question about movie trailer

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-01-18 02:28pm

when i went to go see lord of the rings last weekend i saw a trailer for an upcoming movie called "the core" where some kind of u.s. weapon that can control weather or somthing stops the earths core (can that happen??)
and they sent a team down with one-thousand neuclear weapons to "restart" it one question how the HELL can you "restart" the earth's core with a thousand nukes??? do movie producers even pay attention to the laws of science anymore???

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-18 02:43pm

It's just a movie. Ignore the bad science.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-01-18 02:45pm

Darksider wrote:when i went to go see lord of the rings last weekend i saw a trailer for an upcoming movie called "the core" where some kind of u.s. weapon that can control weather or somthing stops the earths core (can that happen??)
and they sent a team down with one-thousand neuclear weapons to "restart" it one question how the HELL can you "restart" the earth's core with a thousand nukes??? do movie producers even pay attention to the laws of science anymore???

This looks to have the possibility to be "the dumbest movie ever". This entire premise takes geology and atmospheric science and pisses on them from a very great height. None of it is even remotely possible or even scientificaly plausible.......

No, human science does not even fully understand HOW the earths interior functions, the idea that we would be able harness energies powerful enough to effect the mantle and core is ludicrous.

Film producers have always played fast an loose with science and physics. However you can often just write it off and suspend disbelief and enjoy the movie. The Core though violates everything in such a inane way , that its impossible to suspend THAT much disbelief, I'd have to turn my brain off.......

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-18 03:02pm

Saw this as a pitch last year and laughed as a consequence. Have only seen posters so far but the science is grade A FUNnEH!!!1!!

Ignore science on reel, only take notice of the science in real.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2003-01-18 03:23pm

Evidently someone in Hollywood was taking notes during the Militia hearings in the Senate (I can still remember nearly falling out of my chair when one of those loons accused the US government of having a weather control system, because "30 tornadoes through mah county in the midwest ain't a coincidence.") I was laughing my ass off the whole way through that trailer. It looks like it'll suck more than Armageddon could have dreamed of.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-18 03:27pm

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/board/thread/461839

Look for posts by Skaffen-Amtiskaw mainly.

I can't believe a Brit is driecting, at least he didn't write it.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2003-01-18 04:02pm

Sad thing is, a good portion of the US audience will not realize there's any problem with the events they're watching on screen.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-18 04:03pm

beyond hope wrote:Sad thing is, a good portion of the US audience will not realize there's any problem with the events they're watching on screen.

I like to give the US a little more credit than that.

Artanis · Post by **Artanis** » 2003-01-18 08:32pm

I like to give the US a little more credit than that.

You must have us mixed up with some other country, then

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-01-18 08:44pm

beyond hope wrote:Sad thing is, a good portion of the US audience will not realize there's any problem with the events they're watching on screen.

I would take that as an insult, but it's not that much of an exaggeration.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-01-19 01:15am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
beyond hope wrote:Sad thing is, a good portion of the US audience will not realize there's any problem with the events they're watching on screen.
I like to give the US a little more credit than that.

Do'nt.......Im sure Geosciences instructors all over the country will be undoing the damage of this movie for years to come.....

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2003-01-19 01:26am

Valdemar, you have more hope for my countrymen than I do, then (most on this board excepted.)

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-01-19 06:01pm

I really had to resist the urge to stand up on my seat and holler "LIES! THEY SPEAK LIES! DO NOT GO TO THAT MOVIE!"

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-01-19 06:39pm

I saw the trailer, looks like it would be crap with or without the consent of Geophysicists. I think I will do that next time I go to movie and they have said trailer.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-19 07:06pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:I saw the trailer, looks like it would be crap with or without the consent of Geophysicists. I think I will do that next time I go to movie and they have said trailer.

Gov't Guy: "...We'll literally cook our planet."
Science Guy: "After that it gets bad."
Military Guy: "So... how do we fix it?"
Science Guy: "We can't..."
Gov't Guy: "What if we could."

*Pause*

Science Guy: "Why, of course! I forgot that this was a Hollywood production by studio Retard! Now all we need is a token black guy, some comic relief in the form of a mad scientist who, for some inexplicable reason, spent most his life working on a subterranean vehicle to carry nukes to the core of the planet and we're all set. Nope, wait, sex appeal. Gimme some babes we haven't heard of before and hope their inept acting is overshadowed by their gorgeous bodies."

Gov't Guy: "Wha..."

Science Guy: "Shut the fuck up you total imbecile! Don't you get it? When faced with an Armageddon, excuse the pun, level event every dipshit in America is going to think that in reality we CAN send shuttles up to blow giant rocks up. We CAN dig to the centre of the planet and start that good ol' American core up and save the world before teatime. Why? Because this is Hollywood and America; where intelligent media is mutually exclusive. I'm going to shut-up soon; I feel that I have been typecast into the macho yet still somewhat brainy position of lead character. ALL geologists come in Arnie ass kicking power. And before I leave, what in the name of phantom Jesus was the military doing playing around with earthquake weapons?! Have you all forgot about strategic bombers or have you asked the Pentagon to give you a new toy every month to justify your over inflated budget?

*Storms out of door and slams it behind him*

Gov't Guy: "Well that went well. Now what? We need a main character now!"

The Voices of Berman and Braga: "Leave it to us..."

FADE TO BLACK

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-01-19 07:24pm

I saw this myself when I went with a friend to go see The Two Towers. Here is my personal tale of a descent into madness...

The US government has created a superweapon to covertly destroy the enemies of nation by causing Earthquakes...

Hm, okay, a little far-fetched, but I'll bite....

...from the other side of the planet.

Okay, well...eh, what the hell, could still be good.

But the weapon has stopped the Earth's core from spinning...

Um...the fuck? Earthquakes, plate tectonics, Earth's Core? Error, error...

...removing Earth's magnetic field...

Logic shields failing! Mister Scott, I need more power to the shields!

...and removing Earth's protection from dangerous cosmic rays and radiation...

All neurons, brace for impact!

...causing violent superstorms to erupt all over the planet.

Logic shields are down! We have multiple hull breaches! All hands prepare to abandon ship!

One team of unlikely heroes must go and jumpstart the Earth's core in an experimental drilling ship...

This must end now....

...using an insane amount of nukes, and then get out before they are destroyed.

Clear the bridge...

"You want me to hack the planet? I'll need Star Trek tapes..."

Yes, you'll need the power of Trek to technobabble your way out of this movie, young one. Of course, since he's a "hacker", he's got to steal a line from Hackers.

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

Salvation!!!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-19 07:30pm

Yeah, a few glaring errors such as the ozone layer stopping nasty cosmic rays and the fact that the core wasn't affected by earthquakes when it was all the way in the centre like that, but nothing too major.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-01-19 08:48pm

No! Don't mention that trailer!

I saw it when I went to see TTT and had to fight the temptation to burn down the cinema merely to make it stop...

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-01-19 08:53pm

Actually Hotfoot I think it was kung-fu movies and hot pockets he asked for.. but I can't be sure as I'm still violently trying to purge that trailer from my mind.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-01-19 09:37pm

SylasGaunt wrote:Actually Hotfoot I think it was kung-fu movies and hot pockets he asked for.. but I can't be sure as I'm still violently trying to purge that trailer from my mind.

Nope, Star Trek tapes. Burned into my mind as ultimate irony.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-19 09:44pm

beyond hope wrote:Sad thing is, a good portion of the US audience will not realize there's any problem with the events they're watching on screen.

At least 44%, since anyone stupid enough to believe the Earth is <10,000 years old is certainly stupid enough to believe you can accidentally make the Earth's core stop rotating.

Check out this quote from the IMDB link discussion:

You people make me sick. You have NO idea what the movie will be about, other than a stupid trailor. Maybe you should watch the movie before you jump to conclusions so quickly. Don't be so sure that this will never happen in millions of years based on the rate we are decimating the Earth. Anything can happen, this might help you realize it. So shut your mouths and if you reply again, make sure you watched the ACTUAL movie so you have something to base your judgement on. Grow up people.

Yes, that's right; some idiot says that it could happen in millions of years. I guess the concept of angular momentum simply isn't taught in high school, is it?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-19 09:45pm

It was indeed Star Trek tapes. The horror.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-19 09:47pm

Darth Wong wrote:I guess the concept of angular momentum simply isn't taught in high school, is it?

A lot of the time it isn't. I got yelled at in Physics class (the first one I took) because "I asked too many questions." If the &*#%$ professor had explained things right the first time, I wouldn't have asked pointed questions trying to get him to give the right definition. It was scary, but I actually understood physics better than he did.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-01-19 09:49pm

I actually asked my Science & Pseudoscience Professor (yes, we have a course on Science & Pseudoscience at the University) who has a PhD in Physics about this movie the other day, and he said that basically they had taken one grain of truth - the core of the Earth is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field - and piled a mountain of unscientific garbage on it.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-01-19 10:55pm

Darth Wong wrote:I guess the concept of angular momentum simply isn't taught in high school, is it?

Hey, what do you know, I just learned about that in my high school physics class. And I live in Texas.

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