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I AM NOT READY FOR THE FUTURE

Started by Q. G. Pennyworth, July 06, 2015, 11:50:37 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 19, 2015, 07:30:28 PM


They made a huge deal about hiring a nobel prize winning physicist to consult on the physics then had a fucking breaking wave bearing down on them on a planet covered entirely in water. I was this close to standing up and screaming "What's it fucking breaking on?" in the middle of the cinema

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"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Wait. I saw that movie. Wasn't the water only like two feet deep? It was breaking on the bottom.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


P3nT4gR4m

It was the gravity that was raising the water. Lifting two feet of water 200 feet in the air. Aside from the fact that there wasn't enough water on the planet to make a wave that big the gravitational force that was holding up a gazillion tons of water but, at the same time, wasn't affecting the characters , robot or spaceship would, presumably have cancelled out most of the friction effect caused by the sea bed.

Maybe I'm off here. Maybe it was totally realistic but everything about it just stuck me as - get the fuck out of here  :eek:

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 19, 2015, 09:33:22 PM
It was the gravity that was raising the water. Lifting two feet of water 200 feet in the air. Aside from the fact that there wasn't enough water on the planet to make a wave that big the gravitational force that was holding up a gazillion tons of water but, at the same time, wasn't affecting the characters , robot or spaceship would, presumably have cancelled out most of the friction effect caused by the sea bed.

Maybe I'm off here. Maybe it was totally realistic but everything about it just stuck me as - get the fuck out of here  :eek:

Nah, the science checks out. Check out this thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/101543-Calculating-tidal-forces-(Interstellar)
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


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Quote from: Demolition Squid on July 19, 2015, 08:46:56 PM
Blade Runner is one of the best movies ever made. Probably THE best sci-fi movie. There. I said it.

Get out of my house.  Right now.  Take your fucking hat and your stupid dog and that thing you thought would get a reaction out of everyone (we've ALL seen THAT, even if yours was a pull-start), and just get the hell out.  Go wander in the desert and tell the coral snakes how fucking awesome that movie was.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 20, 2015, 03:13:19 AM
It occurs to me that I should do movie and book reviews.

Yes oh yes. You should. Absolutely.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Doktor Howl

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 20, 2015, 03:15:58 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 20, 2015, 03:13:19 AM
It occurs to me that I should do movie and book reviews.

Yes oh yes. You should. Absolutely.

Hmm.

Where to start?
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Cain

Mad Max: Fury Road.  Everyone says its amazing, convince me otherwise

Doktor Howl

Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2015, 03:25:15 AM
Mad Max: Fury Road.  Everyone says its amazing, convince me otherwise

Crap.  Now I gotta watch it.
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Cain

On the upside, everyone does say it's really good.

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Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2015, 03:28:39 AM
On the upside, everyone does say it's really good.

it's a two hour chase scene with implicit storytelling and fun costumes and I loved every second of it.
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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 20, 2015, 12:16:26 AM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 19, 2015, 09:33:22 PM
It was the gravity that was raising the water. Lifting two feet of water 200 feet in the air. Aside from the fact that there wasn't enough water on the planet to make a wave that big the gravitational force that was holding up a gazillion tons of water but, at the same time, wasn't affecting the characters , robot or spaceship would, presumably have cancelled out most of the friction effect caused by the sea bed.

Maybe I'm off here. Maybe it was totally realistic but everything about it just stuck me as - get the fuck out of here  :eek:

Nah, the science checks out. Check out this thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/101543-Calculating-tidal-forces-(Interstellar)

It doesn't check out too much. They explicitly say the water planet has 2 or 3 times earth gravity. To leave earth they needed a three stage separation rocket, and to leave this place they just fly off with tiny magic hover jets, but as I said, the science isn't the failing point of this film.
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Doktor Howl

Quote from: Faust on July 20, 2015, 07:54:52 AM
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2015, 03:28:39 AM
On the upside, everyone does say it's really good.

it's a two hour chase scene with implicit storytelling and fun costumes and I loved every second of it.

Everyone says that.  I must slay this film, if I am to be a critic.

Also, it gives me old man cred if I compare it unfavorably to movie #2, sort of like endlessly bitching about "new" Aerosmith.
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