August 28, 2003
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Now THIS is the most enjoyable movie review website I’ve ever seen!
Basically, it looks at the physics of films (not surprisingly!) and points out the flaws in the science of submachine guns:
“…the thirty-round magazine in a Mac 10 will be expended in a mere 1.8 seconds of sustained fire! If our shooter blazes away steadily for a total of only 3 minutes, his or her Mac 10 will spit out around 3000 chunks of lead at roughly 15 grams a piece. This amounts to 45 kilograms or a little less than 100 pounds of lead.“
scaling:
“…a misguided scientist, radioactive fallout, pollution, or some other folly of mankind abnormally shrinks or expands someone or some creature… Expanded objects or persons would have such low densities that they would be blown away in the wind like big balloons. Tiny people would suddenly exert huge pressures under their little feet since the area of their feet would be miniscule but their weight the same.“
and
“the attractive force of glass“
when someone gets shot!
Amongst the reviews are “The Hulk“, “The Matrix Reloaded“, “K-19 The Widowmaker“, “Titanic“, and “Speed“.
