Astrophysicist Andy Howell looks at Marvel's FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS as a springboard for explorations of science and evaluates some of the scientific and technological aspects of the film.
15:50 johnny is not a dumb superhero. he is the least intelligent in a group that has one of the best human spaceship pilot, a master physicist and the smartest man in marvel universe.
not an astrophysicist but as a hobbyist with an interest in this stuff, isnt it absurd that they had plans to just... place the earth in a new solar system? assuming it's even possible (big assumption) they'd need to find a star extremely similar to the sun or else face an extinction level event due to the extreme difference in heat, light etc which the Earth's atmosphere wouldn't be adequate for. then there's orbits to consider; there's heaps of other objects in our solar system that influence what we know as a stable orbit. perhaps most important of all of those is the moon; they didn't transport the moon too, and without its gravitational influence (among other things) do we just not have tides anymore? wouldnt that lowkey destroy our marine ecology and heavily impact the climate?
I just watched this on Disney+ and although it was an enjoyable movie the bad science took me out of it several times and I'm so glad I found this video!
Just one to add coming from an ObGyn background - I know they're cosmic mutants but a heavily pregnant woman should NOT be in space around all that radiation (among many other reasons)!
Funniest thing is that you look a lot like Mr Fantastic from the comics. And i mean that as a compliment haha. Are you sure you do not actually stretch?
You’re forgetting one worm hole or a form of teleportation and teleportation can take many forms but I’ll give you a pass because we’re not sure how many method of teleportation there are because technically teleportation is just the ability to travel without moving
How is this channel not bigger! I love your content. It'd be great to see more of this. And maybe even some connections between your points and some deeper supporting material in the comments?
Totally agreed, but you forget talk about the time paradox when you travel close to speed light, or the 4 months that you need to achieve that velocity accelerating constantly at 4g.
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would love your much more educated input!
Just one to add coming from an ObGyn background - I know they're cosmic mutants but a heavily pregnant woman should NOT be in space around all that radiation (among many other reasons)!
to be for them
what break-hroughs would be necessary to make the science of the film real?
4 Technologies from FF that are on the horizon
Dang
The Black Hole (1979)
Event Horizon (1997)
Gravity (2013)
Interstellar (2014)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Contact (1997)
Solaris (1972)
Superman (2025)
Primer (2004)
Games:
Kerbal Space Program
Orbiter
Deliver Us the Moon
Deliver Us Mars
Moons of Madness
The Invincible
>drops this vid randomly
Nice