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- Versh, on 11/20/2008, -0/+29Does this mean there won't be a sequel to that movie about the earth's core that stopped spinning?
Damn. - pitchblack16, on 11/20/2008, -1/+20Isn't that scientology?
- Kronich, on 11/20/2008, -2/+16I'm actually okay with 90% fantasy and just a hint of possibility/reality.
- Zippo, on 11/20/2008, -1/+10I'm torn... I like when things in movies are more realistic... but sometimes I don't mind the idea of bending a few rules of physics or chemistry if it means a really big explosion.
- BiIlyMays, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8That is like mixing piss and steak
- Dr3w, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8I'll try anything once I guess
- eco57, on 11/20/2008, -0/+7Great idea. Way too late for The X-Files, tho. ;)
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4 I don't mind when they bend but most of the time you get the impression they have no idea what the rules are in the first place.
- Dumbledorito, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4If we made movies a lot more realistic, they wouldn't be nearly as flashy. In the case of guns, for example, bullets don't raise a fireworks display whenever they ricochet off of something. Swords don't make a range of "cling-clang-clong" noises when they strike, they're pretty much monotone. Someone breaking through plate glass would have multiple lacerations, not just glittery residue to brush from his shoulders.
And after having several friends survive minor (under 40mph) car accidents, the idea that someone could leap out of a wrecked car, ready for action, always strikes me as about as likely as the phlogiston tank under the car's gravitic reactor causing a rift in space-time. - techblogLAT, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3Like... a new Star Wars movie?
- DOCNM, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3Finally.
I think research scientists are the most incorrectly represented category, especially in sitcoms. - inactive, on 11/20/2008, -1/+3It's called Scientology. Tom Cruise has been ahead of the curve for years. . . for instance, didn't War of the World seem realistic? Microorganisms taking down an entire race of alien invaders and saving Earth? L. Ron won't let any of his followers stain their image. If they do, they stay in the closet.
- TheStrongForce, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Seeing how most of them are unemployed thanks to the Bush administrations last minute science cuts, some of them actually might not.
- latrosicarius, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2in a fantacy movie, sure.. but not so much in sci-fi for me
- mbm1512, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2best idea i've heard all week
- armakaryk, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2to the people saying that proper science and entertainment do not mix well i say *****, look at Futurama there are three PhD's on their writing team (http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/futurama/degr ...
- PReitz, on 11/20/2008, -1/+3This is absolutely ridiculous. Period. Instead of fixing our educations system, or telling people to deal with it when reality offends their beliefs, we drop the whole problem on the entertainment industry. I'm sorry, but it's not their job to teach us science.
- Luminoth545, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1I just hope this doesn't tank.
- angusm, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1This is unlikely to lead to more realistic movies. It may, however, produce some very unhappy scientists.
- ncc74656m, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2This is truly critically important, as people (in the US in particular) truly DO NOT understand science, to the point where it is rejected on its face, and these bogus claims (I'm looking at you, Intelligent Design!) and "theories" can thrive. The situation only gets worse (much) when you add in new shows like Eleventh Hour.
Even in shows that aren't as outlandish, you have the "ultra high powered infinite zoom security camera that catches the reflection of the murderer off the retina of the victim" stuff as on CSI. Though, I guess seeing that both are Bruckheimer shows, I guess you can see where that comes from. - TSK05, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I don't watch sitcoms - how are they represented?
- latrosicarius, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1this is a good thing.. they should have done this for the hulk. so many things wrong with that movie, it really ruined it for me. I might be picky, but... when he was strapped to the operating table in the lab and he started turing into the hulk, he started to weigh so much that he crumpled the table. where did that extra mass come from?
Also, when the HMMWVs were shooting the sonic guns at him, the force of the air was pushing the hulk back and he was putting all his muscle power into not falling backwards, but the HMMWVs were not braced or anything. They were just sitting there, not getting pushed back at all - SemiSarcastic, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Whether the industry stays the same or goes ahead with this plan a lot of people are still going to hate it. Part of the fun with Hollywood is that you can harp on them for all the 'crap' they put out. However, if there's no real fantasy or beyond belief action then you're going to turn off all the people who come to the movies to have a good time (and let's face it, that's a huge demographic and the very same people who could care less on whether the science is right or not).
- Loonacy, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Have YOU been in space? No? Then how do you know you can't hear sound in space? YOU DON'T KNOW! It's all just a vast conspiracy against Star Wars.
- TSK05, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1"It's all just a vast conspiracy against Star Wars." - It's a TRAP!
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1 Yes we don't go to have our intelligence insulted with ridiculousness.
- TSK05, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1It doesn't hurt to push the entertainment industry to to teach people science, they aren't required to by law or anything, that would be stupid.
- Digital.Totem, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1WTFC - Who The ***** Cares
- RobotBuddha, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Better than trying to raise the horrible level of scientific literacy among the public? It could be the most important thing anyone could do at this point.
- layzice, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1So what we need is people thinking everything they see on television is true...? How do you tell the difference between what is actual science and what is made up to make the movie more exciting?
We have school for that kind of thing. I know it fails, but maybe we should have these scientists teaching classes instead of consulting on movies?
I have to go now, the quantum singularity is about to explode. - layzice, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Do our scientists really have nothing better to do?
- RobotBuddha, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1That's just it. When the plot centers around "science" that any high school kid should be able to recognize as wrong, it's hard to get into that suspension of disbelief. It's like when someone's seen programming by dragging around little cubes on a screen. It's just so ridiculous and insulting that one focuses on that instead of the story.
- wolfkeeper, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1LOL... but nah.... Hollywood has *way* more science than Scientology already.
- jorad, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I'd buy one.
- wolfkeeper, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1OTOH CSI tries to be fairly realistic. Is that significantly less flashy?
- JesseJ, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1Oh.. for a moment I thought they are collaborating on making a film about getting rid of chrisitanity for good.
- chirt, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1As long as Hollywood doesn't dumb it down, I'm all for it.
- Nozzle, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Science has make it possible for movies to exist in the first place, you'd think movies would at least pay a little respect.
- knowmad23, on 11/20/2008, -0/+0Like putting ***** on a Fridge.
- dungbeetle, on 11/20/2008, -1/+1Oh come on. We go to movies to escape reality. Why do these people want to ruin the few escapes we have anymore?
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -1/+0no other possibility
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