GrayBeard Wrote:Weren't they the exact same movie, but with different actors?
One realistic and one not? Didn't both movies have some idiots drilling on an asteroid to blow it in half?
Nope. Entirely different plots.
Deep Impact brought science into the movie and -- I thought -- did a good job of making things belieavable. In the very least, that movie
tried to be realistic and didn't treat me like merely an action-craving idiot. And, when it comes to a disaster movie, that's all I ask.
The astronauts in
Deep Impact tried to drill on the comet, but they didn't make it far down enough by the time they had to get off the rock. And, they only ended up blowing off a chunk of it because of that. All of that seems somewhat realistic to me.
Now, in
Armageddon, there was some kind of imaginary line drawn up in space that the asteroid couldn't pass before you blew it up into pieces that barely missed Earth. Throw in a countdown that ends with the asteroid blowing up with one second on the clock (or something ridiculous like that). How in the world anyone could know what an explosion would do to an asteroid, and what the
exact point in space that it couldn't cross before being blown up is beyond me. That kind of outlandishness just insults my intelligence.
Once again, I realize it's a disaster movie -- and I know that going in. That's why I still appreciate movies like
Deep Impact and
The Day After Tomorrow. But, if you make it too Hollywood, I'll call you out on it....
-JD