History WMG / Armageddon1998

[[WMG: The movie is a giant, space adventure fantasy from a child's vivid, hyperactive imagination.]]

The kid in question is Harry Stamper. Most, if not, all of mission's crew members are imagined adult versions of his friends or classmates including his best friends A.J. and "Chick". Harry dreams of being an astronaut, but believes he will most likely wind up in his family's oil drilling business. To cope, he envisions an apocalyptic scenario where he's TheHero and he and his friends are being called to save the world for all humankind. All of the movie's massive liberties with science are merely the kid's incredibly loose comprehension of astrophysics, astronomy, aerospace engineering, etc. Also, he's a fan of Music/{{Aerosmith}}.
** Alternatively, the kid is actually A.J. who has a crush on TheGirlNextDoor, Grace Stamper. Ever since A.J.'s father passed away, Grace's somewhat overprotective, oil driller dad, Harry acted as his surrogate father figure even though he's not to crazy about him making moves on his daughter. The movie's plot is then A.J.'s convoluted action fantasy that ultimately has him wind up marrying Grace.
** Come to think of it, the kid might also actually be [[spoiler:Michael Bay]].

[[WMG: The movie is a big, self-aggrandizing fantasy from a child's vivid, hyperactive imagination.]]

The kid in question is Harry Stamper. Most, if not, all of mission's crew members are simply imagined adult versions of his friends or classmates including his best friends A.J. and "Chick". Harry dreams of being an astronaut, but believes he will most likely wind up in his family's oil drilling business. To cope with self-doubt, he envisions an apocalyptic scenario where he's TheHero and is being called to save the world for all humankind [[spoiler:even if it means his life]]. All of the movie's massive liberties with science are merely his incredibly loose comprehension of astrophysics, engineering, etc. Also, he's a fan of Music/{{Aerosmith}}.
** Alternatively, the kid is actually A.J. who has a crush on TheGirlNextDoor, Grace Stamper. Ever since his [A.J.] father passed away, Grace's somewhat overprotective, oil driller dad, Harry acted as a surrogate father figure to A.J.. The movie's plot is then A.J.'s convoluted space fantasy that ultimately has him wind up marrying Grace.

** Alternatively, the kid is actually A.J. who has a crush on TheGirlNextDoor, Grace Stamper. Ever since his [A.J.'s] father passed away, Grace's somewhat overprotective, oil driller dad, Harry acted as a surrogate to A.J.. The movie's plot is then A.J.'s convoluted space fantasy that ultimately has him wind up marrying Grace.

** Alternatively, the kid is actually A.J. who has a crush on TheGirlNextDoor, Grace Stamper. Ever since his father passed away, Grace's somewhat overprotective, oil driller dad, Harry became a father figure to A.J.. The movie's plot is then A.J.'s convoluted space fantasy that ultimately has him wind up marrying Grace.

** Alternatively, the kid is actually A.J. who has a crush on TheGirlNextDoor, Grace Stamper, despite not being too popular with her overprotective, hardass oil driller dad, Harry. The movie's plot is then A.J.'s convoluted space fantasy that ultimately has him wind up marrying Grace.

* However, a poster of ''Film/BadBoysII'' (also directed by Michael Bay) appears hanging on the wall of Sam's dorm room in ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' completely putting throwing a wrench in setting up a Michael Bay Cinematic Universe (at least for the ''Bad Boys'' films). Still would've been an interesting idea though.

* However, a poster of ''Film/BadBoysII'' (also directed by Michael Bay) appears hanging on the wall of Sam's dorm room in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' completely putting throwing a wrench in setting up a Michael Bay Cinematic Universe for all of his films. Still would've been an interesting idea though.

* However, a poster of ''Film/BadBoysII'' (also directed by Michael Bay) appears hanging on the wall of Sam's dorm room in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' completely putting throwing a wrench in setting up a Michael Bay Cinematic Universe.
Still would've been an interesting idea though.

[[WMG: The movie is a big, self-aggrandizing fantasy from a young boy's vivid, hyperactive imagination.]]
The boy in question is named Harry Stamper. Most, if not, all of mission's crew members are simply imagined adult versions of his friends or classmates including his best friends A.J. and "Chick". Harry dreams of being an astronaut, but believes he will most likely wind up in his family's oil drilling business. To cope with self-doubt, he envisions an apocalyptic scenario where he's TheHero and is being called to save the world for all humankind [[spoiler:even if it means his life]]. All of the movie's massive liberties with science are merely the kid's incredibly loose comprehension of astrophysics, engineering, etc. Also, he's a fan of Music/{{Aerosmith}}.

The boy in question is named Harry Stamper. Most, if not, all of mission's crew members are simply imagined adult versions of his friends or classmates including his best friends A.J. and "Chick". Harry dreams of being an astronaut, but believes he will most likely wind up in his family's oil drilling business. To cope with internal struggles, he envisions an apocalyptic scenario where he's TheHero and is being called to save the world for all humankind even if it means giving his life. The asteroid perhaps represents the constant discouragement he faces or even "reality", and he must stop it from "destroying his world" (his dreams). All of the movie's massive liberties with science are merely the kid's incredibly loose comprehension of astrophysics, aerospace engineering, etc. Also, he's a fan of Music/{{Aerosmith}}.

[[WMG: The movie is just a big, self-aggrandizing fantasy from a young boy's vivid, hyperactive imagination.]]
The boy in question is named Harry Stamper. Most, if not, all of mission's crew members are simply imagined adult versions of his friends or classmates including his best friends A.J. and "Chick". Harry dreams of being an astronaut, but believes he will most likely wind up in his family's oil drilling business. To cope with any feelings of self-doubt or internal struggles, he envisions an apocalyptic scenario where he's TheHero and he with his buddies are being called to save the world for all humankind even if it means giving their lives. The asteroid is perhaps a metaphor for the constant discouragement he faces or even "reality", and he must stop it from destroying "the world" (his dreams). All of the movie's massive liberties with science are merely the kid's incredibly loose understanding of astrophysics, aerospace engineering, etc. Also, he's a fan of Music/{{Aerosmith}}.

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It will be in 3D and have lots of explosions. There will be asteroids, alien robots, clones, sapient turtles and World War 2 veterans. There will be original elements as well, and it will be [[YourHeadASplode mind-blowingly]] awesome.

What it was covering up was SG-1's antics on the asteroid.

As a related WMG:

There have been [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike issues raised by people]] concerning the realism of this movie. A giant Texas-sized boulder would have been spotted decades previously. If one were only 18 days away from impact, it would be ''visible to the naked eye''. Also, one nuke, even planted on "fault line", would never be able to split such a huge asteroid. So the rock was, in fact, warped into the system by super-advanced aliens who wanted to destroy the Earth, or at least the humans on it. But some equally-advanced alien (who likes the Earth) also arrived and was able to split the asteroid using all the powers at his disposal. It just happened to occur right when the human team fired their nuke. As for the visibility factor: [[BystanderSyndrome Perception Filter]]. That's right, the movie is a ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode, like "Earthshock" but where the asteroid was actually stopped.

There have been [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike issues raised by people]] concerning the realism of this movie. A giant Texas-sized boulder would have been spotted decades previously. If one were only 18 days away from impact, it would be ''visible to the naked eye''. Also, one nuke, even planted on "fault line", would never be able to split such a huge asteroid. So the rock was, in fact, warped into the system by super-advanced aliens who wanted to destroy the Earth, or at least the humans on it. But some equally-advanced alien (who likes the Earth) also arrived and was able to split the asteroid using all the powers at his disposal. It just happened to occur right when the human team fired their nuke. As for the visibility factor: [[SomebodyElsesProblem Perception Filter]]. That's right, the movie is a ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode, like "Earthshock" but where the asteroid was actually stopped.

It will be in 3D and have lots of explosions. There will be asteroids, alien robots, clones, sapient turtles and World War 2 veterans. There will be original elements as well, and it will be mind-blowingly awesome.

It will be in 3D and have lots of explosions. There will be asteroids, alien robots, clones, sapient turtles and World War 2 veterans. And it will be mind-blowingly awesome.

* '''The asteroid was hurled toward Earth by Unicron.''' This would explain why it's much bigger than any actual asteroid (Ceres, the biggest asteroid, has a radius of "only" 487.3 km) and why it looked like a chunk of a much bigger body: because it did not come from the asteroid belt! It was actually a chunk of a planet in another solar system, that Unicron destroyed. And as a related WMG:

There have been [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike issues raised by people]] concerning the realism of this movie. A giant Texas-sized boulder would have been spotted decades previously. If one were only 18 days away from impact, it would be ''visible to the naked eye''. Also, one nuke, even planted on "fault line", would never be able to split such a huge asteroid. So the rock was, in fact, warped into the system by super-advanced aliens who wanted to destroy the Earth, or at least the humans on it. But some equally-advanced alien (who likes the Earth) also arrived and was able to split the asteroid using all the powers at his disposal. It just happened to occur right when the human team fired their nuke. As for the visibility factor: [[SomebodyElsesProblem Perception Filter]]. That's right, the movie is a ''DoctorWho'' episode, like "Earthshock" but where the asteroid was actually stopped.

There have been [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike issues raised by people]] concerning the realism of this movie. A giant Texas-sized boulder would have been spotted decades previously. If one were only 18 days away from impact, it would be ''visible to the naked eye''. Also, one nuke, even planted on "fault line", would never be able to split such a huge asteroid. So the rock was, in fact, warped into the system by super-advanced aliens who wanted to destroy the Earth, or at least the humans on it. But some equally-advanced alien (who likes the Earth) also arrived and was able to split the asteroid using all the powers at his disposal. It just happened to occur right when the human team fired their nuke. As for the visibility factor: Perception Filter. That's right, the movie is a Doctor Who episode, like "Earthshock" but where the asteroid was actually stopped.