Mayan time_t overflow?! Base 60/360 just ain't enough?
I guess I'll call 12/21/12 the "Mayan time_t overflow," and that's what they get for using base 60/360! Stupid, short-sighted Mayans!
No, wait! I guess it was aliens. Yeah, that's it!
I guess I had better get started on my screen play for 2038. January 19th, 3:14am -- 3:14 ~ 3:14 -- that's Pi! So maybe this could be 2012 II: Revenge of the Mayan Pi! Hmmm, 3:14:07 that's almost equal to 3.1415 which is now 5 significant digits!
And unlike Hollywood, which is only giving themselves 4 years by choosing 2012, I'm going to have 28 years for my 2038 movie! Hmmmmooooowhhhoooohhoooohhhaaahhhhaaaahhh!!!
Seriously now, epoch-end is nothing new. But leave it to Hollywood!
They better have a good explanation on how the oceans rise over 30,000 ft above sea level.
I think they tapped Al Gore for that one. Don't know if the critics and viewers will go for it, but it's a shoe-in for at least some sort of award.