Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event:  The 3rd Discerning Geeks Portal...Showdown!

In the Comet corner...  Starring Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, and Morgan Freeman...  Containing smart, adaptable characters who strive to make the best of a cataclysmic situation...  Specializing in tales of the human spirit, problem-solving story-telling, and heroic sacrifice...  And, ultimately threatening at least three continents with massive tsunamis upon impact...  It is the 1998 drama-disaster film, Deeeep Immmmpaaaact!

And, in the Asteroid corner...  Starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, and Matt Damon's friend, Ben Affleck...  Containing explosions, twice as many heavily modified space shuttles, twice the number of sacrificial shuttle crew members, jokes, quips, space vehicles with Gatling guns, space dementia, and...explosions...  Specializing in frequently excessive camera movements, defying laws of physics, popularizing an Aerosmith song, and earning Razzie nominations...  And, ultimately threatening the entire planet with total annihilation.  It is the 1998 action-disaster flick, Aaaarmaaaagedonnnn!

Your judges are "experts" in space objects and extinction level disasters.

 - Dave...The Earth Eradicator!!!

 - Todd...The Comet Decommissioner!!!

 - Andruw...The Asteroid Assassin!!!

Tonight's match is scheduled for 6 rounds of cinematic & cataclysmic debate!

"Deep Impact" vs. "Armageddon!!!"  Which movie will survive the wave, and which movie will just be washed away?

Let's get ready to RUMBLE...and blow up some big space rocks!!!

Ring the fight bell!  Let the showdown begin!

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Public domain music used in the episode includes...

 - Intro/Outro:  "electronic-rock-king-around-here-15045" by AlexGrohl via Pixabay.com

 - Fight Drums:  "401231__rileywarren__drums-1-fight-scene" by RileyWarren via FreeSound.org

 - Lightning Round Clock:  "race-against-time-15194" by Vitaliy Levkin ("LemonMusicStudio") via Pixabay.com