natural however in
numerous cases
humanity dooms itself by not taking care
of the world they were given
maybe the government created a weapon
that inadvertently stopped the earth's
core rotation
this engine has stalled the core of the
earth
has stopped spinning maybe the effects
of climate change finally caught up to
us
whatever the explanation it's up to a
group of ragtag scientists to either
save our world
or find us a new one our survival
instinct is our single greatest source
of inspiration
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movies have ended the world in a variety
of different ways although there are a
few staples we can expect no matter what
large groups running from destruction
historic sites crumbling
newscasters delivering exposition the
president giving an empowering speech
an estranged couple rekindling their
relationship the authority figures who
didn't listen
the hero they should have listened to
and the list goes on
the world may end but some tropes will
never die
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