[meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy

From: Bob Loeffler <bobl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:34:36 -0700
Message-ID: <20100204013438.0657B10560_at_mailwash5.pair.com>

Hi Kirk,

Yeah, I guess the movie was a little bit entertaining, and that's why they
made it. I just wish they would make them more accurate. A little bit of
"artistic license" is fine, but most movies these days are waaaaaaaay off.
:-) But, as long as they keep making movies (and TV shows) about
meteors/meteorites, I shouldn't complain too loudly. Speaking of TV shows,
Meteorite Men is on again tonight (Science Channel on cable/satellite).
Time to pop the popcorn and grab a beer! Just kidding. I don't like
popcorn. ;-)

Regards,

Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Becky and
Kirk
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:46 AM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy

The movie was at least entertaining---to a certain degree.
No accuracy was really expected----was it??

Kirk......:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Loeffler" <bobl at peaktopeak.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy


> My favorite from the 70's was "A Fire in the Sky" from 1978 (not the
> crappy
> ET movie with the same name from 1993 with DB Sweeney). It had Richard
> Crenna and Merlin Olson in it. See here:
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077553/ Not a great cast, but I think I
> liked
> it because (1) it was about a comet that was going to hit Phoenix... and
> I'm
> from Phoenix, (2) it actually hit Phoenix in the movie... instead of being
> blown up by nuclear warheads just before entering the atmosphere, and (3)
> I
> was only 10 years old at the time... so it was believable. If I saw it
> again today, I might not like it as much. :-)
>
> Anyway, I did see "Meteor Storm" last night on SyFy and it was as bad as I
> expected. I haven't seen a good movie on SyFy in years... but for some
> odd
> reason, I still flip the channel to it, just in case they might have a
> good
> movie for once. I loved it when the lady said that the meteorites were
> the
> size of bullets (when she was on Alcatraz Island), but 10 seconds earlier
> when she had one in her hand and was studying it, it was about the size of
> her fist. :-) And even though the meteorites were supposed to be small,
> they would take out 3 floors of an office or apartment building when they
> hit, yet impacts to people or the ground caused holes that were just a few
> inches in diameter. As expected, the special effects were horrible,
> especially the flames from the Aries rocket that they launched at the end
> of
> the movie. The flames looked like they were made on an old PC computer
> using CGA (not CGI) EGA graphics. Instead of a smooth progression from
> one
> color to another, you could see a definite yellow area, then a definite
> orange area, etc. At least the acting wasn't horrible. Not great, but
> not
> the worst I've seen.
>
> It was just another really bad movie that won't help the education of
> humanity. But, obviously, it was only meant for mindless entertainment.
> Mindless? Yes. Entertainment? I'm not sure about that. :-)
>
> But, there was at least one thing that I think was good. The big asteroid
> that was going to hit at the end of the movie was called Apophis, which is

> a
> real NEO (near Earth object). Good for them. There was one other good
> thing,
> but I can't remember it. Sorry.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
> lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:37 AM
> To: Walter Branch
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy
>
> Walter:
>
> They also had "Meteor" on (1979), which predates all the disasteroid
> movies that came out at the time of Shoemaker-Levy 9.
>
> Not quite as bad a movie, but not the bast in the world given it cast:
>
> Sean Connery (Bond, James Bond)
> Karl Malden
>
> those famous Russian actors
> Natalie Wood and Brian Keith
>
> many more famous actors
>
> and a cast of thousands (at least hundreds) as it includes all those
> people in "red shirts" that you know are going to die.
>
> All of these gems for now quite so good science.
>
> It has been a while since I have seen it, but now have nice copies of them
> that I can bring to class.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>> They had a movie called Asteroid on earlier today. That one is a real
>> keeper as well. I love it when rocks just explode into huge fireballs on
>> impact with the ground :-)
>>
>> -Walter Branch
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
>> To: "Elizabeth Warner" <warnerem at astro.umd.edu>
>> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the link. It is on in 20 minutes (10:00 here in Tucson). It
>>> looks like a "gem," something that I can use in my class as an example
>>> of
>>> what is wrong with this scene?
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>> So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/
>>>>
>
http://www.sfuniverse.com/2010/01/29/michael-trucco-talks-battlestar-big-ban
> g-and-one-huge-meteor-storm/
>>>>
>>>> Clear Skies!
>>>> Elizabeth
>
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