Sunday, September 12, 2010

Meteor Apocalypse

Joe Lando, Claudia Christian (2010) A gigantic, disintegrating meteor showers the Earth with debris.

Basic summary, after watching the first half hour: Earth tries to pull and Armageddon, and blow up a meteor with missiles, rather than a shuttle thing. And distinctly less Peter Stormare. But it all fails. And then stupidly precise meteors (or is it meterorites) hit famous landmarks and plot-convenient places and things with comical precision. And then the water got poisoned. For some inexplicable reason.

Centers for Disease Containment? In D.C.? Intriguing.

Also the head of the CDC group involved in the government response just said "We're gonna do it right this time." Which implies that their track record isn't so stellar. Perhaps they should leave it to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Because, you know, they actually exist. And are professionals at this, and all...

Cue Willem Dafoe with mussy hair shooting a pistol into the sky: And then there was an..... ATV CHASE!!!!

Yeah, that makes about as much sense as it sounds like.

Again with the comical precision of meteorites hitting dramatically convenient places and things..

Also, the new acting director of the Centers for Disease Containment refers to it as the Center of Disease Containment. You'd think that he might have some idea of the actual name of the agency he's usurping command of.

Also, this movie seems to be the story of some guy who looks a disturbing amount like Tom Bergeron, who wanders about, and eventually finds his family.

1 comment:

Su said...

I love Tom Bergeron.