In Armageddon (1998), parts of the impending asteroid strike Paris. (Image credit: Touchstone Pictures) Both "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" were perfectly timed to capitalize on Hollywood's pre ...

‘Deep Impact,’ ‘Armageddon’: How two ’98 movies tackled doom from above 25 summers ago, filmgoers had their choice of cataclysmic comet movies — one with big stars and big noise, the ...

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Wood breaks down why Deep Impact is more than a disaster movie. Released in the same year as Armageddon, Deep Impact sees humanity preparing for and attempting to destroy a giant comet headed ...

In a sense, the film’s attitude toward science places “Armageddon” at an ideological antipodes with “Deep Impact”: The latter movie starred Morgan Freeman as a Barack Obama-esque ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. In anticipation of the 25-year-anniversary of “Deep Impact,” Dr. Clark R. Chapman and his wife Y Chapman decided to rewatch the classic sci-fi disaster flick.

“Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” were both about asteroids potentially destroying the planet. The films were released within weeks of each other in 1998.