Jul 17, 2026 · 0 min · 10 segments
On this week’s episode of the pod, Jamelle and John cover Michael Bay's 1998 asteroid movie *Armageddon* — the one where oil drillers, not astronauts, are sent to save the world. They discuss why it…
Jamelle BouieHost
John GanzHost
I don't know what this is an adaptation of, but it's his adaptation by Tony Gilroy.
So Tony Gilroy, past and hopefully future guest for this podcast, and Shane Salerno did the adaptation.
Cinematography by John Schwartzman, who I'm looking at his background real quick, kind of just like a guy who works, you know, A lot of blockbusters, a lot of Hollywood stuff.
He's worked with Michael Bay just a couple times on Armageddon and then Michael Bay's follow-up, Pearl Harbor, which we will do on this podcast, a movie I've never seen.
I don't know what this is an adaptation of, but it's his adaptation by Tony Gilroy.
So Tony Gilroy, past and hopefully future guest for this podcast, and Shane Salerno did the adaptation.
Cinematography by John Schwartzman, who I'm looking at his background real quick, kind of just like a guy who works, you know, A lot of blockbusters, a lot of Hollywood stuff.
He's worked with Michael Bay just a couple times on Armageddon and then Michael Bay's follow-up, Pearl Harbor, which we will do on this podcast, a movie I've never seen.
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