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Structural Engineer On the Fallacies of Movie Bridge Destruction (hackaday.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the falling-down dept.

szczys writes: Suspension bridges like the Golden Gate Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge are favorite victims for movie makers but are almost always shown to perform in violation of the laws of physics. Structural Engineer Alex Weinberg couldn't stay silent any longer. He covers how bridge collapses in several major films should have looked. The biggest offender? Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.

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  1. Parade of the Pedants! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Next they will be telling us that X-Wing fights can't really bank in space and don't make that "rrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaararrarrr" noise.

    1. Re:Parade of the Pedants! by dbIII · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Even fantasy has a wizard stand up and wave things around to give a clue that there is some sort of cause to the unrealistic effect.

  2. Suspend your disbelief by grimmjeeper · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pretty much everything in every movie is not realistic. Why should blowing up bridges be any different.

    Go see movie. Suspend your disbelief. Enjoy it. Go home. Get on with the rest of your life instead of sitting around with nerds over analyzing everything.

  3. Well written and funny article by Radical+Moderate · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you have a few minutes to waste, or are passionate about suspension bridge structural integrity, well worth a read.

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