(1:37:56 PM) Teonnyn: ...wow...
(1:38:01 PM) Owen913: ?
(1:38:05 PM) Teonnyn: I think I've just read about the dumbest scientist ever.
(1:39:20 PM) Owen913: Annnd?
(1:39:20 PM) Teonnyn: A "Dr. Perkowitz " is suggesting that.. films only be allowed one scientific impossibility
(1:39:30 PM) Teonnyn: For the sake of plot
(1:40:02 PM) Owen913: Hehe
(1:40:02 PM) Teonnyn: Reason? He's had it with films that are completly impossible.
(1:40:40 PM) Owen913: I actually can enjoy hard scifi or the like now and then.
(1:41:08 PM) Owen913: But really, the market is not there right now
(1:41:23 PM) Teonnyn: This guy's reasoning is that hard sci-fi makes people think these things can actually BE DONE and thus makes them stupider.
(1:41:45 PM) Owen913: And thats hardly a fact supported opinion, sounds like he was interviewed and the outlit ran with it
(1:41:53 PM) Teonnyn: He doesn't seem to understand the "fiction" part of "science fiction" at all
(1:42:12 PM) Teonnyn: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8530405.stm
(1:42:13 PM) Owen913: Hard scifi is often the shit right around the corner, the hard comes from respecting physics and the like
(1:42:48 PM) Teonnyn: At a recent meeting of American scientists, physicist Professor Sidney Perkowitz suggested a new rule: every film should be allowed just one major suspension of belief for the sake of the story.
In other words, films shouldn't repeatedly violate scientific laws. And they definitely should avoid internal inconsistencies - breaking scientific rules established in earlier scenes.
Deep Blue Sea
Pharmaceutical proteins would be grown in a lab, not super-smart sharks
"If it's scene after scene, it becomes greater than I can stand," says Prof Perkowitz. "I understand the dramatic impulse behind it. The natural tendency is to hype things up."
(1:43:28 PM) Owen913: Actually, I do agree about respecting in universe science
(1:44:13 PM) Owen913: That can be something that shatters willing suspension of disbelief for me
(1:45:23 PM) Teonnyn: Perkowitz though should be making the choice to just stop watching it, not trying to impose his views on the public.
(1:46:36 PM) Teonnyn: Which is what he seems to be trying to do
(1:51:31 PM) Teonnyn: It's a very "Big Brother" point of view.
(1:52:49 PM) Teonnyn: What's next? Ban all non-scientific books?
(1:38:01 PM) Owen913: ?
(1:38:05 PM) Teonnyn: I think I've just read about the dumbest scientist ever.
(1:39:20 PM) Owen913: Annnd?
(1:39:20 PM) Teonnyn: A "Dr. Perkowitz " is suggesting that.. films only be allowed one scientific impossibility
(1:39:30 PM) Teonnyn: For the sake of plot
(1:40:02 PM) Owen913: Hehe
(1:40:02 PM) Teonnyn: Reason? He's had it with films that are completly impossible.
(1:40:40 PM) Owen913: I actually can enjoy hard scifi or the like now and then.
(1:41:08 PM) Owen913: But really, the market is not there right now
(1:41:23 PM) Teonnyn: This guy's reasoning is that hard sci-fi makes people think these things can actually BE DONE and thus makes them stupider.
(1:41:45 PM) Owen913: And thats hardly a fact supported opinion, sounds like he was interviewed and the outlit ran with it
(1:41:53 PM) Teonnyn: He doesn't seem to understand the "fiction" part of "science fiction" at all
(1:42:12 PM) Teonnyn: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8530405.stm
(1:42:13 PM) Owen913: Hard scifi is often the shit right around the corner, the hard comes from respecting physics and the like
(1:42:48 PM) Teonnyn: At a recent meeting of American scientists, physicist Professor Sidney Perkowitz suggested a new rule: every film should be allowed just one major suspension of belief for the sake of the story.
In other words, films shouldn't repeatedly violate scientific laws. And they definitely should avoid internal inconsistencies - breaking scientific rules established in earlier scenes.
Deep Blue Sea
Pharmaceutical proteins would be grown in a lab, not super-smart sharks
"If it's scene after scene, it becomes greater than I can stand," says Prof Perkowitz. "I understand the dramatic impulse behind it. The natural tendency is to hype things up."
(1:43:28 PM) Owen913: Actually, I do agree about respecting in universe science
(1:44:13 PM) Owen913: That can be something that shatters willing suspension of disbelief for me
(1:45:23 PM) Teonnyn: Perkowitz though should be making the choice to just stop watching it, not trying to impose his views on the public.
(1:46:36 PM) Teonnyn: Which is what he seems to be trying to do
(1:51:31 PM) Teonnyn: It's a very "Big Brother" point of view.
(1:52:49 PM) Teonnyn: What's next? Ban all non-scientific books?