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Originally Posted by adultmobile
Luckily only 5% of the population can spot these errors  |
We know.
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Originally Posted by Bryan G
It's a movie dude, chill
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Arrghhh!
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Originally Posted by Sly
Please give us a detailed breakdown on the technical errors of Star Wars while you're at it.
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The Death Star was a globe, not a spinning wheel. It could be argued that its gravity was from its own mass. However if this was true it would have been detectable from much further way. It would have required an enormous amount of energy to get from point A to point B. During deceleration it would have had to have converted all of that momentum into light and heat also making it detachable. It's proximity to the planets it attacks would have destroyed those planets without the need of an energy weapon, and -
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Originally Posted by Best-In-BC
Yeah, your a rare breed, Prometheus had more holes and the worst storey line I ever saw, yet people loved it, glad i'm the 1% above the rest when it comes to common sense. To like the movie you would have to ignore obviously garbage .
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You sir, are awesome and correct.
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Originally Posted by waxman
Or you know you could enjoy the movie for what it is SCIENCE "FICTION".
Fiction is the form of any work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not real, but rather, imaginary and theoretical—that is, invented by the author.
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I hear you, but sometimes I want a little more SCIENCE in my Science Fiction. Salads once in a while instead of big macs are a good thing.
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Originally Posted by boziffous
According to the numbers you stated wouldn't the transport ships have to be traveling at a little over 444,000 miles per hour to make the trip in 3 minutes?
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Yes you are right.
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Originally Posted by Far-L
Spoiler alert...
It is actually 19 minutes to get to the station, as clearly stated by Jodi Foster's character. .
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Sorry I must have missed that. In movie-time it takes them only a few minutes but ok lets say its 19 minutes. To travel 22,236 miles in 19 minutes you would have to go 70,218 miles per hour. To do it in 3 minutes and using Boziffous corrected math the ship would have to go 444,720 miles per hour.
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Originally Posted by SocialAssassin
I did not like the fact that Kruger did not die when his head was half blown off but that is about the only problem I had with it all.
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Right. They can fix his face and yet can't fix the main character's brain. Yes they addressed when another character said it at one point but it was an over-dub and sounded like a weak attempt to fix a glaring pot hole to me.
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Originally Posted by PiracyPitbull
Suspension of disbelief - most cinema goer's aren't going to be concerning themselves with the math behind space travel etc.
It's entertainment, not a physics test.
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I agree. I loved Man of Steel and comic book movies and all kinds of other flicks especially TREK flicks. Elysium just sucked thats all.
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Originally Posted by bronco67
A really smart person is someone who knows stuff, but knows when to forget that stuff for 2 hours and enjoy some entertainment.
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d'oh, snap.
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Originally Posted by Coup
Sorry about your Autism  |
Thank you.
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Originally Posted by L-Pink
I can only imagine the shit you gave the poor concession kid who improperly buttered your popcorn.
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Originally Posted by Mickey_
Mark, I think it's fair to assume that you belong to the very small minority of physics/space geeks that went to see that movie. It's a very mainstream movie, while you were yelling "FALSE", 99% of the moviegoers went "WOW".
I am certain, however, that there will be lots of technical errors to discuss at an upcoming Trekkie convention.  |
Nah... don't get me wrong I love sci-fi movies... maybe I'm just tired of the "action" flicks and want something that stimulates my noggin. I have been hoping that Europa Report would come to threaters near here but haven't see it yet.
One movie I am REALLY looking forward to is 2014's INTERSTELLAR. Written by Chris Nolan (Inception) and KIP THORNE (GASP!). Finally, some brain candy.