Movie Definition and 285 Threads

Homework Statement [/B] In a movie stunt, a 65 kg skier starts from a rest position at the top of a hill 30 m high. She slides down the hill to the bottom, where she collides with a 45 kg stationary skier. The collision is completely inelastic. Find the final velocity of the skiers. Homework...

Scientific American created a short movie purporting to explain entanglement and the Bell experiment at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/video/quantum-entanglement-the-movie-2012-01-30/ The part that interests me is near the end when explaining what is possible with entangled photons, which I...

Thought I'd share this in the SF forum... What interests me regarding this movie is that language seems to be an important theme in the story and that the director also directed Sicario, which I liked. Trailer 1: Trailer 2:

Hi, I love the movie "The Marsian". I did not start reading the book (I'll do soon). What do you think about discussing the physics? I am wondering why the NASA in the end suggested to cut a hole in the rover and to build that plastic foil bubble on top. There must be a really good reason to try...

Yeah, yeah, it's just a movie, but I was still wondering: 1. Would hydrazine decompose completely when dripped over rhodium, as Mark Watney did in the movie? That stuff is really toxic even in tiny amounts, isn't it? 2. Wouldn't Watney have died from displacement asphyxiation ? He was...

I am looking for the name of a movie which was an absurd combination of spy stuff and a TV show from the 50ies where young couples could win travels and fridges in a quiz. Any help?

Let's play a game. You post a famous quote from a movie. Memebrs can guess the name of the movie, the actor/actress, and the character's name. One point for each. Post several quotes, and keep score! "You do know how to whistle don't you? You just put put lips together an blow." "Badges? We...

When the US fighter aircraft fire on the alien spacecraft , the pilots learn that the spacecraft is protected by some type of an invisible force field. Does our current understanding of how the universe works allow for such a thing?

not about technology, but the 'rescue attempt' if something like in movie (or in novel) really happen. if state were to spend a several billion to rescue one single man form mars... are they going to do it? or is it possible for them to keep silent and let the Mars kill him to save money? I...

A movie on the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan staring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity_(film) with a planned April 29, 2016 release date. The trailer looks pretty good. The producers are Manjul Bhargava and Ken Ono, two well-known and...

I am doing a textual analysis about the final scene in the movie. At the end, once Thelma and Louise decide to drive off the cliff, the police officer goes after them. What does this represent? why did he do it?

If you haven't seen it yet, you're missing an amazing superhero movie! It is unlike any other, and the irreverent nature of it was just completely refreshing! You can tell this is not going to be your ordinary movie just from the opening credit, and there is an amazing amount of creativity from...

What is supposed to be the back story about why McCoy is always sort of pissed off all the time and kind of cynical in the movie? I get that he's based on another actor playing McCoy but does the character have some back-story that was in some episode or something, for being mad all the time? I...

I am new to this forum and don't quite know if these types of questions are appreciated here or not but i have a question about the use of wormhole in the interstellar movie. We saw that they used the wormhole to travel to a distant place on the universe. When the main characters went to the...

I am trying to test the function movie2avi using simple codes in R2014a as follows: clear; close all; figure; Z = peaks; surf(Z); axis tight manual; ax = gca; ax.NextPlot = 'replaceChildren'; loops = 40; F(loops) = struct('cdata',[],'colormap',[]); for j = 1:loops X =...

Ok, I got an experimental idea for a game. I'm going to post a picture from a movie and the first person that guesses it can then post a new picture. Pretty inventive, huh? Oh, and the rules are you can't upload the picture to that google image recognition thing (of course). Be honest. Name...

When a book is made into a movie, the book usually has more detail than its movie. However, we say that a picture is worth a thousand words. How is that a movie is not able to convey everything that is present in the book? I often see movies removing a lot of detail than its corresponding novels...

OK, so I'm right in the middle of watching Interstellar and I've just seen the part where they have docked with the 'mothership' and they fire up their engines to get it to rotate. This is so they can generate a centrifugal force to simulate gravity. My question is - first the ship was not...

Hello. In the movie Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey, there is a scene where wormholes are being explained. The characters say that the wormhole passage is a passage way through 5 dimensional space. Also when they are going through the wormhole they say they are passing through the bulk...

Please do you have the idea of any movie with electrical /electronic engineering theme.

Does anyone know the title of this nuclear movie where the president was told to commit suicide in a graveyard with pistol in front but it was empty and nuclear detonation occurred just the same. I've been searching for it for a year and couldn't track the title. In that movie, you can see...

I'm guessing folks have seen this... but if not. Pretty awesome. I have the annual Astronomy Magazine Calendar, and it never get's old. But this is a step up. Probably a better site for the vid...

Homework Statement Okay so these are from movies. I am trying to prove them right or wrong using physics. how can I figure out the pounds of force of a vertical jump when I have the: height of the jump = 6 feet Time to reach top = .797 sec Mass of person = 100lbs 2. How can I figure out this...

Hello, I am in search of some movie suggestions that incorporate different concepts such as sound waves, magnetic fields, doppler effect, transmission of light, inverse square law. The movie doesn't need to necessarily incorporate all of those concepts. I am working on a school project and need...

There's been a lot of polarizing discussion on Interstellar with many people critical of the story, the science and the technology so I felt it would be good to launch a poll in the community. Up front, I have to say I liked the movie and plan to get a copy when it comes out. I know its not the...

Referring to all the people who have watched the movie, i got a question. It is about one of the planets where time passes drastically slower (1 hour on the surface is 7 Earth years ) due to gravitational time dilatation. Earth moves together with the sun with speed of circa 500 km/s trough...

Today's _Out There_ column ( in the New York Times) by David Overby takes a look at the physics of _Interstellar_ and the reception thereof by various audiences. Interesting article. It can be found on page D1 of the print edition. Links- (One is the article's formal permalink, the other...

Just viewed the new flick. I'm guessing the author of the novel upon which the movie was based was a physicist and that the story is consistent with known physics. So, I thought I might get a few details straight. In the movie there is no "them" no other beings other than humans who are helping...

I found a new book on The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393351378/?tag=pfamazon01-20 What caught my attention was a photo of John Wheeler at the black board teaching about black holes. You could see the incredible detail in each pane of the board almost like...

Hello everyone! I recently watched the new Interstellar movie, and have some questions that I would like answered. Warning: Spolier Alert! My questions will contain spoilers, so if you haven't seen the movie yet, and plan to do so, leave now. Also, if you are going to rant about the movie, do it...

I saw "Interstellar"in IMAX. Fantastic visuals, but lazy dumb writing and very bad basic physics. Kip Thorne should be embarrassed to have is name so prominently associated with the movie.

Hey everyone, relatively new here. Wondering what you think of the trailers for Interstellar. After seeing Gravity, I think I might enjoy this more as it's about exploring vast distances, not a fan of clooney or bullock either. But as far as the effects go, Gravity is going to be "very" tough to...

Does anyone know of a movie maker program that`s similar to the one on windows XP but that can work for Windows 7 and on a netbook? I tried making movies with the new windows movie maker, but it trims in seconds and it`s to much of a hassle to make more then one using it. I`ve downloaded...

Doubt in a scene from the movie "Gravity" In the movie gravity, there is a scene where Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) detaches herself from the broken but moving arm of space shuttle (till 0:45 in the following link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= As soon as she does, she spins so...

Saving Private Ryan is known as a "realistic" war movie, as opposed to the happy-go-lucky WWII films like The Longest Day. Apparently some people equate excessive gore with "realism." I'm fine with excessive gore as long as it's realistic and fits into the "point" of the film. I find Saving...

Hi all, below is a video showing a compilation of many expansions of my Wilson cloud chamber. The tracks shown are mostly alpha and cosmic rays. The chamber uses a rubber bulb from a turkey baster as the expansion piston. The object in the chamber is a cork with a radium paint coated pin. I'm...

Question about the tether scene from the movie "Gravity" In the movie there's a scene where two astronauts are joined together by a rope. One is accelerating to pull the other. The astronaut would accelerate, the rope would tense and give a jerk to the other astronaut. Then the rope would...

I thought it might be fun if we created our own math related images that can be translated into a movie title, or perhaps even book and song titles. The first person who guesses the title correctly then gets to create their own image. So, I will start with a movie title:

I saw this thread on a G+ post, and I thought, why the heck not? The OP suggested Planet of Apes. I actually got chills the first time I saw Lady Liberty sticking out of the sand. When I was like, seven years old. Now, I find it so corny that I literally blow a reflexive raspberry every time I...

Hi there I have just re-watched The Matrix (great movie) and one quote really stuck out to me: "The human body generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 B.T.U.'s of body heat. We are, as an energy source, easily renewable and completely recyclable, the dead...

De javu is the best science fiction movie i have ever watched,,, the characters are amazingly matching although it is so confusing about this moves from past to present and vice versa but the movies is great :cool:

I haven't seen a movie trivia thread in here. So I'll give this a go. The rules are: if you answer the current question correctly you get to ask the next one. Simple, huh? Only one question at a time, please. If no one correctly answers a current question within 24 hours of the posted...

So we all know the Coriolis effect isn't demonstrated in a bathtub or toilet. Are there any videos online of the size of pool needed to demonstrate it? I saw one in grad school--black and white from the '50s--an indoor, above-ground pool with a drain in the center, allowed to settle for a week...

I have realized patterns throughout talking to people about: movie genres, movie quotes and actors. From my school, people with high academic achievements, broad general knowledge and good thinking skills tends to like more 'artistic', highly rated and 'award winning' movies. I will call these...

I felt I had to be a little explicit with the title, because just "Gravity" is a little too vague for a forum like this :smile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsrgE0BYf0 Thoughts? I think it certainly has a nice 2-person cast with Clooney and Bullock, but I'm wondering if the plot might be...

I need to prove that the scene where Neo jumps off the cliff in the Matrix is wrong. Obviously he can do that because he is not in this world. But using projectile motion, how would I prove that its wrong? Which equations do i need to use?

Hi there, I'm new here. My favorite fields of science are physics, theoretical physics, and fringe science. Fringe was my all time favorite show next to Star Trek. I'm a total nerd. However, I'm no scientist. In fact, I'm a music and video producer, photographer, and graphic artist. Last time...

IBM's "A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0 ...how it was made www.research.ibm.com/articles/madewithatoms.shtml

Not long ago, they would show us a waterfront scene. To impress us with how "rough" the neighborhood is we would see a hooker helping a drunken, staggering sailor down the street.Today, they show us a residential area at night. (Maybe the hero is sneaking up on a meth lab, or the villain is...

My gut feeling says this is a bad idea, but the star wars crazed kid in my is giggy! http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/star-wars-stars-reuniting-sequel-lucas-lets-slip-172815308.html