The End of the World?

Last Tuesday on Movie Addict Headquarters, fantasy author Lanaia Lee and documentary filmmaker Peter Hankoff shed considerable light on the Mayan prediction about the end of the world on December 21, 2012. It was a fascinating discussion!

Lanaia’s exciting new book, Skulls of Salvation, deals with the Mayan ancient prophecy and how the Crystal Skulls of Belize might be used to ward off this cataclysmic event. Peter, whose Nostradamus: Uncoded documentary aired recently on the National Geographic and Discovery Channels, explained that Nostradamus saw human existence continuing on through another thousand years or more.

Both Lanaia and Peter expressed interest in 2012, filmmaker Roland Emmerich’s version of how the world as we know it will end. Starring John Cusack, 2012 topped the box office this past weekend. Lanaia pointed out that the film mentioned the ancient Mayan prophecy but did not include anything about the Crystal Skulls. Peter called the movie’s special effects “awesome!” However, he was not impressed with the last part of the film because “it looked like Irwin Allen had taken over.”

To hear the entire discussion, just click on the link below.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/movieaddictheadquarters/2009/11/17/2012--fact-or-fiction

Another Page-to-Screen Recommendation

Into her bubbling cauldron of creativity, author Lanaia Lee decided to toss such tempting ingredients as fantasy, magic, romance, betrayal, revenge, and the eternal battle of good vs. evil. The result? Of Atlantis, a novel that’s very hard to put down once you start reading it.

Because I’m a confirmed movie addict, I always read a book with the question of how successful the story might be as a film in the back of my mind. And this one practically screams out “destined to be a movie” -– or a television mini-series. The longstanding struggle between its great hero, King Archimedes of Atlantis, and the equally powerful villain, Uric, generates more than enough suspense to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

Enhancing the plot are other colorful characters including:

Cheris -- a beautiful Queen who suffers through a loveless marriage to an abusive monarch

Persius -- Cheris’ champion, a man dedicated to protecting the Queen and her son

Janus -- a two-faced traitor who can’t wait to send Persius to his doom.

Bloody battle scenes also add to the excitement of this imaginative fantasy epic, as do the exotic settings which form the backdrop for its thrilling action.

Unfortunately, Hollywood usually takes a long time to make up its mind about which films to greenlight, so I hope you’ll buy Of Atlantis in its current book form. If you follow my advice, you’re in for a memorable journey back to the lost continent of Atlantis –- plus a few more recent surprises.

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