There is a plan afoot to address the breaking of scientific laws in movies. The principle involved will be that no more than one law of science can be broken in any given movie.
The push is being led by Sidney Perkowitz, of Atlanta’s Emory University. He already has some heavyweights on board, such as Dustin Hoffman and Lawrence Kasdan.
More can be found at The Guardian:
“I am not offended if they make one big scientific blunder in a given film,” Perkowitz added. “You can have things move faster than the speed of light if you want. But after that I would like things developed in a coherent way.”
“If you violate that you are in trouble. The chances are that the public will pick it up and that is what matters to Hollywood. The Core did not make money because people understood the science was so out to lunch,” he added.
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