'90s Meteorite Movie With Fake Newscast Teaser

by Anonymous

I believe it appeared on CBS or NBC in the '90s with possibly Dan Rather doing a fake news broadcast of two meteors about to hit the earth. We manage to blow them up and then on the old green screen computer you see hundreds of meteors coming and there are no commercials.

At the end of the segment it was shown to be part of a movie or something of that nature. Any ideas?

Comments for
'90s Meteorite Movie With Fake Newscast Teaser

Average Rating

Click here to add your own comments

Feb 02, 2012
Rating

I'll suggest something very different
by: MystMoonstruck

From Wikipedia: "Without Warning" is a 1994 TV movie featuring veteran news anchor Sander Vanocur and reporter Bree Walker as themselves covering a breaking news story of three meteor fragments crashing into the Earth's northern hemisphere. The film, which premiered on Halloween night, October 31, 1994, is presented as if it were an actual breaking news event, complete with remote reports from reporters.
Excerpt: Over the next few tense minutes, nuclear weapons are launched to intercept these three objects successfully (although Washington is nearly hit).

With a sigh of relief, the news anchors report success. Simultaneously, the young French man and the girl die. But scientists are able to finally decipher their speech. It turns out they are each speaking a fragment of a message. When combined (although not complete as the assumed third survivor is never located), the message appears to be reciting of the message from the United Nations Secretary General that had been included on a special recording sent with the Voyager space probes.

Moments later, astronomers detect hundreds more asteroids, all heading towards Earth. As Sander Vanocur and his colleagues await the inevitable destruction of the planet, hearing reports of cities being destroyed worldwide, the wizened anchorman quotes from William Shakespeare: "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not within our stars, but within ourselves" as a rumble is heard and the picture cuts to static.

Click here to see the complete summary on Wikipedia.

Jan 03, 2012
Rating

Probably
by: JoJO

Asteroid with The Terminator's Michael Biehn

Click here to add your own comments

BHM Official Podcast

The 'Creature' Episode
A Conversation with Controversial Writer/Director Fred Andrews

Best-Horror-Movies.com Podcast: 'Gone' with celebrity guest Sam Upton

Ball and Chain Show

Celebrity Guest:
Ryan McCoy, Writer/Actor/producer 'Evidence'

Horror New Releases, May 15, 2012

The Grey [Blu-Ray]

Chronicle (Blu-ray/DVD Combo +Digital Copy)

Mortuary

Chained: Code 207

Junkyard Dog

Descendents

The Woman in Black [Digital Download]

The Devil Inside [Instant Download]

Fever Night aka Band of Satanic Outsiders

Forbidden Zone (Arrow Video) Limited Edition [Blu-ray]

Predator / Predator 2 [Blu-ray]

Wages Of Sin

Weasels Rip My Flesh

Scalps

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Buffy: Season 8

Independence Day / Day the Earth Stood Still

Masters of Horror - Vincent Price (The Bat, House on Haunted Hill, Last Man On Earth)