I’ve long complained about stupid scientific inaccuracies in films, but some people in Hollywood are making more of an attempt to get it right.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Obama’s New Logo For Disneyworld
It is sort of metaphorical that he’s shutting down Main Street USA for his speech.
[Update a few minutes later]
Heh: “Embargoed excerpt of President Obama’s remarks at Disney World, FL, today: ‘It is a small world, after all. It is a small, small, world.'”
[Early afternoon update]
Here are the actual photos. As noted over there, this is surefire campaign-ad material.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Elon’s Problems
…with marriage and rockets — a report from Alan Boyle.
Internet Regulation And The Economics Of Piracy
A very good post by Julian Sanchez on why SOPA/PIPA are so bad.
Space On Earth
Brian Doherty pays a visit to XCOR.
Colbert
What a waste of time on This Week. Is it just me, or is he profoundly unfunny (as well as being a constitutional ignoramus, as George Will pointed out)? I didn’t even crack a smile. It was like that idiotically embarrassing Congressional testimony. At least John Stewart is funny.
Hollywood And Racism
Some thoughts.
Ten Space Trends
…for 2012. I hope he’s right.
The Great Ships
An interesting history of a bygone era.
Well, That Should Settle It
Charlie Sheen says he’s not crazy any more.