Top 10 biggest tech flaws in films

I do think some of those points are a bit unfair

With the Terminator series for instance, the time line of Reese going back in time to be John's father makes sense as its a circular timeline not a linear one, e.g reese goes back in time, impregnates Sarah, Sarah has John, John sends Reese back in time and round and round again continually making it a circular timeline, if any one of those events doesn't happen though like Reese getting killed before sleeping with Sarah then there is a paradox. Makes sense to me.
The issue with the Terminator being 6'2" and muscular also makes sense as there are several models of Terminator so that they can fit one in all sorts of places, the T-1000 for instance looks much more ordinary and would fit in with others who are not tall muscular guys whilst the T-100 (Arnie) would fit in with them.
The point about the T-1000 being able to replicate humans but not complex machines is simple - it only replicates the outside image of a person and overlays it on top of itself whilst morphing to their outside shape.

With Avartar, the reason the bomber is flying slowly is simple. Its said by the scientist who the good guys leave behind as a spy that 'their converting the shuttle into a bomber' so thats why it flys slow. Also the point about the bombs being pushed out the back is wrong as well because thats how real life hugh bombs like the Daisy Cutter and MOAB are dropped, out of the back of a C-130 cargo plane at mid altitude so it can float down with parachute retarder before exploding on the target, their so heavy and big that even a B-52 Stratofortress can't carry one.

You have to give films some creative license though - if you over analyse stuff like this then it stops being fun.

By s162216 on 12 Apr 2010

not exactly

1. It is not the worse interview, it's the best.
2. Apple macs are very good at communicating with windows and linux machines. The problem is Windows. In general linux does also a pretty good work at communicating. A lot of Windows places miss understand basic tech like ssh and setup badly. That's when problems with other platforms start. By the way excellent this articles are a lot of fun.

By samurai_monk2001 on 4 May 2010

there's nothing being "a bit unfair"

@s162216

you failed to see the flaw in the time paradox in Terminator. There has to be the start of event as well as the end of it or else there will be no end for the loop. For instance, if you were to follow the Terminator's theory of time travel; you go back to the past and kill your father wouldn't that will erase you? But then how could you exist in the future if you father was killed in the past by yourself? If we follow the logic both you and your father should not have existed in the first place so that kind of event would just never occur. The same should apply to Terminator as well, where John Connor should have never born at all. And could you please use proper word for your English, please? (I'm begging you). You were improperly using the word "their" there when it should be "they are" or "they're". I understand if English ain't your first language for I am too but that kind of mistake is unforgivable even to me because it's damn annoying and irritates me!

you know, there's no creative about being stupid. And there's no such thing as the so-called "over analyze" because that's what we, the techies/technologists do. Besides you said about "being fun" so let me tell you one thing; there is no fun if things are wrongly portrayed like above. It's a blaspheme to the knowledge of science! Even if it's just for entertainment/art/fun. Now you want us to be fair with those movies then I have to say this too; be fair to the technologies and don't commit the sin of giving people the wrong impression about them.

By halfey on 16 May 2010