<![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931 - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931 - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @Evil Tortie's Mom: I don't know if it's online. I got a DVD of the American version from Sinister Cinema. [www.sinistercinema.com]

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> href="#c4867193">Annalee Newitz: For one? No one looked through a telescope eyepiece in a well lit telescope dome to see the comet. That big bastard was right up there in the sky near the Sun, exactly like you'd expect to see. Was that real footage of a comet, by the way?

Gopherit

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> That montage towards the end of the lift (?) going down/crashing was pretty neat. And the birds, and the tree. I like big scifi effects fests, but I think we lose a lot when we neglect the lofi techniques entirely.

But, maybe that's what youtube's for.

hageesheart

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @Annalee Newitz: The elevator was darn realistic and suspenseful.

Didn't appear to be any total crap "science" in this film.

Is the whole movie available on-line, either version?

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @Gopherit: Which part did you think was most accurate? The crashing elevator or the blinkenlights?

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> Wow, that was more accurate than either Armageddon or Deep Impact, but they were both crapfests, science-wise.

Can't beat Armageddon for entertainment value, though....

Gopherit

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @Annalee Newitz: Hi, why clip a no-show here on my monitor?

MaxTwice

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @MarsFlyer: Fixed.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @ Annalee: You misspelled Armageddon, girl.

MarsFlyer

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> @B: Hi B

@checklist: check^10

@Annalee: Why clip a no-show here on my computing display box?

MaxTwice

]]> <![CDATA[A Comet Smashes into the Earth in 1931]]> You know it's fiction because the French didn't immediately surrender to the comet.

B

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