Happy Apocalypse Day!

[dodger_sister]

So my favorite apocalyptic-type movie (of many that I love) has to be Independence Day. Though Deep Impact holds a really close second for me. Those are two of my top three most watched movies of all time - (the third is Jurassic Park, if you wanted to know

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[shirebound]

I find myself watching Deep Impact every time it's on TV.

[dodger_sister]

I love Deep Impact so much. I will admit that I cry every time I watch that movie - something about it pretty much from the minute Leelee Sobeski's character is running after the bus that Elijah is on and screaming 'I love you' to him (crap, I just broke out in goosebumps thinking about it). There, it's embarrassing to admit but that movie gets me every damn time.

[aythia]

Deep Impact I seriously love, much much better than Armageddon! And omg, Independence Day, I've watched that one so many times!

Apart from that I seriously looooove The Day After Tomorrow so much!

I have a major love for disaster movies so 2012, Knowing, Volcano, Dante's Peak and so on, I've watched them all! :D

[dodger_sister]

Deep Impact I seriously love, much much better than Armageddon!

Oh god, yes. And you know how I feel about Ben Affleck but Deep Impact was so much better than Armageddon. Deep Impact makes me cry every damn time! The teenage girl running down the street after the bus, screaming at Elijah Wood's character that she loves him - just so good. And such a great cast too - Robert Duvall, man!

And omg, Independence Day, I've watched that one so many times!And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night, we will not give up without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our Indepedence Day

[vikingprincess]

Independence Day, Armageddon, Deep Blue Sea (because uber-smart sharks are TOTALLY apocalyptic!).

That video was beyond awesome - all of their cute faces, so much Buffy and Angel love (and Firefly), and lots of other wonderful things (Skeet Ulrich, I see you). The person who made that video is filled with awesome fannish love (Jensen tears FTW).

[dodger_sister]

Armageddon is good in that way that I love that shit, but Deep Impact is by far the superior meteor-disaster movie of all time! Damn thing makes me cry like a little baby. I love it.

Fucking love Deep Blue Sea! Who's more badass than Samuel L. Jackson? A shark, that's who. Hey, it's totally apocalyptic cuz if they hadn't killed the shark and it had gotten out and mated with regular sharks then our seas would be un-inhabitable by all fish and mammals alike, thus Apocalypse! ;)

That was vid was awesome, yes! I can't stop watching it - it's got all the things I love (I do really just love to pieces how Angel the series ended, with the end of the whole damn world and the hero shot from that episode was awesome.) Seriously, out of that whole vid there were only three shows in there that I don't watch(ed).

[vikingprincess]

I guess I just liked the small band of heroes approach better than the widespread one of Deep Impact. Plus, both Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck? What's better than that? :P

I also liked how Deep Blue Sea turned some of the horror tropes on their heads. LL Cool J was awesome in it.

I think I might need to post the vid myself, just so I can have it handy whenever I want to watch it again!

[dodger_sister]

Well, you know how much I love Ben Affleck, so that helps me love Armageddon a little more. I will say the best part of it is the band of misfits - my favorite scenes are the ones where they are rounding everybody up and then doing the psych evals. It does have a fantastic cast. But nothing hits me like the grand view of Deep Impact.

LL Cool J was the best person in Deep Blue Sea! I have seen that movie so many damn times that it took almost two seasons of NCIS:LA for me to stop making jokes about his parrot.

I think I might need to post the vid myself, just so I can have it handy whenever I want to watch it again!

Do! That's my problem right now is every time I go to my LJ, I can see the vid right there and I have to watch it again. 8)

[rockstarpeach]

I have to admit that I really like Independence Day - now. When I first saw it, I was too busy thinking that if they were going to so blatantly rip off War of the Worlds, at least they could have done a better job of it. Once I got over that, it was actually a pretty good movie :)

And yeah, Deep Impact was awesome! Man, I haven't seen that movie in a LONG time. I should watch it again!

But my favourite apocalypse-related movie is, hands down, Planet of the Apes. Honourable mentions go to The Omega Man, Soylent Green, The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Time Machine (no remakes!).

Also, Stonehenge Apocalypse :)

[dodger_sister]

I have to admit that I really like Independence Day - now. When I first saw it, I was too busy thinking that if they were going to so blatantly rip off War of the Worlds, at least they could have done a better job of it.To be fair, every alien movie/book is somehow a rip-off of War of the Worlds, since it was a first of its kind. There were enough differences in Indepedence Day to make it its own thing, but if you were going into it as a WotW fan, I could see being put-off. Have you read the book, WotW? I have not but I've heard the radio broadcast and seen both movies (the first movie is remarkably good for its time and I def like it the best of all

[rockstarpeach]

Oh, but Independence Day ripped of War of the Worlds WAY worse than any other alien movie/book ever. I remember when the WotW remake came out, I was thinking 'Why would they bother? They already did a remake - it was called Independence Day!'.

I actually prefer the movie to the book. I find that's often the case with HG Wells. Fantastic stories, but the writing is a little cumbersome. Also, something about the first person (which he tends to use a lot) puts me off.

I used to have Deep Impact on VHS (yes, I'm that old) so I guess I'll have to wait until it comes on tv. Which sucks, because now I really want to watch it!

Yeah, I love the original PotA, but I'm ashamed to admit, I have the entire original movie set and tv mini-series on DVD. Once you watch Beneath the Planet of the Apes, you really have to wonder HOW ON EARTH they managed to scrape up enough funding to make three more movies and ten episodes.

I also have Tim Burton's PotA, but every time I watch it, I do nothing but trash talk. What the hell was that shit?!

[dodger_sister]

Well, I know I'm biased in favor of Independence Day because it was the first time I really took notice of Adam Baldwin. (until he became Jayne Cobb, I just called him 'Independence Day' as if that were his name).

Also, something about the first person (which he tends to use a lot) puts me off.

First person completely puts me off. I can't think of a book that it ever really worked for besides The Hunger Games and in that case, I feel like it only worked for me because I related so much to Katniss.

I had my sister watch War of the Worlds, the original movie, for the first time a year or so ago and she really liked it and the subtle way in which they did everything - in this day and age of wild explosions and effects, sometimes less is more.

Do you have Netflix? Deep Impact streams on there.

You have the miniseries of Planet of the Apes? Dude, that's hardcore! I won't mock though - I recently rewatched the original Battlestar Galactica series, in all its glorsious cheesiness.

I also have Tim Burton's PotA, but every time I