Do you know
...that the Earth will start to burn in about 3 thousand million years due to the Sun expansion?
...that a big meteoroid that will kill much of, most of, or all the life, statistically will hit the Earth sooner or later?
...that the old time measuring system we use today has some limitations?
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Movies with Themes from the future?
 Science Fiction
Movies with themes from the far future, or even the quite near future, fall often under the category "science fiction". On this page we will describe briefly some movies relating to the (far) future, to space travelling, to fatal distasters strucking the Earth, and to other topics related to this website. We will start with two movies covering a meteoroid threatening to devaste the Earth.
Armageddon
Year: 1988
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Keith David
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Hensleigh
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Story: A meteoroid (asteoroid) is heading toward the Earth, and threatening to wipe out most of the life on our planet. The only imaginable way to prevent the disaster, is to fire a nuclear bomb from inside the meteoroid to divide it in two, and change its direction. To do the necessary dangerous job, a colourful group of oilwell drillers is picked out, and sent to the surface of the meteoroid.
Deep Impact
Year: 1998
Actors: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski
Director: Mimi Leder
Writers: Michael Tolkin, Bruce Joel Rubin
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Disaster, Thriller, Adventure
Story: A comet, big enough to wipe out most of the surface life, is discovered on its way towards the Earth. A space mission is sent out to try to destroy the comet before it hits the planet, but time is soon running out. Only a few lucky chosen ones are allowed to use the few available shelters. The rest are left to die!
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