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** In the scene where people in Hong Kong are evading a tsunami on the way, a man can be seen stealing a painting from a shop.
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** In the scene where people in Hong Kong are evading a tsunami on the way, a man can be seen stealing a painting from a shop.shop as well as a little boy stealing an apple from a shop.
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**** This could even be applied to Donskaya's actress Creator/NatalieWood, as she is an American actress.[[note]]Although it should be noted that Natalie Wood was born to two Russian immigrants.[[/note]]
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*** Later on in the same scene, there is a bit [[spoiler:where the tsunami gets to some people, most people accept their fate and crouch on the ground. while one man quickly runs across the street to try to evade the tsunami]].
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*** Later on in the same scene, there is a bit [[spoiler:where the tsunami gets to some people, most people accept their fate and crouch on the ground. ground, while one man quickly runs across the street to try to evade the tsunami]].
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Since this film can be considered cheesy, some scenes might give you a laugh.
** There's this exchange between Dr. Paul Bradley and Tatiana Donskaya about the possibility of the latter living in the USA:
--->'''Paul Bradley:''' Ever thought of living elsewhere?\\
'''Tatiana Donskaya:''' No. Not often.\\
'''Paul Bradley:''' Sometimes?\\
'''Tatiana Donskaya:''' Well...\\
'''Paul Bradley:''' You'd like it here. We've got everything. Powercuts, strikes, unemployment, race riots and a terrific crime rate.
*** It's even funnier considering the fact that Bradley's actor, Creator/SeanConnery, is ''Scottish''.
** In the scene where people in Hong Kong are evading a tsunami on the way, a man can be seen stealing a painting from a shop.
*** Later on in the same scene, there is a bit [[spoiler:where the tsunami gets to some people, most people accept their fate and crouch on the ground. while one man quickly runs across the street to try to evade the tsunami]].
** There's this exchange between Dr. Paul Bradley and Tatiana Donskaya about the possibility of the latter living in the USA:
--->'''Paul Bradley:''' Ever thought of living elsewhere?\\
'''Tatiana Donskaya:''' No. Not often.\\
'''Paul Bradley:''' Sometimes?\\
'''Tatiana Donskaya:''' Well...\\
'''Paul Bradley:''' You'd like it here. We've got everything. Powercuts, strikes, unemployment, race riots and a terrific crime rate.
*** It's even funnier considering the fact that Bradley's actor, Creator/SeanConnery, is ''Scottish''.
** In the scene where people in Hong Kong are evading a tsunami on the way, a man can be seen stealing a painting from a shop.
*** Later on in the same scene, there is a bit [[spoiler:where the tsunami gets to some people, most people accept their fate and crouch on the ground. while one man quickly runs across the street to try to evade the tsunami]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The BBC News reporter is played by Creator/Simon Cadell, who would later be best known for playing Jeffrey Fairbrother in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The BBC News reporter is played by Creator/Simon Cadell, Creator/SimonCadell, who would later be best known for playing Jeffrey Fairbrother in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The BBC News reporter is played by Creator/Simon Cadell, who would later be best known for playing Jeffrey Fairbrother in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
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** The World Trade Center is hit by the meteor, and violently explodes.
*** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower in 2001.
*** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower in 2001.
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** The World Trade Center is hit by the meteor, and violently explodes.
***explodes. This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower in 2001.
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* WhatAnIdiot: This can be pointed to many of the citizens in Hong Kong, including a man we see along with his wife, who also have a child and dog. This is when [[spoiler:they somehow go the wrong way when evading the tsunami, as they go towards the tsunami which gets them killed]].
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*** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower.
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*** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower.Tower in 2001.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: The deaths of all those people in Hong Kong, particularly that of the family trying to flee with their sobbing child and their dog, who very nearly got abandoned in the chaos only to die anyway.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: The deaths of all those people in Hong Kong, particularly that of the family trying to flee with their sobbing child and their dog, who very nearly got abandoned in the chaos only to die anyway.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: The deaths of all those people in Hong Kong, particularly that of the family trying to flee with their sobbing child and their dog, who very nearly got abandoned in the chaos only to die anyway.
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* NightmareFuel: Even if the movie isn't a masterpiece, some might consider the disaster scenes terrifying, as cities are destroyed and citizens perish.
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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
** Even if the movie isn't a masterpiece, some might consider the disaster scenes terrifying, as cities are destroyed and citizens perish.
** Even if the movie isn't a masterpiece, some might consider the disaster scenes terrifying, as cities are destroyed and citizens perish.
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** Many of the disaster scenes are actually reused StockFootage from other films, including Mia Farrow's film ''Avalanche'' and just normal demolitions.
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** Many of the disaster scenes are actually reused StockFootage from other films, including Mia Farrow's film ''Avalanche'' ''Film/{{Avalanche}}'' and just normal demolitions.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: That being said, the shot of the meteor hitting the WTC actually looks well-done.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: That being said, the shot of the meteor hitting the WTC actually looks well-done.
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** As the asteroid hits New York, the stock footage is tinted red to hide the fact that the buildings look nothing like Lower Manhattan.
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** As the asteroid hits New York, the stock footage is tinted red to hide the fact that the buildings look nothing like Lower Manhattan. (In fact, the footage is of the controlled demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex in St. Louis.)
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** The World Trade Center being violently obliterated by the meteor. It's bad enough knowing what eventually became of the two towers but the shot being a violent explosion tinted an ominous bloody red doesn't help.
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* NightmareFuel: Even if the movie isn't a masterpiece, some might consider the disaster scenes terrifying, as cities are destroyed and citizens perish.
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** Hong Kong harbour made of cardboard cutouts (and accompanying tidal wave that didn't quite make it), mudslides made of brown water, an avalanche clearly blue-screened over footage of a skier.
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* WhatAnIdiot: This can be pointed to many of the citizens in Hong Kong, including a man we see along with his wife, who also have a child and dog. This is when [[spoiler:they somehow go the wrong way when evading the tsunami, as they go towards the tsunami which gets them killed]].
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: General Adlon is meant to be a GeneralRipper, but he makes very good points about not being able to trust the Russians at the height of the Cold War.
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* VisualEffectsofAwesome: That being said, the shot of the meteor hitting the WTC actually looks well-done.
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* VisualEffectsofAwesome: VisualEffectsOfAwesome: That being said, the shot of the meteor hitting the WTC actually looks well-done.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The World Trade Center is hit by the meteor, and violently explodes.
** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower.
** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower.
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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
** The World Trade Center is hit by the meteor, and violently explodes.
** *** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower.Tower.
** A spaceship known as the ''Challenger 2'' is destroyed early in the movie.
** The World Trade Center is hit by the meteor, and violently explodes.
** A spaceship known as the ''Challenger 2'' is destroyed early in the movie.
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** This is made even worse when you realize that the meteor enters from the same direction as the plane that hit the South Tower.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The World Trade Center is hit by the meteor, and violently explodes.
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** As the asteroid hits New York, the stock footage is tinted red to hide the fact that the buildings look nothing like Lower Manhattan.
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** As the asteroid hits New York, the stock footage is tinted red to hide the fact that the buildings look nothing like Lower Manhattan.Manhattan.
** Hong Kong harbour made of cardboard cutouts (and accompanying tidal wave that didn't quite make it), mudslides made of brown water, an avalanche clearly blue-screened over footage of a skier.
** Hong Kong harbour made of cardboard cutouts (and accompanying tidal wave that didn't quite make it), mudslides made of brown water, an avalanche clearly blue-screened over footage of a skier.
