End of Ze World gets a sequel more than a decade later
In 2003, a teenage animator by the name of Jason Windsor created one of the internet’s earliest viral videos, “The End of The World.” The 1.5-minute flash video is a sort of satirical period piece, created in a post-9/11 world in which America was invading Iraq, that details how we are definitely going to blow ourselves up. In 2018, that still seems pretty likely, but a sequel to the original video shows we have a new set of problems.
The 4-minute video spins through deportation, discrimination, and Nazis, while Trump continues to tweet from the toilet. “END OF ZE WORLD …PROBABLY FOR REAL THIS TIME” introduces viewers once more to the Earth before cutting itself off. “Crazy fires,” it starts. “Hurricanes are being huge assholes….
