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47 Details Movies and TV Shows Got Hilariously Wrong

By:: Cracked Writers; Brian C. Miller

November 08, 2023

47 Details Movies and TV Shows Got Hilariously Wrong

Here's the thing about a lot of movies: They’re often just a series of set pieces, strung along by a thin story to get the characters from one point of conflict to another. And that means a lot of the little details the internet loves to point out don’t actually matter all that much. Plenty of science or historical facts are easy to throw out the window, when you're just trying to get your movie to the next exciting part to satiate all of the popcorn munchers in the audience.

So, sorry everyone, Raiders of the Lost Ark isn’t going to make for a particularly accurate text on how archaeology works, and watching Armageddon isn’t going to look particularly impressive on a resume to NASA. But we can all dream, and nobody can take that away from us.

47 Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim detonates a nuclear reactor to destroy a portal. We don't care about the magic portal-we're fine with that. But nuclear reactors can't detonate. They don't even use the same fuel as nuclear bombs. Reactors and bombs are just totally different technologies. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

46 The Core

The Core has stopped rotating, leaving no magnetic field to shield us! Leaving aside how preposterous the basic idea is, Earth's magnetic field doesn't block solar radiation. The atmosphere does. The planet's magnetic field has weakened or reversed in the past without leading to any mass extinctions. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

45 Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven gives us an EMP that wipes out all lights on a Vegas block. Any real electromagnetic pulse would radiate beyond the movie's tiny area of attack. But it would also do less damage. Even a huge one from a solar storm would just force us to tinker with stuff to restart it, not usher in a new Dark Age. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

44 The Rock

The Rock introduces us to VX gas, a deadly bright green nerve agent. As the film's writer David Weisber later put it, Unfortunately, chemical weapons are very boring because essentially they're a two-chamber cell with two odorless and colorless gases in each chamber ... There was no way to do that on the screen with any kind of excitement. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

43 Waterworld

In Waterworld, melted ice caps have covered all land with water. If the ice caps melt totally, that'll mean sea levels will rise 216 feet. We'll lose many coastal areas, which hold some of the most important cities in the world. But the vast majority of land will remain comfortably above water. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

42 Superman Returns

Superman can't lift a continent or the Moon, no matter how strong he is. We're not questioning super strength. But he's still just the size of a man, so he'll be exerting enormous force on a tiny area. Не shouldn't be moving those things when he pushes them. Не should be boring into them like a nail driving into wood. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

41 Armageddon

Armageddon gives the dino-killing asteroid the force of 10,000 nukes. The real asteroid strike they're talking about (the Chicxulub impact) had the energy of 100 million megatons of TNT. That's a million times stronger than the most powerful nuke, or the force of several billion modestly sized nukes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

40 Sunshine

Sunshine says the Sun is running out of hydrogen, SO Earth facês an ice age. The Sun really will use up its fuel one day, but that won't cool it. First it'll heat up as its gravity strengthens. Even once all the fuel's gone, the Earth won't freeze. The Sun will expand into a red giant, and Earth will be engulfed and destroyed. So cheer up! CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

39 The Martian

The Martian has 60 mph storms. Sounds super dangerous, right? On Earth, sure. But on Mars, the atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense, so those same fast winds hit with hardly any impact. Storms are only a danger for our landers there because they drop dust on their solar panels. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

38 Gravity

In Gravity, orbiting debris destroys the space station and comm satellites. But the space station is in low-Earth orbit, with an altitude of just 350 kilometers, while comunications satellites orbit at 35,000 kilometers. Nothing that happens near one affects the other at all. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

37 Honey, I Shrunk The Kids

If a you shrink 10,000 times smaller, air molecules won't shrink too. Oxygen and water you ingest to survive remains the same size. An air or water molecule 10,000 times larger relative to your blood vessels is a big deal. A slight change in cell chemistry means catastrophe-say, all your cells bursting. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

36 Shawshank Redemption

No human could survive Shawshank Redemption's sewage pipe crawl. Ammonia would sting Andy's eyes to the point of blindness, and methane would kill him in minutes. Similar jailbreak attempts have used steam pipes or drainage pipes, but no one's ever made it through 1,500 feet of a narrow pipe full of raw sewage. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

35 2012

It looks like the neutrinos coming from the Sun have mutated, says 2012. They're heating up the Earth's core. They certainly act like microwaves. This is sci-fi nonsense, and it's notable they went with neutrinos, of all things. Neutrinos don't change at all, or interact with anything. That's their most famous property. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

34 Jurassic Park: The Lost World

The Lost World's Tembo says, predators don't hunt when they're not hungry. We guess he never met cats of any kind. Or dogs. Or bears, weasels, or honey badgers. Not to mention spiders, insects like mites, killer whales, and even tiny zooplankton. Hunting for fun is one of the most animalistic practices out there. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

33 Panic Room

In Panic Room, Jodie Foster lights propane then lies flat as it burns over her. Don't try that in real life. Propane happens to be heavier than air (as is butane, chlorine, sulfur dioxide, and a whole lot of other gases). Lie down under a giant mass of flaming propane, and you stand a good chance of getting some nasty burns. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

32 Die Another Day

In Die Another Day, Bond tricks a scanner with a severed hand. But biometic scans don't just read your palm print, a very inexact ID method. They check the capillary flow through your hand. And when you chop a hand off someone, blood sadly stops flowing though it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

31 The Invisible Man

In invisible man movies, invisibility gives you a big edge when fighting. But if you are truly invisible, you'll also be blind. Sight works through waves of visible light refracting in your eye, focusing through the retina. If you're transparent, rays will pass right through you, and you'll never be able to perceive them. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

30 Dante's Peak

In Dante's Peak, they drive their truck over slightly cooled lava. Lava like that would still be around 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is slightly hotter than your average orange flame. Those tires should melt, or burn, and the gas tank should ignite. Everyone in the truck would be dead in seconds. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

29 Fight Club

Fight Club offers a choice: wash away caustic lye with water or vinegar. Water will make it worse, while vinegar will neutralize the burn. Guess Tyler never read lye's material safety data sheet, because the first instruction regarding skin contact is immediately flush skin with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

28 Gladiator

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27 Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, ballista operators shout: fire! when shooting... even when gunpowder has not been invented in that world yet... CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

26 Dirty Dancing

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25 Hot Tub Time Machine

In Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou decides to stay in 1986, forming GRACKED.COM Mötley Lüe and writing Home N MAIN Sweet Home. MOTLEY CRUE Quite the feat, since Mötley Crüe had been around since 1981, and released Home Sweet Home in 1985. TRENTRE OF PRINT — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

24 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Joneses book a flight from Berlin to Athens on a commercial zeppelin in 1938. In actuality, no ticket would have been a problem for all of the passengers, since airship travel was no longer a thing due to the Hindenburg crash the year before. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

23 Guardians of the Galaxy

DID MEREDITH QUILL GET HER HANDS ON THE TIME STONE? Those rockin' mixtapes that Star-Lord's mother gave him before she passed away in 1988 GUARDIANS GALAXY AWESOME MIX VOL.1 were recorded on TDK CDing2 cassette tapes, which were released over a decade later. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

22 The Hurt Locker

CRACKED.COM THE HURT LOCKER is set in 2004, but features a scene with a characer playing X-Box 360, which was released in 2005. The game is Gears of War, which didn't come out until 2006. — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

21 Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

According to the writers, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is set loosely between 1720 and 1750. Granny Smith apples originated in 1868. In Australia. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

20 Pearl Harbor

CRACKED.COM PEARL HARBOR A newsreel from 1940 shows a tank battle near Cologne Cathedral that will not happen until 1945. — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

19 X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class takes place during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. However, there's a bunch of Tomahawk missiles shown in the scene above. Tomahawk missiles weren't introduced until 1977. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

18 The Green Mile

This heart-wrenching scene in The Green Mile wouldn't have happened if the production crew had looked up Louisiana's history. The film's set in 1935, while the electric chair wasn't used in Louisiana until 1941. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

17 Mulan

Mulan's third act takes place in the famous Forbidden City. However, when the landmark was built, the Huns had not only been defeated but some had been integrated into Chinese society, making the movie's main premise obsolete. CRACKED COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

16 Stranger Things

H Не 10 LI Be в с N o F Ne 12 13 14 is 16 17 18 Na Mg Al SI P S CI Ar 19 20 21 22 DA DE 22 DE 27 25 29 30 31 33 33 34 35 M K Ca Sc TI V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Ga Zn Ge As Se Br Kr 37 38 39 ARE at az 43 45 46 47 48 ag 50 51 A2 53 54 Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe 55 — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

15 Titanic

In Titanic, to discourage Rose from jumping, Jack tells her a story about him and his father ice-fishing in Lake Wissota, Wisconsin. The thing is, Lake Wissota didn't exist when Titanic sank. The lake was created in 1917 while Titanic sank in 1912. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

14 Darkest Hour

CRACKED COM UZON RADIO, PAGE 2 UNITED MAY 25 1940 LATE NEWS FLANDERS: POSITION OF Regnance Is T NCREASING GRAVITY Broadcual Todos Petit مع - - - - - Ge an Have Bombs on a Almost All KIA - - - - - - Convoy Near - - - - - Nazi Air von he Lys WH - - - Boulogne Cro - - - - - .. - . Squadrons - and - - - Points - - PASSING SCHOO In Fight Spokumen - nasas RAKILITY a - Distribution - بود les V FOR عينا - de A - — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

13 Bohemian Rhapsody

Que CRACKED COM In Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen performs Fat Bottomed Girls during their first U.S. tour in 1974. That's impossible, because that song wasn't recorded and released until 1978. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

12 Django Unchained

In Django Unchained, Django's secondary weapon is a double-barreled Derringer pistol. The movie is set in 1858, 8 years before such a pistol was first manufactured. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

11 The Theory of Everything

In The Theory of Everything, the term black hole is repeatedly used --in scenes set in 1963 -- four years too early. - - 43cm HOTEL ever had The concept itself had already emerged, but was usually called a singularity until the term black hole was popularized by visionary physicist John А. Wheeler, at a 1967 conference in New York. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

10 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is set in the 1720s, SO the Union Jack shouldn't have the Cross of St. Patrick incorporated. The red diagonal cross was added to the flag after Ireland became a part of the UK in 1801. The correct flag would look like this: CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

9 Raiders of the Lost Ark

INDUANA JONES and the RAIDERSof the LOST ARK SET IN 1936, THE MAPS SHOWN DURING THE FLIGHT NDIA SEQUENCES BEAR SOME GEOGRAPICAL AND NDC ERRORS. THAILAND WAS CALLED SIAM UNTIL 1939 IRAN DID NOT EXIST ALL R AN UNTIL 1979. AFGHAN SAUDI CRACKED COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

8 Forrest Gump

In Forrest Gump, Gump receives a letter from Apple congratulating him on his investment - in 1975. Apr Computer Which is impressive, because Apple wasn't founded until 1976, and by 1977 the company was still operating out of Steve Jobs's garage. GRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

7 Dallas Buyers Club

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB BEHIND RON WOODROOF'S DESK AT THE OFFICE MOTEL, THERE IS A - 044 CALENDAR SHOWING A 2011 MODEL OF LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR. THE MOVIE TAKES PLACE IN 1985. GRACKED COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

6 Straight Outta Compton

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5 Valkyrie

The Tom Cruise WWII drama Valkyrie is set in 1944. Führer befiehl 2 Mir folgen Dir Activate Windows In 1941, the Nazis said the font in the sign above (called Fraktur) had Jewish origins, and banned it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

4 X-Men: First Class

There are plenty of miniskirts in X-Men: First Class, set in 1962. They were invented two years later. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

3 Mad Men

Don Draper comes up with the It's toasted slogan in 1960. LUCKYSTRIVE T'S TOASTED MAD MEN By that time, Lucky Strike had been using it for over 40 years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

2 My Girl

My Girl The main character's mood ring is a key aspect of the film. CRACKED.COM It shouldn't be: The film is set in 1972 and mood rings weren't around until 1975. — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

1 Deep Blue Sea

The entire premise of Deep Blue Sea is sharks don't get cancer. But they do. The myth of sharks not getting cancer spread in part due to a 1992 book called Sharks Don't Get Cancer, which pushes shark cartilage as a cancer cure. Funnily enough, if you read the book, even it admits sharks DO get cancer. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

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