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But another crucial aspect of the New Hollywood, and one that may help maintain the formal-aesthetic integrity of its movies, is the parallel development of independent films and filmmaking. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the studios’ blockbuster mentality has been offset by an unprecedented “indie boom.” Consequently, the film industry has been increasingly split between big-budget, franchise-spawning, global-marketed blockbusters and low-budget “specialty films” designed for carefully targeted niche markets. Although these so-called independent films generally are produced outside the direct control of the Hollywood studios, the studios often provide financing and distribution. Thus, most indie films are scarcely independent of the Hollywood system. And in terms of style and content, independent films. | arXiv 0707.1167v1 physics.soc-ph 9 Jul 2007 HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS Unlimited Fun but Limited Science Literacy C.J. EFTHIMIOU1 and R.A. LLEWELLYN2 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 1 Introduction There is no doubt that Hollywood has become an established major source for entertainment in the lives of the citizens of the modern society. In the products of Hollywood big screen movies TV mini series TV series sitcoms etc amazing feats are presented by people supposedly the best in their fields. Great scientists find solutions to major scientific challenges the best NASA employees save the Earth from the ultimate heavenly threats the best soldiers defeat armies on their own the best psychics solve criminal cases the best parapsychologists manage to successfully investigate supernatural phenomena and so on. And of course we should not forget the laypersons who often save the day by finding solutions that scientists could not think of. Unfortunately all this is only great entertainment. When logic and science are used to decide if certain scenarios are consistent and plausible usually the results are disappointing. The inconsistencies of the Hollywood products with science may come as a surprise to many people who simply accept what they see as realistic or at worst slightly modified from reality. In this article we will examine specific scenes from popular action and sci-fi movies and show how blatantly they break the laws of physics all in the name of entertainment but coincidentally contributing to science illiteracy. Towards this goal we assume that our reader has an understanding of algebra-based general physics. 2 Cinema Fermi Problems Fermi problems also known as back-of-the-envelope problems 1 have been very popular among physicists 2 since Fermi used them to illustrate his dramatic and extraordinary ability to give approximate answers to the most esoteric and puzzling questions. In a simple adaptation of the idea we have applied it to plots and
