I’ve got a serious question.
Why are there so many dystopian/TEOTWAWKI movies lately?
Is that the only thing that makes it through the flouride/medication/self-absorbed/haze of the population?
Add to that video games for the under 35 crowd.
Go to any business today, not just the big chains, but they are the best example, and ask an employee for something out of his normal routine.
BZZZ-PHHHT-CRACKEL smell of smoke.
THIS DROID IS NOT PROGRAMMED FOR THAT.
What the hell is wrong with all of you people?!!
Because people buy tickets to see them. Follow the Benjamins.
Some people love to go for political interpretations. For example, flying saucer and alien monster movies in the 1950s were a result of anxieties about the atom bomb and the Cold War. The poor economy now stimulates lots of end of the world movies.
But other factors may play a role as well. Right now, digital technology pulls the film industry mightily in the direction of fantasy, and post-apocalyptic scenarios are a familiar type of fantasy film. I suppose they also have an ability to attract male viewers that romcoms and vampire movies don't.
It could be playing into the 2012 end of the world hype. The “post-apoc” comedies like “Warm Bodies” and “World’s End” along with “After Earth” either make the end of the world look like something we can laugh at or see that we do, indeed, survive if not as we like.