So given that we have a lot of "end of world" talks lately i thought of coming up with the ten best apocalyptic plots human kind has thought of.
Basically these are the basic plots used in movies, books, and prophecies throughout human history that I think no one could ever beat them. Unless of course we can think up of other possible scenarios.
seriously i think we can come one its the internet right. filled with crazy people already.
anyway I just typed these away and used google trending to determine their ranking ie. compared the keywords on every other keyword and saw how much they scale from each other in terms of internet content.
I know this isn't exactly science but given this is just a fun way to present them, I went ahead with it. If you think you have a better way of determining this ie. survey? i dunno you can go ahead and suggest them in the comments below! go ahead and challenge me!
anyway without further adieu Here is my Top 10 Apocalyptic Plots based on Google trends!
This type of plot varies a lot from the basic elemental disasters such as tornadoes, floods, storms, earth quakes, to those that vary between famine, global warming, depletion of natural resources and other natural problems that we all know we'll be facing eventually given how fast we are wasting the Earth's resources.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Day after tomorrow, Tidal Wave, Twister
reason for the ranking: I guess there's not a lot of exciting plots of "natural disasters" given that they are "natural" ie. explainable, something that actually happens, etc.
9. Rapture
Ā The Rapture is by definition a religious end of the world. Basically all non-cyclical religions out there that speak of an "end" will have their own version of the rapture. Judgement day, Day of the reckoning, eternal life etc. How these events occur or how violent they are I guess would depend on how zealous these religious sects are. but then I guess you guys will be the judge on this.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: The Rapture, Apocalypse ,The Omen
reason for the ranking: I'm not exactly a fan of anything that might have religious propaganda and I guess a lot of people feel the same given the trend results but revelation does have a lot of curious insights regarding the end of the world that seems to coincide with what is happening now ie. wars, religious false leaders, etc. so I guess the real verdict here is.. we'll see
8. Mutants
I'm a guy who grew up in the 90s so I went to grade school as well as high school knowing all about the good mutants such as Marvel's X men, spider man, and fantastic four. But being a kid I never really explored the possibilities of having actual mutants exist in the world and what are the possible repercussions it could do. I would probably say the nearest would be on what happened in the X men where people tried to use them for weapons, or people ostracized them andĀ forced them to fight back to human kind, or some mutant would go about not knowing how to control their powers and cause eventual world destruction. This I guess could probably go under the natural disaster if we evolved naturally but I guess either way would work since we'll be wiped out anyway
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: eraserhead, planet of the apes,Posetitel muzeya
reason for the ranking:The idea of evolution has always been a believable thing given its scientific origins although so far it's only a thing of science fiction and comic heroes
7. Robots
The Matrix, AI, Terminator, you've seen them all. Given the fast evolution of science and robotics and the continuous efforts of man kind to automate almost every single task imaginable comes the ideas of these machinations coming to life having their own thoughts and feelings. And given the usual drive of humanity to belittle others with all the hate and anger as what happened on the Matrix's back stories of how the Matrix came to, Robotic apocalypse usually indicate the revolution of machine versus man where obviously man is at a disadvantage.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Artificial Intelligence, hardware, terminator
reason for the ranking: Something like this isn't far off due to the fast progress of robotics and with all the appreciation we have of them thru mechas, cyborgs and big machines, it isn't a surprise that it got the here.
6. Meteor
During the late 90s a series of films were released that sparked the world wide craze of "end of the world" movies in the modern day all the way to Y2K. These were the asteroid movies that always begins with a big chunk of rock coming to earth scenario then boom what will the cast do? There are a lot of running and drama and stuff and some singing maybe ie. Aerosmith
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: asteroid, deep impact, Armageddon
reason for the ranking: I think even tho it was already a few years ago and the whole idea has started to die down the fact that this is where it all started (what with all the improved special effects) it still retains a high score.
plants vs zombies? left4dead? call of duty black ops? last night on earth? honestly I dont know what to say i'm very much biased here coz i'm a zombie fan so there. Zombies are <3.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Dawn of The Dead, 28 days later, zombieland
reason for the ranking: thriller by michael jackson
Man has always been curious of what the heck is out there. Seriously what is it? but of course it won't be man if they couldn't think of it as something that isn't out to get them. Thus! aliens!Ā well aside from giving Arnold that really big push in popularity these types of movies have really elevated the sci-fi genre into the action horror thriller scenes.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: aliens,predator, District #9
reason for the ranking: i know i know aliens aren't as realistic and nearer to happen than the others but damn seriously isn't it cool? just gotta be sure you have your shotgun with you
These types of "end of the world" scenarios come from tradition, beliefs, culture, and superstition. Things like astrological apocalypses where all the stars and planets are aligned to cause the death of the world. The same thing foes for the Mayan prophecies where they basically calculated the end of time based on their method of calculation. Another source of this would be those false prophets that we always have that are not included in the usual roster of religions such as Nostradamus, etc.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Nostradamus, 2012,Knowing
reason for the ranking: to be honest I'm not exactly sure why this topic is way ranked above here haha but it's what google trends told me so yeah I think it's just that paranormal and superstitious are scary to majority of the world
Diseases and plagues are as real as it gets. 3rd world countries apparently live this every day due to their lack of medicine, funds, and education. 1st world countries on the other hand are busy watching apocalyptic films or waiting for the release of the new Nintendo console after Wii to even bother to help. As real as it gets? hell yes.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Outbreak,12 monekys, children of men
reason for the ranking: Wasting disease you can't do anything about except wait to die? damn.
The world has already experience two major wars and currently experiencing minor wars around the globe causing so much death and destruction that I think people believe this to be as closest as we can get to real world apocalypse since there are just crazy people out there who'd like to press that big red button and release their super weapons.
some examples of natural disaster movies are the following: Apocalypse Now, Schindler's List,Letters from Iwo Jima
reason for the ranking: Nazis. Enough said.
I know one or more of these would intersect or be the cause or effect of the other but definitely the basic plot would remain true.
If you disagree, just tell me so in the comments and tell me how you would've ranked them and what you'll remove or add! I'd love to hear what you think!
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