Accuracy of the movie "Deep Impact"

[brellis]

Armageddon must have set two records: most screenwriters (the whole thing sounded like it was written by a committee, not a writer), and te longest strings of useless cliches -- "Let's poke this baby and go home!" "We've got a hole to dig fellas!" uggh, I'm getting sick just thinking about that crap. Liv Tyler's hot, though. She kinda makes up for the bad parts. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#ff0000"><em><strong>I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better.</strong></em></font> </p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Well, if we want to find movies to pick on, try Supernova. Even the name is a misnomer. Our Sun, as far as I know, doesn't have the mass to go supernova. Also, wouldn't our magnetic field protect us from the ejections?<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Our magnetic field offers some protection, but it has its limits. As it is, some of the Sun's larger ejections do reach the surface even now. A supernova would vastly overwhelm it. (Heck, a supernova would probably destroy the Earth entirely, magnetic field and all.)<br /><br />But you're right -- the question is totally moot because the Sun cannot go supernova. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[weeman]

<font color="yellow"> Liv Tyler's hot, though. She kinda makes up for the bad parts. </font><br /><br />Most crappy movies have hot girls that keep you wanting more <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[nexium]

Depending on where you are on Earth, a typical comet is visable zero to twenty-four hours per day. The brightest can be seen even in full sunlight. Neil

 

[CalliArcale]

True, but bear in mind that you will not have a 24-hour vantage point of the comet unless you are at very high latitudes. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> In most places, comets are visible in the day or at night -- but not both.<br /><br />To put it in a cheeky way, comets usually aren't visible for 24 hours for the same reason that the Sun doesn't generally come out at night. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>