Apocalypse

Considering the increasing popularity of zombie movies and the latest zombie TV-series, this Halloween might just look like a zombie apocalypse. Whether you are a fan of the Walking Dead, or you simply like scary costumes, you will surely love this Men's Skeleton Zombie Costume. This raggedy ensemble features 3D elements which make it quite realistic, at least at nighttime. Unlike cheap costumes, with printed skeleton patterns, this costume is scarier and more authentic. All you need is brain…

The premier of 'The Story of God' with Morgan Freeman broke records at National Geographic with this year's highest viewership of 3.5 million in Live +3 ratings, and became the channel's fourth most-watched show ever. The National Geographic page for the show received over 800,000 views till the premiere was featured on April 3, raking in most traffic for the channel. The network also reported that social promotion for the show reached about 40 million people. Freeman told CBS News that the…

Case study 1 Apocalypse and the influence of 9/11 on the apocalyptic movies Apocalypses have always been in people their heads, the thought of the end of the world has been and still is really popular in the film industry. Bendle says “Apocalypses are one of the oldest narrative forms, and they have informed some of the most imaginative and terrifying imagery in cultural history” (Bendle, 2005). In the years before 9/11 the apocalypse movies, books and magazines have been a great and widely…

Water is the most precious resource to mankind. Every living substance needs water, from humans to plants and animals. It is the one thing no living creature can survive without. The prospect of losing or even just having restricted access to water is a very frightening one. Water shortages not only pose an epic threat for the understandable reason, our fear of dehydration and our need to drink, but also to the lives of our friends, family, or beloved pets. With little or no water people would…

did Jim Jones have on his followers? As the People's Temple grew during the 1960s, Jones became obsessed with the idea of Marxism and he started to preach about an imminent nuclear apocalypse during the Cold War. He gave a date on which the 'apocalypse' would occur, July 15th 1967, and implied that after this apocalypse, a socialist utopia would exist on Earth. This utopia would be situated in what would become Jonestown. Jones wanted to create a harmonious communist community and felt that…

Introduction The book of Revelation, referred to by many other names, the Apocalypse of John, Revelation to John, or simply Revelation is final book of the New Testament. Moreover, Revelation crosses three literary genres including epistolary, apocalyptic, and prophetic. Due in part to the variety of Revelation, it should come as no surprise that there are a multitude of different views on the interpretation of Revelation. This paper will focus primarily on four of the main viewpoints, Preterist…

We live in a world where the threat of an apocalypse bites at our heels every day. Nuclear war or technological takeover lurk in the shadows of everyday life, but predicting how an apocalypse will actually happen is near impossible. There are infinite stories about apocalypses; everything from comic books to movies portray the vast possibilities of the end of the world as we know it. Cormac McCarthy has created what I believe is one of the most real portrayals of post-apocalyptic life in his…

A year has passed since the ancient gods of myth and legend returned and irrevocably changed humankind as we know it. All across the earth, survivors of the initial onslaught have now abandoned their faith in the modern world and have begun to worship the pagan deities once again. The United States hangs perilously close to ruin as the newly resurgent Aztec Empire begins its final assault against the country. In this maelstrom of chaos and destruction, a small of group of individuals holds…

Mars Attacks Luise got out of the cab and ran to tell people about the invasion but more importantly he wanted to get as far away from the martians. He ran around screaming but no one would listen. He told people to run and the apocalypse has started but all that someone did was put his hand on Louis's shoulder and say, “You know that is just a story right?” “But the people at the site! “That was just some guy narrating what would happen. After every commercial break the man said…

With the Apocalypse finally upon us, it was a matter of minutes before my sorority sisters and I would take the stage. It was the night of the National Pan-Hellenic step show on my university’s campus, and this year’s theme was “The Apocalypse: Only the Strong Survive.” Any normal competitor would be reviewing the steps in their head, but after noticing my sweaty palms and rapid heart beat, I was distracted by my rising cortisol levels. Endocrine hormones were the topic of discussion that week…