ChemEngineer
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Raiders of the Lost Ark was a very entertaining film, I'll give it all of that.
But among the phoniness it portrayed, consider Indy's bag of sand.
He saw the presumably solid gold idol sitting on the stand and scratched his chin while pondering its weight. Then he took some sand out of his canvas bag and quickly placed it where the head had been. The weight of the sand was FAR LESS than the weight of the golden head even if it was not solid. Gold is dense stuff! Then he picked it up with just one hand and tossed it easily to his betraying helper who was killed by sharp chopsticks. I call FAKE! Viewers lapped up this fakiness.
#2: Star Wars light sabers
Oh please, laser lights stopping after three feet? And slamming into each other like steel? If they're that advanced, just point the laser at your enemy and burn a big hole in him.
But among the phoniness it portrayed, consider Indy's bag of sand.
He saw the presumably solid gold idol sitting on the stand and scratched his chin while pondering its weight. Then he took some sand out of his canvas bag and quickly placed it where the head had been. The weight of the sand was FAR LESS than the weight of the golden head even if it was not solid. Gold is dense stuff! Then he picked it up with just one hand and tossed it easily to his betraying helper who was killed by sharp chopsticks. I call FAKE! Viewers lapped up this fakiness.
#2: Star Wars light sabers
Oh please, laser lights stopping after three feet? And slamming into each other like steel? If they're that advanced, just point the laser at your enemy and burn a big hole in him.