I cannot believe the extraordinarily bad science in this movie. Too many too list but way more than The Core. This is definitely one of those movies that are so freakin bad that they are actually good.
shareI agree - it had so many lol moments but is not rated as a comedy??
'Zombieland', on the other hand, did not have one laugh in it but IS rated as a comedy??
The IMDB world is very strange sometimes.
"I saw an EM wave in the sky" - As far as I know that's like proving God exists.
I don't think anyone ever seen one. Possibly seeing the effects from one.
That graphics was ridiculous. For a second there I thought I was watching an episode of Stargate SG1 or something like that, one of those episodes with the Replicators.
I hate when they turn to graphics to illustrate science... An EMP doesn't, I think, exhibit itself as a wave. I could only imagine the insane amount of power it would require in order to do so.
I'm thinking of a nuclear blast wich delivers an EMP. Sure, it's a small quantity that gets incinerated/blasted/splitted of radioactive substances etc. but in order to create a wave, that like water-masses rinses the cities, would I think need thousands of nukes going off in a specific order within a few milliseconds.
It's all B.S. and made to look good for the cameras. Hope they covered the expenses with this movie =0o
I give it 4 of 10!
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"The electronics won't be short-circuited as long as the power's off"
Sure! I'll buy that! What kind of a dumb-ass scientist is he? That dad-what-his-name said that.
I'm somewhat into electronics, and I think most others have heard of ESD (Electro Static Discharge), which damages circuits. And since I know a thing of two about these things, I know that some components, more than others, gets destroyed more easily, like CMOS etc. The least sensitive Silicon and Germanium and a couple of other metals used for making components.
This is why you wear a wrist-band with that cable which you connect to a ground-outlet whenever handling bare electronics, like inside computers!
Bah... Nimrods!
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"We just have to pray that one static charge has been trapped in the cylinder."
WHAT THE F-WORD F-WORD - WHAT?
Now I'm pissed! If the battery is fried, how the f-word can the cylinder "trap" electricity? The cylinder in a car is a hunk of metal, a cylinder-block! If insulated it might charge up some static electricity or so, but not like in the movie. This made me mad! How can they make sh!t like this and get away with it!!?
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"Now I'm pissed! If the battery is fried, how the f-word can the cylinder 'trap' electricity?" Note that you hear the starter when the kid turns the key. Apparently the sound guy didn't read the script.
I love the way the "EMP pulses" apparently made car hoods pop open and the hood rods jump into place.
It seemed like the filmmakers hired Kirk Cameron as the science advisor. None of the science was even close to plausable or even believable in the context of the film.
The scientist in the film tells us that a million years ago the earth's magnetic poles reversed and it's about to happen again. (That may be the only true science in the whole thing.) Then he explains that the upcoming reversal will kill all life on earth turning it into another Mars. Why then are we here? The polar reversal a million years ago should have turned the earth into a dead, Mars-like planet.
The Siffy channel has created some great Mystery Science Theater fodder.
-- Roger
I have to agree.
I didn't realize (until I just looked it up here) that this was a "Sci-Fi Channel VERY Original Movie". That explains a great deal.
I knew we were in for a "treat" when the "scientists" began referring to the comet's "orbital fulcrum" instead of to its perigee.
Then there's the issue of comets with magnetic fields. They have none. Comets are basically rocks and water — and frozen gasses. They are made up of a small rocky (not metallic) core covered in layers and layers of dirty ice. (The dirty ice is the source of the comets tail — as it's melted by the warmth of the sun and pushed away by the solar wind.)
How about that tiny fragment of comet hitting Earth hard enough to knock it off kilter?
And then here's the guy in the opening sequence who'd been burned up by his cell phone. Unless he'd been standing in the middle of a busy gas station (on a calm day) there's no way a cell phone could do that.
I must be really ignorant: For many years I'd been reading that electro-magnetic waves travel at the speed of light. This movie set me right, though; they travel at only 40 miles per hour. REALLY!!!
The amount of real science in these Sci-Fi Channel [Extremely] Original Movies isn't enough to make you blink if it were to fly in your eye.
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All I can say to the writers, director(s) and producer(s) is:
I admire your ability to get paid for this.
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I think 2012 is dummer.
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Haven't seen that one yet. It's on my list. I gather from your remark that it's not worth the electricity to power my TV. Thanks for the warning.
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shareThat makes it official then:
Except for the occasional rerun of "Eureka", THERE IS NOTHING LEFT that I care to watch on the "SyFy" channel.
My best guess: They had to change their name to delete any last residual mention of science — because they'd given up trying to include any in their offerings.
Watching their [overly original] movies makes me feel so old!
I can remember when schools taught real science. That means that writers had to put a little thought in their stories in order to pass muster as science fiction. Otherwise, they'd have been laughed out of the s-f community.
1) I must constantly remind myself:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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2) Someone else must remind the writers at SyFy channel:
"Uncle Cosmo, why do they call it a 'Word Processor'?"
"It's really very simple, Skyler. You've seen what food processors do to food?"
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Because 3) The amount of real science in these Sci-Fi Channel [Extremely] Original Movies isn't enough to make you blink if it were to fly in your eye.
and:
All I can say to the writers, director(s) and producer(s) is:
I admire your ability to get paid for this dreck.
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(Hey. Do you think anyone at SyFy channel would pay any attention if I started writing to their sponsors?)
Saw this on the schedule, I like Jack Coleman as an actor, so thought I'd give it a try.
12 Minutes. Thats how long I lasted watching this. If it was fun or even slightly aware of how bad the science was, I might have lasted longer.
I spent longer trying to get an idea of what might actually happen from the impact, than watching the movie itself. I guess at least I learned something. (Besides to give up on watching anything made by Sci fi)
I like how they took the alterator out of the SUV and put it in the Army truck
shareWhen the science, story, acting and CGI are all so horrible, films like these can be redeemed if there is enough jiggly T&A, and if the actors and dirctors play it for camp, not seriously.
Spock! Form an away team! You, me, Bones, Scotty and umm... Ensign Smith!
You guys know that Sci-Fi stands for Science-Fiction and not Science-Fact, right? :P
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