They were on the right track with animal crackers, but I would've used the frosted Carousel ones. But I might be so distracted by the cookies, I'd ignore the lady. Haha
Chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. Although Im not sure how to "play" a cake. Should be interesting(?) Btw... are yall planning on doing a M3GAN reaction vid? FUN!!!!
Lev is my spirit animal. Got a stubborn mechanical problem that won't yield to any of the "usual" solutions? Grab a wrench and pummel the absolute _hell_ out of it!
Bay knew what kind of film he was making. It was fun, exciting, funny, heartwarming and sad when it needed to be. On the DVD commentary, Ben Affleck said at one point he did ask Bay, "why would it be easier to train drillers to be astronauts than astronauts to drill," and he said Bay told him to "shut up."
To be fair, all the drillers were being trained to do was drill on an asteroid - they were already experts at the task, they just had to learn to do it in a drastically different environment. And they still had a team of astronauts with them to do the harder stuff like piloting the shuttles and so forth. The astronauts knew literally nothing about oil drilling, and as Harry explains in the movie, it's much more difficult and unpredictable than it looks. So yeah, the movie strains credulity, but it does a pretty good job of justifying its own plot.
@@jculver1674 True, they weren't expected to do any astronaut stuff. All they needed to do was drill a hole. The real question that needed to be asked is why they were going to have 2 teams drilling at the same time. If both teams lands safely they probably don't get the hole drilled because both teams would have ran out of backup parts.
I also would have accepted the reason "because watching a montage of 'average people' going through astronaut training is infinitely more entertaining than watching astronauts go through drilling training."
I saw this in Taiwan when it first came out; the audience reading the subtitles broke into laughter over the line about "American, Russian, all made in Taiwan" before the English line was spoken. Also, this movie is used as a training film by NASA on how many mistakes in astronomy and space travel you can find.
I totally forgot that this is where I knew Keith David from. My whole time playing Mass Effect, it kept bugging me where I’d heard Andersen’s voice before.
Michael Clarke Duncan worked as a ditch digger for a gas company in Chicago before moving to LA to try and get into acting. He was mainly stuck playing bodyguard type extras, while working as a bodyguard and security to make ends meet. After several years he got his big break in Armageddon. He called his old friends from his ditch digging days to tell them the good news and they all laughed at him, assuming he was making it up. Bruce Willis got on the line, chastised them for being jerks and then complimented Duncan's performance and work ethic. The two went on to do several films together, and Willis even helped Duncan get the role in the Green Mile that would see him nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Parallel movie for Armageddon is "Deep Impact". Came out the same year, but different feeling, more realistic. Definitely worth a watch. Consider reacting!
@@lionhead123 Right up there with space herpes...a symptom being when you notice the hamsters used in the experiments seem to have exploded from the rectum outward...
The guy riding the nuke was actually mimicking the scene from the movie "Dr. Strangelove", where the cowboy happens to be launched with a nuke within his legs.
Ben Affleck's commentary on the DVD release is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. He just talks shit about the movie the whole time and does hilarious impressions. His commentary on the scene where Willis is looking over the drill and saying he needs his team. "I need my guys" "Why?" "Because they're the B E S T"
They didn't need to learn what astronauts learn, they had astronauts to do that stuff on each shuttle. The important part was if something goes wrong whilst drilling, they needed experienced people who knew what to do, or how to get round a problem. It makes total sense when you actually think about it. The astronaut bit was the easy bit, the drilling was the important part.
@@daveaglasgowAgreed....its a bit silly but the movie was pure popcorn stuff but what you said makes sense. If something goes wrong they wont be able to fix it
Fun Fact: NASA shows this movie during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.
The whole movie is an error, there are no parts of it that resemble reality. If NASA is using a fictional movie in a training programme the budget cuts have gone too far
I'm occasionally asked "What's the worst science-violating movie ever". My answer was Disney’s "The Black Hole" (1979) - until “Armageddon" (1998) came along, which violated more laws of physics (per minute) than any other film in the universe. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson
Liv Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith singer Steve Tyler, was actually talking to her dad in the scene from space. They cut in Bruce Willis' face on the screens, but when filming the scene Liv was seeing and talking to her dad. They wanted real emotions for that scene. Also, the official music video for the song I Dont Want To Miss A Thing shows Aerosmith performing with military musicians. I believe Aerosmith was the first rock band to perform with the military.
In the DVD commentary Steve recalls how the shooting of Liv's scene was also the deciding factor where he agreed to supply the music for the movie, too.
Incorrect. The band Leningrad Cowboys (a Finnish rock band) performed and even toured with the (Russian) Red Army Choir years before the film Armageddon…and I’m sure many other rock bands have played with military choirs or bands before.
I havent seen anybody from the reaction community react to Deep Impact, which is a more serious, realistic and dramatic take on the same scenario. You should consider doing it.
80's and 90's action movies require 1 thing from viewers... suspend logic. These movies were popcorn fun movies, you just have to go into them knowing the science is wrong, the situation is overblown and there will be really cheesy moments. That' why they were great.
Pretty sure it was bird shot, but still. Discharging any firearm on a multi-billion dollar, corporately owned, gigantic machine that weighs more than an aircraft carrier, designed specifically to wrench flammable materials out of the ground - is really fucking stupid.
To answer George's question, yes that actor Keith David has done a lot of VO work, including MASS EFFECT. He's one of my favorites since he also did voices on GARGOYLES (my favorite animated series) and PRINCESS MONONOKE.
the audio commentary of this movie with ben affleck is hilarious, he critiques the movie like you do regarding training astronauts to drill and vice versa. a must watch along and listen
Ok, I haven’t watched the reaction yet but just wanted to say it was so cool to see you both helping out at the 2023 Poppie awards!! I love Cassie and Carly, and your presentation was stellar!!
Oh how I love this film! Made the rookie mistake of watching it for the 1st time whilst heavily pregnant and ridiculously hormonal. You'd think i would have learnt my lesson after doing the exact same thing with Titanic. Alas, no. The heartbreak was real & the sobs were ugly 🤣
To me, this was always a romance and a father daughter movie first, and a space/end of the world movie second. As a little kid, the wedding scene during the credits was always my favorite part, and I would get so upset when it was playing on TV and they would fast forward through it 😢
There should be a law preventing TV channels from doing all kinds of things to speed through the end credits. For years they didn't even show the wedding coda at all.
George, another film on the poll, Deep Impact, is a more realistic, more scientific take on the same situation. Armageddon is fun but far too cartoonish.
Agreed! If you know much about space science… at all, this one makes suspending disbelief a bit hard. But it’s still fun! Deep Impact is more realistic scientifically, socially, geopolitically, etc. Also, Morgan Freeman haha. All I know about this movie is that the next time I need to mine in space, I’ll definitely train miners to be astronauts as opposed to the other way around 😂
According to Wikipedia, "space dementia" is a "fictional mental disorder" mentioned in five shows/movies, including Armageddon, The Outer Limits, and Ren and Stimpy.
The scenes with Chet and his son were some of the most difficult to watch for me. Especially when I lived out of state for work for a year or more. I missed my son so much, and when I was finally able to move back home, he was much older, taller and things between us were difficult, especially because of his mother's BS.
This one and Deep Impact are my favourite films in this genre. They have a special place in my heart, so I am super excited to see your reaction to it!
Two asteroid movie in same year May 1998 , Deep Impact , with Morgan Freeman , Armageddon was end of June . Deep Impact is more accurate in science , inspiration for these movies was Shoemaker-Levy comet that hit Jupiter in 1994 , and to The Hammer of God , Arthur C. Clarke novel , plot "asteroid is going hit earth , need to stop it" , Spielberg had right to that , both movies are enough different that no need to mention that book .
I love them both. Deep Impact you have Frodo and in Armageddon you get Arwen. These two are definately in my top 10 Disaster films with Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Independence Day, Twister and Dante´s Peak. Lot´s of fun to see huge explosions and landmarks getting Oblirated. Just leave it to Michael Bay and Rolland Emmerich. No matter how stupid the plot, film is very, very likely really good popcorn entertainment.
Personally I like Deep Impact more. Armageddon overshadowed Deep Impact though. Armageddon is the typical hollywood american hero movie that goes a bit over the top. It's still fun to watch, but as it was said in the reaction, you shouldn't take it too serious.
Jason Isaacs is a chameleon actor, so many great diverse roles: the firecracker scientist in this, Lucius Malfoy in the Potter Series, the mean British Colonel in the Patriot, many other roles. he always looks so different in each of the different roles.
The counterpart to this film is Deep Impact that came out around the same time. It`s more drama less action-comedy than Armageddon and so the science is supposed to be more believable.
Glad you had fun with this one! I’ll also throw the Deep Impact suggestion out there. DI is the Contact to Armageddon’s Independence Day (in my opinion)
I Love that Grace had so many dads to look out for her. 3 of them died, but she still had 3 left. Even the loan shark came to her wedding! The gratefulness was real!!
The hired grear actors for this movie to deliver intense emotions and dialogue. Will Paton is the actor who said " how do we turn it off" is soo underated actor. Thats why i like this film. The acting is very very good for an action sci fi movie
Ben Affleck said in the DVD commentaries that he also didnt get how training drillers to be astronauts is easier than training astronauts to be drillers. and Michael Bay just told him to "shut the f up, it's a real plan" apparently
Every LotR fan knows EXACTLY what Simone means by 'water horses' lol. Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) was also in this, as was the guy who played John Coffee in The Green Mile. If you haven't reacted to that one yet, it's a must. Also, even before she said what she did about dads and daughters I was like, 'oh shit, Simone is going to cry!' But she held it together better than expected 😉💖
Arwen summoning "Horse Water" is definitely an Iconic scene. Jason Isaacs was also Colonel Tavington in The Patriot. Rest In Peace Michael Clarke Duncan He was a phenomenal actor that we lost WAY too soon. I especially liked him in the TV series The Finder.
Good work by Billy Bob Thornton, but I kept imagining him doing his lines as Karl Childers in Sling Blade. Now, that's a movie George and Simone should do a reaction on!
Now that you’ve seen this one I recommend you watch Deep Impact. In a case of dueling movies, we got two “asteroid coming to destroy earth” movies in the same year. Deep Impact is much more about how regular people deal with the potential end of the world. Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Téa Leoni. Great movie.
8:00 Hey George, as to your inquiry of whether it’s easy to train astronauts to drill, I present to you this amazing exchange from Ben Affleck on the Armageddon commentary. "I asked Michael Bay why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and he told me to shut the fuck up," Affleck said in the commentary.
"I asked Michael, why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than to train astronauts to become oil drillers. He told me to shut-shut the f*ck up" - Ben Affleck
Steve Buscemi is awesome, so underrated as an actor. Please please react to the HBO/Martin Scorsese show Boardwalk Empire. You two would be the first on RU-vid. Steve Buscemi is awesome in it and would love to see both of you react to it.
Armageddon is one of Michael Bays classics for me it's the ultimate feel good epic destruction awesome disaster movie and probably the only fun space movie we'll ever see Michael Bay make I doubt he'll ever make a movie like this again also I love Steve Buscemi in this movie one of his most Iconic hilarious roles especially towards the end when he goes insane 😅
Great reaction - now you need to see Deep Impact - the "other" space junk hiting the Earth movie. This was more action/adventure while Deep Impact is more drama, both good, but different.
“The override … has been overwritten.” Classic. Definitely one of those “serious” lines that are hilarious, voiced by Steven Ford, son of US President Gerald Ford-whose acted in a bunch of movies, including Transformers.
And yeah, the general in this movie is Keith David, who has voiced countless animated series and video games. He was Goliath in Gargoyles, Spawn, The Arbiter in Halo, and a million other things. He has one of the most iconic voices of all time.
Now you guys have to watch Deep Impact for comparison. I think it came out a few months before Armageddon, but it seems like one of those cases where someone in Hollywood had an idea that they shopped around to multiple studios, and two of them took the idea and put their own spin on it. So the premise is similar to Armageddon, yet the approach and the vibe is quite different. It plays things much more straight and lacks the macho bravura and goofy flourishes of Michael Bay.
I had the honor of directing the evening local news when we had a "secret special guest" that turned out to be the legend Keith David. Didn't get to meet him, the boss wouldn't allow it, but it was neat getting to share a studio with him and direct the show. :D
If you haven't seen it yet I would suggest Deep Impact. It's another asteroid movie that also came out in 98 and in my opinion is a much better film as far as story and being grounded in reality.
Please do more Bruce Willis movies like Tears of the Sun and the Red movies. Steve Buscemi is always amazing. After 911, he returned to his former firehouse and worked the clean up with them.
Please check out the DVD commentary for this movie, it's hilarious, especially parts when Ben Affleck makes fun of the plot. You can find the whole thing on youtube.
When I saw this in theatres, the second they opened the door to the ISS, the power went out. It took the audience a minute to realize it wasn’t part of the movie. Lol!
Steve Buscemi sitting on a bomb is a nod to Stanley Kubrick's "DR. STRANGELOVE, OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB", where Slim Pickens falls out of a B-52 sitting on a nuclear bomb, riding it like a rodeo cowboy and yelling a final "yee-haw" to mankind.
This Was One Of The Stupidest Movies Of All Time! The Only Redeeming Quality Of This Movie 🎥🍿🍿🍫🍫🥤🥤 Is That Liv Tyler Looks So Beautiful 😍🥰❤️, And Steve's Character Was Hilarious 😁😅😂🤣 😂
In the DVD commentary Ben Affleck talks about brining it up to Michael Bay that wouldn’t it be easier and make more sense for Astronauts to learn how to drill instead of drillers to learn how to be astronauts. Bays reply to Affleck was “Shut up!” and that was that. 😅 This is Peak Michael Bay. Before this he had more grounded action films like Bad Boys and The Rock. After this then he made big Shylock movies like Transformers and The Island. You should watch The Rock, his best film IMO, also Bad Boys was pretty good for the time. MB Top 5 1) The Rock 2) Armageddon 3) Bad Boys 4) Transformers (first one only) 5) Pearl Harbor (beautiful movie, but love story too long and very inaccurate)
You remarked on it being weird with Bruce Willis watching his daughter making out with Ben Affleck, but how weird was it for Steve Tyler singing the love theme for his own daughter?!
"America, fuck yeah! Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah"… Enjoyable movie even emotionally moving at times dispite Michael Bay directing it. However only 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. Michael Bay ruined Transformers. The first movie has some good moments, However after that they are a train wreck.
We named our daughter Grace (Gracie) because of this movie. She’s 6 now and she even looks like a 6 year old Liv Tyler (I’m Asian and my wife is white). I still call her “Baby Gracie”. My wife and I loved this movie when it came out in our High School days.
Actually, there is the parallel movie with the same asteroid context which released the same summer year 1998 with Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau. The movie itself is more scientific than Armageddon(loved when watched it as a kid) and IMHO better than latter. I watched Deep Impact recently and know I love it more because of more serious choices the characters should have
Most younger people don't realize that in the same year Godzilla was released. In Armageddon you see the dog in the beginning of the movie tearing up all the Godzilla toys. A little dig from Michael Bay
This movie caused a bunch of people to ask the question, "Wouldn't it be easier to teach astronauts to be oil drillers than oil drillers to be astronauts?" Turns out the answer is "No, its not." These guys aren't being trained to be astronauts, they're training to be mission specialists. Their astronaut training is only sufficient to keep them from dying in space. Deep core oil drilling -- despite the blue-collar nature of the people involved -- is a very technical, very precise, very scientific process that takes years to become proficient in, and most oil drillers have advanced degrees. Rock Hound having two PhDs is not, in fact, unusual at all among oil drillers. The least educated member of an oil drill team will have *only* a Masters in Petroleum Engineering.
I loved this movie as a kid and will *always* cry at the scene with Bruce and Liv’s video call at the end.. especially now with what he’s experiencing - miss him 🫂
Ben Affleck's DVD commentary is hilarious, and a must watch. He keeps poking holes in the script and ripping on Michael Bay. I think you, George, would like it, because he's pointing out the same plot holes as you did.
You guys don't mind if I simp for Simone's delightful quirkiness for awhile, do you? This is one of those really bad, but fun to watch movies. It must have been fun for the cast to film it. Another, slightly less bad asteroid-heading-for-Earth movie is Deep Impact, which was released the same year. I think you should do a series of disaster movie reactions.
I dunno how you decide what movies to watch but I'm really hoping the movie you watched directly after this was Deep Impact! This movie is fun but I always enjoyed Deep Impact more. While we're at it, you should totally watch Volcano and Dante's Peak one after the other.
I recall Neil deGrasse Tyson saying that he's _fine_ with nonsensical "science" in films so long as the film isn't attempting to be scientific. He said he hates films that argue to be scientifically accurate, but in reality are hogwash. I think it was his interview with Stephen Colbert. Either way, it's a fantastic watch if you haven't seen it. _So_ entertaining.
George: "Okay, so the USA is just going to save the world again." USA: "Can you name any other country with more space flight experience and equipment?" There's a Russian cosmonaut thrown in there. And to be honest, it's more realistic than China saving the world when at the time of this film they hadn't even put a human into low earth orbit yet.
As a second note, I live close enough to the NASA launch center here in Florida I can watch launches from my back porch. They are magnificent. Especially night launches.
I know this won't be a popular comment but the most realistic thing about the movie might be what you complained about as being unrealistic. It is set in 1997 and only NASA would have had the infrastructure, expertise, etc to try to pull something as ridiculous as this off. It would have been almost exclusively a US operation.
⭐FUN MOVIE! ⭐FUN REACTION! ⭐BTW: MY PREVIOUS COMMENT "WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK FORWARD TO ARMAGEDDON?!?" WAS A JOKE USING THE COMMON MEANING OF THE WORD ITSELF RATHER THAN A COMMENT DISPARAGING THE CHOICE OF THE MOVIE BY THAT NAME
Hey guys, I've loved a lot of your reactions. Have yous ever seen Only The Brave with Josh Brolin and Miles Teller? It's a GREAT movie. Check it out if you can.
First watch of your reactions. Love the movie as the main focus, would like the cuts to be a bit longer for THOSE moments. Overall, well done. Love re-living moments I love in cinema!
Michael Clarke Duncan got in trouble with his mom for the scene of him in his undies. She made him promise to never do that again. “Deep Impact” came out the same year. It’s a serious take on the same theme. Worth a watch. Never heard of hotdogging? Really? This movie is ridiculous but it’s fun and strangely patriotic.
The one part of this movie that makes no sense & seems to be there for no reason, is the bit where the authorities are rounding up Harry's drilling crew. We go from all of them together on the offshore oil rig, to Harry being taken to NASA & told what's happening, to him saying he'll only take his own men on the mission. Which leads to the crew suddenly being all across the country... Why weren't they still on the offshore rig? It could only have been a day, maybe two, since Harry left, so why were they all suddenly spread all over?
