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Golden Gate bridge scene

posted 12 years ago by lloyddobbler
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Watching the movie now for the 32nd time (corny, but I really like it), and something came to mind as a goof, although I'm not a scientist, so I don't know. When the microwaves found a hole in the atmosphere to come through right above San Francisco bay, and the guy's arm gets cooked while he has it hanging out of his car window... he yells and brings it back into the car, only to be killed when th bridge collapses into the boiling water below... but shouldn't his whole body have been cooked like his arm was? A Toyota shouldn't be able to block the microwaves , right?

[–] dolores_medina 11 years ago

I think metal Blocks microwaves. Here's a test if you place a metal spoon or fork in your Microwave oven, it will cause sparks ..( i know because one time i forgot to take the fork out of my dinner plate for like half a second.). it's why you are always told never to put metal in a microwave.

I believe that the metal on the roof may have caused the microwaves to rebound.

[–] Volley2015 11 years ago

The worst part about the Golden Gate Bridge Scene is that it focuses on one man. One silly office cubicle worker, stranded on the bridge in rush hour traffic, gawking around while the entire bridge falls apart around him.

Instead of focusing on the thousands of others on the bridge, it focuses on that one man. As a result, the disaster seems less 'disastrous' than it actually was.

This is where Independence Day did a better job, because it showed random faces in frustration and terror, not just one person.

[–] sportalero 7 years ago

"Instead of focusing on the thousands of others on the bridge, it focuses on that one man. As a result, the disaster seems less 'disastrous' than it actually was. "

I'm pretty sure that was the intent. That scene was NEVER meant to be taken seriously and watching the gawky loser experience the bridge collapse around him showed a human being's perspective of it, but it was MAINLY about the devastation the beam caused to the bridge. We heard "canned screams" from supposed people on the bridge but since we saw no one else, it didn't really tug at the heart strings.

Honestly, I didn't want to see the old people who look like my grandparents or the school bus full of girl scouts or the parents bringing home their new-born twins, get graphically ROASTED right before my eyes. I didn't want to see it and the light-hearted movie would have never rebounded from that one scene.

[–] sportalero 7 years ago

Definitely should have been cooked. All he did was roll up the window. That glass would have offered ZERO protection. You can ride down the ride in an air-conditioned car and still have a body part heat up if it's in direct sunlight. And actually, everyone who was in the path of that beam of heat were dead well BEFORE they hit the water. If you remember the scene, the cars burst into flames right as they fell off the bridge.

[–] Nizzemancer-1 7 years ago

Also the bridge melts first then the cars tires starts to pop, with the rate the bridge collapse that amount of heat should have melted the cars long before the bridge collapsed, all the people would have burst in flames and the gas in their tanks would have exploded as some of the first things most likely.

Instead the bridge melts, cars start falling in and burst into flames, the wires get cut at very precise points and fly all over the place (that probably wouldn't happen either).

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