On screen, it means impending doom. In reality, getting hit by space debris may be no worse than a scratch
In 1998 Hollywood offered us two meteorite-heavy films (Armageddon and Deep Impact) and, along with them, two potential solutions to stave off an impending meteorite-based disaster: either enlist Bruce Willis and Aerosmith to travel into space and blow up the offending rocks, or install Morgan Freeman as president and hope the whole thing blows over. The apparently planet-threatening rocks were back in the headlines this week with the sensationalist news that a 4.5bn-year-old meteorite had hurtled into the roof of a Parisian home – housing a family called the Comettes, no less. Despite their builder claiming that only Superman himself had the strength to break the tiles, the 3.5oz meteorite in question became lodged in the house's glass wool insulation and was said to be the size of an egg. Madame Comette...
In 1998 Hollywood offered us two meteorite-heavy films (Armageddon and Deep Impact) and, along with them, two potential solutions to stave off an impending meteorite-based disaster: either enlist Bruce Willis and Aerosmith to travel into space and blow up the offending rocks, or install Morgan Freeman as president and hope the whole thing blows over. The apparently planet-threatening rocks were back in the headlines this week with the sensationalist news that a 4.5bn-year-old meteorite had hurtled into the roof of a Parisian home – housing a family called the Comettes, no less. Despite their builder claiming that only Superman himself had the strength to break the tiles, the 3.5oz meteorite in question became lodged in the house's glass wool insulation and was said to be the size of an egg. Madame Comette...
- 10/17/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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