Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A & E Dod
• DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013DOJZU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,865 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A surprising number of sources, both ancient and modern, agree when the world will end. On-site investigations and revealing dramatizations flesh out the sobering prophecy. Respected scholars offer balanced analysis of doomsday predictions. Common wisdom has it we prepare for our future by understanding our past. But did the ancient prophets already know the future? Are we living now in the world they predicted? In this enlightening and often unsettling series, THE HISTORY CHANNEL® revisits the prophecies and divinations of the Ancients and traces them to the modern events they may have been predicting. But what if we have no future? What if life on Earth is destined to end in five years? A surprising number of prophets - from ancient oracles to contemporary internet-crawling software "bots" - point to December 21, 2012 as the End of Days. Could the concentration on this date be merely coincidence, or is there something deeper behind it? DOOMSDAY 2012: THE END OF DAYS undertakes a sweeping examination of these fateful forecasts. During this hour, consider the ancient Mayan Calendar, the medieval predictions of Merlin, the Book of Revelation and the Chinese oracle of the I Ching, all highlighting the same terminal date. Then learn of a new technology - a web-bot crawling the internet to predict the future - that has independently concluded there's no need to plan a New Year's 2013 Party. Hear from skeptics who point to a long history of "Failed Doomsdays;" then reflect on the disturbingly accurate track-record of many oracles of doom throughout history. As the year 2012 ticks ever closer is there any reason to believe these doomsayers? Decide for yourself after viewing DOOMSDAY 2012: THE END OF DAYS.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT SOURCE, December 9, 2008

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This review is from: Doomsday 2012: The End Of Days (DVD)

Do not expect any "evidence of disastrous consequences" as the previous reviewer did - take this documentary at face value - please read the Editorial Review.

I personally believe that the History Channel has done an outstanding job delivering this documentary - it is quite remarkable to cover so many topics within only 50 minutes, including the predictions of the Mayan Civilization, the medieval predictions of Merlin, the Book of Revelations, the Chinese oracle of the I Ching, a web-bot crawling the internet to predict the future, balanced analysis of doomsday predictions by respected scholars, views of skeptics, etc.

This is a brief historical overview of available informational materials such as predictions about a possibility of a "doomsday" in December of 2012. Please do not expect any miracles from a 50-minute DVD, yet it is an excellent source to provide you with the topics for a further research, if you are interested in researching and studying this matter in depth. Overall, no one can be 100% certain about the future, yet we can be prepared spiritually to withstand an unexpected natural disaster, if any.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Coincidence Or Prophecy" ~ Is Time Running Out?, September 30, 2009

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Brian E. Erland "BEE" (Brea, CA - USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doomsday 2012: The End Of Days (DVD)

While I have been disappointed numerous times in History Channel presentations that is definitely not the case with 'Decoding the Past, Doomsday 2021: The End of Days.' The prophetic material presented in this End of the World hypothesis covers a wide range of cultural scenarios and periods of time that all point to the date 12/21/12. Some of the sources investigated are: The Mayan Calendar, the Bible, the I Ching, Classic oracles (Delphi, Sybil of Rome), Prophecies of Merlin and Mother Shipton, the visions of Black Elk and Hopi materials. Even the great Albert Einstein and cult figure Terence McKenna entered into the discussion. For me personally the most unnerving of all is the material concerning the use of modern day internet technology in the 1990's Web-Bot Project designed to "read the unconscious mood of the world." Like the Mayan Calendar, the I Ching and other sources even this sophisticated technology also points to unimaginable catastrophic events in 2012. It's an absolutely fascinating documentary that even disturbed a jaded old amateur Theologian like me.

Watch this film with a group of family or friends, it will certainly start up a lively discussion. On the other hand, if you want to put a major scare into your kids this will certainly do it.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Voodoo TV, October 15, 2008

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Loyd E. Eskildson "Pragmatist" (Phoenix, AZ.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doomsday 2012: The End Of Days (DVD)

"Doomsday 2012" focuses on several "oracles" that supposedly predict doomsday in 2012, including the Mayan calendar (12/21/12), a web-bot program created to predict stock prices, and with less specificity, an ancient oracle (Sibyl) and I Ching (2,800 B.C. book interpreted in recent years). The Bible's Book of Revelations is also briefly covered, but experts seem to believe that its timing targeted the reign or personage of Nero.

A few esoteric explanations are offered for these insights from oracles - eg. breathing ethylene gas trapped from a long-ago earthquake, etc. More credible explanations focus on the vagueness of most of these predictions. Unfortunately, "Doomsday 2012" does not assess the specificity (credibility) of these claims, so viewers are simply left wondering.

Climate change, potential shifting of the earth's magnetic poles are possible - at any time. However, no evidence was offered of the likelihood of disastrous consequences occurring from these sources within the next few years.