Pentagon Quit The Avengers Because of Its ‘Unreality’
The Pentagon halted its cooperation with Marvel Studios’ blockbuster movie The Avengers because the Defense Department didn’t think a movie about superheroes, Norse Gods and intergalactic invasions was sufficiently realistic in its treatment of military bureaucracy. Moviegoers and comic fans know that S.H.I.E.L.D., led by Samuel L. Jackson’s super-spy Nick Fury, is an international peacekeeping/global…
The Physics of the Hulk’s Jumps
When most people see a movie like The Avengers, they willingly check their disbelief at the box office. Dot Physics’ Rhett Allain is not most people. In this thoroughly entertaining and informative analysis, Wired Science’s resident physics expert breaks down the forces at work in the Hulk’s unbelievable jumping abilities — including just how much…
