# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 276
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5503 "2020-06-02T23:22:11Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5504 "2020-06-02T23:42:56Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5505 "2020-06-02T23:44:33Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys 5. The Reluctant Astronaut ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5506 "2020-06-03T00:25:45Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys 5. The Reluctant Astronaut 6. Deep Impact ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5507 "2020-06-03T00:49:44Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys 5. The Reluctant Astronaut 6. Deep Impact 7. 2010 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5508 "2020-06-03T01:17:17Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys 5. The Reluctant Astronaut 6. Deep Impact 7. 2010 8. Apollo 13 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5509 "2020-06-03T02:46:55Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys 5. The Reluctant Astronaut 6. Deep Impact 7. 2010 8. Apollo 13 9. Amazon Women on the Moon ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5510 "2020-06-03T03:05:58Z")
Movies featuring astronauts or cosmonauts 1. The Astronaut Farmer 2. Dark Star 3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars 4. Space Cowboys 5. The Reluctant Astronaut 6. Deep Impact 7. 2010 8. Apollo 13 9. Amazon Women on the Moon 10. Forbidden Planet Gimme a minute, I’ll come up with one ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5511 "2020-06-03T03:13:00Z")
**Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money** 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) Only one of two men can be saved by the lifeguard’s “machine” when they have heart trouble (because there’s only one machine). The defibrillator (albeit existing in theory in 1930), was not an actual medical device until 1947, which is the first time one was used on a patient. The handwaving here actually worked. In subsequent lists, cut the explanation, and just repost the title. The curious can scroll back. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5512 "2020-06-03T03:56:04Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Tablet computers. Called “Newspads” in the movie, they allow the astronauts to get news broadcasts and such from Earth. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5513 "2020-06-03T04:35:52Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) The film depicted 3D holograms (Princess Leia’s distress message, the holographic game table on the Millennium Falcon), and [3D holographic video projections](https://www.livescience.com/49675-holographic-videos-3d-tvs.html) have recently been developed. (Alas, no lightsabers or antigrav speeder bikes yet. ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5514 "2020-06-04T03:33:35Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4’ Amazon Women on the Moon Predicted it would be difficult for mini-skirted spear-carrying women on the moon to run fast in spike-heeled shoes with 4-inch platform soles. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5515 "2020-06-04T04:07:09Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 5. Forbidden Planet (1956) Belt-portable communicators (kinda like cellphones) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5516 "2020-06-04T06:59:44Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 5. Forbidden Planet (1956) 6. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) tracking/hunting drones (the mechanical hound), cameras everywhere, and wall-sized TVs … although this is probably more of a tribute to Bradbury’s vision than to the film itself. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5517 "2020-06-04T12:41:05Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 5. Forbidden Planet (1956) 6. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 7. The Martian (2015) [“The inflatable HAB that Damon’s character retrofits and lives in are already in the works, while his ingenious plan to grow potatoes using a soil made from human excrement would not just be achievable but sustainable under the right conditions.”](https://www.goliath.com/movies/sci-fi-movies-that-are-actually-scientifically-accurate/) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5518 "2020-06-04T18:31:56Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 5. Forbidden Planet (1956) 6. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 7. The Martian (2015) 8. A Trip to the Moon (1902) Splashdown at sea of a manned capsule after returning from the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5519 "2020-06-04T18:55:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money > \* > -snip-\* > 8. A Trip to the Moon (1902) > > Splashdown at sea of a manned capsule after returning from the Moon. Ohhhh! Good one! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5520 "2020-06-06T03:27:27Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 5. Forbidden Planet (1956) 6. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 7. The Martian (2015) 8. A Trip to the Moon (1902 9. 1984 (1956) Based on the 1947 novel. the story anticipated the military-industrial complex, as warned about bt Eisenhower in 1961 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5521 "2020-06-06T09:46:32Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > 1. 1984 (1956) > > Based on the 1947 novel. the story anticipated the military-industrial complex, as warned about bt Eisenhower in 1961 That’s not the prophetic “fake science”. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5522 "2020-06-07T23:27:10Z")
Movies whose fake science was remarkably on the money 1. Magnificent Obsession (1935) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) 4. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 5. Forbidden Planet (1956) 6. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 7. The Martian (2015) 8. A Trip to the Moon (1902) 9. Blade Runner (1982) Climate change, caused by carbon emissions, resulting in a perpetually-cloudy sky and nonstop rain. Also, digital animated LED billboards that cover the side of an entire building. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=277)