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Deep Impact was made to capitalize on the success of the similarly themed Armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more accurate. [4] [5] Deep Impact was slightly better received critically than Armageddon, although both ultimately received mixed reviews.
In the summer of 1998, Hollywood offered up not one, but two blockbuster films about asteroids hurtling towards Earth. Released on May 8 of that year, Deep Impact, directed by Mimi Leder, told a ...
In 1998, the movies Deep Impact and Armageddon popularised the notion that near-Earth objects could cause catastrophic impacts. [75] Also at that time, a conspiracy theory arose about a supposed 2003 impact of a planet called Nibiru with Earth, which persisted on the internet as the predicted impact date was moved to 2012 and then 2017. [77]
According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Armageddon (/ ˌ ɑːr m ə ˈ ɡ ɛ d ən / AR-mə-GHED-ən; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών, romanized: Harmagedṓn; [1] [2] Late Latin: Armagedōn; [3] from Hebrew: הַר מְגִדּוֹ, romanized: Har Məgīddō) is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times ...
The following year saw dueling big-budget summer blockbuster movies Deep Impact (1998) and Armageddon (1998), both of which involved efforts to save the Earth from, respectively, a rogue comet and an asteroid, by landing crews upon them to detonate nuclear weapons there in hopes of destroying them.
Deep Impact: 1998 Armageddon: 1998 Also Doomsday Rock (1997), Asteroid (1997), Judgment Day (1998), and Tycus (1998). All are global catastrophic risk disaster films centered around an impending impact event that threatens to end most or all life on Earth. [9] [10] Saving Private Ryan: 1998 The Thin Red Line: 1998 Also Life Is Beautiful (1997).
The deal was to be based on better implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. Both sides complained of repeated violations of ...
In the paragraph that compares Deep Impact with Armageddon, there appears the statement that "Deep Impact's story is generally considered to be more serious than Armageddon," which I believe to be "weasel-worded" (and this despite the fact that I actually liked Deep Impact better). 69.140.164.142 08:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)