MOVIE TALK The One Place on Earth Not Destroyed in '2012'

Yahoo movies ^ | 11/04/09 | Jonathan Crow

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When I interviewed director Roland Emmerich a few months ago about his upcoming disaster flick "2012," the first question I asked was, "Why do you like killing the world?" His response: "It makes for a good story."

Over the past fifteen years, Emmerich has crafted some great tales about global doom, featuring some spectacular scenes of destruction. He had aliens zap the White House in "Independence Day," he let a massive lizard flatten New York City in "Godzilla," and he sent killer tornadoes through downtown Los Angeles in "The Day After Tomorrow."

For "2012," Emmerich set his sites on destroying the some biggest landmarks around the world, from Rome to Rio. But there's one place that Emmerich wanted to demolish but didn't: the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure located in the center of Mecca. It's the focus of prayers and the site of the Hajj, the biggest, most important pilgrimage in Islam.

"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," the filmmaker told scifiwire.com. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, 'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie.' And he was right."

[Tulane]

I can’t blame him.

[pgkdan]

4th time posted today...

[ClearCase_guy]

It's appeasement. It's peace in our time. If we just let the Muslims encroach on our sensibilities a little more, then perhaps they will be satisified and not threaten us any more.

At some point, we need to stop living in fear.

[Salgak]

So . . .let me get this straight.

Emmerich has no problem destroying the most powerful country on Earth. . . but he’s afraid of the Muslims. . . .

[Old Sarge]

“Mustn’t offend the enemy...”

Typical Leftist coward.

[dead]

Dhimmi pussy.

[Jeb21]

Most Leftists don’t see Muslims as an enemy, they see them as an ally against the “Imperialist” West.

[spetznaz]

Same here.

[ClearCase_guy]

Exactly right. The Christian Church is the enemy. Western Civilization is the enemy. The guys over there chopping off heads, blowing up women and children, and crashing airliners into skyscrapers? Oh, those are the allies of the Left.

[FreeAtlanta]

Truth be told, they are not afraid of Christians. These people are cowards. They attack what they know wont bite back. Hollywood and the mainstream media are like schoolyard bullies.

Unfortunately, they don't look far enough ahead to see what the future will be like when their favorite nice guy punching bags are gone and they have to deal with the gang members that are carrying chains and switchblades.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Liberals make movies to promote an agenda or to act out their fantasies. They want Western Civilization destroyed. The people whose holy black box was saved from destruction want Western Civilization destroyed.