THE END IS NEAR Nov 20, 2009
The movie is a mixture of "Independence Day," "Deep Impact," "The Day After Tomorrow," and even a little bit of "Titanic." Nothing is new or spectacular. If you are going to blow this much money on special effects and no story, the film has to have a "wow" moment that blows you out of your seat. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Crater: 175 million tons of rock were blown out. Nov 19, 2009
Meteor Crater: Deep impact of heavenly debris ... Meteor Crater: Deep impact of heavenly debris ... They include Deep Impact and Armageddon. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Pick your doom Nov 17, 2009
Poll: What s your favorite apocalypse movie. John Cusack tries to outrun the end of the world in '2012. (The Palm Beach Post)
Doomsday theory Nov 16, 2009
Briefly, the choice of doomsday du jour then became bigger and badder in the form of meteors ala Deep Impact and Armageddon, and the theory proved to be quite a hit (Get it. Kapow. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Disaster Week: IGN's Disaster Movie Showcase Nov 13, 2009
In Deep Impact, one of 1998's two "meteor crashing to Earth" movies, President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) calls upon an international team of astronauts (Robert Duvall, Ron Eldard, Blair Underwood and Jon Favreau) to repel a comet that's on a collision course for Earth by landing on the comet and nuking it. Although Deep Impact doesn't enjoy the broader appreciation that its competitor Armageddon seems to have, the film at least takes its high concept crisis seriously. (IGN FilmForce)
Apocalypse now and then: Tracing disaster films from ‘2012’ to ‘When Worlds Collide’ Nov 8, 2009
A comet does the damage, or threatens to, in both Deep Impact (1998) and Night of the Comet (1984). Another planet wipes out Earth in When Worlds Collide (1951), directed by the great cinematographer Rudolph Mat. (Boston Globe)
LCROSS Hit — But Was Anything Seen? Oct 13, 2009
com - News from Sky & Telescope - LCROSS Hit But Was Anything Seen. Contributor Guidelines. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
NASA Probes Give Moon One-Two Punch Oct 10, 2009
"We've been brainwashed by Hollywood to expect the money shot, like 'Deep Impact' or when Bruce Willis saves us from a comet," said physicist and television host Michio Kaku, who was not part of the mission. "Science is not done that way.". (Click2Houston, TX)
India finds water on moon Sep 26, 2009
Aeronautics and Space Administration's Deep Impact probe and the US-European Cassini satellite. Liquid quantities are small, yielding around a liter of water from a cubic meter of soil, but they could prove crucial for any future colonization efforts. (Asia Times Online)
NASA Press Conference on Moon Discoveries Sep 25, 2009
- Jessica Sunshine, deputy principal investigator for NASA's Deep Impact extended mission and co-investigator for Moon Mineralogy Mapper, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland. Reporters unable to attend the briefing may ask questions by telephone. (NASA Watch)
Spacecraft see 'damp' Moon soils Sep 24, 2009
Two other spacecraft to look at the Moon - Nasa's Deep Impact probe and the US-European Cassini satellite - back up Chandrayaan. Both collected their Moon data long before Chandrayaan was launched (in the case of Cassini, 10 years ago), but the significance of what they saw is only now being realised. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Hollywood Destroys the World; New wave of disaster movies, TV shows... Aug 1, 2009
(1998): Director Michael Bay s film was emblematic of the disaster movie craze of the late 1990s that included other asteroid films such as Deep Impact and a spate of nature-related ones including Twister and Volcano ... The run-up to the millennium saw a boomlet of effects-driven disaster epics, including Armageddon and Deep Impact. (The Drudge Report)
W-07/10/2009-78L-JEFFERSON-NA-TRIVIA-trivia.712 Trivia Quiz Jul 13, 2009
8) Who played the U.S. president in Deep Impact (1998). 9) In which 2003 adventure did Hilary Swank play the captain of a special vehicle sent into the depths of Earth to start the planet rotating again. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (July 5, 2009) Jul 5, 2009
Director Mimi Leder ( Deep Impact ) delivers a heist flick that went straight to DVD - the only unpredictable thing about it, really. Extras: Production featurette. (Boston Globe)
Featured Filmmaker: Michael Bay Jun 27, 2009
A case in point would be 1998's Armageddon, which arrived at a time when the disaster genre was back in vogue -- and yet managed to outdo most of its rivals, including the competing asteroid movie Deep Impact, which had been released just two months earlier. Of course, that movie had a more realistic, not quite as happy ending when compared to Armageddon -- so doesn't it figure that Armageddon proved to be the real moneymaker. (IGN FilmForce)
Malaysians remember Michael and Farrah Jun 26, 2009
He has a very deep impact to the music world and he is undoubtedly one of the unique icons that cannot be duplicated. Most of the adults today grew up with Michael Jackson and its very sad to hear his demise. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Reporters' log: Iran upheaval Jun 18, 2009
Is US President Barack Obama saying too little or too much about events that will have a deep impact on American foreign policy. Writing in the the Washington Post newspaper, conservative analyst Robert Kagan argues that the Obama administration needs a quick resolution of the controversy surrounding the Iranian election so that it can get down to business and begin negotiations with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about Iran's nuclear programme. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sub-Genres of the Hollywood Thrille... May 31, 2009
Sub-Genres of the Hollywood Thriller. Sub-Genres of the Hollywood Thriller. (Suite101.com)
Darth Mandrake May 20, 2009
Now (Deep Impact, The Peacemaker) is directing, and will costar (though it's unclear as who at this point) alongside Christensen. How do you feel about going to see a comic book movie starring Christensen and Hounsou. (IGN FilmForce)
Sentinel Lunchtime Blog (Movies): When movies get lost in space (27) May 7, 2009
The only combination that did work was Deep Impact and Armageddon, the former being the good movie and the latter being the unfortunate money-maker, but neither of which were really space-oriented outside of blowing up an asteroid. Among all of the films that take place in space (not the movies about aliens that occur on Earth), there are the shining gems in the science-fiction genre. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Giant Tsunami Once Washed Over New York Area May 5, 2009
Remember that huge tidal wave cresting over lower Manhattan in the 1998 asteroid-disaster movie "Deep Impact". Well, it really may have happened, but long before any skyscrapers were built around 300 B.C., in fact. (Fox News)
Spencer Azizul makes impact with gory anti-smoking ads Apr 18, 2009
No doubt the images have a deep impact and at the same time, it educates the people, he says. Spencer Azizul is preparing the next phase of the campaign, which is expected to start next month. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Ice Cube Plays Racist Cop in New Comedy Apr 1, 2009
Deep Impact and Armeggedon. big old meteors/asteroids destroying the Earth). (Slate)
TV, films boldly go down scientific path Mar 28, 2009
The 1998 film Deep Impact featured some shaky science in its plot to divert a massive asteroid from Earth with nuclear bombs, he notes, but is widely credited by astronomers with raising public awareness of the threat from "Near Earth" asteroids and helping secure funding for asteroid surveys. "I would say some representations of science can significantly impact public understanding," for better and for worse, Kirby says. (USA Today -- Tech)
Rising seas to hit New York hard Mar 16, 2009
WA Today - Business News, World News & Breaking News in Australia Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. March 16, 2009 - 11:13AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Asteroid passes close to Earth Mar 5, 2009
In either case, he said, a global catastrophe as depicted in Hollywood movies such as "Deep Impact" is "very, very unlikely.". The 2009 DD45 asteroid circles the sun every 18 months, but its path will not threaten this planet at least for the next century, he said. (CNN -- Law)
Politics: Day Of Reaganing Feb 26, 2009
As Barack Obama spoke Tuesday night, he sounded like the fictional, post-apocalyptic president Morgan Freeman played in the movie "Deep Impact." After an asteroid impact triggers a mega-tsunami destroying the East Coast, Freeman stands before the half-collapsed Capitol dome and declares: "Cities fall, but they are rebuilt . . . So now, let us begin.". According to President Obama, the financial crisis is an "extinction-level event," an impending doomsday. (Investors Business Daily)
Slain California newspaper editor has posthumous impact Feb 24, 2009
The group, named The Chauncey Bailey Project, has had a deep impact on Oakland's public life, revealing a jailhouse videotape that suggested a wider conspiracy in the murder, one the police seemingly ignored. The group helped force the resignation of the Oakland police chief, Wayne Tucker. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
