Having considered the possibility of a big, red, tempting button that, when pushed, would wipe out humanity, along with the fact that we are less than 2 years from 2012, I have been thinking that there is a significant probability that the world will end soon. Alternatively the world will continue to exist, but without life; it will be a dead planet.
But how could that be possible? It seems bizarre that the world will suddenly just end. Will there be a sudden, inexplicable mass-explosion? Unlikely. Will a meteor hit? There aren't any of any significant size due to get worryingly close to Earth in 2012. There is only one possibility, and that is this coming Halloween will be the beginning of the end.
Halloween, which may or may not be a bastardisation of Samhain (Sow-een) amalgamated with modern American culture, is the time when horrible, awful creatures terrorise the world at night. Some people call these creatures "children" although I am too politically correct to sour even the slimiest creature's feelings by labelling it as something so revolting and evil. Digressions aside, the point is that a variety of supernatural creatures will be unleashed upon our planet within less than a month.
But what will become of these creatures? How are they to bring about the end of the world (or, at least, the human race)? Sunlight causes vampires, ghouls, and other nasties to die a horrible, painful death as they burn to ashes. Moonlight is but reflected sunlight, and so the vampires have no hope of survival unless they hide away deep underground forever, which is impossible for them as they have to stalk the surface regularly, lest hunger overcomes them. Apropos, werewolves should be wolves during the day, more so at night, since it's the full Moon that transforms them, which means that more light reflected from it increases the chance of transformation. It is for this reason that the process of transformation for a werewolf from man to wolf is more likely during the day than at night.
Therefore, all the vampires vs. werewolf films are absolute unrealistic bollocks and impossible. It would be piles of ash where the vampires were within minutes, if it even got that far, and a bunch of werewolves prowling around most of the time. Sometimes (cloudy night, new Moon, etc) they'd be humans, but they'd be so unused to being in that condition that they'd get confused, start trying to claw open bags of Pedigree Chum, and be locked away in mental institutions deep underground. After this they'd remain perpetually human, forget they were werewolves, and so all memory of werewolves and vampires would be forgotten.
Consider this along with the suicide of Frankenstein's monster in the Arctic, along with the increasing efforts to dumb down society leading to mass starvation and a holocaust for the zombies, the goblins being too ashamed to show their faces in public after Troll 2, and it becomes feasible to suggest, in all sincerity, that Mr. Hyde will become the undisputed ruler of Earth by 2014. His reign will be one of despair and cruelty, with much death and suffering. The hospitals will be unable to cope, rebellion will break out, and there will be war.
The war will be so epic and bloody that medical supplies will be in short supply. People will rob ancient Egyptian tombs for extra bandages, but 'twill still not be enough. The mummies will get pissed off at their bandages being stolen, and so they will rise up and destroy humanity in an act of revenge. They will then return to perpetual slumber.
We have, therefore (and at last) justification to end this future of suffering and death by wiping out all life on Earth before this Halloween. Only by pushing the big, red, tempting button before October 31st can we hope to avoid the otherwise-inevitable catastrophe. It will be a swift death, and although many people who were living happy lives will perish, it will be the lesser of two evils and therefore better than the alternative scenario, in which all people will suffer constantly and without respite until death grants them eternal peace and freedom from the horror.
Of course, there is a slim chance that none of the above won't happen, but I doubt it. The real question is, if you could see the future (as I have), and all possible timelines demonstrate that the aforementioned apocalypse is inevitable, would you push the big, red, tempting button? Could you push it?
