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In reply to the discussion: What movie scenes made you say "Bullshit!" [View all]Confusious
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I'm a bit more forgiving I guess, sometimes too forgiving of movies. Not that I didn't have a problem with the part where the android and others was trying to stop her from taking the thing out of her, and then didn't bat an eye when she showed up with staples in her stomach.
first point:
I met some geologists in my time, and none actually looked or acted like "scientists" (not the type you see in the movies in the white lab coats) Now that I think about, a friend I grew up with is a geologist. I would never think of her "acting" in a "scientist" way. He seemed perfectly reasonable to me. I also know astronomers, they don't walk around in lab coats, nor do they actually have a way of "acting." You'd have no idea they were scientists if you didn't ask.
Your second point:
I give you the snake part was stupid, adding that he freaked out about the head. The sample part, I look at it as they had just landed and wanted to have a look around. You get the lay of the land first and then set up shop.
third point:
The planet didn't support life outside, so there could be no pathogens. Inside, if they can detect oxygen, why not pathogens? If they can create the android, fly 32 light years, have gravity in the ship, have an autobot that does surgery, then they must have something to detect pathogens.
PS forgot antigravity. The ship doesn't actually have enough wing surface area to fly so slow. the "wings" are also pointing 45 degrees downward, reducing lift.