Kudos points if you can name the movie without following the link….
In Early October, Earth Will Pass Through the Orbital Debris Stream of an Extremely Large Comet That Was Just Discovered
As the Earth crosses the tail of a rogue comet, Rhea-M…
This headline reminded me of something…
12 responses to “This headline reminded me of something…”
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I recognized the plot, but couldn’t remember the movie. I’d forgotten that it was based on a short story written by Stephen King and that he also directed it. I think it’s fitting that he is quoted in the wiki as “describing it as a “moron movie”, given the source of its inspiration…
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The first thing I thought of when I saw this earlier was Night of the Comet too.
I forgot about Maximum Overdrive.LikeLike
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No clue. Followed the link. Don’t remember the movie and that was back when I went pretty much weekly.
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Silliest–But the soundtrack was awesome. All AC/DC. Maximum Overdrive.
Jason–That would fit too. I should have left in the part about machines coming to life and killing people.
futuristically–That would fit as well!!
Veeshir–To be sure, it’s easy to forget. It just happens to be one of my guilty pleasure movies.
Nemo–Maximum Overdrive starring Emilio Estevez.
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I was thinking Night of the Comet too. I must have watched that a dozen times.
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Don–Great movie. I wasn’t specific enough in my description–I honestly forgot there were so many comet movies out there!
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Great line –
“Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.”
Night of the CometThank you for reminding me of more pleasant times.
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“In the 1985 film Lifeforce, a space mission encounters an alien spacecraft hidden within Halley’s Comet. The crew brings three alien humanoids back to Earth”
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Lifeforce was an insane movie. I remember catching it on TV very late one night on one of the premium channels. I remember the space vampire chick being naked (and doing fill frontal) throughout the movie. There were so many cast and crew nvolved in making it that the credits listed 2-3 names per line under each heading, and the credit roll still took a few minutes. When I woke the next morning after about 4-5 hours sleep, I was left to wonder if I’d dreamt the whole movie, it was so weird and disjointed it almost didn’t seem real.
I clearly remember Maximum Overdrive, another strange flick and staple of WGN and WTBS late night/weekend movies. That semi cab with the green goblin on the front was oddly disturbing to me as a kid. And that short chick, who if I recall correctly, played the girlfriend of Emilio Estevez in the movie, was really annoying to me. She was one of those actors who were cast all over the place for a hot minute back in the mid 80’s, and then just disappeared.
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3-D–One of the best lines ever.
wv–Forgot about Lifeforce too. That movie was as surreal as Repo Man (another Estevez movie).
BRD–Lifeforce was one of those movies best watched in an altered state. It was popular because of full frontal naked space vampire chick. I think you’re thinking of Yeardley Smith in Maximum Overdrive (agree that she was very annoying)–she ended up doing the voice of Lisa Simpson later.
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