I've always preferred Deep Impact over Armageddon in the 1998 impact event double feature. Deep Impact focuses more on the lives on Earth and how they come to terms with the impact event as opposed to the gung-ho feel of Armageddon. We only spend a small portion of the film with the astronauts sent to destroy the comet but they ultimately make the sacrifice to save the planet. (Reuploaded to fix the frame rate)
Good review, but why the misleading clickbait title?
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majorminus92Mar 28, 2026
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It’s not misleading. They initially sent a crew to blow up the comet but it failed and created two separate pieces that were still headed toward earth. As a last ditch effort, they fired all the Titan II missiles, the most powerful ICBMs at the time in an attempt to divert the comet’s trajectory but that failed as well.
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ramriotMar 28, 2026
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Ahh, I must have blanked out that bit of the narrative. Must be because it was a very minor plot point, utterly pointless & likely to backfire catastrophically.
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