The primary conflict? The "meteor" was so big that the US's satellite-mounted nuclear missiles (!) were not sufficient to destroy it, so Sean Connery has to convince the Soviets to: a) admit that the Soviet Union also had satellite-mounted nuclear missiles, b) accept that the "meteor" was coming, and that it would be Bad For Russia if it landed, c) agree to retask their missiles to help destroy the "meteor" d) allow the Americans control of the missiles, so that a coordinated attack could be, well, coordinated.
Lots of Cold War posturing by both sides, interspersed with footage of a big-ass rock rotating through space, followed by cheesy line-drawings of missiles changing their orientation from "pointing down" to "pointing up" on a computer screen, and finally the big rock getting all blowed up. Yay.
Saw this one at the drive-in. Gotta say, being bigger didn't make it any better.
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The primary conflict? The "meteor" was so big that the US's satellite-mounted nuclear missiles (!) were not sufficient to destroy it, so Sean Connery has to convince the Soviets to:
a) admit that the Soviet Union also had satellite-mounted nuclear missiles,
b) accept that the "meteor" was coming, and that it would be Bad For Russia if it landed,
c) agree to retask their missiles to help destroy the "meteor"
d) allow the Americans control of the missiles, so that a coordinated attack could be, well, coordinated.
Lots of Cold War posturing by both sides, interspersed with footage of a big-ass rock rotating through space, followed by cheesy line-drawings of missiles changing their orientation from "pointing down" to "pointing up" on a computer screen, and finally the big rock getting all blowed up. Yay.
Saw this one at the drive-in. Gotta say, being bigger didn't make it any better.