Rewatching the movie Armageddon (1998)

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Martin Q. Blank
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9:02p, 10/9/25
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.
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samurai_science
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In reply to Martin Q. Blank • 9:03p, 10/9/25
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


It's already DEI at NASA and not based on merit
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revvie
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9:04p, 10/9/25
Just remember the shuttle has about 3 million parts all supplied by the lowest bidder.
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In reply to revvie • 9:08p, 10/9/25
It's mil-spec!
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9:10p, 10/9/25
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9:11p, 10/9/25
And somehow shuttle aerodynamics are effective in the vacuum of space. I only watch parts of it to see Liv Tyler and a shot of Hartlee Field.
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9:13p, 10/9/25
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In reply to samurai_science • 9:15p, 10/9/25
samurai_science said:
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


It's already DEI at NASA and not based on merit

That's why NASA is dependent on Space X

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Urban Ag
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In reply to Gigem314 • 9:16p, 10/9/25
Gigem314 said:

If you get this, and I do, you are old.

If you're really old it was Japan

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In reply to Martin Q. Blank • 9:22p, 10/9/25
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


So you'd send roughnecks to space?
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In reply to shaynew1 • 9:27p, 10/9/25
shaynew1 said:
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


So you'd send roughnecks to space?


So you'd send astronauts to drill for oil?
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Concerned Moderate Ag
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In reply to revvie • 9:27p, 10/9/25
revvie said:
Just remember the shuttle has about 3 million parts all supplied by the lowest bidder.


And they all say made in Taiwan.
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shaynew1
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In reply to Kentucky Jeff • 9:35p, 10/9/25
Yes
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Urban Ag
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9:42p, 10/9/25
I actually liked this cheesy dumbass movie. It's fantastic Americana from one of our best decades.

Honestly one of the best casts ever assembled.
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9:50p, 10/9/25
Reimagined, to fit contemporary sensibilities…

“Things weren’t gentle and politically correct in those days. We weren’t candy asses. Okay?”
-Frank Borman

“Who are you to doubt El Dandy? ‘Cause this guy’s a serious professional.”
-Bret Hart
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In reply to Urban Ag • 9:56p, 10/9/25
Urban Ag said:
I actually liked this cheesy dumbass movie. It's fantastic Americana from one of our best decades.

Honestly one of the best casts ever assembled.

Agreed. In that regard its kind of like "ID4" to use the term then, Independence Day. Fun suspend disbelief good popcorn flick. Sci fi meets disaster movie and very slickly done and good cast. Just two years earlier (1996)
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In reply to Martin Q. Blank • 9:59p, 10/9/25
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


This is how we do it in Russian Space Program!!!!
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10:06p, 10/9/25
My family had dinner at Fuddruckers in Burbank next to Bill Fitchner and his family.

I was telling my wife, that's William Fitchner and she was like, Who?

I said - the Air Force a-hole in the movie Armageddon.

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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 11:34p, 10/9/25
HollywoodBQ said:
My family had dinner at Fuddruckers in Burbank next to Bill Fitchner and his family.

I was telling my wife, that's William Fitchner and she was like, Who?

I said - the Air Force a-hole in the movie Armageddon.



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12:07a, 10/10/25
Russian: Oh you guys want to dock to my space station? Hold on... let me start it spinning first.
No, I don't care what CNN or Miss NOW said this time
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In reply to TxLawDawg • 2:06a, 10/10/25
TxLawDawg said:
HollywoodBQ said:
My family had dinner at Fuddruckers in Burbank next to Bill Fitchner and his family.

I was telling my wife, that's William Fitchner and she was like, Who?

I said - the Air Force a-hole in the movie Armageddon.



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In reply to samurai_science • 6:06a, 10/10/25
samurai_science said:
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


It's already DEI at NASA and not based on merit

No wonder we can't get back to the moon.
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YouBet
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In reply to ts5641 • 6:33a, 10/10/25
ts5641 said:
samurai_science said:
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


It's already DEI at NASA and not based on merit

No wonder we can't get back to the moon.


What if I told you we never went in the first place...

Also, I just realized Billy Bob must be wearing a hair piece now.
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In reply to Urban Ag • 7:00a, 10/10/25
Urban Ag said:
Gigem314 said:

If you get this, and I do, you are old.

If you're really old it was Japan


Doc, all the best stuff is made in Japan!

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In reply to YouBet • 7:03a, 10/10/25
YouBet said:
ts5641 said:
samurai_science said:
Martin Q. Blank said:
If the fate of the world rested on the best of the best, would DEI be involved?

Hollywood got it right. Black, white, man, woman. Give me who can get the job done.


It's already DEI at NASA and not based on merit

No wonder we can't get back to the moon.


What if I told you we never went in the first place...

Also, I just realized Billy Bob must be wearing a hair piece now.

He's playing concerts in Tomball next week.

https://mainstreetcrossing.com/buy-tickets/
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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 7:22a, 10/10/25
HollywoodBQ said:
My family had dinner at Fuddruckers in Burbank next to Bill Fitchner and his family.

I was telling my wife, that's William Fitchner and she was like, Who?

I said - the Air Force a-hole in the movie Armageddon.


What an underrated actor.
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Maybe Next Year
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7:37a, 10/10/25
I'll add 2 things.

Wife and I love this movie, and watch it often. Realistic? Probably not. However, it is funny and entertaining. And, I think like a lot of folks here, we remember the 90's and early 2000's fondly.

Also cheesy or not, there is a patriotic and American excellence theme throughout the movie, that hasn't existed in Hollywood for well over a decade.
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8:07a, 10/10/25
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890695518300610
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8:10a, 10/10/25
Great movie and still watch quite often. I heard that during filming Bruce told Michael Clarke Duncan that he had seen a script for a new movie and Michael should go read for it as it had a role that would be a perfect role for him. He reportedly shut down filming so Duncan could go and read for the part.

The part was Green Mile. Bruce was a good guy.
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