Iron Man, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, is the story of Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist/arms dealer who, after a nasty accident, ends up using a fantastical metal suit to battle crime. But as a piece of Science, is it more like finding Gwyneth Paltrow as a PA, or like having the disembodied voice of Paul Bettany charting your every move more
Battlestar Galactica is a 2003 reboot of the 1970s show of the same name, and is a sci-fi space opera filled with action, political intrigue, religion, back-stabbing and identity crises. But is the science more like having a lovely dinner with a Number 6, maybe watching a movie and snuggling up warm to reboot the human race, or is it like being locked alone in a room with a Cavill? more
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Armageddon is a 1998 film starring Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis, and directed by Michael Bay. It tells the story of an enormous asteroid heading for a collision with the Earth, and the rag-tag bunch of oil workers sent up to the asteroid to drill a nuke into it and blow it up before the world gets smushed. But in terms of the science, is it more like training oil workers to be astronauts and saving the world, or a crazy Russian alone on Mir with Space Dementia?
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