Category

Deep Impact

Armageddon

 

 

 

Offending chunk of rock is a

comet the size of Texas named Wolf

asteroid the size of Texas named Dottie

Brilliant idea on how to stop it is to

land on it and drill multiple holes and bury and explode nukes

land on it and drill one hole and bury and explode nuke

Earth impact in

one year

18 days

Incredible amount of stuff accomplished in that time

Underground caves built to house one million people. Shuttle propulsion system consisting of firing nuclear weapons assembled in space.

Two shuttles launch planned.  Rag tag crew of drillers space-trained.  Drill design fixed.  Deep space remote nuke detonation mechanism designed.

New funky shuttle(s) called

?

Freedom and Independence

President with world's greatest speech writers played by

Morgan Freeman

Stanley Anderson

(I've never heard of him either.)

Major city destroyed by a small chunk of main rock

New York

Paris

Term used for impact

Extinction Level Event

(As shown on UC Berkeley Paleontology website, woo hoo!)

Global Killer

Wait, is this a movie or just a big advertisement for

MSNBC

Aerosmith

Crusty old guy hero played by

Robert Duvall

Bruce Willis

Hot chick that stays on Earth and looks worried a lot played by

Tia Leoni

Liv Tyler

Moral decision

Which 800,000 people to save?

Blow the nuke before they dig the hole or give them a chance to dig it, baby?

Let's kill this guy for no reason

Jon Favreau

Entire astronaut crew of second shuttle (And, for kicks, bounce the pilot off the other shuttle's cockpit after he's sucked out into outer space)

Tidal wave created by impact described as

Two miles highs and travelling at the speed of sound

Three miles high

Nuclear winter caused by dust kicked up by impact said to last

2 years

1000 years

Money lines

"Does anyone know how big the one that killed the dinosaurs was?"

 

"You're gonna have more sex than anyone in your class."

"Really?"

 

"They don't care about getting killed.  Only about looking good on TV."

 

"Look at the bright side.  We'll all have high schools named after us."

 

"When I was 11, I took $32 from your wallet."

"When you were a baby, I once dropped you on your head."

 

"Cities are fallen, but they are re-built.  Heroes die but they are remembered."

 

"65 Million Years Later"

(Opening tag line)

 

"It might be pieces of the shuttle."

"It might be Santa Claus.  We should check it out!"

 

"I wanna name her Dottie after my wife.  She's a vicious life-sucking bitch from which there is no escape."

"That's sweet, Carl."

 

"Grace."

"Hi, Harry."

"I asked you repeatedly to call me dad."

"Sorry, Harry."

 

"This is pretty much the smartest man on the planet.  You might wanna listen to him."

 

"The United States government just asked you to save the world."

 

"You're already heroes.  Sit back and enjoy the ride."

 

"Men, this is what we trained for.  Now suck it up!"

 

"Captain America here overshot the landing site by 26 miles."

"How the hell do you know that?"

"Because I'm a genius."

 

"Oh man, what are you doing with a gun in space."

 

"Houston, you have a problem."

 

"Get off the nuclear warhead."

"I just wanna feel that kind of power between my legs."

 

"Well, we all gotta die, right?  I'm the guy who gets to do it saving the world."

Jerry's Final Thoughts

Scary, emotionally charged, great special effects, check it out.

Scary, emotionally charged, great special effects, check it out.