approaching astronomical object event theme
A planet has a potentially world ending encounter with a passing celestial body, like a large asteroid.
6 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Deep Impact (1998) | choice | The main novelty of the film is that a roughly Mr. Everest sized comet is discovered to be on a collision course for Earth. |
| movie: Dont Look Up (2021) | choice | The story is above all about the failure of the ruling classes to prevent a giant comet from careening into the Earth. |
| ahp2x31 | major | Gullible old Johnny fell for it when a prankster showed him a newspaper with a lead story explaining that Mars was going to collide with Earth at 11:45 PM. |
| movie: City Beneath the Sea (1971) | major | A neutron planetoid was on a collision course with the Pacific Ocean. |
| movie: Space Sweepers (2021) | major | The evil CEO Sullivan plotted to crash his orbital factory into the Earth, killing an estimated three billion people in the process. He was foiled in his effort by Kot-nim and the "space sweepers". |
| movie: Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) | minor | The Xilien aliens tried to trick humanity into believing that a rogue planet, named Gorath, was on a collision course with Earth. |