Science Fiction movies should stop being inaccurate

[rodsky]

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A movie can have realistic science, and still be enjoyable. No movie can be completely scientifically accurate of course, so balance is key.

To summarize:

Armageddon - FAIL
Deep Impact - FTW

The Core - EPIC FAIL
The Day After Tomorrow - SO MUCH EPIC FAIL
2012 - EVEN MORE EPIC FAIL

This is exactly the message that splendid and I are trying to express in this thread, yet some people here seem to insist that when something is dubbed as "fiction", that it automatically HAS to be inaccurate.

-RODION

[NASYO]

i have a suggestion, basin pwede ingon ani na lang.
sci fact movies must be accurate.

[FAQ]

A movie can have realistic science, and still be enjoyable. No movie can be completely scientifically accurate of course, so balance is key.

Does The Time Traveller's Wife counts?

[rodsky]

Does The Time Traveller's Wife counts?

The answer to that question lies here:

The Time Traveler's Wife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-RODION

[lomotel]

i have a suggestion, basin pwede ingon ani na lang.
sci fact movies must be accurate.

agree!!..it would be a misnomer if you insist that sci fiction movies could be accurate.

[rodsky]

agree!!..it would be a misnomer if you insist that sci fiction movies could be accurate.

Wala man mi ga force nga dapat totally accurate dyud ang sci fi movies. It's a given man dyud nga science fiction films will involve things that are not yet thought up of.

The fact remains that, comparing Deep Impact ug Armageddon, like Visual C# said, mas accurate ang Deep Impact, in terms of the reaction of people to the event, the solutions planned by the characters etc. Both movies contain inaccuracies, but at least Deep Impact had much better research into the phenomenon and thus was more believable than Armageddon.

-RODION

[bcasabee]

For me, movies should be inspiring, fiction or not. It should inspire the young and young at heart, to become scientist, engineers, businessmen, lawyers, soldiers, environmentalist, astronauts etc. Case is Avatar, it may not be a so a realistic movie, but at least, it gives a message to the people to take care of our beloved earth.

[rodsky]

Can anyone name me a famous science fiction novel or movie (or novel made into a movie) that occurs in the present time (i.e. 2009/2010), NOT in the future?

-RODION

[superman-yak]

Can anyone name me a famous science fiction novel or movie (or novel made into a movie) that occurs in the present time (i.e. 2009/2010), NOT in the future?

-RODION

Dan Brown i guess

[rodsky]

Dan Brown i guess

Dan Brown is NOT a science fiction author. He is categorized under the "Thriller" genre:

Thriller (genre) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scroll down to "Religious Thriller" and guess who is the representative author there?

Dan Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The mere fact that you mention Dan Brown in this thread points directly to the fact that most people don't even know what the science fiction genre is all about.

-RODION