Spiderman 2
Jul. 18th, 2004 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkIn a word, brilliant!
I don't think anything here constitutes a poiler, but if you're concerned, look away now.
I don't have much to say about the movie, but I'm afraid the science crossed the line of believability in a few places. First of all, Doc Ock's arms are made of a metal that's immune to "heat and magnatism". Magnetism should be easy enough to deal with, just avoid ferrous metals, but heat? There are plenty of alloys with a high melting point, but immune? Can't be done. And speaking of which, wouldn't it have been a good idea to make the lab out of this metal? Next up, the "extremely rare element", tritium. Would this be the same tritium that's known as h3, or hydrogin with an atomic mass of 3, ot one proton and two neutrons? Yes, it's very useful for fusion, and it's quite rare, but if you have a source of beta radiation, it's not very hard to make your own. Next up, just how strong are Spiderman's webs? When Spiderman tried to stop the train, the walls gave out before either the train or whatever adhesive were holding them on. Later, when Spidey was flying alongside a couple of helicopters, those choppers had better watch out for any stray weblines, because if they're that strong, you wouldn't want to get them caught in your rotors. There were a bunch of other things, but hopefully you get my jist.
Of course, I don't expect a superhero movie to totally adhere to the laws of physics, but a lot of basic errors could be avoided if they had one or two physicists read the script. I won't say these errors take from my enjoyment of the movie, but they do show a basic lack of understanding or caring on the part of the scriptwriters.
The moviw was fab generally. I think they got a really good balance of action and character development, and I'm really looking forward to the next one!
I don't think anything here constitutes a poiler, but if you're concerned, look away now.
I don't have much to say about the movie, but I'm afraid the science crossed the line of believability in a few places. First of all, Doc Ock's arms are made of a metal that's immune to "heat and magnatism". Magnetism should be easy enough to deal with, just avoid ferrous metals, but heat? There are plenty of alloys with a high melting point, but immune? Can't be done. And speaking of which, wouldn't it have been a good idea to make the lab out of this metal? Next up, the "extremely rare element", tritium. Would this be the same tritium that's known as h3, or hydrogin with an atomic mass of 3, ot one proton and two neutrons? Yes, it's very useful for fusion, and it's quite rare, but if you have a source of beta radiation, it's not very hard to make your own. Next up, just how strong are Spiderman's webs? When Spiderman tried to stop the train, the walls gave out before either the train or whatever adhesive were holding them on. Later, when Spidey was flying alongside a couple of helicopters, those choppers had better watch out for any stray weblines, because if they're that strong, you wouldn't want to get them caught in your rotors. There were a bunch of other things, but hopefully you get my jist.
Of course, I don't expect a superhero movie to totally adhere to the laws of physics, but a lot of basic errors could be avoided if they had one or two physicists read the script. I won't say these errors take from my enjoyment of the movie, but they do show a basic lack of understanding or caring on the part of the scriptwriters.
The moviw was fab generally. I think they got a really good balance of action and character development, and I'm really looking forward to the next one!
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Date: 2004-07-19 01:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-19 02:04 am (UTC)And on the topic of the train, I hope the designer of that vehicle got imprisoned for gross negligence. I mean, Doc Ock was able to just push the accelerator to maximum and rip off the lever. All modern trains are supposed to be fitted with "dead man's brakes" that stop the train if the driver doesn't press a pedal at regular intervals.