As both a scientist and an avid movie-goer, I always feel the need to comment on how movies portray scientists or discuss scientific issues in general. Although I never read any of the comics, I have enjoyed watching many of the recent movies that have been adapted from Marvel and DC Comics, and I am always amused by their "take" on science:
1. For some reason, scientists are always trying to destroy the world, and that's why we need superheroes to save the world; was every scientist tormented in school for being "nerdy", which is why they now hate all of humanity?
2. Scientists are either extremely attractive or extremely unattractive; there's no in-between. One example is Peter Sarsgaard's character in "Green Lantern" - the receding hairline, huge forehead and bushy eyebrows really does the trick.
3. Scientists always wear white lab coats all the time, even when they aren't doing science.
4. Scientists are extremely smart, but somehow this intelligence is too much for their own good. Better yet, they are extremely smart building whatever they are building until it is time to show off the new invention, and then somehow everything goes completely wrong and their intelligence is no longer useful to solve the problem - only a superhero can save the day (like Dr. Octavius from "Spiderman")
5. In terms of the accuracy of scientific concepts, we can all agree that this is not the main concern for the plot of any of these films. However, in "X-Men", for example, I still think it's worth pointing out that an individual human cannot immediately evolve, only a population can evolve over time, and that a mutation is not necessarily a bad thing (and a mutation would never result in something not relevant to human evolution, like the ability to bend metals)
1. For some reason, scientists are always trying to destroy the world, and that's why we need superheroes to save the world; was every scientist tormented in school for being "nerdy", which is why they now hate all of humanity?
2. Scientists are either extremely attractive or extremely unattractive; there's no in-between. One example is Peter Sarsgaard's character in "Green Lantern" - the receding hairline, huge forehead and bushy eyebrows really does the trick.
3. Scientists always wear white lab coats all the time, even when they aren't doing science.
4. Scientists are extremely smart, but somehow this intelligence is too much for their own good. Better yet, they are extremely smart building whatever they are building until it is time to show off the new invention, and then somehow everything goes completely wrong and their intelligence is no longer useful to solve the problem - only a superhero can save the day (like Dr. Octavius from "Spiderman")
5. In terms of the accuracy of scientific concepts, we can all agree that this is not the main concern for the plot of any of these films. However, in "X-Men", for example, I still think it's worth pointing out that an individual human cannot immediately evolve, only a population can evolve over time, and that a mutation is not necessarily a bad thing (and a mutation would never result in something not relevant to human evolution, like the ability to bend metals)
The science is very important sector in every human life. This discussion is very useful for known about importance of science for people. It is wonderful post here. I am working at writing company of quality thesis service
ReplyDeleteI love comics movies very much. There are many science fictional movies which is very much interesting. I have shared some of the best movie reviews in admission essay writing service.
ReplyDeleteNow you could lead the entire facebook by adding thousands of likes quickly without any kind of difficulty. buy facebook usa likes
ReplyDelete