Armageddon - something I never thought about before...

The assumption with Max is that he gets blown off the asteroid when they have a blowout and his vehicle gets shot into the air. So at the end of the movie when they land back on Earth and everybody is celebrating and happy, Max is still alive inside the Armadillo floating out endlessly into space waiting to die alone. And it’s likely he won’t for a day or so when he eventually runs out of oxygen, which will be a scary death as well. Kinda weird to think about.

Or is the assumption that he just got blasted off and lands really far away somewhere else on the asteroid? Based on the scene where AJ, Bear, and Lev jump the canyon, they were floating into space until they turned on those booster things. But when Max had that blowout, they all seem to think he’s lost immediately and destined to die. And I figure if they thought he was just gonna land somewhere else they’d have discussed going to rescue him.


Also, Rockhound is basically directly responsible for Max’s death. He was fricking around on the gun shooting everything and distracting everyone, which led to them not realizing that the blowout was coming until it was too late. He even has the audacity to say “Bye, Max” as he floats away. What a dick.

Anyway, cheesy movie that is actually pretty awesome. I love it and watch it often. Just never thought about Max at the end of the movie before. Kinda sad.