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The title text refers to the 2003 film ''{{w|The Core}}''. In this film, there is an instability in the Earth's magnetic field, so a team of scientists attempt to drill to the center of the Earth and set off nuclear explosions to restart the rotation of the Earth's core. To do this, they travel in a vehicle made of "Unobtainium" that can withstand the heat and pressure within the Earth's crust. Randall is sad to report that there is little progress being made on creating this vehicle. Incidentally, ''The Core'' is a film which represents science and engineering wrong in many, many aspects. There is a [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/goofs long] [http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/core.html list] of [https://www.moviemistakes.com/film3100 flaws]. For instance, if a material is resistant to the extreme heat and pressure of the Earth's core, then the significantly cooler and less forceful techniques of human metallurgy would certainly not be able to work that material at all, let alone craft it into a functional hull for a vehicle. | The title text refers to the 2003 film ''{{w|The Core}}''. In this film, there is an instability in the Earth's magnetic field, so a team of scientists attempt to drill to the center of the Earth and set off nuclear explosions to restart the rotation of the Earth's core. To do this, they travel in a vehicle made of "Unobtainium" that can withstand the heat and pressure within the Earth's crust. Randall is sad to report that there is little progress being made on creating this vehicle. Incidentally, ''The Core'' is a film which represents science and engineering wrong in many, many aspects. There is a [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/goofs long] [http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/core.html list] of [https://www.moviemistakes.com/film3100 flaws]. For instance, if a material is resistant to the extreme heat and pressure of the Earth's core, then the significantly cooler and less forceful techniques of human metallurgy would certainly not be able to work that material at all, let alone craft it into a functional hull for a vehicle. | ||
− | Randall makes sure to mention that the movie is from 2003, so 15 years old. Many people are surprised when realizing that a movie they saw "recently" is now so old that children born that year no longer need their parents | + | Randall makes sure to mention that the movie is from 2003, so 15 years old. Many people are surprised when realizing that a movie they saw "recently" is now so old that children born that year no longer need their parents guidance when watching it. |
− | The Core was already used as the main plot starter in [[673: The Sun]] back in 2009, and earlier in 2018 it was mentioned in the title text of [[2011: Newton's Trajectories]]. That Randall has a great interest in the | + | The Core was already used as the main plot starter in [[673: The Sun]] back in 2009, and earlier in 2018 it was mentioned in the title text of [[2011: Newton's Trajectories]]. That Randall has a great interest in the Earths cores is shown in several comics, and may explain why he continues to return to the movie, even though he probably (taken from his comics mentioning it) thinks is a bad movie. See a recent comic here, [[2058: Rock Wall]] and of course [[913: Core]]. |
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[[Category:Timelines]] | [[Category:Timelines]] | ||
[[Category:Space]] | [[Category:Space]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | [[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | ||
[[Category:Fiction]] | [[Category:Fiction]] | ||
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