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SciFi movies and pathetic misconceptions of tech failing for the story line.
tggzzz:
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--- Quote from: tszaboo on March 27, 2023, 01:11:11 pm ---If you want really really bad science, to the point where it's so ridiculous it's funny, watch Moonfall.
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Ah, what it is like to be young, and not to remember 1950/60s movies[1], nor TV programmes like Space 1999.
[1] exceptions: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, 2001
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Well OP was mainly asking about recent sci-fi, right? Otherwise let's mention James Bond Moonraker.
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The OP was incorrectly stating it is a modern phenomenon, viz "...just that it's getting bad". It isn't.
The less said about any film with Roger Moore in it, the better :) Doubly so his James Bond films. Moore is pretty much the canonical example of a wooden actor; the only way he is capable of expressing emotion is by raising one eyebrow.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: edavid on March 27, 2023, 07:13:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 27, 2023, 02:27:16 pm ---[1] exceptions: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, 2001
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The Day the Earth Stood Still does exactly what OP is complaining about. They don't mention EMP, but the aliens magically turn off all electrical devices on Earth. In addition, the plot makes no sense. Great movie though.
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Not mentioning EMP is important, since it avoids false explanations.
Of course it appears to be magic. That is a characteristic of any sufficiently advanced science. (With apologies to Arthur C. Clarke).
mendip_discovery:
--- Quote from: snarkysparky on March 27, 2023, 01:46:43 pm ---Firefly was a good show but they made no attempt to get spaceflight correct.
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Hmm, I guess you never watched the opening sequence of the first episode. So they did make at least 1 attempt.
I will admit I enjoyed Fringe and other than anna torv it was rather good.
Don't diss the 7 of Blake's becuase it was TV of it's time. Dr who wasn't much better.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: mendip_discovery on March 27, 2023, 07:53:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: snarkysparky on March 27, 2023, 01:46:43 pm ---Firefly was a good show but they made no attempt to get spaceflight correct.
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Hmm, I guess you never watched the opening sequence of the first episode. So they did make at least 1 attempt.
I will admit I enjoyed Fringe and other than anna torv it was rather good.
Don't diss the 7 of Blake's becuase it was TV of it's time. Dr who wasn't much better.
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Blake's 7 started well, but then they got the most powerful ship in the universe and an omniscient computer - and still managed to get into stupid positions every episode. More series should emulate the final episode, though.
Dr Who is fantasy, not SF.
MathWizard:
Here's a car accident that looks like it's from The Matrix or some Marvel movie. And then the tire still catches up and hits the Kia again, and probably stops next to it LOL
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