OT: Some physics fun -

[petrusbroder]

I found this site with "Hollywood physics" .
I had some really good laughs when reading the movie reviews and the explanations why it would not work.

The questions asked are such as:

1. Why do guys never get cut when jumping through windows?
2. Why do shot guys always pushed or thrown back?
3. Why do gasoline tanks always explode when there is a crash (or before the crash)?

This is real edutainment! :thumbsup:

 

[dringdahl]

Good questions... Maybe we should come up with a distributed project to find out how they do it...

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Looks like a good candidate topic for Mythbusters.

 

[petrusbroder]

Yeah, but they have alreade debunked some of the myths (e.g. exploding fuel tank in car: they needed to start a fire beneath the car to get it to explode ...)

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Hehe, good read; Thx Peter!