get out your calculator and unsuspended
disbelief at around 4:30 a.m. Central
Standard Time our satellites detected a
storm approaching the Ares 3 mission
site on Mars welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for another top 10 instances of bogus
movie science
irrelevant for this list we’re looking
at more films that take liberties with
their science by including instances
when they try to pass off science
fiction as science fact where the
science doesn’t make sense
or where the science has changed to
serve the plot if you think we missed
something on this list be sure to check
out our first list of the top 10 movies
with bogus science now pay attention
because this could save your life trust
me I know what I’m talking about
number 10 using humans as an energy
source the matrix at the time they were
dependent on solar power and it was
believed that they would be unable to
survive without an energy source as
abundant as the Sun at the center of the
matrix trilogy are people living in a
simulated version of the present as
their bodies are used as power sources
for robots in the actual present year of
$21.99 the problem with this is that it
makes no thermodynamic sense the human
body generates more bioelectricity than
a 120 volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs
of body heat the robots would be better
off burning the food they give to the
humans as a power source then feeding
them and using whatever energy the
humans produce no the machines may have
subdued the human race in this films
reality but we can all take solace in
the fact that they know even less about
energy efficiency than we do
human beings are diseased a cancer of
this planet your plague number 9 getting
from the Hubble Space Telescope to the
International Space Station gravity
although gravity tried to paint itself
as a more realistic space saga it still
made its fair share of errors we don’t
have time to mention all of them but the
most obvious is Sandra Bullock’s ability
to relatively easily traverse from the
Hubble Space Telescope to the ISS even
though the Hubble orbits over a hundred
kilometres higher than the ISS
with the chance of satellite debris the
scientific consensus is that traveling
that distance with only a jetpack would
not be possible
among the other inaccuracies in the film
are Bullock’s sexy space attire the ISS
debris reappearing every 90 minutes and
her being able to get to tan gone one
from the ISS great visuals though
tiangong is approximately 100 kilometres
to the west and I am off its course by
about 13 degrees number eight ant-man’s
inconsistent wait ant-man can skew lift
objects 50 times their way they build
farm they cooperate with each other
admittedly shrinking to insect
proportions requires some suspension of
disbelief to start with but our beef is
with ant man’s inconsistent weight the
ultimate secret weapon
and ant-man the PIM suit shrinks ant-man
by bringing his atoms closer together
not reducing them in size or number so
he should theoretically retain the same
weight when he’s teeny as when he’s a
normal-sized man but throughout the film
we see this weight very sometimes he’s
incredibly light other times he’s
incredibly dense twenty years ago I
created a formula that altered atomic
relative distance huh I learned how to
change the distance between atoms that’s
what powers the suit that’s why it works
another scientific faux pas is his
ability to go subatomic
since atoms are also incredibly dense so
Ant Man who’s composed of trillions of
atoms shouldn’t be able to become
smaller than a single atom it just
doesn’t add up
number seven the microwave emitter
Batman Begins the ship was carrying that
prototype weapon it’s a microwave
emitter it’s designed for a desert
warfare it looks like somebody
turned it on while Christopher Nolan’s
goal for the Dark Knight series was to
make it more realistic he didn’t pull it
off without a few scientific missteps it
uses focus microwaves to vaporize the
enemies water supply the problem we’re
concerned with is the microwave
transmitter used by scarecrow in his
effort to evaporate Gotham’s water
supply and render the fear toxin
airborne not only would the emitter be
unable to penetrate the steel of the
train car it would also certainly not
have been able to instantly boil the
water in the pipes especially given its
size and how quickly the train was
moving they tested dispersing
water-based chemical agents into the air
but there are simply too many obstacles
for this to have worked the way it’s
depicted in the film know just fine
before asking too many questions about
it number 6 neutrinos melting the
Earth’s core 2012 in ancient times the
Mayan people were the first civilization
to discover that this planet had an
expiration date if you can ignore the
goofy premise where the Mayan calendar
actually predicted the end of
civilization then there’s plenty of
equally goofy science to enjoy in this
role in emmerich disaster film the
heating of the Earth’s cool
he says he act like microwaves of course
the most notable of 2012’s bogus plot
points is that the Sun reaches its
maximum output and starts sending out
neutrinos that are somehow able to heat
the Earth’s core to its boiling point
and cause untold mayhem our Sun will
begin to emit such extreme amounts of
radiation through your basket is called
neutrinos that the core of the earth
will no problem there is that even if
neutrinos could somehow magically do
that their presence would start wreaking
havoc on the surface long before they
started heating up the core that’s
impossible
number five curving a bullet wanted you
want me to shoot through Willmar way to
curve the boy wanted is filled with
flashy stunts and doesn’t really try to
stick to the rules of physics that’s
most apparent in the iconic bullet
curving that’s depicted in the film if
the one told you that bullets flew
straight and I gave you a gun and told
you to hit the target what would you do
let your instincts guide just by
rotating their arms as they fire their
guns the assassins are able to alter
their bullets trajectories so they
spiral around bystanders and hit bad
guys
unfortunately the science of ballistics
doesn’t work that way while bullets do
fly in a curved trajectory this is a
long parabolic arc formed by
gravitational pull not by angelina jolie
flicking her wrist
guns are actually designed to make
bullets fly as straight as possible and
no matter how hard you swing your arm
you’re not going to change simple
physics crazy number four Martian sand
storm the Martian much like the film
gravity the Martian takes a relatively
realistic approach to science fiction
also like gravity it still made some
pretty big mistakes the most noticeable
of which is the windstorm that Maroons
Mark Watney on Mars in the first place
while there are slight winds on the Red
Planet
there’s nowhere near enough atmospheric
density to cause the massive storm
depicted in the film
the movie also fails to show how the
astronauts deal with the heightened
levels of radiation in space and on the
surface of Mars however despite the
inaccuracies the film still does a good
job of sticking to scientific principles
in other areas such as watney’s
botanical pursuits and the orbital
dynamics of the spacecraft you start
accelerating immediately to preserve
velocity and gain even more they don’t
intercept with her at all but we’ve come
close enough to get a gravity assist and
adjust the course number three volcanoes
spontaneously forming in la volcano
volcanoes can be one of the most
devastating natural disasters whether
it’s the lava flows or plumes of hot ash
they’re not messing around but they are
something most people including the
population of Los Angeles don’t have to
worry about here in LA but volcano which
is set in LA shows a volcano
spontaneously forming under the city and
wreaking havoc the only problem with
that the volcano forms under the San
Andreas Fault which is a transform fault
and not a subduction fault where
volcanoes commonly occur so while it may
be a captivating idea the citizens of La
should probably be more concerned with
realistic threats like earthquakes and
water shortages I’m I’m sure you’re
aware of this that our continents it on
tectonic plates great big rafts floating
over an ocean of molten rock yeah when
they shift like they did this morning we
get an earthquake okay number two
surviving a nuclear explosion in a
fridge Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones has a long history of
pulling off death-defying stunts and
most of them haven’t drawn too much
scientific inquiry however in the fourth
installment Indy decides to try is luck
waiting out a nuclear test inside a
refrigerator in reality this type of
event would not have been survivable
even if the fridge were able to protect
Indy from the heat and radiation the
force of the blast that sent the fridge
flying away would have resulted in
severe trauma maybe indiana jones should
stick to obstacles that can be overcome
with his bullwhip thank god don’t you
know it’s dangerous to climb into a
refrigerator those things can be death
traps before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
for a little extra we offer the cryonic
union of science and entertainment
what’s wrong which is it a terrible
thought what if this is a dream
well then kiss me quick before you wake
up
I want you to stay here on this one okay
because you can still get infected and I
can’t number one
sound in space Star Wars Episode four a
new hope
it may have become one of the most
iconic and successful film franchises of
all time but that doesn’t mean it didn’t
make some glaring errors however today
we’re focusing on the sound filled space
battles throughout the series the
creators of Star Wars probably knew that
sound doesn’t travel in a vacuum but
filming a stark silent dogfight in space
would not have been as fun to watch
while some movies have gotten this
particular detail right space scenes
with sound have been common in many
sci-fi films since Star Wars the results
epic aerial battles it may not be the
best point of reference for anyone
studying space do you agree with our
list
what movies do you think have bogus
science
Boulevard for more enlightening top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com this conversation can
serve no purpose anymore
goodbye
disbelief at around 4:30 a.m. Central
Standard Time our satellites detected a
storm approaching the Ares 3 mission
site on Mars welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for another top 10 instances of bogus
movie science
irrelevant for this list we’re looking
at more films that take liberties with
their science by including instances
when they try to pass off science
fiction as science fact where the
science doesn’t make sense
or where the science has changed to
serve the plot if you think we missed
something on this list be sure to check
out our first list of the top 10 movies
with bogus science now pay attention
because this could save your life trust
me I know what I’m talking about
number 10 using humans as an energy
source the matrix at the time they were
dependent on solar power and it was
believed that they would be unable to
survive without an energy source as
abundant as the Sun at the center of the
matrix trilogy are people living in a
simulated version of the present as
their bodies are used as power sources
for robots in the actual present year of
$21.99 the problem with this is that it
makes no thermodynamic sense the human
body generates more bioelectricity than
a 120 volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs
of body heat the robots would be better
off burning the food they give to the
humans as a power source then feeding
them and using whatever energy the
humans produce no the machines may have
subdued the human race in this films
reality but we can all take solace in
the fact that they know even less about
energy efficiency than we do
human beings are diseased a cancer of
this planet your plague number 9 getting
from the Hubble Space Telescope to the
International Space Station gravity
although gravity tried to paint itself
as a more realistic space saga it still
made its fair share of errors we don’t
have time to mention all of them but the
most obvious is Sandra Bullock’s ability
to relatively easily traverse from the
Hubble Space Telescope to the ISS even
though the Hubble orbits over a hundred
kilometres higher than the ISS
with the chance of satellite debris the
scientific consensus is that traveling
that distance with only a jetpack would
not be possible
among the other inaccuracies in the film
are Bullock’s sexy space attire the ISS
debris reappearing every 90 minutes and
her being able to get to tan gone one
from the ISS great visuals though
tiangong is approximately 100 kilometres
to the west and I am off its course by
about 13 degrees number eight ant-man’s
inconsistent wait ant-man can skew lift
objects 50 times their way they build
farm they cooperate with each other
admittedly shrinking to insect
proportions requires some suspension of
disbelief to start with but our beef is
with ant man’s inconsistent weight the
ultimate secret weapon
and ant-man the PIM suit shrinks ant-man
by bringing his atoms closer together
not reducing them in size or number so
he should theoretically retain the same
weight when he’s teeny as when he’s a
normal-sized man but throughout the film
we see this weight very sometimes he’s
incredibly light other times he’s
incredibly dense twenty years ago I
created a formula that altered atomic
relative distance huh I learned how to
change the distance between atoms that’s
what powers the suit that’s why it works
another scientific faux pas is his
ability to go subatomic
since atoms are also incredibly dense so
Ant Man who’s composed of trillions of
atoms shouldn’t be able to become
smaller than a single atom it just
doesn’t add up
number seven the microwave emitter
Batman Begins the ship was carrying that
prototype weapon it’s a microwave
emitter it’s designed for a desert
warfare it looks like somebody
turned it on while Christopher Nolan’s
goal for the Dark Knight series was to
make it more realistic he didn’t pull it
off without a few scientific missteps it
uses focus microwaves to vaporize the
enemies water supply the problem we’re
concerned with is the microwave
transmitter used by scarecrow in his
effort to evaporate Gotham’s water
supply and render the fear toxin
airborne not only would the emitter be
unable to penetrate the steel of the
train car it would also certainly not
have been able to instantly boil the
water in the pipes especially given its
size and how quickly the train was
moving they tested dispersing
water-based chemical agents into the air
but there are simply too many obstacles
for this to have worked the way it’s
depicted in the film know just fine
before asking too many questions about
it number 6 neutrinos melting the
Earth’s core 2012 in ancient times the
Mayan people were the first civilization
to discover that this planet had an
expiration date if you can ignore the
goofy premise where the Mayan calendar
actually predicted the end of
civilization then there’s plenty of
equally goofy science to enjoy in this
role in emmerich disaster film the
heating of the Earth’s cool
he says he act like microwaves of course
the most notable of 2012’s bogus plot
points is that the Sun reaches its
maximum output and starts sending out
neutrinos that are somehow able to heat
the Earth’s core to its boiling point
and cause untold mayhem our Sun will
begin to emit such extreme amounts of
radiation through your basket is called
neutrinos that the core of the earth
will no problem there is that even if
neutrinos could somehow magically do
that their presence would start wreaking
havoc on the surface long before they
started heating up the core that’s
impossible
number five curving a bullet wanted you
want me to shoot through Willmar way to
curve the boy wanted is filled with
flashy stunts and doesn’t really try to
stick to the rules of physics that’s
most apparent in the iconic bullet
curving that’s depicted in the film if
the one told you that bullets flew
straight and I gave you a gun and told
you to hit the target what would you do
let your instincts guide just by
rotating their arms as they fire their
guns the assassins are able to alter
their bullets trajectories so they
spiral around bystanders and hit bad
guys
unfortunately the science of ballistics
doesn’t work that way while bullets do
fly in a curved trajectory this is a
long parabolic arc formed by
gravitational pull not by angelina jolie
flicking her wrist
guns are actually designed to make
bullets fly as straight as possible and
no matter how hard you swing your arm
you’re not going to change simple
physics crazy number four Martian sand
storm the Martian much like the film
gravity the Martian takes a relatively
realistic approach to science fiction
also like gravity it still made some
pretty big mistakes the most noticeable
of which is the windstorm that Maroons
Mark Watney on Mars in the first place
while there are slight winds on the Red
Planet
there’s nowhere near enough atmospheric
density to cause the massive storm
depicted in the film
the movie also fails to show how the
astronauts deal with the heightened
levels of radiation in space and on the
surface of Mars however despite the
inaccuracies the film still does a good
job of sticking to scientific principles
in other areas such as watney’s
botanical pursuits and the orbital
dynamics of the spacecraft you start
accelerating immediately to preserve
velocity and gain even more they don’t
intercept with her at all but we’ve come
close enough to get a gravity assist and
adjust the course number three volcanoes
spontaneously forming in la volcano
volcanoes can be one of the most
devastating natural disasters whether
it’s the lava flows or plumes of hot ash
they’re not messing around but they are
something most people including the
population of Los Angeles don’t have to
worry about here in LA but volcano which
is set in LA shows a volcano
spontaneously forming under the city and
wreaking havoc the only problem with
that the volcano forms under the San
Andreas Fault which is a transform fault
and not a subduction fault where
volcanoes commonly occur so while it may
be a captivating idea the citizens of La
should probably be more concerned with
realistic threats like earthquakes and
water shortages I’m I’m sure you’re
aware of this that our continents it on
tectonic plates great big rafts floating
over an ocean of molten rock yeah when
they shift like they did this morning we
get an earthquake okay number two
surviving a nuclear explosion in a
fridge Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones has a long history of
pulling off death-defying stunts and
most of them haven’t drawn too much
scientific inquiry however in the fourth
installment Indy decides to try is luck
waiting out a nuclear test inside a
refrigerator in reality this type of
event would not have been survivable
even if the fridge were able to protect
Indy from the heat and radiation the
force of the blast that sent the fridge
flying away would have resulted in
severe trauma maybe indiana jones should
stick to obstacles that can be overcome
with his bullwhip thank god don’t you
know it’s dangerous to climb into a
refrigerator those things can be death
traps before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
for a little extra we offer the cryonic
union of science and entertainment
what’s wrong which is it a terrible
thought what if this is a dream
well then kiss me quick before you wake
up
I want you to stay here on this one okay
because you can still get infected and I
can’t number one
sound in space Star Wars Episode four a
new hope
it may have become one of the most
iconic and successful film franchises of
all time but that doesn’t mean it didn’t
make some glaring errors however today
we’re focusing on the sound filled space
battles throughout the series the
creators of Star Wars probably knew that
sound doesn’t travel in a vacuum but
filming a stark silent dogfight in space
would not have been as fun to watch
while some movies have gotten this
particular detail right space scenes
with sound have been common in many
sci-fi films since Star Wars the results
epic aerial battles it may not be the
best point of reference for anyone
studying space do you agree with our
list
what movies do you think have bogus
science
Boulevard for more enlightening top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com this conversation can
serve no purpose anymore
goodbye
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