After Earth offers up dark future for humanity
After Earth offers up dark future for humanity From NBC Science: After Earth offers up dark future for humanity The Earth is a pretty bleak place for humans in the new science fiction movie, "After Earth." Set 1,000 years in the future, "After Earth" depicts a future in which humanity is forced to abandon Earth in search of a new home. The remnants of the human race travel to and resettle on Nova Prime � a fictional planet located light-years away from Earth. Although the film makers do take plenty of liberties with the science of the movie, the plot is more possible than ever before, Gary Whitta, one of the films screenwriters, says. "There are increasingly alarming reports in the news where were getting closer and closer to this tipping point," Whitta told Space.com. "It seems more and more real. � Apocalyptic fantasies like this that would have seemed very, very extreme and unbelievable even 20 years ago are starting to seem worryingly plausible no...