It all reminds me of 9/11 and how you can now look at TV shows and movies from before 2001 and see these strange correlations to what transpired on that memorable day. Some things can not be ignored. I don't believe in coincidences as much as I once did and I believe that something may be happening. Let's take a look at a couple things.
CAPRICA. A syfy original series that aired from January 22, 2010 - November 30, 2010. For those who don't know, Caprica is a prequel/spin-off of the 2004 series, Battlestar Galactica. Both series contain political, religious, and technology themes, among others. BSG focuses on the survivors of the 12 Colonies (One of which being Caprica) and their trek toward the mythical, "Earth" which may or may not exist. They have been forced to abandon their home worlds because of a cataclysmic attack perpetrated by the artificially created race of beings known as the Cylons. Caprica is set 50 years before the cataclysm and focuses on the evolution of the Cylons. They began as mechanical tools and as you'll see from the show, progressed in to something else entirely. In the finale of the series, "Apotheosis", a rouge terrorist group that are constantly referred to as the Monotheists, attempt to scatter suicide bombers throughout Atlas Arena during a famed sporting event. They hope it will end up looking something like this:
Unfortunately for the ones who worship The One True God, things don't go accordingly when Daniel Graystone, the creator of the Cylons becomes aware of their plot and re-programs the cylons at the stadium to take out the suicide bombers.
Basically, to the audience at Atlas Arena and the viewers at home, this all came off as a major crisis averted, thanks to technology. In turn, this event ushers in a new age, so to speak. The Shape of Things to Come. To me, as nothing more than an observer, I took this as a way of introducing new technology to a society that was once skeptical about it.
The other thing I'll mention in this post is the latest scene I've noticed in a recent trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation at the theaters yesterday. The one stand out shot (And this could very well be because I had London 2012 on the brain) was this:
Yes, that would be London after being hit by a missile. But don't you worry about something like that happening at the 2012 Olympics, which just so happens to be in London, because we'll have something like this on the roof of the stadium:
Ya know, "just in case".
Now, I'm not suggesting that anything out of the ordinary will happen in London this summer. But at the same time, I kind of am. I don't know what will happen in 3 months, just like I don't know what will happen in 3 minutes from now. But it's all very interesting to think about. And for the time being, thinking is free.
-Dom
