LHC as a celebrity

The Large Hadron Collider has almost become a celebrity.  It is certainly a celebrity within tech news circles.  It's spawned at least two novelty websites: www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com (NO), and some other one of a webcam pointed at it that (quuuite hilariously) depicts a great big purpley black ball rapidly expanding out of it, eventually ending with a 'webcam failure' message.  

I understand that apocalyptic scares are no novelty of this century, but this one has a deliciously futuristic taste.  These are the types of problems that future societies deal with.  I could see it being the end of a bad sci fi movie or the beginning of a good comic book: a society at the peak of its lavishness ultimately destroys itself when it's science reaches too far into the realm of God. Sounds very Kryptonian, minus the God bit, plus superpowers.