asked Dec 23, 2014 at 4:20. user1566515 user1566515. Factual error: During the movie's opening scene, you watch the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs some 65 million years hitting Earth near the Caribbean (you can see Cuba and Yucatan). Factual error: In the scene with the "lunar roll" (where both shuttles Freedom and Independence are being sling-shot around the moon), they are said to be experiencing "9 and a half G's for 11 minutes". That was not fair to the movie. NASA was willing to risk sending drillers into space with minimal astronaut training as opposed to sending astronauts into space with minimal drilling training. The most eye-catching transaction was the $7 million penthouse he purchased with Demi Moore that he eventually sold for $45 million. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. Woody is not a real cowboy, shocker. This is the same name as Amelia Earhart's navigator, who was involved in one of the most famous real life aerial mysteries, but is also a largely forgotten person. This is wrong, as oxygen is needed to make something burn, and there is no oxygen on the asteroid. A bigger part of the Pacific Ocean would evaporate immediately, so no matter if a wave or not. When the shuttles launch and again when the nuclear warhead explodes, the flame of the boosters and the bright flash of the warhead are seen through the front windows on the flight deck, when they would have been behind the shuttle(s). That's absolutely irrelevant. Chief among them was the films complete lack of originality. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). High G only effects are pulling the face down, making the head extremely heavy, and eventually loss of consciousness (G-loc). If you are able to avoid a global catastrophe, you will enjoy this more. The film industry has reaped a total of $ 2.5 billion USD from his films. I agree with you, its all down to maturity. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Deep underground, up on the ISS, or in the middle of the Atlantic; it doesnt matter.. youre toast.. warm buttery toast.. mmmmmmm. He sold a 7.4-acre estate in Turks and Caicos for $27 million in 2019. The surviving space shuttle takes off from the asteroid horizontally, like an airliner taking off from a runway. Not only is there massive fire and heat, but the vibrations from the noise of the exhaust do great damage to the surroundings. But despite its entertainment value, the film is fantastically inaccurate, said astronomer Phil Plait, who writes the "Bad Astronomy" blog on Slate.com. The official synopsis as the film reads: "After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.". The latest entry in the lets kick some asteroid butt stakes is Armageddon. Facebook. Nor do they gimbal the main engine, which would lift the shuttle vertically on an axis through the centre of the engine - they swoop gracefully into the air after a long take off. The "Armageddon" soundtrack spawned a hit song in the movie's romantic power ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," as performed by Aerosmith. Live Science is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. In total, 168 errors have been discovered in the film. GIPHY App Key not set. When he says this, the countdown clock for the asteroid is at five hours and 12 minutes. NASA uses The Armageddon in one of its modules, for the wrong reasons. Under that much pressure it would be nearly impossible to breathe, let alone scream. AJs glove is torn from something that happened during impact of the first shuttle. In an interview with the Miami Herald, Michael Bay apparently apologised for Armageddon. For all we know, to blow up an asteroid the size of the one in the film, the energy that would be released from the explosion would be equivalent to the energy released by the sun. //