Life After People

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz

Dear Readers (yay! I have two followers now, I can legitimately use the plural),

I don’t really understand what is the point behind the Life After People series that is airing on the History Channel these days. It started with just one special, and I admit that I thought the initial show was intriguing. Being a bit of a sci-fi fan, I have always wondered how long it would take for the remnants of human civilization to crumble away in the event of a man’s elimination from the earth. I would have guessed decades, and was shocked to see how quickly it would all disintegrate. Even our most solidly built structures would crumble within a few years without maintenance.

However, I’m not sure if I see the validity of creating an entire series based on this concept. How many episodes do we need to see of a Life After People? Once you’ve seen one city fall to pieces on a specific timeline, do we really need to see ALL the great cities of the world follow suit?

I am only thinking of this today because H.C. is airing a mini-marathon of all the episodes created. Oh goody-gumdrops, let’s watch the destruction of our modern day Babel towers over and over again! Is this really what we want to be thinking above given these times? ;-)

And for that matter, where exactly did all the people go???