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: You can buy or rent Armageddon directly on YouTube. Once purchased, you can often select Spanish audio or subtitles in the video settings.
: NASA famously uses the film in its management training program to see how many scientific errors trainees can spot—at least 168 have been found.
Sin embargo, la película también tiene algunos puntos débiles. La trama puede parecer un poco predecible y algunos personajes pueden resultar unidimensionales. Además, la película ha sido criticada por su uso excesivo de efectos especiales y su falta de realismo científico.
A central tension in the film is the conflict between Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) and his team of roughnecks versus the NASA scientists. The film posits that book learning is inferior to practical experience. The NASA scientists are portrayed as over-anxious and physically inept, while the drillers are hyper-competent, virile, and adaptable.