Incorrect Physics


When Johnny 5 falls out of the window he says he's falling at 32ft/sec. However, he should be falling at 32ft/sec^2. I thought this was lazy on the writer's part.

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Yes, that part really troubled me too. I actually took the disc out and smashed it on my lap like an old vinyl record, and shouted "what the heck".

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Calm down Neil Degrasse Tyson. It's just a movie.

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At the time he said it, he was correct.

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He should be using the METRIC system for those calculations, they make more sense to a robot!

In any case, this is ONE part that didn't bother me at all - I guess different people.. well, let's be honest, only some weirdo, unbalanced math nerds can be ever bothered by stuff like this.

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