Why are we so obsessed with apocalypse?

Published On: August 6, 2013

Oblivion, After Earth, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel . . . why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse?

You’d think there was catastrophic climate change or something!

(CBS News) There seems to be no end to end-of-civilization movies. David Edelstein reviews the latest: Much of “Elysium” is set in 2154 on a ruined Earth, and isn’t it weird how in every other would-be blockbuster this year, the planet is dead or being demolished?

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