Inconsistencies or plot holes in films

[cougie uk]

world war eleven!

Spoilers!!

 

[Yellow Fang]

This one occurred to me.

In The Martian the astronaut Mark Watney dig sup the radioactive isotope RTG generator and shoves it in the cab of his buggy thing to keep him warm. He then spends a load of time fannying about and modifying the buggy to extend its range with portable solar panels.

Now, the RTG is an electric generator, so why not just connect the bloody thing to the buggy and use that to power it and thus give it indefinite range with no need to stop to charge?

So what plot holes or inconsistencies have you spotted in the movies?

In that film, I noticed the solar panels were of a type that were half silicon, half something that was not silicon (or anything else photovoltaic). Why would NASA send up solar panels that looked pretty but were at least 50% less efficient than they could be?

Also in that Martian storm, the tent flapped in and out pretty violently for a very thin atmosphere.

 

[Yellow Fang]

In Reservoir Dogs, Mr Blond puts on the Radio, dances to Stuck in the Middle With You, cuts of the cop's ear, then goes to his car to get a can of petrol out the boot. When he comes back the radio has switched itself off.

 

[captain nemo1701]

In that film, I noticed the solar panels were of a type that were half silicon, half something that was not silicon (or anything else photovoltaic). Why would NASA send up solar panels that looked pretty but were at least 50% less efficient than they could be?

Also in that Martian storm, the tent flapped in and out pretty violently for a very thin atmosphere.

The author of the Martian conceded that given the incredibly thin atmosphere on Mars, the sandstorm that threatened to topple the rocket plus blew Wahlberg off his feet would not be strong enough. Plus he had some issues lifting some seemingly heavy kit that should have been easier given low Martian gravity?.

 

[figbat]

The author of the Martian conceded that given the incredibly thin atmosphere on Mars, the sandstorm that threatened to topple the rocket plus blew Wahlberg off his feet would not be strong enough. Plus he had some issues lifting some seemingly heavy kit that should have been easier given low Martian gravity?.

Martian gravity is just over 1/3 of Earth’s, so all movement should have been different. Stuff can still be heavy on Mars, but it would be three times the mass of a similar weight on Earth.

 

[Grant Fondo]

In Reservoir Dogs, Mr Blond puts on the Radio, dances to Stuck in the Middle With You, cuts of the cop's ear, then goes to his car to get a can of petrol out the boot. When he comes back the radio has switched itself off.

Battery ran out?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Battery ran out?

Or maybe it was still on but was playing that silent piece 4'33" by John Cage (thank you Wikipedia)

 

[Beebo]

Or he turned it off when we weren’t looking.

 

[matticus]

In Reservoir Dogs, Mr Blond puts on the Radio, dances to Stuck in the Middle With You, cuts of the cop's ear, then goes to his car to get a can of petrol out the boot. When he comes back the radio has switched itself off.

That entire sequence is so gut-wrenching, that to notice this (and remember it) you must be made of sterner stuff than me.

[is it possible that Orange crawled over and turned it off? I assume he was quietly lying in his own blood at this stage. Haven't watched it in a while ... ]

 

[wiggydiggy]

In Annaconda when the boat reverses, instead of filming in reverse they simply reversed the footage.

Watch the waterfall


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhDYR0BH8zw

 

[Yellow Fang]

That entire sequence is so gut-wrenching, that to notice this (and remember it) you must be made of sterner stuff than me.

[is it possible that Orange crawled over and turned it off? I assume he was quietly lying in his own blood at this stage. Haven't watched it in a while ... ]

There would have been a trail of blood across the floor.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I used to think it was incorrect in 2001 when the astronaut entered the vacuum without his helmet on. I thought his head would explode like in Outlander, but predictably the science was right in 2001 and not Outlander. Although I still don't know what was going on in the end

 

[Yellow Fang]

In Stepford Wives 2, the wives recover from their drug-induced, mind-altered state, and turn the tables on their errant husbands. But at the end of first Stepford Wives film the wives were replaced by robots.

 

[captain nemo1701]

I used to think it was incorrect in 2001 when the astronaut entered the vacuum without his helmet on. I thought his head would explode like in Outlander, but predictably the science was right in 2001 and not Outlander. Although I still don't know what was going on in the end

Your blood would boil and some vessels might rupture but you'd most likely freeze to death very quickly although you'd be unconscious in seconds before that happens.

In one episode of Blakes 7, Brian Blesseds character is teleported into space where he explodes, which is wrong.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Your blood would boil and some vessels might rupture but you'd most likely freeze to death very quickly although you'd be unconscious in seconds before that happens.

In one episode of Blakes 7, Brian Blesseds character is teleported into space where he explodes, which is wrong.

Not sure whether your blood would boil. What is the boiling point of water in zero pressure? Don't think you would freeze very quickly because there is no convection. Heat loss would only be through radiation.