Astrophysicist DeGrasse Tyson Pokes Holes in Gravity

[Strazdas]

Gota love all those people who uses the wors excuse ever invented. that excuse being "because its a movie". it being a movie does not excuse it being wrong.
Also why would he go out and say such a stupid thing about 2001.

 

[Lightknight]

Hah, that's funny. Perhaps movies should pay him for a little consulting, eh?

 

[Something Amyss]

Hey look, a new excuse to bring him back in for a segment on Colbert. I await patiently.

Like there's ever an excuse needed to bring him back. I DEMAND MORE NDT!

 

[Psychobabble]

Meh. He's probably just angry because he can't poke holes in Sandra Bullock.

Kidding, kidding, gees! Settle down!

Yeah I'm with the whole "it's just a movie" crowd on this one. While nitpicking films can be an entertaining past time, one should never take it too seriously, as none of the critiques mentioned do anything to spoil the films entertainment factor for the majority of film goers. Well unless you are just one serious grade A OCD geek.

 

[shrekfan246]

Gota love all those people who uses the wors excuse ever invented. that excuse being "because its a movie". it being a movie does not excuse it being wrong.

But if it's not trying to portray itself as being right, then is there really a problem? The only way I could see an issue arising would be if people started trying to parrot something they saw in a film as being reality and fact, using the film as their example, and that's just laughable to everyone who isn't them.

 

[Something Amyss]

Yeah I'm with the whole "it's just a movie" crowd on this one. While nitpicking films can be an entertaining past time, one should never take it too seriously, as none of the critiques mentioned do anything to spoil the films entertainment factor for the majority of film goers. Well unless you are just one serious grade A OCD geek.

But at the same time, even a lot of the people criticising it are saying they enjoy it. Including deGrasse Tyson. So obviously, it's not really an issue.

 

[Something Amyss]

But if it's not trying to portray itself as being right, then is there really a problem? The only way I could see an issue arising would be if people started trying to parrot something they saw in a film as being reality and fact, using the film as their example, and that's just laughable to everyone who isn't them.

Yeah, but we're not going to get any hilarious aeronautics and space fails from this....

There are points where I could see being wrong as a problem, but I don't see them here. People who brag about accuracy and make shit up, for example. Things so big that they take you out of the movie, especially if you don't have to be an expert.

 

[freaper]

Hah, I thought zombie Newton was about to shit his pants when I got to the actual article.

Cheeky, very cheeky.

 

[DaWaffledude]

For one glorious second, I thought the laws of physics had been broken. Oh well.

 

[antidonkey]

I love how he always give Jon Stewart grief when he's on The Daily Show for the earth rotating the wrong way during the opening sequence.