Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time i comment. The first broadcast of the movie produced some of vh1s highest ever tv ratings. Inspire your inbox sign up for daily fun facts about this day in history, updates, and special offers. Once you get that oh, come on feeling, i disengage myself from the movie a bit, and the fun drops. Did you know these fun facts and interesting bits of information. How armageddon became the ultimate disaster movie in more. Ben affleck has practically disowned the movie, even repeatedly making fun of it. The word armageddon appears only once in the greek new testament.
Abrams was a scifi master with lost and the rebooted star trek movies. I thought it was a very decent movie and i recommend it, especially for people who are very interested in knowing more about this awesome band. Aug 02, 2015 armageddon movie and nasa wtf fun facts. There are some scantily clad women in a bar scene and bruce willis walks.
The film follows a group of bluecollar deepcore drillers sent by nasa to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with earth. One of the most important aspects of a film, especially a science fiction, is the suspension of disbelief. Armageddon critics consensus lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the movies antagonist, armageddon slickly sums up the cinematic legacies of producer jerry. Armageddon 1998 film movie film gif film daction bon film see movie movie list armageddon movie film mythique photo star. Armageddon is happening in the midst of the seven last plagues. See more ideas about armageddon movie, movies and i movie. During the movie s opening scene, you watch the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs some 65 million years hitting earth near the caribbean you can see cuba and yucatan. In the 1998 movie armageddon, an asteroid the size of texas threatens to collide with earth in 18 days. Because if so, armageddon might be the best movie ever made. Notice what happens here when it talks about armageddon. Sep 16, 2014 in the 1998 movie armageddon, an asteroid the size of texas threatens to collide with earth in 18 days. After discovering that an asteroid the size of texas is going to impact earth in less than a month, nasa recruits a misfit team of deepcore drillers to save the planet. Thornton told him the love story was such a factor in that movie becoming a monster success that the people behind armageddon felt there needed to be a strong love story there, too.
In israel there is a small city, that is in the azrieli vally, called megiddo. Many tudorera religious radicals believed then, exactly as christian fundamentalists do today, that they lived in the last days before armageddon and, again just as now, saw signs all around in the world that they took as certain proof that the apocalypse was imminent. October 6, 2016 by mariaelpida flessa leave a comment pirates of the caribbean is a series of fantasy swashbuckler films produced by jerry bruckheimer and based on walt disneys theme park ride of the same name. Armageddon critics consensus lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the movie s antagonist, armageddon slickly sums up the cinematic legacies of producer jerry. Amazing facts 247 television station featuring the best in bible study streamed lived and ondemand. Movie facts 1 since the theme of the script centered on patriotism and the past success of tom cruises top gun that boosted recruitment as a result a.
Released in 1998, armageddon starred bruce willis and ben affleck as. The logicdefying apocalypse movie made at a time before we were. We may be nearing the end time and the final chapter of human history. But the piece of rock just six miles wide changed all that. Armageddon is mentioned in the bible only once, in the revelation to john, or the apocalypse of st. An asteroid the size of texas is heading directly toward earth at 22,000 mph. Thats why its fun to talk about, because its such a hollywood thing.
The cosmic battle of the ages is book 11 of the new york times bestselling left behind series. Nasa were using the movie as training for their own engineers to say tell us how much they did wrong in armageddon. Movies ac this category is for questions and answers related to armageddon. A piece of rock just 6 miles wide changed all that. Movie fun facts you wont believe whos behind these hit movies. In the 1998 movie armageddon, an asteroid the size of texas. Even bruce willis couldnt save earth from armageddon. Armageddon was released in june of 1998 but the more serious and engrossing version of the same type of story about a large asteroid on a collision course with earth was offered by the film deep impact a month earlier featuring an amazing tea leoni as reporter jenny lerner.
But right from the start, the film gets the facts wrong. Despite its entertainment value, the film is fantastically inaccurate, astronomer phil. In the film, a team led by bruce willis plants a nuclear bomb deep inside a 600milewide. The mountain of megiddo is a small mountain which had a big roman fort. For some reason, people enjoy seeing stories about massive. Get the scoop on the movie armageddon with fun facts, interesting trivia, youtube gems and behindthescenes information in our tribute to armageddon. This is the earth, at a time when the dinosaurs roamed a lush and fertile planet. Armageddon in 35mm is being shown at the cameo, edinburgh, on june 5.
Released just two months after a similar disaster movie, deep impact, armageddon was the second highest grossing movie in 1998 after saving private ryan and was nominated for four academy awards. Armageddon 1998 behind the scenes movie facts and features. Mar 29, 2016 the docudrama was portraying the bands history between 1977 through 1986. I was disappointed by this movie, and not just because of the scientific ludicrousness. Armageddon countdown most amazing prophecies amazing. Armageddon, doomsday, the final battle, and apocalypse in this video, many of these prophecies come together into one strong warning. Its the final battle where those who worship the beast and his image try to exterminate those who worship god. Sabbath school study hour helping you get the most out of your sabbath school quarterly every week. This word comes from the hebrew har megiddo, which means mountain of megiddo.
Unleashed on april 8, 2003 in the wake of a 5 million dollar ad campaign, this blockbuster is still being read across the u. Wtf facts page 793 of 3 wtf facts funny, interesting. If you only want some normal absurdity, like parents letting their 14yearolds go the full romeo and juliet deep impact is for you. Armageddon countdown most amazing prophecies amazing facts. Categories movies tags armageddon, facts, nasa, science leave a comment post navigation. During the movies opening scene, you watch the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs some 65 million years hitting earth near the caribbean you can see cuba and yucatan. Armageddon is a 1998 american science fiction disaster film produced and directed by michael bay, produced by jerry bruckheimer, and released by touchstone pictures. In fact, scientists sometimes only discover some of these nearby space rocks. Aug 03, 2015 armageddon movie and nasa wtf fun facts. We may be nearing the end time and the final chapter of. To save the planet from destruction, a ragtag team of deepsea oil. Jun 02, 2018 released just two months after a similar disaster movie, deep impact, armageddon was the second highest grossing movie in 1998 after saving private ryan and was nominated for four academy awards. With bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck, liv tyler.
Everything wrong with armageddon according to an astrophysicist. It turns out the 1998 asteroid disaster movie armageddon was a tad unrealistic. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Nasas executive director, dan truman, has only one option to send up a crew to destroy the asteroid.
Deep impact facts nucleus split in two diam1 1 mi r 0. Armageddon, in the new testament, place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of god at the end of history. This is probably due to the fact that the movies godzilla and armageddon came out during the. Armageddon is a great movie and many people love it. The docudrama was portraying the bands history between 1977 through 1986. Enter your email by signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from encyclopaedia britannica.