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Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes
Jon Sandys writes "Spider-Man 2 may have won over the critics, but the hard-nosed bastards at moviemistakes.com are listing 31 mistakes already - and no, not nitpicky stuff that's different from the comics. A scar swaps sides on Peter Parker's face and dummies are visible in hurled cars, not to mention the numerous errors involving tritium which I'm sure Slashdot readers will enjoy refuting. Read the complete listing on the Spider-Man 2 page." Also, people bitten by spiders don't generally become ultra-powerful.
Using a real element added a bit of realism but also spawned this geek debate.
In real life, fusion usually (100% with significant figures) requires very small elements, like Hydrogen. That big flaming ball in the sky that you see everyday fuses Hydrogen to create Helium, the result is massive energy. Fusion has been attempted as a source of power here on Earth, but there is one problem: fusing Hydrogen requires incredible amounts of energy. Fusing a heavy element like Tritium would require an ungodly amount of energy.
Guys/girls....I've been reading these mistakes, and the whole thread (because I have a lot of nothing to do before my shift at work starts) and I have one conclusion: IT'S A COMIC BOOK MOVIE!!!! You want realism, forget the movies! Spider-Man is based on a comic book, and as we all know, the rules of realism go out the fscking window! Gawds, I swear people look for mistakes to define their own existence. No one just turns off their brains and watches a movie anymore!