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The One Place on Earth Not Destroyed in '2012' (The Kaaba in the center of Mecca)
Movies on Yahoo ^ | 11/3/09 | Jonathan Crow

Posted on 11/04/2009 9:51:52 AM PST by NormsRevenge

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. ..

"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."

Traditionally, a fatwa has meant religious opinion by an Islamic scholar or imam. The term has gained currency in the West after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence in the form of a fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemies in his book "The Satanic Verses" in 1989. As a result, the Indian-born writer was forced into hiding for most of the '90s.

Emmerich has no qualms about wrecking other major landmarks, however. The massive dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican rolls on top of a crowd of churchgoers. The huge Christ the Redeemer statue that looms over Rio de Janeiro disintegrates. And, of course, the White House gets crushed when a wave drops the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy on top of it.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2012; antichristian; boycott2012; coward; destroyed; hollyweird; islamicimperialism; liberalbigot; rolandemmerich; terroristswon
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The dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vaticancollapses ..

Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue disintegrates ..

the WH is decimated by a hugh wave and aircraft carrier ..

.. but the Kabba is off limits..

1 posted on 11/04/2009 9:51:52 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Need canned goods.


2 posted on 11/04/2009 9:54:44 AM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: NormsRevenge

If the Kabba is explicitly saved in the movie, that’s one thing. If the whole Earth is destroyed, then it’s not a big deal.


3 posted on 11/04/2009 9:55:08 AM PST by Lou Budvis ("Don't Just Hope for Better Life - Vote for It." - Thatcher campaign poster)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hollywood is tough when it comes to Christianity but never when it comes to Islam.


4 posted on 11/04/2009 9:55:14 AM PST by Ballygrl
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To: NormsRevenge

Er, not to be picky, but I thought the Kaabah was in Mecca?


5 posted on 11/04/2009 9:55:38 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (There are only two REAL conservatives in America - myself, and my chosen Presidential candidate)
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Yup, already asked mod to correct it. :-)


6 posted on 11/04/2009 9:56:14 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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He had aliens zap the White House in "Independence Day," .....great movie, loved every minute of it.

he let a massive lizard flatten New York City in "Godzilla," ....terrible movie, worse than any of the other Japanese Giant Monster Pics, that were all pretty bad in their own right.

and he sent killer tornadoes through downtown Los Angeles in "The Day After Tomorrow." ....A movie so bad that people in my theater were laughing at it, but not at the funny parts. It was the kind of movie that pretentiously drones on, while people roll their eyes and check their watches, or just walk out of the theater to try and find something better to do.

I'm seeing a trend here. And it doesn't portend anything good for 2012. Or, for the movie. :-)

7 posted on 11/04/2009 9:56:50 AM PST by wbill
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To: NormsRevenge

I wonder how that sign outside of Rochester fared — wouldn’t want them gun-happy Mormons going bananas, ya know.


8 posted on 11/04/2009 9:57:25 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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The story doesn’t say that the kaaba isn’t destroyed. They just don’t show it being destroyed. I don’t blame them...it’s not worth having some animal put a price on your head.


9 posted on 11/04/2009 9:58:13 AM PST by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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>>Er, not to be picky, but I thought the Kaabah was in Mecca?<<

If the filmmaker had any guts, he would have had an earthquake relocate it...


10 posted on 11/04/2009 10:00:20 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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Yup, already asked mod to correct it. :-)

That's cool, I just wanted to make sure the missiles were pointed at the right place!

11 posted on 11/04/2009 10:10:00 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (There are only two REAL conservatives in America - myself, and my chosen Presidential candidate)
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Yup, already asked mod to correct it. :-)

That's cool, I just wanted to make sure the missiles were pointed at the right place!

12 posted on 11/04/2009 10:10:07 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (There are only two REAL conservatives in America - myself, and my chosen Presidential candidate)
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“The One Place on Earth Not Destroyed in ‘2012’ (The Kabba in the center of Mecca)”
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Doesn't that make the title of this article invalid? Did the movie say all the world was destroyed except Mecca/Islam?

Or does it not show the destruction of it? Or does it show the destruction of Jerusalem? Or imply so?

Mixing movies and end of the world scenarios, is not a good idea when specific to religious beliefs. MO

God help us in our day, in Jesus name, amen.

13 posted on 11/04/2009 10:10:39 AM PST by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Doesn’t matter. It’s just a movie. In reality, it is up to G-d to decide what to destroy and what to keep. And we may be up for some surprises there.


14 posted on 11/04/2009 10:10:47 AM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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10 Failed Doomsday Predictions

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/10faileddoomsdaypredictions

With the upcoming disaster film “2012” and the current hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in context.

Most prophets of doom come from a religious perspective, though the secular crowd has caused its share of scares as well. One thing the doomsday scenarios tend to share in common: They don’t come to pass.

Here are 10 that didn’t pan out, so far:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/10faileddoomsdaypredictions


15 posted on 11/04/2009 10:10:54 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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It is interesting that the Hollywood crowd are so afraid of the Muzzies. It shows who the real thugs on planet earth are, and it's not the USA.
16 posted on 11/04/2009 10:29:36 AM PST by dog breath
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Technology has come a long way in the last ten years. Even Star Wars seems so quaint today in its special effects. High quality filming equipment is available as well as special effects supercomputers.

Here's what I propose: Privately financed "outtakes" of this movie that we can add to our privately purchased and viewed versions of the DVD, in the same format as the original 2012. This would enhance enormously the enjoyment of viewing the film, and it would give the Muslim Mass Murderers apoplexy.

Not having seen the movie, I don't know how long each scene is for the destruction of the Vatican, the Eifel Tower, New York, DC and all the other high profile sites that are already in the movie, but I am sure that they are more than a couple of minutes each.
I figure 10-15 minutes total of additional film would suffice. By subscription, 10,000 people each contributing $100 could swing the deal. I would subscribe. Additional Institutional contributions are not out of the question.

My suggestions for additions:

1. Mecca and Medina -- most people know the significance of these two and, if they don't, they should.

2. Mashad --- "The burial places and shrines for all twelve of the imams revered by the Twelver Shia Muslims.

3.Qom --- The burial places of numerous Shahs

4. Baghdad, Teheran, Damascus and Aman.

To make things clear, Hebron and Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock are not among them because they are -and were for 800 years before islam was invented, Judeo-Christian holy sites. Those get plenty of coverage from the weenie producer and director in the theatrical release.

That would be so cool!

17 posted on 11/04/2009 10:51:55 AM PST by Publius6961 (Â…he's not America, he's an employee who hasn't risen to minimal expectations.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Does the movie have any stand up and cheer momments in the film, or do all the dems in congress survive?


18 posted on 11/04/2009 11:01:45 AM PST by 1776 Reborn
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To: NormsRevenge; Revolting cat!

Can we nickname Roland “Ron Coward”?!!


19 posted on 11/04/2009 11:04:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: geologist

He says he’s against organized religion. And then he submits to the most lethal sect.


20 posted on 11/04/2009 11:08:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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