Technonerds go to movies strictly for entertainment, and of course, the most entertaining part comes after the movie when they can dissect, criticize, and argue the merits of every detail. However, when supposedly serious scenes totally disregard the laws of physics in blatantly obvious ways it’s enough to make us retch. The motion picture industry has failed to police itself against the evils of bad physics. —Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics (Intuitor)
The site also sells wonderfully geeky chess and science T-shirts. Thanks for the link, Julia.
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