The zombie apocalypse just came out of nowhere.
His first thought was Gotta protect my family!
because Pitt is a family man.
Holy Space Monkeys, is this the end of the world?!
The third thought and this one really stings was Damn!
If the world ends we wont get to seeAvengers: Infinity War!
He saw the iconic Superman S logo framed within the familiar winged Batman sign.
And then he said, Awwww, hell no!
I never did get to seeBatman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice!
He was really, really looking forward to Batfleck.
He had his diary all booked up until 2019 but now, nothing.
The curious cameo appearance ofDawn Of Justicepromo material inI Am Legendreally hammers home a critical point.
All these things that we are really looking forward to may not come to pass.
The future is unwritten and even if it is written it is subject to extensive rewrites and severe script-doctoring.
The future is fragile and can be drastically altered in the twinkling of Tom Cruises eye.
Death, indeed, is the only certainty in life.
(Taxes are not certain, though they eventually caught up with Wesley Snipes and Nicolas Cage.
The Grim Reaper, Hades or some other macabre personification of Death could strike you down at any moment.
They are possibly all more likely than you dying of Ebola, but that could happen to.
Theres a thin line between life and death and you and I may not have much time left.
I hope we do, because Im not finished yet.
Stay with me, just.
History is littered with tales of projects that got canned before, during and sometimes even after production.
(You should see the original blueprints for this Universe.
Oh my souls, all of this was meant to be so much better.)
(Indeed, Anything can happen in the next half hour!
as the opening titles ofStingraysagely remind us.)
I cant believe this!
over and over to show just how surprised I am.
LIVE IN THE NOW!
To quote the elder Kevin Flynn ofTron: Legacy,Youre messing with my Zen thing, man.
I accept that I have a pretty atypical quasi-spiritual relationship to cinema, so you may not sympathise.
I know that not many other people out there observe the same strict no trailers policy that I do.
(I have no grip because gripping is attachment and Zen Buddhism is about letting go of attachments.)
What happens when were overly obsessed with the far-flung future?
We forget to live in the present and find our perspective distorted.
So many blockbusters are being built-up that theres inevitably going to be disappointment somewhere down the line.
Eventually, one of the superhero super-multiverses being spawned will suffer and perish in the saturated marketplace.
Overfamiliarity may also come to harm these major events when they actually make it to theatres.
If were too caught up in the future we forget to be present and live in the now.
I hope we dont die tomorrow, but I wont worry about it too much.
Maybe we should all just meditate and be at one with ourselves and the moment.
This moment is all we have so while were here, we should live and live in the now.
You canread Jamess previous column here.
