Comments on: Top 10 Errors in Science Fiction Movies

By: John

John — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:58:27 +0000

Well I’m not exactly going to expand on how I know this, but “6. Instant Communications” is an error due to the fact that one should consider the potential for communication via a controlled man-made miniature wormhole. Such is the possibility considering that it’s a reality that is already in use. Of course they are unable to create a wormhole larger than the size of an atom but that’s just fine for communications purposes. The discovery was made based on the experiments that showed a single light particle as having the ability to exist in more than one place simultaneously. You can do your own research on this.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:41:58 +0000

When it comes to sounds in space, Moontrap (with Bruce Campbell) is another great example. Even though its a b-movie this really makes it stand out. All action sequences in space and on the moon are all silent.

By: barker

barker — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:24:10 +0000

Hurray for neutrinos and faster-than-light traveling!

By: Oddish_043

Oddish_043 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:37:04 +0000

actually it is a little contradictory in that, you can travel to a place and reach it before a beam of light however it’s more of moving the place to you than moving to the place (its what they do in star trek). Also in all reality a race that lives on the edje of a black hole is so improbable that it’s nearly impossible (I say this because of quantum mechanics) because the surface of a black hole is not a physical surface it is like the entrance to a 4 dimensional tunnel that ends in an incredibly small and dense sphere that crushes everything that goes near it to a pulp.

By: Oddish_043

Oddish_043 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:27:26 +0000

Very interesting. I agree with most of your topics. However there are 2 that are slightly incorrect. Faster than light travel is possible, however it’s not as simple as using jets and rockets to create motion. In theory you could use negative energy to pull your ship through space, it just takes more negative energy than we can produce at this point in time. The second minor issue almost everyone ydoesnt realize but as far as probability is concerned, it’s just as likely to find an alien that looks exactly like a human as it is to find one that is completely inhuman.

By: what

what — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:46:58 +0000

This is probably the worst list i have ever read. He doesn’t take into consideration that:
1) It’s called science FICTION.
2) Aliens are bound to look like humans when they are being portrayed by human actors
3) no one cares about whether or not explosions can happen in space, we just like to see things blow up.
4) Not all ecosystems have to be exactly like Earth or even parallel with Earth
5) 200 years ago no one would have thought it possible to communicate instantly with people across the planet, maybe in 200 years we will be able to talk across galaxies instantly

In conclusion, this was a good iea for a list, and you had a few good ideas. But overall, the list was terrible, you are closeminded and do not understand that most of this takes place in the future, where unknown technologies are bound to exist. Also you have no idea what aliens look like, they could be exactly the same as us. Weak

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:41:21 +0000

For #2, I think the audience is supposed to assume that the ship has some kind of gravity generator.

Another common error is finding a person, or character, so easily on a planet. With presumably billions of square kilometers, of surface area on whatever planet, finding a person would be a much more difficult task than finding a needle in a haystack. Yet, it’s quite common in sci-fi that character x is told they can find character y on planet z and x goes to planet z and finds character y instantly.

By: Roger Pedersen

Roger Pedersen — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:19:34 +0000

That there can’t be explosions in space is a bit wrong. Explosions can happen if there’s a volatile gas in existance. And what is a star other than a explosion (controlled by the balancing of gravity and a stars willingness to expland). Novas and supernovas, also explosions in space..

By: Al Martin

Al Martin — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:06:55 +0000

Good point regarding the errors in science fiction movies. I love the camp sci fi movies because it is fun to pick out the bad science. If I may I would like to mention some of the biological mistakes. For example, in ‘The Killer Shrews’ (1959), a geneticist accidently makes shrews grow to the size of large dogs. In ‘Them’ (1954) radiation creates giant ants. These are post WWII morality plays, a common genre of the time, which try to teach us about the dangers of atomic energy and radiation. But these movies get the biology wrong. A shrew is a small animal with a high surface area to volume ratio. They lose so much energy through their surface that they have to eat almost constantly to live. Thus, they are viscious animals. But a shrew the size of a labrador retriever has a much smaller surface area to volume ratio and would therefore no longer be a viscious little shrew. Likewise, giant ants are impossible because insects take in oxygen through a row of small holes along the abdomen which lead to short tubes. The oxygen diffuses into small spaces (hemocoels) where it oxygenates the blood. However, the diffusion distance of oxygen is the limiting factor. Therefore, a large insect could never take in enough oxygen to survive. Another favorite mistake can be found in the movie ‘Tarantula’ (1955). Again, we see (a synthetic food substitute) creating a giant arachnid (which uses gill-like books lungs that are also inadequate.) The mad scientist, the wonderful character actor Leo G. Carroll, does his experiments using single individuals – a rabbit and a spider. Research of course requires use of multiple test subjects and a population of controls. None of these appear in this (and similar) movies.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:11:15 +0000

The explained in Star Trek that most humanoid races were created by one super race that helped seed life in the galaxy.