7 Scientific Facts That Will Ruin Movies for You

You probably already know that most science fiction movies feature terrible science, and especially awful physics. But some movies feature scientific mistakes so basic and so terrible, they give you what can only be described as a "logic coronary."

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The 5 Types Of Scifi Deus Ex Machinas

The awesome thing about science fiction is that anything can happen — including the occasional incredibly convenient miracle. Sometimes circumstances become so desperate and dire in a science fiction tale that even the "reset button" can't fix them — and that's when the "deus ex machina" shows up. The term, meaning "God…

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M. Night's Latest Movie Just Ain't Happening

Happening_Poster.jpg The poster for M. Night Shyamalan's latest theater-emptying film The Happening hit the net today, and it looks like he's fallen even farther out of touch with audiences. At least he's still in love with apocalyptic scenarios. In The Happening all plantlife on Earth has started spraying an invisible neurotoxin that…

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Signs Teaches What To Wear In Case Of Alien Attack


The best defense against a chameleon from beyond the stars is a tin-foil hat. At least that's what Macaulay Culkin's autistic brother thinks, so Joaquin Phoenix and Abigail Breslin decide to go along with it in Signs. Culkin's encyclopedic knowledge of alien invasion tactics is unsettling and eerie. So it's a let-down …

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