Alien invasions, viruses, zombies, meteors, natural or human-caused catastrophes. When the end is nigh in apocalyptic, dystopian, disaster or horror films and television shows, there is often a distinct moment that offers audiences a glimpse of what was known in those last days before civilization was forever changed: the front pages of newspapers.
Sometimes the camera lingers on the page, allowing us to read headlines that telegraph the scramble to make sense of unprecedented events. Other times, blink and you’ll miss it.
In some instances, these front pages are the last ones printed in the before-times; in others, humanity endures in the end, though it is certainly transformed.
The pivotal disaster might have been long past. Or perhaps it’s only the beginning of the end.
‘Men in Black’ (1997)
Alien threats endanger Earth.
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