What lies beneath

Even in a shallow pool, it is not always easy to see what lies beneath. It has been said "the eyes are the windows to the soul", yet to see behind the facade is much more difficult. Give a man a mask, and he will show you his true nature.
For quite some time now, we have been bombarded by Hollywood with disaster movies, one after another. Volcano, 2012, Armegeddon just to name a few, and the ending is always the same, the hero comes to the rescue, and everythings going to be fine. In life, things are not always going to be fine. What if in Volcano, for example, Tommy lee hadn't escaped the falling building, or if the eruption had triggered an earthquake that destroyed the entire pacific coastline?  Just as with the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the hero doesn't always ride to the rescue, and mostly, things are not going to be just fine. In reality, people die, homes are destroyed, and heroes just don't have enough time to save everyone. The difference between living, and dying is in our own hands.
So why is it I wonder, that in the midst of massive destruction, all the victims in Volcano, found racial equality, conquered mother natures destructive fury, or as in Armegeddon " a species has the knowledge to prevent its own destruction". Is this a message that is being bored into our psyche, not to worry about all this destruction, that a hero will ride to the rescue? What would happen to the electronics industry if everyone decided to prepare for an uncertain future, and understood that the latest electronic gadget is the first thing that is going to fail? Is it a coincidence that the largest, most prolific news media, is also an entertainment media? hmmm.