10 Biggest Movie Myths About The Apocalypse

#1 - Mutants

Finally, and this is a big one, human beings will mutate because of the radiation cutting through our genetic code like an Asian woman in traffic. The careful helix concoction will splice into new strands and inevitably create ... super powers!

Homo Superior. This is a common theme in most movies and has been since the 1950s when the Western World had their panties in a bunch worrying about the Red Army rather than trying to assassinate Chubby Checker. Exhibit A: the X-Men. While I'd love to have superpowers as much as anyone (ability to see through women's clothing would be near the top of the list), again this is fictional wishful thinking. Problem with radiation is that while it does cut through genetic code, it doesn't reattach them somewhere else, making new links. Or whatever. (I'm not a doctor, I just read wikipedia) Rather, getting hit with a dose of radiation does not enable you project your inner anger into a half-ton, green monster but rather makes you look like this. Radiation sickness is a very slow and very painful way to die. And honestly that's how 99% of us (and the cock roaches) would end up should the entire nuclear arsenal explode. Problem with humans is that we breed slowly and have exceptionally long lifespans. Our rate of mutation would NEVER keep up with ecological or nuclear disasters. That is unless ... There are already mutants among us (or the latent mutant gene) and its just waiting for a surge of 1,000,000 rads to unleash its awesome potential. You know what, I was wrong. Long live the mutants! (Please let me have the gene, please let me have the gene, please let me have the gene)