SF movies with bad astronomy?
by robertjsawyer on Jul.15, 2009, under Robert J. Sawyer
So, my wife (the poet Carolyn Clink) and I are at the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop in Laramie, Wyoming, and we’re going to spend one evening watching an SF movie with bad astronomy. We’ve got dozens to choose from, and the front-runner suggestion is Armageddon.
Any other suggestions, folks? (I suggested Disney’s The Black Hole. We can’t get the current Star Trek yet, of course, but it might qualify, too!)
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July 15th, 2009 on 3:57 pm
Well, “Mission to Mars” commits many crimes (both against astronomy and storytelling in general), but “Armageddon” still edges it out, I think.
July 16th, 2009 on 5:56 pm
On the other hand, a film not as well known as it should be which I think has good science is QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, also known as FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH, from 1967.