[net.sf-lovers] Accuracy of "V"

BILLW%SRI-KL@sri-unix.UUCP (06/16/83)

"V" got the meteor right huh?  Sure there is a theory that says the
dinasaurs were wiped out by the aftereffects of a meteorite.  But
"V" says that the increased greenhouse effect made it too hot for
the poor reptiles, while the actual theory states that the increased
dus in the atmosphere made it too cold...  Now then; When was the
last time you saw a lizzard out rolling around in the snow, huh?

To me, this kind of almost right science in SF is especially anoying.
I learned a lot of science from my early SF reading, and if they
are going to put "science" in the movie, they ought to do it right,
or at least not backwards.  Id prefer the "Star Wars" philosophy
where science is completely excluded (no "Well Luke, the wings on
the shuttle open up to provide lift in the gravitational field of
the battle cruisers"...)

BillW

tad@aplvax.UUCP (06/20/83)

In regard to the apparent accuracy, or inaccuracy, I thought that the Visitors
stated that they could not stand the light, thus the need for the glasses, yet
later we see that they have vertical slitted pupils and come from Sirius, one
of the brightest stars known. Either somebody goofed, or my eyes just aren't
what they used to be.

						Terry Dexter at aplvax