Re: EARTHSTORM -- Easter Sunday on Sci-Fi!!

"Lookingglass" <Shemakhan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The original plot (or at least plot synopsis) of THE CORE was WAY worse
>> than what got released.  Originally THE CORE went out, so the Earth
>> stopped turning,* but nobody noticed except the shuttle astronauts (you
>> can see remnants of that throughout the final movie) so they had to go
>> fire it up to get the old girl spinning again.
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>> Of course, if nobody NOTICED the Earth stopped spinning, why do they
>> CARE?
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> I don't know why I am bothering...afterall, it's only a movie...BUT...
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> "Originally THE CORE went out, so the Earth stopped turning,"
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> Did it go out for drinks?  ;^)
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> Even in movies there needs to be some basic logic to the story's
premise. 
> How could no one not notice the planet stopped revolving??? The sun and 
> stars would be stationary...no seasons...no tides...etc.
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> Absurd! But there are worse examples of bizarre logic lapses in movies.
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You might not realize how epically silly it is :)  Stop and consider the 
total relativity of all motion, and then ask yourself: Why would the
earth's 
core become rotationally stationary relative to the sun?

As I understand it, the core's rotation differential relative to the 
mantle/crust is minute; the planet pretty much rotates at the same speed. 
Like the crust revolves an inch per year slower than the mantle or 
something, and THAT causes earthquakes that knock down cities.

And if the earth suddenly stopped rotating, LOL, realize that the ground 
would accelerate to 1000 mph beneath our feet (okay maybe 500 mph in the
US) 
over whatever period of time it took to stop.  Yeah, that might attract 
attention.

But really.  I don't want to take away from the fantastic achievement of
the 
actual movie.