8 years ago

@blakblu Thank you for the spoilers

8 years ago

@blakblu I like your review. I mostly felts the same thing. I only wished, to complete the idea that the creature was only surviving, that they didn't give it an "evil" "face". <br /> If it would have left faceless - then that would be absolutely right.

8 years ago

@blakblu "The science in the movie was up to my extremely lofty standards." Then you clearly don't know jack about science and physics. Non of the "science" in this movie was realistic.

8 years ago

@bobbiebelcher like what? Give me specifics, If you want to have an intelligent conversation on the subject.

8 years ago

@blakblu Well, I'm too lazy to go through everything, but a couple:<br /> <br /> Right from the start physics is thrown out the window with the catching of the probe. You can't catch something like that in space. It's not like on Earth with gravity and friction and catching a baseball. There is this thing called inertia. That probe was moving way faster than the station and the Canada arm is not at all made for that kind of operation. At the very least it would have ripped the arm off and caused massive damage, likely causing hull damage to the station and knocking it out of it's orbit. And kiss the probe goodbye. Spacecraft are not made for that kind of impact. Try watching some videos of how rendezvous operations are conducted in space. Very, very slowly and precise. The slightest mishap could be catastrophic. Here is a video explaining how Soyuz lines up and docks with ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25hliOqpOB8<br /> <br /> When SpaceX's Dragon capsule docks, they actually use the Canada arm to reach out and grab it to bring it in. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_BRFa6s9fs Arm action starts at about 1hr 25min in. See how slow everything is moving? 1hr 33min is a good spot for how fast the arm actually moves.<br /> <br /> Catching the probe like in the movie? Beyond impossible.<br /> <br /> Also, research the EVA suits. They are incredibly bulky and do not provide for dexterity. She would not have been able to close that valve with her fingers. They pretty much have to use special tools for everything.<br /> <br /> Then there is the organism itself. Carbon based and needs water but is able to survive and thrive prolonged periods in the vacuum of space, and is apparently immune to fire. Yeah, no.

8 years ago

@bobbiebelcher This is full of spoilers, for some reason, I am not able to set the tag, I apologize. First of all, I'd like to say thanks, for discussing the issues, rather than the old fashion, name calling rigmarole, that is usually the case in these such forums. True the force on the probe would seem to be too much to be caught by a simple arm, but that was not what the movie was about. I could care less about that portion of the movie. But you are absolutely correct, they Hollywood-ed that portion, quite a bit. It really was not what I was referring to. I was mostly referring to the alien creature biology and its behaviors. Also the space suits were completely a Hollywood prop, these same suits are used by Hollywood over and over again, an actual suit would be bulky and the face portion would not be so camera friendly, but once again, not the focal point of the movie or of my comment.<br /> <br /> As for the alien itself, Carbon-based, means, the organism uses carbon as fuel for growth, it has nothing to do with it needing water to survive in space, nor does it refer to anything about the vacuum of space, or its immunity to fire. There are many, many organisms that are not easily harmed by extreme heat. Also, there are many organisms that can survive extremely long periods of time in space. NASA has done multiple experiments in which bacterium was left in space for well over a year, and many of the various bacteria survived with no issue at all. The issue with space is the lack of pressure, ie, vacuum, not the lack of oxygen. A humans lungs will explode, and the skin will boil, because of the lack of pressure, far before a human would suffocate, because of the lack of oxygen. Thus, it would be no surprise to see such a creature survive in space, if it is not affected by the lack of pressure, as experiments have proven time and again, that these creatures do exist in real life, of course none are as complex a form as Calvin was, but Calvin was in a primitive form when it was able to accomplish this feat. After all, Calvin survived, for thousands of years, in a dormant state, on at planet with very little pressure Pressure-less space was not as harmful to it. The science was correct, at least hypothetically, of course. And that is the science that I am referring to.

8 years ago

@blakblu Given a creature, composed of multiple identical cells, grown from a single cell. Why the fuck would they think letting the ISS burn up in the atmosphere and shooting the "whole" one into space was a good idea? That thing could have littered the entire space station with single cells to later grow into full organisms.

4 years ago

@blakblu "actual crew reactions" If that blatant disrespect for safety protocol was supposed to be a realistic reaction from actual trained professional astronauts, then I guess this movie got its astronauts from the same place as Armageddon xD