I would have enjoyed this film, except for the fact that I got a "C" in High School Physics, and the "science" portion of the "Science Fiction" description is so mind-bogglingly undeserved.
Yes, it was well-acted, and well directed, and all that narrative stuff. BUT COME ON!
YOU can understand that if you establish a reality, you must adhere to THAT REALITY, and if there are inconsistencies in that reality, that is unsettling and absurd.
It is established that this film takes place in Reality, with some minor advances in technology on the part of the species. We have holograms and can make a really big bomb. Then you establish the speed of the ship as ~ 30,000 kph. Then you shoot it straight at the sun, but when they take the foot off the gas, the ship JUST STOPS?
This is no longer reality... this is a ROADRUNNER CARTOON. For Goodness Sake! If you are going to make pretensions to some sort of scientific accuracy, at least give them some sci-fi magic to explain the VAST GAPING problems in the film. Anti-Gravity maybe?
Well, if they have anti-grav, then why does the ship have spinning parts?
And by the way, if that shield in front is the mass of Manhattan, then that ship is miles and miles long. If the ship is miles long, and those arms are spinning at one or two revolutions per minute, then the G force at the end of the arm would be PHENOMENAL.
Seriously, did you have ONE person with HALF A BRAIN working on this?
I would have enjoyed this film, except for the fact that I got a "C" in High School Physics, and the "science" portion of the "Science Fiction" description is so mind-bogglingly undeserved.
Yes, it was well-acted, and well directed, and all that narrative stuff. BUT COME ON!
YOU can understand that if you establish a reality, you must adhere to THAT REALITY, and if there are inconsistencies in that reality, that is unsettling and absurd.
It is established that this film takes place in Reality, with some minor advances in technology on the part of the species. We have holograms and can make a really big bomb. Then you establish the speed of the ship as ~ 30,000 kph. Then you shoot it straight at the sun, but when they take the foot off the gas, the ship JUST STOPS?
This is no longer reality... this is a ROADRUNNER CARTOON. For Goodness Sake! If you are going to make pretensions to some sort of scientific accuracy, at least give them some sci-fi magic to explain the VAST GAPING problems in the film. Anti-Gravity maybe?
Well, if they have anti-grav, then why does the ship have spinning parts?
And by the way, if that shield in front is the mass of Manhattan, then that ship is miles and miles long. If the ship is miles long, and those arms are spinning at one or two revolutions per minute, then the G force at the end of the arm would be PHENOMENAL.
Seriously, did you have ONE person with HALF A BRAIN working on this?