Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) basically makes a living exploding world landmarks with CGI, so the three new posters for 2012 are about what you’d expect.

Centuries ago, the Mayans left us their calendar, with a clear end date and all that it implies.

“All that it implies” being “we stopped at 2012 because if we’d kept the calendar going and going for all infinity, it would’ve taken a really long time, and really we just needed a place for us to write down Pedro’s Luau party next Thursday.”

Since then, astrologists have discovered it, numerologists have found patterns that predict it, geologists say the earth is overdue for it, and even government scientists cannot deny the cataclysm of epic proportions that awaits the earth in 2012. A prophecy that began with the Mayans has now been well-chronicled, discussed, taken apart and examined. By 2012, we’ll know – we were warned. [/Film]

Yes, we were warned that the world would end in 2012.  And we were supposed to do what, exactly, stop time?  Set our clocks back?  Wear a helmet?  You really didn’t think this through, did you.

[via Yahoo]

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I have to hand it to io9 for their editing work here.  They took the trailer for Roland Emmerich’s 2012 and recut it 70s style to more properly market it for what it is: disaster porn. They manage to rip on the movie while simultaneously making it 10 times more appealing.  In general, Roland Emmerich movies would be a lot better if he was more honest about what he was making and just had some fun with it.  In fact, I think everything he made after Independence Day should’ve been called Welcome Da Earff! 2, Welcome Da Earff! 3, Welcome Da Earff! 4…

[Thanks to Ryan and the rest of the people who sent me this]