If "the Earth Stood Still," would you save your dog?

Save RC Cola!  Without it we're goners.

As a Web-o-centric publicity stunt for the much-hyped "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 20th Century Fox has created an amusing site called "The Earth's Vital List," which asks fans worldwide to assemble a list of things they'd 'save' if the world ended.  Heavy, eh? 

Of course not.  Any possibility that this question would be taken seriously was nuked on arrival by a bit from the press release, which, after immodestly declaring this project "a truly interactive application of global proportions," quotes a Fox marketing executive as saying, "I plan to put macaroni and cheese at the top of my list."

And that appears to be the path consumers have followed.  Which is not to say that the nine pages of dogs people have listed are frivolous choices (there are only four pages of "moms").  But it is to say that just about everything else is:  For every "modern medicine" that the more serious players have elected to save, there are 50 X-boxes, tweezers, ukuleles, Yodas, "me's," marijuanas, unicorns and roller coasters. So basically, if faced with the dilemma of which things to save in the event of a total apocalypse, the mass consciousness would elect to save ... everything.  Sounds about right.

Comments

[Lulu And Lolly]

We are two Maltese dogs and we would definitely save our Humans, and hope to have some of that other guy's Mac and Cheese! Love, Your PaLs, LuLu and LoLLy http://www.LuluAndLolly.com

[marginean aurelian]

i wood save myself!

[Big Sam]

If the world ended why consider saving anything except your religious faith because everything of material value will be gone.

[M.J.]

If the world was coming to an end I would like to have as much control over my own situation as possible. Probably stay in my own house, with my beloved and pets, of course!