Polar Storm

Dr. James Mayfield

Cynthia Mayfield (as Holly Dignard)

General Mayfield

President (as Roger Cross)

Lou Vanetti

Michael

Zoe

Peter

Pam

Kevin

Dr. Elman

Sergeant

Soldier - Roadblock

Guard Captain

Captain Yolenkov

Looter

When the telescope is knocked over, it falls apart too easily and in a manner unlikely if it were a real scope. The glass shown is too thin and is clearly not the relatively thick glass mirror found inside such a telescope.

The opening scenes are full of technobabble and gobbledygook. For example, when the comet appears, a character says the radiation level has risen to 4.5 Angstroms; however, an Angstrom is a unit of distance, one ten billionth of a meter, used to describe wavelength of radiation not level of intensity. Another character mentions that the comet has reached "orbital fulcrum"; that is a meaningless term used solely to give the ignorant viewer the impression that the speaker is a rocket scientist.

The telescope shown early in this move is an inexpensive 4 1/2 inch (or possibly 6 inch in diameter) Newtonian type telescope. Since the model shown is clearly mounted on an inexpensive German Equatorial mount, it certainly has a value of no more than $400.00; not the $4000.00 as suggested.

Captain Yolenkov: So, we work together to save world, no?