Apocalypse Now, or very soon

It wasn't just my imagination.  The 50's had 7 apocalyptic movies, the 60's had 13 apocalyptic movies, the 70's had 23 apocalyptic movies, the 80's had 30 apocalyptic movies, the 90's had 29 apocalyptic movies, the 00's had 55 apocalyptic movies, and the 10's have 20 apocalyptic movies to date projecting to over 60 for the decade.  I like to think about the end of the world as much as the next guy, but not this much.  Movies run in cycles, capitalizing on what has made money before and repeating the formula until it doesn't make any more money.  The 12-21-2012 popular culture idiocy probably had something to do with it, but there is an undercurrent of interest in the end of the world.  I have no evidence to back it up, but my impression is that the salivating masses have a subliminal understanding that our way of life is not sustainable for the 7.1 billion residents.  People have an intuition that the future is not the shiny object that their parents held dear in their imaginations.  We continue to make significant progress and continue to rely on  antiquated technology to support us.  It's the smell of mustard gas and roses.  I don't know what the future will bring, except that it will be different from our current condition.  Change is the only given.