[joesnuffy]

Gibson seems certain that the film's "kinetic energy" will make Maya language and culture "cool" enough to attract a crowd. Maya prophecy says the current world, which began 5,000 years ago, will end in 2012. So, even if Apocalypto flops, Gibson will at least have given the Maya one last chance to get the word out.

La Raza and the back to Aztlan crowd should love it...as well as the other nihilist/Marxists friends of Islamofascism down at Whorlywood & Whine.

[righttackle44]

"La Raza and the back to Aztlan crowd should love it...as well as the other nihilist/Marxists friends of Islamofascism down at Whorlywood & Whine."

Holy smoke, friend. Please get some help, or a vacation, or both. Whatever it takes to get a grip.

[GAB-1955]

The Maya and the Aztec were separated in time as much as the Babylonians and the Greeks. The Aztecs came into central Mexico around 1300 A.D.; the Maya were gone by about 800 A.D.

Yes, there are some nut cases who think they'd be happier in an independent Atzlan. That's because they think they'd be the rulers. These are the same sort of jackasses who were Blackshirts in England or members of the Action Francaise. When the revolution or the occupation came, they were shoved aside and the really powerful took over.

Mel is a good guy and makes decent movies. I bet he'll make money with Apocalypto. I'd rather have a conservative Tridentine Catholic make money in the movies than a Scientologist or a Sensitive New Age Guy.