what's with all the apocalypse?

So...typical me, I just got done watching I am Legend only about a millennia after everyone else has already seen it, and it got me thinking about the recent (or relatively recent) spate of apocalypse flicks that have sprung up.  In the past few months I have seen that, plus Cloverfield,  and Children of Men.  All deal with the impending doom of world destruction one way or the other.  Couple that with the upcoming presidential election that, if it goes the wrong way, could easily spell doom for the literate half of this country, and there is a definite feeling of armageddon going down in the good ole US of A.  Perhaps that is why my fellow Nashvillians were so quick to jump on the gas crisis rumor today, spawning a run at the pumps that left the majority of Nashvegas without gas until Tuesday or Wednesday, myself included.  There is a general malaise rocking this country that hasn't been so prevalent since the days right after 9/11.  It's like an intangible dread.  I feel it often, though rarely speak of it.  Just like some weird shit is afoot at the Circle K and I don't know what to do about it.  Anyone else know what I mean?

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