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Children of Men (2006) Director:  Alfonso Cuarón From being cave dwellers, homo sapiens slowly evolved to learn to live in communities and eventually became the most successful species on Earth. Many related species, like the Neanderthals, lost out in this rat race. After leading an agrarian life, Man evolved to lead one of entrepreneurship and mercantilism. Schisms developed within societies between the masters and slaves. One per cent of the population came to rule over the remaining 99%. The survival of the former depended much on the toiling of the latter and their consumption. The population had to increase at a rate of at least 2.1% to maintain this status quo. Anything below that level would spell bad for business and the collapse of a population. There would be nobody to work or buy to spur the economy. As the working class became more affluent and more educated and started disbelieving the existence of Divine powers, they became less interested in having big families. Immi...

The Eternals (2021) Director: Chloe Zhao The story is actually an amalgamation of many stories, folklore mainly. After all, most world mythologies have almost a similar theme. See how often babies are left to float in a vessel by a river to escape persecution. Moses survived Pharoah's persecution and was adopted by the Pharoah's daughter in a twist of fate. Karna was left off by his unwed mother in Mahabharata to escape humiliation, only to be adopted as a charioteer to fight his younger brothers later! And see how everything comes to an end, in Armageddon, or when Kalki descends from his horse at the end Kaliyuga. Gilgamesh So, how did Judea-Christian mythology get intertwined with Hindu mythology? Simple. After destroying the First Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, Jews were taken as slaves and brought to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar and subsequent Persian conquerors. They spend 48 years in Babylon imbibing the Indus culture into their, hence, the cross-overs. King Cyrus freed them fr...