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Madman: Proximity To Black Hole "Not a Big Deal"
Conventional wisdom says you want to stay as far away from a black hole as you can, but according to one scientist turned madman being close to or even inside one is "not a big deal". Former lead scientist and current overlord of the Cygnus Dr. Hans Reinhardt says he's spent the last 20 years studying the black hole within sight of his ship and is unconcerned. His napkin written manifesto reads in part: "....In addition we have to remember that the main backer of this mission is a company best known for children's movies and theme parks. I find it highly unlikely that they would put us in a situation where we would be in danger of imploding. The black hole is not a big deal. I theorize that a trip through would result in nothing more than a musical montage with fever-like lens effects and eventual plot resolution." According to Reinhardt new visitors trapped by his null gravity field should remain calm, still, and never question his authority. "Once you've been fitted with the mandatory Cygnus crew goggles, you'll see things my way," He says.
This story isn't far off from some of the stuff that samzenpus typically allows to the front page.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
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"not a big deal" is the last millennium's "no problem".
It just seems that they threw some symbolism together in the hope that it would stick. It didn't.
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But I'd rather have "OMG! Ponies" than this drek!
Very clever.
I totally missed this movie when it came out. Reading on it I can't believe the company ever let it be produced. Apparently, it was finacially successful, but not worth moving beyond the oneshot.
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"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
So where are the Elephants? and the Turtle - Atuin?
I KNOW the Disk has the equivalent to an event horizon...
Despite the outcry of many, I find this year’s April 1st theme enjoyable. Black Hole is one of those films that is bad on many levels and yet still an enjoyable viewing experience. Perhaps it is just the strange repetitive Yah-Yah-Yah-Yaaaaah-da-da-da background music that makes it so borderline creepy and memorable -- very un-Disney like.
It gets all weird and religiously allegorical at the end while at the same time paying an homage to 2001 a Space Odyssey’s final scenes. I usually just quit insisting the ending make any kind of scientific sense and just accept it as a Deus Ex Machina.
To be honest, I was a bit surprised that it apparently it must be considered essential for nerd viewing (else it wouldn’t be skewered in this year's collection). Still hoping for a clever Blade Runner entry.
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I an tolerate the jokes made out of fiction plots, but a from a crappy movie based on science that came from a tabloid--No.
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Disney can't make a movie without pasting on a happy ending. They even stuck a happy ending onto the Hunchback of Notre Dame. They got to the part where everyone is hopelessly falling into a black hole and they just couldn't help themselves. They stuck on a happy ending. It doesn't have to make sense, it's Disney.
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Disney can't make a movie without pasting on a happy ending
I thought the part of the ending where Reinhardt is fused to Maximillian, trapped and unable to move while surrounded by the fires of Hell was a pretty dark part of the ending. The wormhole sequence makes sense, but I could have done without the robed figure. While your point about Disney endings is well taken, The Black Hole is one of their few movies that I'd think ended the way it should have.
"not a big deal" is the last millennium's "no problem".
It's actually not a big deal.
Seriously, black holes are just a source of gravity. You can orbit around one just like you'd orbit around a star or planet. Sure, if you fall too far into the gravity well you're kinda screwed, but personally I'd be concerned about trying to get off the surface of the sun, too.
Sci-fi writers should have some obligation to try to be a little sciency. Otherwise, why not just call them "Space Dragons?"
Disney can't make a movie without pasting on a happy ending
I thought the part of the ending where Reinhardt is fused to Maximillian, trapped and unable to move while surrounded by the fires of Hell was a pretty dark part of the ending. The wormhole sequence makes sense, but I could have done without the robed figure. While your point about Disney endings is well taken, The Black Hole is one of their few movies that I'd think ended the way it should have.
Yep, it's a great movie another classic, cute friendly AI and mean nasty AI robots. Loved this movie
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