Last Film You Watched

[heatmeiser]

That Argentinian horror 'Terrified'.

Good fun tbh

 

[summerisle]

Galaxy Quest is such a fun film.

 

[Nymzee]

Just finished dune 2

I enjoyed it, there are parts in the first film that I think I preferred but the second film was still very enjoyable.

The ending suggests a part 3 is coming though which is great but I thought this was always meant to be a twofer not a trilogy.

No part 3, per se, the third film will be the Messiah novel.

 

[Nymzee]

The Batman; never got around simply because of the 3hr run time.

It was ok, liked the riddler and the whole Batman being a detective. But felt like a lot could have been cut out.

Not as good as any of dark knight movies

You mean that one whole movie called The Dark Knight

 

[Goat]

You mean that one whole movie called The Dark Knight

Well no, there was also The Dark Knight Rises.

Bruce Wayne (Dark Knight trilogy) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Technically 3 films.

 

[Nymzee]

Well no, there was also The Dark Knight Rises.

Bruce Wayne (Dark Knight trilogy) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Technically 3 films.

Unofficial name. It’s like calling LotR trilogy The Two Towers trilogy.

 

[navidson]

Stopmotion

An unusual, visually arresting take on body horror - featuring the always excellent Aisling Franciosi

 

[nsno-chris]

You mean that one whole movie called The Dark Knight

I mean it’s commonly known as the Dark Knight Trilogy. The box set is sold under that name
https://shop.warnerbros.co.uk/products/the-dark-knight-trilogy-blu-ray

 

[SuperTimCahill]

Praying for Armageddon (2023)
A fantastic (and very important) documentary I hope as many people as possible watches. I already knew that many Americans and Israelis are absolute dangers to the world, but damn, this film is enlightening to say the least. This documentary had it's theatrical premiere in august last year. In october the wishes of the evangelical christian extremists in the film came true. Talk about timing. It's either available or coming soon to the BBC for you lads. 10/10

 

[Rita_Poon]

Only me watch Maverick? Mach 10.3 = 7902 miles per hour. /60 = minutes, /60 again = seconds. ~ 2.2 miles per second.

The plane breaks up, there's no parachute seemingly, for him to slow down from the speed and survive is impossible. Then he strolls into a diner.

RT has it at 96%.

To test satellite strike (where debris in orbit collides with satellites) they used an electro magnet that can fire a ball of metal through a model at 5 miles per second.

No parachute seemingly. Stunned.

 

[Rita_Poon]

E4 9pm 'star trek into darkness'
film4 9pm 'S.W.A.T.'
Itv4 9pm 'Everest'
5star 9pm 'Transporter 3'
5action 'Deja vu'
Legend 9pm 'The devil rides out' (Hammer horror for our resident Christopher Lee completist)


4seven 9pm 'Maverick'.

Seven thousand nine hundred and two miles an hour. 'You're going to top gun gentlemen!'...

 

[Lapeno77]

Only me watch Maverick? Mach 10.3 = 7902 miles per hour. /60 = minutes, /60 again = seconds. ~ 2.2 miles per second.

The plane breaks up, there's no parachute seemingly, for him to slow down from the speed and survive is impossible. Then he strolls into a diner.

RT has it at 96%.

To test satellite strike (where debris in orbit collides with satellites) they used an electro magnet that can fire a ball of metal through a model at 5 miles per second.

No parachute seemingly. Stunned.

Stolen from someone else...

So my initial theory goes like this: Maverick's plane has immense thrust, which is balanced by immense air resistance at Mach 10. When the plane disintegrates, the whole cockpit ejects as a capsule, suddenly the immense thrust is gone, only immense air resistance is left, which is like an abrupt break. I didn't have enough info to do the math, but I thought it's as bad as driving a car into a wall at highway speed - you get thrown forward into airbag + whiplash from seat belt & heavy helmet + many g's of deceleration itself.

However, as I now understand, the thrust is not that immense after all.

At about 9min into the movie, Maverick says "transitioning to scramjet". Looking up the wikipedia page of the scramjet engine, there's some important knowledge. To paraphrase: when the engine operates, the intake air pressure needs to maintain constant, which means for a given speed, the plane needs to fly at a pre-determined altitude (air density). As it speeds up, it needs to climb in the "constant dynamic pressure path". Importantly,

q ∝ ρv2

where q is air pressure which is constant, ρ (rho) is air density, and v is velocity. This means Maverick can eject at Mach 2, Mach 5, or Mach 10, and experience the same air resistance.

The same can be said for the plane - it experiences the same air resistance regardless of velocity, so it actually doesn't need a lot of thrust. The challenge of high speed engine isn't thrust, it's being able to breath air in high speed.

Also, it's feasible that the Dark Star employed an ejection capsule similar to the F111.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Stolen from someone else...

So my initial theory goes like this: Maverick's plane has immense thrust, which is balanced by immense air resistance at Mach 10. When the plane disintegrates, the whole cockpit ejects as a capsule, suddenly the immense thrust is gone, only immense air resistance is left, which is like an abrupt break. I didn't have enough info to do the math, but I thought it's as bad as driving a car into a wall at highway speed - you get thrown forward into airbag + whiplash from seat belt & heavy helmet + many g's of deceleration itself.

However, as I now understand, the thrust is not that immense after all.

At about 9min into the movie, Maverick says "transitioning to scramjet". Looking up the wikipedia page of the scramjet engine, there's some important knowledge. To paraphrase: when the engine operates, the intake air pressure needs to maintain constant, which means for a given speed, the plane needs to fly at a pre-determined altitude (air density). As it speeds up, it needs to climb in the "constant dynamic pressure path". Importantly,

q ∝ ρv2

where q is air pressure which is constant, ρ (rho) is air density, and v is velocity. This means Maverick can eject at Mach 2, Mach 5, or Mach 10, and experience the same air resistance.

The same can be said for the plane - it experiences the same air resistance regardless of velocity, so it actually doesn't need a lot of thrust. The challenge of high speed engine isn't thrust, it's being able to breath air in high speed.

Also, it's feasible that the Dark Star employed an ejection capsule similar to the F111.

As much or as little thrust as you like, his halo suit contains his air, he still has to slow down in a debris field of tons from 7902mph. We've a WWII ace historian round here, in those days pilots used a pressure suit that at specific amounts of 'G' would inflate and squeeze the blood in the extremities back into your torso and head to keep you conscious. Spitfire top speed circa 330mph.

7902 mph.

 

[Clarky cat]

Only me watch Maverick? Mach 10.3 = 7902 miles per hour. /60 = minutes, /60 again = seconds. ~ 2.2 miles per second.

The plane breaks up, there's no parachute seemingly, for him to slow down from the speed and survive is impossible. Then he strolls into a diner.

RT has it at 96%.

To test satellite strike (where debris in orbit collides with satellites) they used an electro magnet that can fire a ball of metal through a model at 5 miles per second.

No parachute seemingly. Stunned.

It’s not real Rita

 

[Clarky cat]

Only me watch Maverick? Mach 10.3 = 7902 miles per hour. /60 = minutes, /60 again = seconds. ~ 2.2 miles per second.

The plane breaks up, there's no parachute seemingly, for him to slow down from the speed and survive is impossible. Then he strolls into a diner.

RT has it at 96%.

To test satellite strike (where debris in orbit collides with satellites) they used an electro magnet that can fire a ball of metal through a model at 5 miles per second.

No parachute seemingly. Stunned.

Are there any homoerotic beach volleyball scenes in this one?