Hi Kirk, Yeah, I guess the movie was a little bit entertaining, and that's why they made it. I just wish they would make them more accurate. A little bit of "artistic license" is fine, but most movies these days are waaaaaaaay off. :-) But, as long as they keep making movies (and TV shows) about meteors/meteorites, I shouldn't complain too loudly. Speaking of TV shows, Meteorite Men is on again tonight (Science Channel on cable/satellite). Time to pop the popcorn and grab a beer! Just kidding. I don't like popcorn. ;-)
Regards, Bob -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Becky and Kirk Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:46 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy The movie was at least entertaining---to a certain degree. No accuracy was really expected----was it?? Kirk......:-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Loeffler" <b...@peaktopeak.com> To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy > My favorite from the 70's was "A Fire in the Sky" from 1978 (not the > crappy > ET movie with the same name from 1993 with DB Sweeney). It had Richard > Crenna and Merlin Olson in it. See here: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077553/ Not a great cast, but I think I > liked > it because (1) it was about a comet that was going to hit Phoenix... and > I'm > from Phoenix, (2) it actually hit Phoenix in the movie... instead of being > blown up by nuclear warheads just before entering the atmosphere, and (3) > I > was only 10 years old at the time... so it was believable. If I saw it > again today, I might not like it as much. :-) > > Anyway, I did see "Meteor Storm" last night on SyFy and it was as bad as I > expected. I haven't seen a good movie on SyFy in years... but for some > odd > reason, I still flip the channel to it, just in case they might have a > good > movie for once. I loved it when the lady said that the meteorites were > the > size of bullets (when she was on Alcatraz Island), but 10 seconds earlier > when she had one in her hand and was studying it, it was about the size of > her fist. :-) And even though the meteorites were supposed to be small, > they would take out 3 floors of an office or apartment building when they > hit, yet impacts to people or the ground caused holes that were just a few > inches in diameter. As expected, the special effects were horrible, > especially the flames from the Aries rocket that they launched at the end > of > the movie. The flames looked like they were made on an old PC computer > using CGA (not CGI) EGA graphics. Instead of a smooth progression from > one > color to another, you could see a definite yellow area, then a definite > orange area, etc. At least the acting wasn't horrible. Not great, but > not > the worst I've seen. > > It was just another really bad movie that won't help the education of > humanity. But, obviously, it was only meant for mindless entertainment. > Mindless? Yes. Entertainment? I'm not sure about that. :-) > > But, there was at least one thing that I think was good. The big asteroid > that was going to hit at the end of the movie was called Apophis, which is > a > real NEO (near Earth object). Good for them. There was one other good > thing, > but I can't remember it. Sorry. > > Regards, > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of > lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:37 AM > To: Walter Branch > Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy > > Walter: > > They also had "Meteor" on (1979), which predates all the disasteroid > movies that came out at the time of Shoemaker-Levy 9. > > Not quite as bad a movie, but not the bast in the world given it cast: > > Sean Connery (Bond, James Bond) > Karl Malden > > those famous Russian actors > Natalie Wood and Brian Keith > > many more famous actors > > and a cast of thousands (at least hundreds) as it includes all those > people in "red shirts" that you know are going to die. > > All of these gems for now quite so good science. > > It has been a while since I have seen it, but now have nice copies of them > that I can bring to class. > > Larry > > > >> They had a movie called Asteroid on earlier today. That one is a real >> keeper as well. I love it when rocks just explode into huge fireballs on >> impact with the ground :-) >> >> -Walter Branch >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu> >> To: "Elizabeth Warner" <warne...@astro.umd.edu> >> Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy >> >> >>> Thanks for the link. It is on in 20 minutes (10:00 here in Tucson). It >>> looks like a "gem," something that I can use in my class as an example >>> of >>> what is wrong with this scene? >>> >>> Larry >>> >>>> So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy? >>>> >>>> http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/ >>>> > http://www.sfuniverse.com/2010/01/29/michael-trucco-talks-battlestar-big-ban > g-and-one-huge-meteor-storm/ >>>> >>>> Clear Skies! >>>> Elizabeth > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2659 - Release Date: 01/30/10 23:39:00 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list