Meteor Storm

Michael Trucco, Kari Matchett (2010) An astronomer must save San Francisco from a barrage of meteor strikes.

Syfy Saturday movie from 1/30.

You might remember Michael Trucco from his role as Samuel T. Anders on Battlestar Galactica. One of the best characters in the show. As in, he wasn't a big part of the show during the middle piece of the show, so therefore he wasn't in a bunch of the episodes that were very poorly written. And therefore there weren't really any episodes where you got really annoyed by how wienerific the character was being.

And he's especially badass because he rides a motorcycle. Or has been riding a motorcycle in every scene he's been in thus far.

And the place that seems to have become the object of God's wrath in this movie is San Francisco. So, I guess if you have a meteorite-phobia, you should probably avoid the Bay area.

I'm guessing that among Michael Trucco's demands for being in this movie was a motorcycle. I think we're up to a grand total of one scene where he wasn't on or near his bike. I guess they needed the one obligatory headquarters scene.

Also, the reporter is Flash Gordon! Didn't recognize him for quite some time, but it finally hit me why he was so familiar...

And apparently we don't actually need any sort of FEMA for the government. All we need is a cylon and a motorcycle. Guess I just ruined the identity of one of the Final Five cylons in Battlestar Galactica. Or at least, now I completely have, if I hadn't before. Because it seems that his solution to any problem is "I'll be right there!" followed by putting on his helmet, and riding off.

And it looks like Michael Trucco's about to go on a meteorite killing rampage. Because it looks like meteorites just conspired with the Golden Gate Bridge to kill his sister-in-law. I'm hoping he takes up arms for no apparent reason. It'd be nice if he used a UMP-45 or a Desert Eagle. Just to cement his Sam Anders-ness.

Also, if your cell phone ever loses signal, you're probably about to be obliterated by meteorites. FYI. Never mind the fact that you just entered a cave, or your phone just ran out of batteries, or whatever. Its definitely meteorites.

Also, another non-motorcycle scene! However, its just a vehicle (see what I did there) to give Sam the next place to ride to on his bike.

And they've named the asteroid that's causing all this jibba jabba Apophis. As in the "god" who Teal'c used to "worship" on SG1.

And, sadly, there have been a fair few scenes where Michael Trucco hasn't been anywhere near his motorcycle. Its kinda making me sad.

And they were doing pretty well with the computer graphics, until they started launching rockets. Those were all pretty terrible. And I mean really bad. Really, really bad.

And, yay! Happy ending. I guess we'll just gloss over the whole "EMP caused by detonation of nuclear weapon in the upper atmosphere" thing. Mainly because it would have happened during the credits sequence. Take that, credits!