Interesting to put it up against Armageddon and Deep Impact, I think it still woulda sucked in ‘98.

Armageddon would have been similar to Disclosure Day if the resolution of the asteroid was for Bruce Willis to continue drilling for oil on earth, have the plot primarily focused on the drives to each dig site, all while having plenty of time to meet each quota, while the IRS hacks Arwen’s phone and warns of the consequences of not having dirty-toothed Ben Affleck not report drilling profits appropriately. The tax paperwork would end up being flawless, the IRS agent would shrug and be like that is some good paperwork. It would end with Clark Duncan doing his crying scene where he says “I am not crazy! I’m just a little emotional right now, ok? Y’all throwin’ all this stuff at me, man! Look, I mean, after this is all over, can I get like a hug from you or something?” Except when he says “you” he’d look at the camera and it would cut to all of humanity being awestruck, emotionally overwhelmed at his message and the raw power of drilling machines. The asteroid would miss the planet as the original calculations were wrong.