1.0 link 103111 <![CDATA[Indiana Jones And The Blockbuster Of Doom]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cathleen-falsani/indiana-jones-and-the-blo_b_103111.html Doom is such a marvelous word. While not exactly onomatopoeic, it almost sounds like the emotions the word is meant to evoke.

Destruction. Apocalypse. Judgment Day.

The resonance of doom's vowel -- especially if drawn out and intoned deeply a la James Earl Jones -- echoes the way the notion of doom makes us feel.

Nervous.

It's no wonder apocalyptic themes are so popular in contemporary film, including what's set to be the mega-movie of the year when it...

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