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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
12:39:00 PM EST
Hearing Someone Nice Like you -- Sammy Davis, Jr.

You Always Knew Hollywood Wasn't Like the Real World


I've posted links like this before, but it's always worth repeating for folks who still don't clue into the idea that screenwriters are not usually physicists: 9 Laws of Physics That Don’t Apply in Hollywood, or, why the chance of your car randomly exploding gets exponentially smaller the further you get from a movie set. Which should be a relief, shouldn't it? I yet, I can't help but feel disappointed. I like the pretty booms. Also, glowing radioactive people. Who explode! Man, that's cool.


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  • #1 Comment from monponsett 
    3/8/07 1:40 PM | Permalink
    That one about kicking is wrong. I kicked my sister in the ass when she was bending over just this morning, and she flew about 10 feet forward. There was no equal and opposite reaction, and I didn't fly back 10 feet from the force of it.

    I should also add that I spent 100% of my time in high school physics class trying to figure out how to cross and uncross my legs properly in a skirt, so as to make myself appealing to the linebacker-type kid in the class that I had a crush on.

    Either way...phrase your response in that context. Merci...