8 Sci-Fi Movie Inventions Ruined By Real Science

Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Science fiction movies often encourage audiences to dream up technologies beyond their wildest dreams, making them seem realistic enough to be plausible, only to be bitterly disappointed by the limitations of real-world science. The most ambitious science fiction movies have presented a wide variety of settings, from the spacefaring fantasy worlds of Star Wars to the grounded realism of films like Arrival.

The lightsabers operate on different laws of physics than those in reality. Creating a powerful enough beam of light to cut through solid metal would result in a much longer, unwieldy weapon, not limited in its projection to a mere three feet.

6 Thumpers The Dune series Frank Herbert's Dune novels have been seeing an incredible resurgence in popularity thanks to Denis Villeneuve's excellent adaptations, introducing hordes of new fans to the far-out technology of the series for the first time. Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two both feature some pretty unbelievable technology, such as prophetic psychoactive drugs and bullet-deflecting energy shields.

The controversial Holdo Maneuver of Star Wars: The Last Jedi further complicates matters. Assuming that Hyperspace is an immaterial dimension that objects traveling faster than the speed of light quickly enter, they shouldn't be able to have an effect on the physical world. Otherwise, it makes no sense that the Star Wars series isn't filled with lightspeed weaponry being haphazardly fired across every naval battle between spaceships.

3 Shrinking Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Shrinking technology has a flirtatious relationship with science fiction movies, showing up in places like the MCU's Ant-Man trilogy and the upcoming reboot of Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. There's even a strangely specific trope used in various TV shows regarding a situation in which characters are forced to undergo a fantastic voyage within the body of another character, typically with the aid of a shrinking submarine.

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