Armageddon (1998)

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Wikidata Q208344, film, IMDb tt0120591, TMDB 95: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Will Patton as actor (‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey); 4 more episodes agree.

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

A Clockwork Orange: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (self-reference analogy): A Clockwork Orange → Armageddon. The record-store 2001 sleeve is compared to Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.
    “It's like Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dante's Peak: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Dante's Peak → Armageddon. Series idea of same-year rival movies: Volcano/Dante's Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact, Antz/A Bug's Life.
    “Armageddon Deep Impact.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:15:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Deep Impact: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Armageddon → Deep Impact. Rival same-year disaster films; Armageddon won as the more fun one with more stars.
    “Armageddon had so many more stars, though.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:06:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Girl Next Door: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (screenwriter red flag): The Girl Next Door → Armageddon. Six credited screenwriters on The Girl Next Door is a red flag, as on Armageddon.
    “So does Armageddon.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:38 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Truman Show: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → Armageddon. In the 1998 genre roster, Truman Show is the sci-fi entry and Armageddon the action entry.
    “Sci-fi Truman show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Twister: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Twister → Armageddon. The panel debates whether Twister is the apex 90s disaster movie against Armageddon, Outbreak, Dante's Peak, Deep Impact, Independence Day; natural disasters only.
    “So so I consider disaster movies to be natural disaster movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → Armageddon. In the 1998 genre roster, Truman Show is the sci-fi entry and Armageddon the action entry.
    “Sci-fi Truman show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Armageddon → Deep Impact. Rival same-year disaster films; Armageddon won as the more fun one with more stars.
    “Armageddon had so many more stars, though.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:06:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Dante's Peak → Armageddon. Series idea of same-year rival movies: Volcano/Dante's Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact, Antz/A Bug's Life.
    “Armageddon Deep Impact.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:15:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Twister → Armageddon. The panel debates whether Twister is the apex 90s disaster movie against Armageddon, Outbreak, Dante's Peak, Deep Impact, Independence Day; natural disasters only.
    “So so I consider disaster movies to be natural disaster movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:12 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (self-reference analogy): A Clockwork Orange → Armageddon. The record-store 2001 sleeve is compared to Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.
    “It's like Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (screenwriter red flag): The Girl Next Door → Armageddon. Six credited screenwriters on The Girl Next Door is a red flag, as on Armageddon.
    “So does Armageddon.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:38 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Armageddon: On the Armageddon Criterion commentary Ben Affleck does a Sling Blade voice whenever Billy Bob Thornton appears.
    “He's like, around here, NASA, these part.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:21:27 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.