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• Actors: ~
• Directors: History
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001TJYFS4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,023 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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It's a year that many have prophesized will bring a catastrophic end to life as we know it. Whatever is in store a massive cosmic collision, a global environmental disaster, an Armageddon-like religious showdown, or a more subtle transformation many believe that 2012 will mark a major shift in the history of our planet. But what is there to substantiate such fears?

A detailed, historical investigation of this chilling prophecy is the mission of Nostradamus 2012 an exciting HISTORYTM special that casts the doomsday warning in a frighteningly modern context.

December 21, 2012 is bearing down on us with alarming speed. Whether or not we are able to collectively heed the warnings and affect a course to avert disaster may be the defining moment of the modern age.

THE UNIVERSE: THE COMPLETE SEASON THREE includes all 12 original episodes on 4 DVDs:

11/11/08 Deep Space Disasters
11/18/08 Parallel Universes
11/25/08 Light Speed
12/2/08 Sex in Space
12/9/08 Alien Faces
12/16/08 Deadly Comets and Meteors
12/23/08 Living In Space
1/6/09 Stopping Armageddon
1/13/09 Another Earth
1/27/09 Strangest Things
tbd/09 Cosmic Phenomena
tbd/09 Edge of Space

BONUS FEATURES: Additional Footage

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Production Value But Very Misleading, June 30, 2009

By	Hagbard Celine (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

I watched this when it aired on History Channel in January. It looks great - you can see where they spent your cable subscription and ad dollars - and they interviewed some interesting people, many of who certainly deserve to be heard ... but then the producers use narration and fast cut editing to prevent them from expressing themselves accurately!

The experts are denied the chance to really go into any depth and the editor chose soundbites that are as sensational as possible. These people have much more to say and they say it fully and clearly in "2012: Science or Superstition" (recommended alternative or supplemental viewing).2012: Science Or Superstition

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary but important stuff . . . definitely controversial, September 6, 2009

By	Charles J. Garard Jr. PhD (Jilin City, China) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Wow. That this is a scary film is undeniable. To say that is is compelling and worthy of our attention is an understatement.

Maybe people have their doubts about the predictions of Nostradamus, and this is understandable. I mean, how many of us really want to entertain the belief that the world, at least as we know it, is coming to an end in 2012? We would rather put our heads in the sand and tell ourselves that it could never happen -- at least in our lifetime. If we are in doubt about this particular prediction, we should examine the quatrains that he wrote predicting other world events. If none of them have occurred, then perhaps you can cease worrying. As Sherlock Holmes would say, let's look at the facts. Of course, we might also argue that his quatrains are so obscure at to be open to numerous interpretations, as are the many signs around the world which are subject to being decoded according to separate perspectives. Did he, as some have claimed, predict 9-11? Did he predict Hurricane Katrina and global warming?

As this film points out, however, we cannot put all of this into the lap of the famous seer who lived at a time when making such predictions could put one in danger of being burned at the stake as a heretic. One did not then go against the beliefs and teaching of the church. The film, to its credit, draws our attention to other prophecies that have been made since early times by the underrated star-gazing Mayans, the Egyptians, and even words found in The Bible. This film version gives equal attention to all of these.

Many people will have their own opinions about this program, so it is unlikely that anything I write will change their personal views. Some find it funny; some believe it is inaccurate. Many may even think it is foolish to look around to see what we are doing to our own planet. They will dismiss this, perhaps, as easily as they dismiss such films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, based on Whitley Streiber's and Art Bell's book THE COMING SUPERSTORM, as being only fiction.

As my brother stated, this planet is a living entity and will, he believes, protect itself, even if it means disgorging itself of the beings that are inhabiting it and abusing it. My own suggestion would be to examine other books and DVDs on this topic now available through Amazon and arrive at your own conclusions. If you can find a place to hide from own transgressions, then do so. Book a ticket to a flight away from here, or hope that some friendly aliens will rescue some of us, as is shown in the fictional film KNOWING. Some experts, if we wish to call them such, believe that this world will indeed undergo some dramatic changes, but that not all of us will necessarily perish. What we supposedly will see will be a new world, maybe one -- if the optimists are correct -- that will be occupied by people who don't feel the need to destroy each other and the very planet that has supported us for eons.

If I have any complaints about this program, it would be that it lacks subtitles. Because I teach students whose first language is not English, it is a small detriment. That said, I cannot help but wonder how many teachers would actually show this program to their students. I wonder if do so would put them in jeopardy with school boards and administrators, even at colleges. Would they be be treated to a modern version of being burned at the stake -- i.e., terminated -- their teaching contracts, I mean?

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thought provoking prediction of the End Times, August 3, 2009

By	Ea Hamilton (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Even if you don't believe that Nostradamus was a prophet, this DVD will make you think seriously about the End Times. Biblical predictions are swiftly being fulfilled in climate change, frequent wars, lack of food and water, serious increase in diseases etc etc and this DVD puts it very clearly that time, as we know it, is running out. It also sheds amazing light on what other cultures believed as well and they all tie in together to bring one to the conclusion that the Rapture and or the beginning of the Tribulation are very likely to happen in December 2012.