I still haven't seen the new disaster flick 2012, but NPR's Ken Rudin did and discovered the movie's fatal flaw:
It wasn't the fact that the movie was about an hour too long. Or that the plot and dialogue were inane. Or that John Cusack managed to make every traffic light as his car was improbably escaping the apocalypse. And as far as the implausability of having an African-American as president (in this case, Danny Glover) -- well, don't you remember David Palmer on "24"? That proves that a black president is possible. I could live with that stuff. But what really destroyed, for me, any chance of credibility was the scene in which the governor of California, whose accent and physical presence made it clear it was Arnold Schwarzenegger, was telling residents about the impending horrors they were going to face. Folks, this was taking place in 2012. Arnold Schwarzenegger is TERM LIMITED, and will be out of office after 2010.
Exit question: How would the end of the world affect Barack Obama's reelection chances?