Mr Worf, this goes back to the lack of science advisers in SF movies. Again, blame H'Wood. I do.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Top 10 Errors in Science Fiction Movies > > Share This- Published November 23, 2007 - 5500249 Comments > http://listverse.com/2007/11/23/top-10-errors-in-science-fiction-movies/ > Top+10+Errors+in+Science+Fiction+Movies2007-11-23+11%3A22%3A44jfrater<http://listverse.com/2007/11/23/top-10-errors-in-science-fiction-movies/#comments> > > Science Fiction movies are great for expanding the mind and showing us > things we may never get to see in real life. Unfortunately though, they all > seem to make the same fundamental errors regarding true science. This is a > list of the top 10 errors in Science Fiction movies. > > 10. Simplicity > > [image: 574Px-M87 > Jet]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/574px-m87-jet.jpg> > > This is less a crime of commission than one of omission. Space is full of > wonders we cannot even begin to understand, yet most science fiction films > are based in a very simplistic environment and do not even begin to > investigate the wonderful possibilities that science fiction offers us. We > don’t see interplanetary tunnels, aliens on planets around pulsars, > creatures living on dead suns, alien life forms that inhabit the edges of > supermassive black holes, or so many of the other thought provoking > scenarios. Let’s spice up our science fiction movies! > > 9. Simplistic Planets > > [image: 133946 Tatooine > L]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/133946-tatooine-l.jpg> > > This is particularly evident in the Star Wars movies. Whenever a planet is > introduced in a science fiction film, it has one equal ecological system > across the entire planet – for example, it might be entirely covered in snow > – or entirely covered in sand. If people are living on these planets, they > must be providing water and other important things needed for survival. > This, in turn, would suggest that the planet ought to have a well developed > complex ecosystem which varies from region to region – for example ice at > the poles and arid land at the center (this is just an example of course). > > 8. Alien / Human Breeding > > [image: Spock-1]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/spock-1.jpg> > > This is often seen in Star Trek – for example Spock – he was half human and > half Vulcan. It is not even possible for human/ape crossbreeds to occur due > to genetic differences, it is inconceivable that a human and an alien might > be able to crossbreed. There are, of course, additional problems: how do you > perform the cross breeding if the alien does not have sexual organs or the > means to extract the necessary seeds of life? > > 7. Alien / Human communication > > [image: Dish] <http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/dish.jpg> > > If aliens did exist, it would be extremely unlikely that we could > communicate with them in a very short amount of time. In addition to the > regular problems in translating an entirely unknown language, we would also > have to consider a society that probably involves concepts we do not > understand at all. Imagine an alien race trying to understand God if they > have never had a notion of religion in their society. Of course, none of > this matters if the aliens communicate with their minds or non-audible means > – it would be impossible for us to communicate at all with a race that has > no concept of sight and sound. > > 6. Instant Communications > > [image: Contact Large > 15]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/contact-large-15.jpg> > > Even if we did use light particles/waves to transmit radio data, the vast > distances in space would make instant radio communication impossible. A rare > exception to this flaw is in the movie Contact; as the camera draws away > from the earth we hear the radio emanations getting progressively older > until you finally reach silence. This trick is very effectively used to show > just how massive space is. > > > > 5. Humanoid Aliens > > [image: > Aliennewstag7]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/aliennewstag7.jpg> > > This is endemic on the various Star Trek series, where creatures from > entirely different sectors of the Universe look just like Humans except for > the occasional bulging ridge on their foreheads, etc. Humans evolved on > earth in order to meet a very specific criteria for survival – the > presumption that this is true of all other planets is ridiculous. > > 4. Explosions in Space > > [image: > Explosion2004]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/explosion2004.jpg> > > Unfortunately virtually every science fiction movie makes this error – in > fact, in the vacuum of outer space, there can be no flames (as flames need > oxygen) and, of course, no boom. An exception to this is the film 2001, in > which Bowman re-enters the Discovery by blowing out an airlock. > > 3. Superluminal Travel > > [image: 1062881070-Warp > Speed]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/1062881070-warp-speed.jpg> > > According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, as an object > approaches the speed of light, the energy required to propel it is immense – > by the time you reach the speed of light, infinite energy is needed – this > renders faster-than-light travel impossible for man. > > 2. Earth Gravity > > [image: 2001 So Panorama > 03]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/2001-so-panorama-03.jpg> > > It doesn’t matter what film you watch, almost all of them has earth like > gravity no matter where it is set. This is ridiculous, of course, unless you > are on a planet, which matches earth in every way with regards to our level > of gravity. One film, which does not fall for this error, is, again, 2001. > The clever devices used in the film to show us how humans would live in a > non-gravity environment really make this one of the best films in its genre. > > 1. Sound in Space > > [image: Space > Image]<http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/space-image.jpg> > > Sound requires air to travel – without air (as we find in the vacuum of > space) there is no sound. Many films completely ignore this and give us > ear-piercing sound effects during battles. The greatest exception to this > error is, yet again, the movie 2001 – all outer space activity takes place > in silence – with the occasional addition of the Blue Danube. > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
