The way I'd write it:

One "twin" (in this universe) would be the skeptical, rational, empirical lef-brained scientific researcher. The "twin" he discovers (in the parallel universe) would be a non-rational, spiritual, paranormal, right-brained mystical seeker. They would both have to work together to perform the required heroics, in the process revealing that they are not two separate individuals but one.

Think it would work?

The same Whitley Streiber who got in an argument with Pinchbeck?

I'm waiting for the Simpson's version.

And so the 2012 mystery hits the mainstream psyche...

Warning, spoilers ahead!

Story Details for Roland Emmerich's 2012!
www.latinoreview.com/news/st...012-4921

"So here we have 2012, the latest magnum opus from disaster enthusiast Roland Emmerich. Hot on the heals of the disappointing prehistoric epic 10,000 BC, 2012 is a return to what Emmerich ostensibly does best – mass destruction. The hook this time around is the apocalypse itself; more specifically, the year of the title, which marks the end of the Mayan calendar and which many believe will be the end of the world. With the date rapidly approaching, the 2012 apocalypse theory has been a bit of a hot topic in recent years, and there has been rampant speculation been several books written on the subject. Mr. Emmerich likely saw in the theory a concept ripe for use in a big budget disaster movie. After all, the actual end of the world as we know it would surely make for the disaster movie to end all disaster movies. So does it actually live up to the promise of the concept?"

Am I the only one that cringes watching these things? I thought there might have been something sacred in this world, clearly there isn't. Hollywood: serial rapist.

"They wouldn't."

or is THIS their way to prepare?

"...end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors."

Can it be the end if some survivors survive?

The lucky lottery winners who get to repopulate Earth.
John Cusack , Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt
Amanda Peet, Tom McCarthy
Chin Han, Woody Harrelson
and Danny Glover.

Of course not all survivors will make to the end of the movie.

That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane -
Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn -
world serves its own needs, regardless of your own needs. Feed it up a knock,
speed, grunt no, strength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height,
down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games in a government for
hire and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies
breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered
crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population,
common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its
own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the
reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright
light, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn,
return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning,
blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle,
light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh,
this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament,
a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives
and I decline.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite.
Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic,
slam, but neck, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...

(It's time I had some time alone)

yeah the survivors will have some alone time.

"How would the governments of our planet prepare six billion people for the end of the world?"

how about this? hehe
www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/

Did you notice the brilliant, low cost (actually *no* cost) "viral marketing" strategy for marketing this movie?

At the end of the teaser, it simply says "Google 2012". We know what *that's* going to turn up, and propel into mainstream consciousness.

www.google.com/search

What a way to infect millions with the meme (and all that goes with it).

More trailers:

www.monstersandcritics.com/movi..._hit!

Main trailer blow-by-blow:

www.mtv.com/movies/news/...8/story.jhtml