r/movies • u/insulin4all • 12h ago

Discussion Armageddon

Which oil driller, who became an astronaut in one week in the movie Armageddon, was the one who tested positive for ketamine before heading to the asteroid?

I am thinking it was Steve Buscemi as "RockHound." There is a scene before he ascends to space to defeat the asteroid, where he goes with some of the other one-week astonauts to the strip club and spende $100k that RockHound took out from a loan shark at a 50% interst rate (I believe). Seems like he gets down. If it isn't him then it's got to be Owen Wilson.

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u/DallasBroncos 11h ago

How were they all on the oil rig one day and then Harry went to visit the government and then they had to scour America to round em back up?

Day one - Generals pick up Harry and daughter to recruit him from oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Day two - All the folks that were on the oil rig are spread out across the country.

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u/Dead_Starks 10h ago

Literally the last thing Harry says to Chick before getting on the helicopter is get em paid and get them off the rig. So presumably they were all on a helicopter later that day as well back to mainland and then headed home from there...

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u/fiestaspurs 10h ago

The Blu-ray subtitles say "get him paid and off the rig" presumably this means just Ben affleck's character.

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u/blackdynomitesnewbag 55m ago

Maybe they misheard Harry and all scattered?

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u/MonstaGraphics 9h ago

Because once those guys get off the rig, they scatter.