MOVIES/TV SHOWS The Place To Discuss And Review Movies/TV Shows

[kronin323]

So you know what I am talking about.

@kronin323 the ship is free falling and the crew is leaning forward pressed forward in their restraints. I belive they should be pressed back in their chairs

Yeah work has been busy. I have popped on occasionally. But felt I need to post some o pics from hawaii

Inertial dampeners!

BAM!

Actually in free fall there would be no, as Duke put it, "strain either way", with or without fictional inertial dampeners. The resistance you feel during the free fall portion of skydiving is just friction with the air, but that doesn't apply in a vacuum.

One of the interesting things about relativity is it makes no distinction between acceleration and gravity. In physics, the pressure you feel against your back when you step on the gas of your car and the pressure you're feeling on your butt right now as you sit and read this are one and the same. Mass bends the "fabric" of spacetime, creating gravity wells. One could accurately say that because the surface of the Earth is preventing us from following the fabric of spacetime deeper into Earth's gravity well, we live our lives under constant acceleration...

So if a ship (or other object) is caught in a planet's gravity well, it may appear to be accelerating towards it, relative to the planet, but actually it is just following the fabric of spacetime and not accelerating at all, relative to itself. So, no force of acceleration would be felt in either direction. However, once it hit the planet's atmosphere, that air resistance would technically be acceleration and they would in fact be pressed forward in their restraints, assuming they were going front-first.

But I assume this scene was while they were still in space so yes, technically inaccurate, probably meant to imply the pull of gravity, though improperly portrayed. But no biggie - Star Trek isn't true Sci-Fi anyway, it's Sci-Fi Fantasy...

 

[Rustpot]

Yes and no. That all applies well and good to a particular object and its frame of reference, you need to look at the frame of reference of the people inside the object.

Since gravity is a force with an acceleration component and it acts on more massive objects with more force, it could be seen that the ship is accelerating faster than the occupants and that rate of change difference is the force felt by the occupants on their seats.

In a more practical sense, the forces we feel are typically normal forces (normal meaning reactive opposites, not "standard" normal) and we don't play around with time/space slipstreams until mass, acceleration, or force are on a planetary magnitude.

And yes, we are constantly accelerating as the rotation of the earth causes a change in direction, which is a function of acceleration.

 

[kronin323]

Since gravity is a force with an acceleration component and it acts on more massive objects with more force, it could be seen that the ship is accelerating faster than the occupants and that rate of change difference is the force felt by the occupants on their seats.

Good point.

 

[Lexkempo]

Good point.

Sooooo... Inertial dampers?

 

[JPD]

Just watched Jurassic Park - 3D version. Absolute classic! The 3D conversion is brillant and adds to the film. Also enhanced with an excited 10yr old sat next to me .... 'Dad, can we turn the lights off, can we turn it up and can we have a bag of M&Ms? Yeah, go on then!
I can't believe the original came out 23 years ago! Got it as part of a 2 disc set with Jurassic World 3D - reckon we might be watching that tomorrow night

 

[kronin323]

Watched "The 33" last night, the drama about the Chilean miners who were trapped in a mining accident underground for over two months before being rescued. I remember following that one in the news when it happened.

On one side there were some distracting annoyances. About 99% of the dialogue that would have been spoken in Spanish was instead in English with a Spanish accent. Which is understandable, but some of those fake Spanish accents were so horrible it made you cringe, like from Lou Diamond Phillips, Bob Gunton, and several others. Even the authentic Spanish accents were from diverse regions, though less would notice that.

Surprisingly, the best performance was from Antonio Banderas. Yes, you heard me right. Antonio Banderas. He did a good job, a compelling performance.

And overall the film did a decent job portraying the story, really makes you realize how miraculous their survival was; most in their circumstances would have been given up for dead, as they almost were several times.

I'd say it's worth watching, but not worth spending extra money on.

 

[Cargo]

Watched "The 33" last night, the drama about the Chilean miners who were trapped in a mining accident underground for over two months before being rescued. I remember following that one in the news when it happened.

On one side there were some distracting annoyances. About 99% of the dialogue that would have been spoken in Spanish was instead in English with a Spanish accent. Which is understandable, but some of those fake Spanish accents were so horrible it made you cringe, like from Lou Diamond Phillips, Bob Gunton, and several others. Even the authentic Spanish accents were from diverse regions, though less would notice that.

Surprisingly, the best performance was from Antonio Banderas. Yes, you heard me right. Antonio Banderas. He did a good job, a compelling performance.

And overall the film did a decent job portraying the story, really makes you realize how miraculous their survival was; most in their circumstances would have been given up for dead, as they almost were several times.

I'd say it's worth watching, but not worth spending extra money on.

I watched this yesterday as well. Thought it was ok, worth a watch.
I found it interesting that this came on right after I read through the "Oakley" book being that it mentions giving these miners glasses. Proud to see them all wearing the correct glasses when coming out.

 

[Litos]

So, another Netflix Mini Series killing it...

"Stranger Things" is fan freaking tastic...

8 episodes and there is actually a resolution at the end of the 8th episode, with a hint of very likely Season 2...

It's super 80's sci-fi - like, the Goonies meets ET...

It's not a "scary" show, but there are parts that will make you jump...

Amazing show that is taking the world by storm right now...

Not only will it keep you at the edge of your seat, it's funny and the acting is good - Winona Ryder plays such a good concerned and crazy mom after her son goes missing

I'd recommend it to anyone on this forum...

 

[kronin323]

So, another Netflix Mini Series killing it...

"Stranger Things" is fan freaking tastic...

8 episodes and there is actually a resolution at the end of the 8th episode, with a hint of very likely Season 2...

It's super 80's sci-fi - like, the Goonies meets ET...

It's not a "scary" show, but there are parts that will make you jump...

Amazing show that is taking the world by storm right now...

Not only will it keep you at the edge of your seat, it's funny and the acting is good - Winona Ryder plays such a good concerned and crazy mom after her son goes missing

I'd recommend it to anyone on this forum...




View attachment 271895 View attachment 271896 View attachment 271897 View attachment 271898 View attachment 271899 View attachment 271900

That actually sounds pretty good.

 

[kronin323]

I thought I was renting "Jack Reacher" but turns out it was actually "Jack Reacharound". It was gay porn. Still starred Tom Cruise, though...