{"id":33471,"date":"2011-04-03T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T15:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/blastroid-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T15:43:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T15:43:06","slug":"blastroid-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/blastroid-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Blastroid | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have a new article up on Blastr<\/a>, the SyFy channel’s web site for news and info and scifi-y stuff.<\/p>

The article is about asteroid impacts, and the lack of Hollywood accuracy thereof. I take a typical movie synopsis and destroy it plot device by plot device. It’s like taking all my movie reviews<\/a> and condensing them down into one run-on snark. <\/p>

And yes, I know that the illustration for the article (seen here) is scientifically inaccurate. I know what you’re thinking; it’s so obvious: no asteroid is actually<\/em> flying saucer shaped! At least, that’s what they want<\/em> you to think*<\/a>. <\/p>

So go over there<\/a>, read the article, and leave your own complaints in the comments. I promise I will read them all and take them into consideration†<\/a>.<\/p>

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* Dear readers with an impaired sense of humor: I know that’s not really how the picture is scientifically inaccurate. Of course, the actual mistake is that you should see thousands of stars in the background. <\/em><\/p>

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† No I won’t. <\/em><\/p>

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Related posts:<\/p>

- Blastr: Other than that, Spock, how was the movie?<\/a>
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