Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

peachy ashie passion wrote:
> ravenlynne wrote:
> 
>> I believe I see more Space Rice Krispies in our future:
>>
>> http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=53131
> 
>>  a two-part SF disaster TV movie, about a dwarf star striking the moon 
>> and wreaking havoc on Earth, Variety reported.
>>
> 
>   I think that one line says everything we need to know.  A dwarf
star????

Yes.  a "dwarf star" crashes into the moon.  One can only imagine.

Can we examine this bit by bit? Wouldn't a star, albeit dwarf, still be 
much larger than a moon, thereby not really crashing into it, but 
knocking it away? Or crushing it?  Well, we all know that's just wrong. 
  Also, isn't a star a revolving, burning ball of gas? So it really 
wouldn't "strike" as much as incinerate? And what the fuck is a star 
doing careening about the solar system anyway? Never mind that...there's 
another pressing issue....Wouldn't havoc have been long ago wreaked on 
earth well before it "struck" the moon?  Mind you, I'm no scientist.  I 
might be wrong.

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     Buffy: Went okay. 'Cept I feel a little wierd about using a 
crucifix to kill someone.
     Leah: Yeh dinno much about religion, do yeh?