Talk:Hollywood Science

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Who is the Bad Astronomer?

Is this related to www.badastronomy.com? Anjouli 14:38, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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I believe so; I've heard him on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. --Merovingian 14:39, Dec 9, 2003 (UTC)

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I was referring to the guy who runs www.badastronomy.com, who I gather refers to himself as 'The Bad Astronomer'. Perhaps there should be a link to the website. Silverfish 14:53, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)~

Can somebody verify that? (I can't find anyhting). If not, then I think we should remove the reference. Anjouli 06:49, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

On the Bad Astronomy 'who am I' page, it says 'Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?"', confirming that Phil Plait who presumedly runs www.badastronomy.com calls himself 'The Bad Astronomer'. Is that what you wanted confirmed? Silverfish 11:58, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Good enough for me. Thanks. Anjouli 07:58, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] US Show

There is also a show with the same name on the National Geographic Channel in the US. The narrator and most of the scientists are American, so I think it's a different show.... Should it have its own page? - 69.171.34.159 16:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I think this would be the same show as mentioned, but I'll try to catch the one on the British National Geographic channel sometime - it may be like MythBusters and just have a different narration in the UK. --Neo 21:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I can see no reason why this page lists three different subjects (definition, then two shows). They should all have their own page. --59.167.122.89 12:49, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, the first is just a dictionary definition, and of course Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. And it may be against policy, but do the two programmes need to have seperate pages? They're both of pretty much the same premise, and the page is not yet large enough to warrent their separation out. --Neo 21:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Movie science

Is there any article here that lists the science goofs that are traditional or typical in Hollywood movies, especially science fiction? I would have thought to find such a list here. For example, here are a few "rules" that Hollywood follows, off the top of my head:

• Sounds must always be present in the vacuum of space.
• Lasers must make interesting noises.
• The light of a laser beam must travel slower than the speed of light, so that viewers can get a sense of the beam's trajectory over a couple frames of film.
• Ships maneuvering in a weightless vacuum must bank when they turn, as if they are flying through an atmosphere in a gravitational field.
• All camera shots of an actor's face in front of a video display must show what's being displayed projected onto the actor's face, in focus, as if the display were projecting through a lens. It is not necessary for the projection to be reversed.
• Control panels must have extremely high-current power lines running through them, so that when disaster strikes, the control panel emits showers of sparks.
• Ships in space must always be oriented as if there is a universal "up" direction agreed upon by all.
• It is permissible for actors to wear helmets with bright internal lights that illuminate their faces and prevent them from seeing in low-light environments.

And so on. I'm sure I could even find sources of examples of each of these. Is there such an article here? For now, I have created the redirect page movie science to redirect to this Hollywood science article. ~Amatulić (talk) 04:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)