For those who are interested in prophecies related to cosmic impacts
on
Earth, I found this site which gives a probable (?) date for a cosmic big
killer
discovery and when it will impact Earth:
http://www.jrc.bc.ca/prognos.htm==========================================
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De: Ron Baalke <
BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
Para:
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<
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Data:
Domingo, 19 de Abril de 1998 22:23
Assunto: Movie Review: Deep
Impact
>I saw a screening of the movie "Deep Impact"
last Friday at Paramount
>Studios, and this is a short review of the
movie. The movie will be
released
>in the theaters on May 8, so
if you don't won't me to spoil the plot for
you,
>then don't read the
rest of this message.
>
>Movie: Deep
Impact
>Release: May 8, 1998
>Movie Studios: Paramount Pictures
& DreamWorks Pictures
>Director: Mimi Leder
>Executive
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Joan Broadshaw and Walter Parkes
>Special
Effects: Industrial Light & Magic
>Music: James Horner
>Main
Cast: Robert Duvall (Spurgeon Tanner,
Astronaut)
>
Tea Leoni (Jenny Lerner,
Reporter)
>
Elijah Wood (Leo Biederman, High School Student,
Comet
Co-Discoverer)
>
Vanessa Redgrave (Robin Lerner, Jenny's
Mother)
>
Morgan Freeman (President of the United
States)
>
Maximilian Schell (Jason Lerner, Jenny's
Father)
>
Leelee Sobieski (Sarah Hotchner, Leo's Girlfriend)
>
>The version of
the movie I saw in this screening was not the final version.
>ILM had not
yet finished all of the special effects and are currently
>busy working to
complete them. The basic plot
>of the movie is that a large comet
has been discovered that is on a
collision
>course with the
Earth. If the comet hits the Earth, then it
will
potentially
>wipe off all of life on the planet. The story
focuses on the human drama
in
>trying to cope with this potential
disaster and the steps involved in
trying
>to divert the comet from its
deadly course.
>
>Since this is a Steven Spielberg movie with ILM, I
was expecting this to be
>an adventure space movie with lots of special
effects. It was this to some
>extent, but I found the movie to be
more of a gut-wrenching emotional type
>movie with lots of suspenseful
drama. This was a surprise, in the same
vein
>that the movie
Titan had a love story intertwined in its plot. The special
>effects
are there, but there are mainly present in the
astronaut's
encounter
>with the comet, and towards the end of the
movie. Though the special
effects
>were not complete in the
version I saw, they are still awesome. Deep
Impact
>does start
off a little slow at the beginning, mainly in getting the plot
>setup, but
once the President gives his speech, the movie has you in its
>grips the
rest of the way. From a technical standpoint, there were
a
couple
>minor errors concerning comets, but something the general
public wouldn't
>notice, and it surely did not detract from the
movie. So does the comet
hit
>the Earth? The answer is yes and
no. I'll let you see the movie to figure
>that one
out.
>
>On a scale of 10, I would rate Deep Impact a 9. I
predict Deep Impact
>will be a block buster movie for 1998, and I
definitely recommend
>seeing the movie to anyone. I plan to see it a
second time myself, and
>there are not too many movies I see twice in the
same year.
>
>Ron Baalke
>