CinemaSci Podcast Brian Blais

In this episode we discuss all things aliens in the movies and TV.

Movies/TV with Interesting Alien Depictions


The Original Star Trek --- Spock, Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, etc...
Star Trek Next Generation, Deep Space 9, etc... --- Borg, Human-like aliens everywhere
Star Wars --- wookies, yoda
Alien/Aliens
Arrival

Book Depiction


Stranger in a Strange Land



Links


Drake Equation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation#Equation
Fermi Paradox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Great_Filter
Kardashev Scale - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale

CinemaSci Podcast - Episode 001 Notes

Superhero movies

Superman
what I don't really care about is trying to explain how he has superpowers (flying, x-ray vision, etc...) — I'll treat that like I treat Harry Potter — just magic
what I do care about is that the normal stuff (the people, the buildings, the ground, etc...) behaves like normal stuff — obeys the laws of physics
worst problem that I see with superman is when he "saves" people by catching them when they've fallen a long distance.  there isn't even an attempt to match the speed, so the sudden stop or reversal of direction would make the person go splat
original 1970s — catches lois falling off a building
reboot (man of steel) - man fallls out of a helicopter and right before striking the ground, superman runs horizontally at great speed, catches him and then deposits him 50 feet way nearly instantly
Jason Bourne

Good SciFi
Interstellar
Martian
Apollo 13
Arrival
2001 Space Odyssey
[Gravity sans hair]


MOVIE LINKS:


Superman saves Lois Lane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=394jYH82s2o&t=140s
Superman save man falling from helicopter - https://youtu.be/xqlaXylsMwQ?t=83
Flash superman truck save - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EVfxwA_J_4
Flash correct plus torque - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtswU-tBq6g
Aquaman not punching a hole through the submarine  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2og02m_iv8
Ant man pinhole weight  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFqRej80iIY
MJ correct fall -  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj35E1jf4dg
The boys realistic 2:36  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK0qxKsMPzQ
Hulk jump 3:23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udKE1ksKWDE
QuickSilver Saves Everyone From Exploding X-Mansion Scene - Sweet Dreams - X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeh1gPb3w1I