Month: April 2013

Death from Above, Part 3: more minor matters

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3. The Chairman? Unfortunately, no. This isn’t even the Barefoot Contessa. It’s Solar Attack, another slice of made-for-TV ham, which features Mark Decascos, a rising SyFy star, and a smorgasbord of nobodies. Coronal mass ejections head for Earth and doom us all! I’m choosing to include this in the comet/asteroid impact section because the CMEs are portrayed … Read more

Death from Above, Part 2: minor matters

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There are a slew of direct-to-DVD or Sy-Fy Channel original features on asteroid/comet impacts, and, while they’re not worth going into in detail, it’s worth mentioning a few. 1. Judgement Day (1999). You know you’re in for some real quality when your film stars Mario Van Peebles and pre-SVU Ice-T, plus Coolio for good measure. This movie … Read more