Tuesday, August 29, 2006

The Last Days On Earth Part I
No, today is not Doomsday, nor will it be when Part II comes, or Part III, Part IV, Part V. Rather, the above si the title of a two hour ABC special showing tommorrow Wednsday August 30, 2006 at 9/8 centeral. This program will be, shall I say, very 'interesting' to see.

To me, an avid hardcore sci-fi guru, this is a must see, although most of the sci-fi stuff I see/read/hallucinate are far less morbid. They're usually kind of like a hybrid between CSI, Pirates of the Carribean, Dynasty, Sopranos, SWAT, Special Forces, Alias on an inter-galactic scale. Even when things take the wrong turns there is always someone that saves our butts in the nick of time, but I guess that's why it was a book...

Like the title suggests, the program is about the last days on earth, not to be taken literally as today, tomorrow, or a thousand years from now (hopefully). From what can be gathered, it looks like the program will feature an asteroid strike and interview with the renowned phyiscist Stephen Hawkings, At the point it dawned upon me that some part of it will be about the end of humans on earth (well, there has to be someone on earth to be Last Days on Earth) and not the obliteration of earth. For that probably will require a piece of of a decent fraction of the mass of the earth or when the sun goes nova (some billion years from now). I'm sure some sort of life form will emerge after the Last Human Days on Earth, not like I care though...The interview with Stephen Hawkings alone would be worth watching, the man who is the foremost living black hole theorist. On second thoughts that might be a bit too omnious.

That's about all I can get from the previes, for more information please visit ABC.com.

Tune in tommorrow at 9 Eastern and here Thursday for a reflection and Part II!

posted by Stavanger at 7:07 PM

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