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Well this was more than we were bargaining for! A heart punch for our matinee... So many familiar faces, sorry if we were being annoying, we couldn't stop placing people. Is it weird how much this disaster 90's movie made me evaluate life choices? Started off Disaster Days with a bang!

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[Full Reaction] Deep Impact (1998)

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Russell Teo

Way better movie than over the top Armageddon which was released in same year

Em McG

Thanks for watching this, it was always one of my picks. I'm glad you liked it and that it had an effect on both of you. I appreciate how the astronauts are portrayed here. It makes up just a little for the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster a decade before which left a gaping wound... so to speak, in the psyche of a people. Also yes, saving humanity is worth it. That means going into space, learning more about space and the dangers that come from there. We live on one planet, we ought to know what the neighborhood is like. We need to be more comfortable out there. And also to have the perspective of looking back to see how fragile and alone is our tiny blue marble in the emptiness of space... a pale blue dot caught as if a mote shining in a beam of sunlight...

MertzRocks

About to watch. I waited an extra day to get the DVD rather than watch it streaming. I wanted to own it anyway, and DVD is cheaper than buying the movie streaming. 105 comments in barely 2 days. Must be a great reaction! Here. I. Go.........

Roger Wayne Alms

Deep Impact is one of my top ten movies of all time. I've watched it so many times that I would not have watched it again for a long time. But sharing this with you both was wonderful. I know you will love Dante's Peak. I think my only copy of Dante's Peak is VHS, so I will have to get a digital one before you air it. Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. I really enjoy these movies much more after taking Geology courses 2 years ago. Have a great rest of June and I thought you reactions were spot on.

sharkey197

When this movie came out, it was intense and disturbing, but there was the reassurance that it could never really happen. Then Covid hit and the world shut down from a disease, something I thought was impossible in this modern age So I no longer look at movies like this with scepticism. Interesting movie trivia--there was a bit of controversey in casting Morgan Freeman as the president since some felt the public would not really accept a black man as president of the United States. But ten years later, we elected one for real. Sometimes Hollywood gets the jump on the future.

Michael Gilbrook

Actually, this kind of event has happened to Earth before several times, most recently 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs were rendered extinct. This could happen just like the film depicted. We would probably see an object this big several years before it impacted, but that's still not much time to put together a deflection mission. NASA just tried its first ever asteroid deflection during the DART mission just recently, so we are starting to learn what it will take! https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-dart-mission-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space

Kevin

Having "trouble" seeing Morgan Freeman as the president (If he can play God why shouldn't he be president?) is one of those "our kids are never going to believe that this was a thing" things. I hope.

Larry Darrell

This film was right up your Alley. Glad to have been able to enjoy it with ya’ll. Thank You. This was a Real Treat. By the way… keep the Tissue Box filled. ;-) Deep Impact was directed by, One of the many underrated Female Producers and Directors of Film and TV, Mimi Leder. She directed the terrific film Pay it Forward (2000), which I believe you have seen. If you’ve never watched the series, ER (1994 - 2009) 15 Seasons, then I Highly Recommend it. Not for the channel obviously, but just to see an Amazing Series that ran for 15 years with terrific, believable characters and realistic stories. Also the series made a Star out of George Clooney. Mimi Leder was a producer and director on the first couple seasons. She was also the producer and director on another Awesome show, HBO’s The Leftovers, for all 3 Seasons. This is more doable for the channel, with only 28 episodes, if you are looking for a series to consider. And It appears Mimi Leder is working on the Apple series, The Morning Show, with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. I haven’t seen this yet, but have heard good things.

Mike Lemon

@Kevin - It wasn't a thing, the thing was, some people THOUGHT the public wouldn't accept it- those people are the bigots. There have been black movie and TV Presidents since at least the '70s (and I'm seeing, maybe the 1930s). Hell, Tiny Lister was the President just one year earlier in The Fifth Element- nobody cared.

David Freese

Why is it about race nowadays??? When this movie came out not one person I knew said it couldn't happen and we were all white and conservative. I just don't understand why it's such a problem.

Larry Darrell

Ever since this film, Morgan Freeman has been my Favorite President. I would have elected him then, and I would still elect him Today. https://youtu.be/fcLj2CVC1VU

3dbadboy1

If you're entering into the Disaster Movie genre, why not continue with the two movies that started them all, Airport (1970) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

Anthony Perez

this was a great reaction to a good movie I had not seen in a while....and FYI...not as a disaster movie but you really need to watch TENDER MERCIES with Robert Duvall...a quiet unpretentious movie that was unappreciated. A young Duvall is awesome.

Doc Savage

Ugh.. So good! Love these.

Anonymous

I'm sure this has already been recommended in the comments but y'all should definitely check out Mimi Leder's other film "The Peacemaker" with George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. A great underrated action thriller with stolen nukes and Clooney being a macho military guy saving the day.