Armageddon v Deep Impact
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ELE's and movies
Deep Impact was pretty good - a solid look at the sociatal context of a ELE, and for hollywood, thoughtfully and well done.
Armageddon - BIG pile of poo - but fabulous CGI graphics. They are both repeated fairly often here on late night TV. Lack of real science, but hey - it was esacpist fluff al la GOR etc...
When you think they can not get any dumber - they put out The Core - Lets ignore science, and I knew right from the moment each character waliked into the screen how and aprox when they would die etc... cookie cutter sort of Harlequin Romance meets GOR, really glad I saw it on TV and never paid to watch it.
Deep Impact was pretty good - a solid look at the sociatal context of a ELE, and for hollywood, thoughtfully and well done.
Armageddon - BIG pile of poo - but fabulous CGI graphics. They are both repeated fairly often here on late night TV. Lack of real science, but hey - it was esacpist fluff al la GOR etc...
When you think they can not get any dumber - they put out The Core - Lets ignore science, and I knew right from the moment each character waliked into the screen how and aprox when they would die etc... cookie cutter sort of Harlequin Romance meets GOR, really glad I saw it on TV and never paid to watch it.
Other Books/movies
Nevil Shute was an Aussie ?? Lord love a duck - all these years I thought he was a Brit.
On The Beach is remarkable because the book and the movie were so well done. I read the book as a teenager, 30 years ago(??) and was creeped out - didn't see the movie until 10 years ago, it was really well done. The scene where the naval explorer is walking through the base looking for the source of the signal was particulary creepy. And Fred Astaire !!
Day of the Triffids is another one I read as a teenager -after seeing some terrible american make of it on Saturday Night Horror show - the story was SO much better. (The movie ends up in a Light House where - well, maybe yoou want to try to watch it yourself some day.)
I just saw a British remake which upgraded it a bit, the characters were more or less the same, but they tried to explain the science to much - it doesn't matter if the Triffids were genetic experiments gone wrong or whatever - it was the society afterwards that was important.
Nevil Shute was an Aussie ?? Lord love a duck - all these years I thought he was a Brit.
On The Beach is remarkable because the book and the movie were so well done. I read the book as a teenager, 30 years ago(??) and was creeped out - didn't see the movie until 10 years ago, it was really well done. The scene where the naval explorer is walking through the base looking for the source of the signal was particulary creepy. And Fred Astaire !!
Day of the Triffids is another one I read as a teenager -after seeing some terrible american make of it on Saturday Night Horror show - the story was SO much better. (The movie ends up in a Light House where - well, maybe yoou want to try to watch it yourself some day.)
I just saw a British remake which upgraded it a bit, the characters were more or less the same, but they tried to explain the science to much - it doesn't matter if the Triffids were genetic experiments gone wrong or whatever - it was the society afterwards that was important.
Deep impact is for the thinking man,Armageddon for chilling out and watching....... an Action Hero movie..... have a few beers and put your brain into neutral!
Deep Impact is more a suspense movie with political story line wove in to it, and is my favorite too.
It's truer to what could happen if such a disaster were to happen, the physics in it are truer to real life.... unlike Armageddon.
I find both fun but in different ways.
Deep Impact is more a suspense movie with political story line wove in to it, and is my favorite too.
It's truer to what could happen if such a disaster were to happen, the physics in it are truer to real life.... unlike Armageddon.
I find both fun but in different ways.
Tonyblack said:
Q, have you read Day of the Triffids? It's one of my favourites and no one has really done it justice on the large or small screen. 
Re: Other Books/movies
Tony, do you need some help with quotes? 
Apparently so.
Don't tell Del...
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Tonyblack said:
Daniel.Roscoe@gmail.com said:
Nevil Shute was an Aussie ?? Lord love a duck - all these years I thought he was a Brit.
He was British, he just wrote a lot of books about Australia.
He was British, he just wrote a lot of books about Australia.
Quatermass said:
Tonyblack said:
Q, have you read Day of the Triffids? It's one of my favourites and no one has really done it justice on the large or small screen.
As towards books V movies... I never compare the two... they are different mediums.... and I enjoy both as if they are seperate stories... its the nature of the beast unfortunately.
And I agree Roscoe.... its was how the people of the Triffids managed that always fascinacted me about the book. But then that is always a running theme in end of world books... do you look after yourself or help others....
