- The film has 168 errors, simply count from one to three every three seconds till the minute the picture shows up. There are many people who enjoy watching films that are full of action and adventure. US actor Chris Pratt has revealed he was prepared to give up on ever appearing in a Marvel film, after one too many failed auditions. It doesn't use its maneuvering jets at any time, and they are far too feeble to lift the weight of the shuttle anyway. The fuel the spaceships use, after refueling at the MIR wannabe Russian space station, is Liquid Oxygen. Oxygen is not the fuel; oxygen is the oxidizer. That makes it impossible to dock - it'd be like trying to drive a car on ice-covered roads into a spinning parking garage. starts up the Armadillo to jump the canyon, you can hear the sound of big, internal combustion engines. During their briefing, Truman refers to the oxygen as their fuel. GIPHY App Key not set. The 1998 science-fiction disaster film Armageddon was released. That's more than one howler per minute. The dark side of almost any body in space is usually about zero Kelvin, or roughly -273 degrees Celsius. One of the most important aspects of a film, especially a science fiction, is the suspension of disbelief. Bruce Willis was offered a third of the $26.1 million he had been promised if his companys value fell below a certain threshold. However, its critical reception was overwhelmingly negative, and it is widely considered to be one of the worst films of all time. NASA was willing to risk sending drillers into space with minimal astronaut training as opposed to sending astronauts into space with minimal drilling training. Page 2 of 2. There are 168 in total. Armageddon is a great movie.. but.. not so great when youre overly science-y minded We all know that Bruce Willis is the savior of Earthfrom an older article which answers some of the movies plot points with real scientific answers. walks outside surveying the wreckage while debris is strewn out burning on the ground. When drilling you have to remove the debris. The way the space station and space shuttles are attached, it would be impossible for gravity to be felt on all normal walking surfaces. He earns more than $24 million per year in addition to his salary. It is unlikely the Russian Space Station would happen to be carrying fuel for the two X-71s, especially given the short amount of time NASA had to prepare for the mission and the supposedly "Top Secret" nature of the X-71 program. 168 Errors Found In Popular Hollywood Film Armageddon Several scientists have questioned the accuracy of the film Armageddon, a popular Hollywood production. To simulate gravity, the cosmonaut aboard the space station fires a few rockets to put the space station into the spin. It was revealed in the DVD commentary that Willis was actually staring at pictures of his real life daughters when he recorded the heartfelt scene. The spinning motion creates an artificial gravity, an effective outward-pushing force. The fuel is liquid hydrogen. Second, that nuclear bomb wasn't nearly powerful enough to split an asteroid of that size. Follow Tanya Lewis on Twitterand Google+. But even "Deep Impact" gets some things wrong. ANALYSIS: Wake Up and Smell the Science, Hollywood! Their conclusions appeared in a pair of papers published in the university's Journal of Special Physics Topics. The official synopsis as the film reads: "After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.". Factual error: The surviving space shuttle takes off from the asteroid horizontally, like an airliner taking off from a runway. The film stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, and Steve Buscemi, as well as Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, and Ben Affleck. You can unsubscribe at any time. The only scientific truth the movie stuck to was the fact that asteroids existed. (01:08:00), Factual error: When Oscar Choi is talking to A.J. I was disappointed by this movie, and not just because of the scientific ludicrousness. It sounds like "stasveecha". The acting is wooden, the dialogue is cheesy, and the plot is full of holes. It is currently rated 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average of 5.2 out of 10 and a critic consensus that reads Lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the films antagonist. Armageddon was nominated for seven Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, but lost to An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. Second, the special effects are top-notch and really bring the end of the world to life. ");b!=Array.prototype&&b!=Object.prototype&&(b[c]=a.value)},h="undefined"!=typeof window&&window===this?this:"undefined"!=typeof global&&null!=global?global:this,k=["String","prototype","repeat"],l=0;lb||1342177279>>=1)c+=c;return a};q!=p&&null!=q&&g(h,n,{configurable:!0,writable:!0,value:q});var t=this;function u(b,c){var a=b.split(". Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. There are 168 in total. A bit later in the film, after the nuke was shut down by a technician at NASA, one of the Air Force Sergeants takes the terminal. Would have ruined DH4 [Die Hard 4], Willis allegedly said. The tape on Rockhound's right cheek simply falls away; it should have adhered to his cheek. The asteroid would have pulverized the earth and killed thousands of people if it ever struck. Those Gatling guns are attached to the drilling rig (armadillo) so the point about F=Ma still stands. Lets not forget all that uncontrollable fire, steam and debris all over the place . Unfortunately, a NASA employee has since dismissed this as nothing more than an internet myth. She received a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a bachelor of science in biomedical engineering from Brown University. Factual error: Earlier in the film the mission coordinator says that they are going to experience 9.5G's for 11 min. One of the pieces plunges into the Atlantic Ocean, generating a mega tsunami that floods Manhattan and many major coastlines, a scenario that is actually pretty accurate, Plait said. The Oscar-winning actor and director has got many feathers in his cap. Armageddon was a milestone. During the film, a nuclear bomb is placed inside an asteroid as it approaches Earth. In the scene with the "lunar roll" (where both shuttles Freedom and Independence are being sling-shot around the moon), they are said to be experiencing "9 and a half G's for 11 minutes". Even Ben Affleck didnt think the storyline was actually believable and during the DVD commentary he revealed what happened when he asked director Michael Bay a particular question about the plot. Second, they'd have to count on finding a clear length of ground on a debris strewn asteroid. It is presumable that the munitions specialists to supervise the nuclear ordnance would know the full workings of the weapons to include the timers and how to stop the timer through wire cutting. Home richfield school district 168 errors armageddon. She has previously written for Science News, Wired, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, the radio show Big Picture Science and other places. Stay up to date on the latest science news by signing up for our Essentials newsletter. The command center's "countdown" clock, goes the zero (at the last second Harry sacrifices himself, blowing up the asteroid), but the asteroid is still far away from Earth. The most eye-catching transaction was the $7 million penthouse he purchased with Demi Moore that he eventually sold for $45 million. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. There is no air to provide lift for the wings, so the shuttle - with its engines providing thrust straight back - would simply trundle along the ground like a car. Earlier in the film the mission coordinator says that they are going to experience 9.5G's for 11 min. However the newscaster states that the shuttle exploded at approximately 3:34 a.m. EST; as it is clearly midday there is plenty of time to print a newspaper with the info about the explosion on that same day. Trivia: The character Freddy Noonan appears in, or is referenced in many scenes yet is more or less an afterthought. FBiH - Konkursi za turistike vodie i voditelje putnike agencije. There is no way they would make it to the shuttle even with it being a few feet away; they'd get sucked out into space almost immediately. A gravity scene aboard a Russian space station gets the direction of gravity wrong. There will be a momentary disruption in network connectivity while the hardware resets. Its Wikipedia entry cites at least 168 scientific errors, over a running time of 150 minutes. So no lifeform will live long enough to die in a winter. So pressure is 100% related to acceleration and G's. The color is noisy, glossy, and excessive, but its also nearly irresistible. Among other trivia (none very flattering towards the movie), one said that for a while, NASA used it as part of its theoretical training, committing astronaut candidates to find "the 168 errors." Not a bad exercise, but apparently, NASA denied. The film Armageddon is so scientifically inaccurate that NASA uses it as a test for their management training program.. Wearing a G-suit or not, no helmet would cause the body to dispersethis pressure, and theyd pass out. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment He is one of the most sought-after actors in the world due to his involvement in some of the most successful films of all time. Theyre the words of Harry Stamper (played by Bruce Willis) to his fellow oil rig workers in Armageddon. I mean, he shot a person with a shotgun at close range on an oil rig all because his daughter had limited options and thought Ben Affleck would be a good choice in boyfriend. Im more confused about why they bothered to take them along in the first place. Come on Michael Bay.. get your shit together.. Superhero Physics (5) The network interface "Intel (R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168" has begun resetting. This is wrong, as oxygen is needed to make something burn, and there is no oxygen on the asteroid. But despite its entertainment value, the film is fantastically inaccurate, said astronomer Phil Plait, who writes the "Bad Astronomy" blog on Slate.com. (There is only one Capcom, who is always located in Houston. Finally, the movie has a great message about working together to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Launch pads 39A and 39B are three miles apart. Im only a filthy casual and I found the movie to be eye-rolling (except when Rome gets destroyed, thats awesome). From 1998 to 2000, a summer blockbuster about an asteroid that threatens to wipe out the Earth was a smash hit. A near perfect vacuum wouldnt even spark. Question: Does anyone know what the NASA employee says to Lev the cosmonaut the first time we see him? It was directed by Michael Bay and released on July 1, 1998. During his talk, Plait showed a clip from "Armageddon" in which Bruce Willis' character struggles to detonate the bomb, by hand, before the asteroid smacks into Earth and destroys all life. 21. The earth would become "sterilized." Other issues included the films implausible science, its cliched and melodramatic dialogue, and its overall tone, which was felt to be too light for a film about the end of the world. Then back again with the little hat. The film was severely criticized by critics and was nominated for multiple Razzie Awards. Drillers would never use steel cutters on pipe in a hole with known gas pocket/gas residue. It features short papers written by fourth-year master's students, to give them a flavor of what publishing in a real world' academic journal is like. Factual error: In the Russian space station, A.J. And it would not be felt at all at the center. In 2007 when chatting to fans about his upcoming movie, Live Free Or Die Hard, Willis responded to a rumour that Bay might direct the film. And the nerd-gassing continues. It can be referred to in three different ways: as action, sci-fi, or fantasy. Firing a gatling gun on a low gravity environment would not only cause the gun to explode (absolute zero cold barrels firing an explosive round), the item the gun is attached too, the spaceship in this case, would go flying backwards at nearly the same speed as the bullet leaving the barrel. mv + mv = 0, dude, Nice post but we _all_ see those things in the movie. Few people will work with him now, and I know I will never work with him again..
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