As a non-scientist, I have to say, that Sunshine was the most preposterously unscientific film I have ever seen. It is very, very clear that the director and writer's understanding of the Universe is about as sophisticated as a Roadrunner cartoon.
Who picked these "Astronauts"... they make so many bad decisions.
They had seven years to make contingency plans. SEVEN YEARS, and no one, NOT A ONE OF THE PLANNERS of this the MOST IMPORTANT MISSION IN HUMAN HISTORY thought, "What if they run into the old ship?"
They went into an unknown environment wearing hankies on their faces. For Goodness sake! Who would be so monstrously STUPID?
Okay... they go after Icarus I (why is it named Icarus ONE? Doesn't the ONE imply that there will be a two? It would have been named Icarus.) because they need a "backup". Assuming they did everything perfectly, and they got the second bomb, they would then have to accelerate away from the sun WITH THE SECOND BOMB ATTACHED to one ship or the other. I presume the first bomb is also the SIZE OF MANHATTAN.
Did anyone ask for a second how much energy it would take to slow a hunk of bomb THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN to a total halt at the Sun's Corona, and then accelerate a ship away from the sun's gravity at that distance...
To go from 29,000 kilometers per hour to a halt within the orbit of Mercury while flying DIRECTLY AT THE SUN? It is absurd. You didn't even give them some sort of antigravity device. It would've been perfectly permissible within the framework of science fiction to give them powerful devices...
This film is an INSULT to science, and an insult to anyone with half a brain who watches it. It is a sad statement about the effectiveness of science education that anyone can watch this thing without vomiting in horror at its scientific inaccuracies that exceed the preposterous by orders of magnitude.
As a non-scientist, I have to say, that Sunshine was the most preposterously unscientific film I have ever seen. It is very, very clear that the director and writer's understanding of the Universe is about as sophisticated as a Roadrunner cartoon.
Who picked these "Astronauts"... they make so many bad decisions.
They had seven years to make contingency plans. SEVEN YEARS, and no one, NOT A ONE OF THE PLANNERS of this the MOST IMPORTANT MISSION IN HUMAN HISTORY thought, "What if they run into the old ship?"
They went into an unknown environment wearing hankies on their faces. For Goodness sake! Who would be so monstrously STUPID?
Okay... they go after Icarus I (why is it named Icarus ONE? Doesn't the ONE imply that there will be a two? It would have been named Icarus.) because they need a "backup". Assuming they did everything perfectly, and they got the second bomb, they would then have to accelerate away from the sun WITH THE SECOND BOMB ATTACHED to one ship or the other. I presume the first bomb is also the SIZE OF MANHATTAN.
Did anyone ask for a second how much energy it would take to slow a hunk of bomb THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN to a total halt at the Sun's Corona, and then accelerate a ship away from the sun's gravity at that distance...
To go from 29,000 kilometers per hour to a halt within the orbit of Mercury while flying DIRECTLY AT THE SUN? It is absurd. You didn't even give them some sort of antigravity device. It would've been perfectly permissible within the framework of science fiction to give them powerful devices...
This film is an INSULT to science, and an insult to anyone with half a brain who watches it. It is a sad statement about the effectiveness of science education that anyone can watch this thing without vomiting in horror at its scientific inaccuracies that exceed the preposterous by orders of magnitude.
Other than that, it was pretty good!