- Alternate Character Interpretation: Considering this is meant to be a homage to War Of The Worlds and the aliens idea of first contact was planetary bombardment, it's not a stretch to imagine that the "peaceful" aliens weren't so peaceful after all; despite having access to the information on the Voyager probe's Golden Record, the aliens seemingly did very little to study the way humans live and communicate, and then are somehow 'surprised' when bombarding a planet with asteroids would result in a defensive reaction. At best, they're woefully ignorant of the possibility of other civilisations living differently to them, while at worst, they're openly hostile invaders that merely needed an excuse to destroy humankind.
- Signature Scene: The ending shot when Matt Jensen stops mid-sentence and stares in utter horror along with the rest of crew as instead of humanity saving itself from annihilation it's now completely doomed itself as hundreds, and hundreds of new meteors are now hurdling towards the Earth.
- Viewer Name Confusion: Two news anchors playing themselves are both called "Sandy" - Sander Vanocur (informally called "Sandy" by others in this movie as he was in real life) and Sandy Hill.
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