Comments on: Veronicarmageddon

By: shunt1

shunt1 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:07:37 +0000

Veronica Belmont:

I must admit that I married a woman with her intelligence, looks and personality 26 years ago. Of course I think that she is darn cute!

For the science, I strongly advise researching that the term “specific impulse” be investigated.

What depth of a nuclear detonation would be optimal to maximize the specific impulse, is not software that I have access to.

Think about blasting out a crater and ejecting that mass away from the asteroid at a high velocity, just like a rocket engine.

I do know that an optimal balance between the amount of rock mass blasted from the asteroid and the maximum velocity possible can be achieved.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:35:29 +0000

Okay, it should be either “Fact or Fiction” or “Factual or Fictional”. Nouns or adjectives–pick one.

By: IMForeman

IMForeman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:47:34 +0000

I prefer the SG1 episode Fail Safe for their version of Armageddon. They were going to use a Naquadah enhanced nuclear bomb as a rocket thruster to move the asteroid enough to miss Earth. It didn’t work out, but it was way more entertaining than Armageddon.

By: Diederick

Diederick — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:52:10 +0000

Haha! I thought: What? Did Phil play Carmageddon? How cool! But the c was from Veronica.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:55:36 +0000

♫Repeat to yourself it’s only a show, I should really just relax…♫
I feel like I’m in an AA meeting. Hi, my name is Jack, and I’m a scientist who was entertained by the movie Armageddon. Jeez, it’s a movie. It’s supposed to be unrealistic and over-the-top. Michael Bay isn’t the world’s greatest director, and the movie is a solid C, but I don’t really think it deserves the crap the science community has given it. If you want to talk about words that begin with the prefix “over-”, how about “overreact” and “overanalyze”?

By: Dr.Sid

Dr.Sid — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:09:06 +0000

I’m calling PETA on you. This horse is dead all right, stop beating it.

By: Randy A.

Randy A. — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:20:05 +0000

When I saw “Armageddon” I laughed out loud! It is so absurd, so over-acted, and so much a parody of the whole genre of disaster flicks that nobody could take it seriously.

I stopped laughing when I noticed nobody else in the theater was laughing…

And commenting on what we should do in real life…
1) Keep a constant watch for all near Earth objects.
2) Send space probes to asteroids and comets to determine their composition. The correct way to deal with an object on a collision course with Earth depends on the composition and sturdiness of the object. (A nuclear bomb would do nothing to a “rubble-pile” asteroid.)
3) Beg the microcephalic cretins in congress for enough funds to accomplish #1 and #2, above.

NASA is doing all three of these, but I wish they’d do more!

By: shunt1

shunt1 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:51:07 +0000

Darn cute and I will enjoy watching any new videos that she produces.

1) A nuclear weapon that can launch a gazillion tons of water miles into the air.

2) A space tug with the power of a “popcorn fart” using grivitational attraction.

I will place my bet on the chances of Earth’s survival upon item one above.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:07:28 +0000

I was going to resist commenting on how adorable Veronica is, but then she said Ben Affleck was a total stud. She opened the door, your honor!
She is the one who knocks me out.

By: shunt1

shunt1 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:24:47 +0000

“We know the rest of the movie was absurdist silly because nobody brought back souvenirs to sell on eBay.”

You get the award for the best statement today. Still laughing!