Movie Physics

[nfotxn]

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics

Yeah, so I'm not the only one who bit my thumb at George Lucas in EPII when Jango (Jingy, J-J-J-Janga?) Fette (Fetta?) used those Vibro-bombs or whatever in the astroid field to ward off Obi Wan.

Of course I can let it slide in the name of entertainment. But if you want to knit-pick this site's got the 101 and 411 (but not the 911) on bad movie physics.

Comments

[notofthisworld.livejournal.com]

They didn't include my favourite one: The Vacuum of space is not strong enough to make people explode (like in Total Recall) or to suck huge creatures through small, 1-inch holes, crushing the creature to a pulp in the meantime (like in Alien Resurrection).

The difference between the pressure we live in on earth and the absolute zero of space is just 1 atmosphere, which is like being under 10 meters of water. It's hardly going to crush you.

[notofthisworld.livejournal.com]

Being under 10 meters of water isn't necessarily pleasant (the bends, and all that), but it's not going to crush you or anything. It's certainly not lethal. Otherwise any deep-sea diver is in trouble.

They wouldn't make watches which are supposedly safe under 100 meters of water if their wearer would been crushed after going down 10 meters.

[sultmhoor.livejournal.com]

True, however going from 1 atmosphere to 0 atmosphere in a second or two will flash boil the dissolved nitrogen in your blood. Blood vessels will probably not burst instantaneously, but that's the least of your worries, since you do have gasses stuck in places that weren't meant to outgas with tremendous force.

Re: Jango Fett

[notofthisworld.livejournal.com]

Jango Fett is played by an immensely impressive actor named Temura Morrison, and he's the only reason I'm tempted to see that otherwise very-crappy-by-all-accounts movie.

If you haven't already, you have to see a movie called Once Were Warriors to see how amazing he is.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be many Hollywood roles for Maoris.

[jongrizzman.livejournal.com]

what a fucking brilliant site, especially for those of us who *enjoyed* physics in school. i'm laughing hysterically after reading the Armaggedon review.

!!!!!!!!

[funkybearmartin.livejournal.com]

yeah! this site is killing me.

All the way down to formulas too!

[beardoc.livejournal.com]

Nothing's funnier than a nerd with too much time on their hands, is there? *grin*

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Don't knock nerds with excessive time, or I'll cause a phaseback loop in your Kempfthorne buffer, and then you'll REALLY be sorry.

Re: erm...

[sultmhoor.livejournal.com]

The Kessel run was about getting from the spicemine planet of Kessel through a system of black holes in the shortest distance, and hence the fastest, avoiding Imperial ships.

Re: erm...

[plaidninja.livejournal.com]

Yeah but to get to Kessel you need to go arround a number of tricky gavity feilds, so if you can find a course that is short on distance you gain time, which is important when trying to out run an impirial blockade. (They wanted to keep a strangle hold on the Spice Market, and so discouraged unauthorized shipment)

The line makes sense, but only because a Star Wars Fiction writer spent a lot of time figureing out a way for it to make sense. So back in 1977 before the Star Wars Novel explosion it was an extremely stupid bit of dialogue.

Welcoming flames. Or not.

[kev-bot.livejournal.com]

If you were willing to let science-y things slide in the name of entertainment, how were you able to overlook them for Attack of the Clones?