It's another Jerico Poll! Yeee ha!
It's always annoying for an aspiring writer like myself to see science fiction that is either obviously incorrect/ inaccurate or just stupid!
Does anything come to mind? If so, please reply! We can come up with an extensive list together. Then when we publish the book, I am the primary writer and editor of course :twisted: and you will be cited as a contributor. just kidding! (kind of)
Here is what's been bugging me (maybe you caught all these yourself):
1.) Predator II (starring Danny Glover): the "forensic" scientist examining the predator's weapon said something to the effect (I refuse to watch it again for accuray): "I don't know what it is made of. It doesn't appear on the periodic table!"
This is the most stupid thing ever! He was analyzing the predator's arm blade. It's shiny and silver-- it's fucking metal! Well it can't be less than a.m.u 1; anything less than hydrogen are sub-atomic particles. If it was off of the periodic chart on the high-end, it would consist of a highly unstable radioactive isotope that would make his skin melt, and he wouldn't be coming back with a report would he? Am I right? Fellow scientists/ writers, your input please. It's retarded
2.) The obvious.... Star Wars (the real first one). Von Weiner, correct me for accuracy if needed. Han Solo says, "I'll be there in a parsec!"
As you all should know, parsec is a measure of distance, not time. You astronomy buffs, can go ahead and say how much exactly. parsec = ? light-years.
Lucas should have paid a bit more attention to the science for accuracy instead of concentrating on all the ideas that he "borrowed" from Japanese cinema such as Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai."
3.) The most recent thing I noticed was in The Animatrix. Either the second or the third story told of how the machines took over the world. In that story it said we humans decided that in order to stop the machines we had to block out the sun since the machines got their energy from the sun.
This is completely idiotic and stupid!! Where the hell do we humans get our energy from? Humans didn't just pop out of the ground! Ever heard of photosynthesis? It came around long before any carnivores or omnivores. If there weren't any autotrophs: photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and then plants, we would not have come into existence, and we would not be alive today. To begin with, the Earth would not have an adequate atmosphere, if any, for us to live if we didn't have a sun and photosynthesis. Basically the mass extinction theory by asteroid impact is a blocking out the sun idea. It says such an occurence just about killed everything on earth. Humans deciding to block out the sun is the ultimate form of suicide. And it might not stop autonomous machines if they were the dominant sentinents. 'nuff said!
4.) Star Trek. I don't watch it, and if I did I'd probably find a lot of problems. To think that we live in an enormous if not infinite universe, or multiverse, and then considering possible forms of life that can exist, to depict an extraterrestrial by simply putting a ridge of bumps on the bridge of the nose is ludicrous! Show me a guy with 10 eyes and pincered tentacles and I might be able to suspend my disbelief.
Yeah I know the original series may have suffered from budget constraints, but the newer Next Generation/ Babylon stuff? There's no excuse! At least Star Wars didn't fail in that respect.
Give me the multi-oculars and tentacles dammit!
'nuff said.
ok your turn ? :D
It's always annoying for an aspiring writer like myself to see science fiction that is either obviously incorrect/ inaccurate or just stupid!
Does anything come to mind? If so, please reply! We can come up with an extensive list together. Then when we publish the book, I am the primary writer and editor of course :twisted: and you will be cited as a contributor. just kidding! (kind of)
Here is what's been bugging me (maybe you caught all these yourself):
1.) Predator II (starring Danny Glover): the "forensic" scientist examining the predator's weapon said something to the effect (I refuse to watch it again for accuray): "I don't know what it is made of. It doesn't appear on the periodic table!"
This is the most stupid thing ever! He was analyzing the predator's arm blade. It's shiny and silver-- it's fucking metal! Well it can't be less than a.m.u 1; anything less than hydrogen are sub-atomic particles. If it was off of the periodic chart on the high-end, it would consist of a highly unstable radioactive isotope that would make his skin melt, and he wouldn't be coming back with a report would he? Am I right? Fellow scientists/ writers, your input please. It's retarded
2.) The obvious.... Star Wars (the real first one). Von Weiner, correct me for accuracy if needed. Han Solo says, "I'll be there in a parsec!"
As you all should know, parsec is a measure of distance, not time. You astronomy buffs, can go ahead and say how much exactly. parsec = ? light-years.
Lucas should have paid a bit more attention to the science for accuracy instead of concentrating on all the ideas that he "borrowed" from Japanese cinema such as Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai."
3.) The most recent thing I noticed was in The Animatrix. Either the second or the third story told of how the machines took over the world. In that story it said we humans decided that in order to stop the machines we had to block out the sun since the machines got their energy from the sun.
This is completely idiotic and stupid!! Where the hell do we humans get our energy from? Humans didn't just pop out of the ground! Ever heard of photosynthesis? It came around long before any carnivores or omnivores. If there weren't any autotrophs: photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and then plants, we would not have come into existence, and we would not be alive today. To begin with, the Earth would not have an adequate atmosphere, if any, for us to live if we didn't have a sun and photosynthesis. Basically the mass extinction theory by asteroid impact is a blocking out the sun idea. It says such an occurence just about killed everything on earth. Humans deciding to block out the sun is the ultimate form of suicide. And it might not stop autonomous machines if they were the dominant sentinents. 'nuff said!
4.) Star Trek. I don't watch it, and if I did I'd probably find a lot of problems. To think that we live in an enormous if not infinite universe, or multiverse, and then considering possible forms of life that can exist, to depict an extraterrestrial by simply putting a ridge of bumps on the bridge of the nose is ludicrous! Show me a guy with 10 eyes and pincered tentacles and I might be able to suspend my disbelief.
Yeah I know the original series may have suffered from budget constraints, but the newer Next Generation/ Babylon stuff? There's no excuse! At least Star Wars didn't fail in that respect.
Give me the multi-oculars and tentacles dammit!
'nuff said.
ok your turn ? :D
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