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  • Jim Kakalios takes a closer look at the physics of the DC universe. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes from DC movies and rates them based on their accuracy.
    Kakalios addresses physical feats of DC superheroes, such as Joker in "Suicide Squad" jumping from an extreme height into a shallow vat of acid and Harley Quinn in "Birds of Prey" skating behind an automobile at high speed. He looks at the realism of superheroes' incredible skills, such as Aquaman's ability to sonically communicate with sharks and other fish. Would Shazam be able to charge up a mobile phone by shooting bolts of lightning at it? What material would Wonder Woman's bracelets need to be in order to deflect bullets?
    Superman and Batman come under scrutiny in the video. Kakalios looks at Bruce Wayne's cape's rigidity in "Batman Begins" and whether it would allow Batman to fly across Gotham City. Would Superman be able to turn back time by flying around the world? Why can't he see through lead in "Man of Steel"? And finally, what are the odds that both Batman and Superman have mothers named Martha? Kakalios calculates the odds from "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
    Kakalios is the author of three books, "The Physics of Superheroes," "The Physics of Everyday Things," and "The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics." He also worked as a science consultant for the Warner Bros. film "Watchmen" and won a regional Emmy for the video "Science of Watchmen." A physics professor at the University of Minnesota, Kakalios teaches a popular class that uses comic books to illustrate the principles of physics.
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  • @nbdb23
    @nbdb23 Před 3 lety +6042

    Have him break down the physics of Bollywood movies. He’ll go insane.

  • @tqzama1421
    @tqzama1421 Před 3 lety +3877

    They had a whole physicist calculate the probability of the Martha moment. LMAO.

    • @Rok54998
      @Rok54998 Před 3 lety +66

      What's probability of an rich guy dressed as bat 😂😂
      That physicist is dumb

    • @kurokasteele4830
      @kurokasteele4830 Před 3 lety +143

      Much better than getting half a physicist to do the same job.

    • @tqzama1421
      @tqzama1421 Před 3 lety +17

      @@kurokasteele4830 you're not wrong.

    • @Chromodar
      @Chromodar Před 3 lety +54

      I found that part really funny, but all the while I couldn't shake the thought that it's _supposed_ to be unlikely. If everyone's mother was named Martha it wouldn't be anything special, making the scene even harder to make sense of.

    • @thomasbramer7496
      @thomasbramer7496 Před 3 lety +50

      @@Rok54998 Do you have a phd in physics. No, I don't think so.

  • @kevinhedman2314
    @kevinhedman2314 Před 3 lety +1726

    I wish this guy was my professor.
    Me: *gets answer completely wrong *
    Him: 6/10

    • @asl3151
      @asl3151 Před 3 lety +13

      Yeah

    • @ronanshanley7829
      @ronanshanley7829 Před 3 lety +25

      some physics professors are very lenient with the extra credit, others not so much

    • @fxitfastah
      @fxitfastah Před 3 lety +28

      hehehe yeah he completely debunks a theory or ability and gives it 8/10, out of effort.

    • @Vertutame
      @Vertutame Před 3 lety +6

      A=80/100 B= 70-80/100 C= 60-70 meaning it's passible D= 50-60 so anything below 5 is BS.

    • @nathanfierro9343
      @nathanfierro9343 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Vertutame damn u a physicist too lmao

  • @stuntphish
    @stuntphish Před 3 lety +1636

    I love how Super Man is allowed to go 150% the speed of light and get a 5/10 but his mother isn't allowed to be called Martha without getting a 2/10

    • @Rok54998
      @Rok54998 Před 3 lety +41

      Well u know lot of people didn't understood that scene so he went with that flow to criticize that scene but idk why ik the world he calculated probability 😂

    • @Boeing_hitsquad
      @Boeing_hitsquad Před 3 lety +53

      The lack of probability only supports his confused reaction.
      Why did you say Martha? That's MY mother's name .. not another person

    • @Rok54998
      @Rok54998 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Boeing_hitsquad what exactly u mean

    • @shannond7437
      @shannond7437 Před 3 lety +13

      I am copy pasting my response to a similar comment because it is an absurd rating! He was much more lenient than all of the Marvel films. Does Martha really deserve to be on this list? 😂 Growing up, I had a friend named Shannon had a mom with the same, not even on the top 100 name. It happens! But why not mention Super Man reversing time with his crazy speed lol!

    • @TFalconwing
      @TFalconwing Před 3 lety +25

      @@shannond7437 If you want to talk crazy probability, my mother, my wife, and my brother's current girlfriend all have the same birthday. Any one of them has a probability of 1/365 of being born on that day, but for all three of them to be born on that day is a 1/48,627,125. But then again, when there's billions of people on the planet you're bound to get overlap. On average, 20.5 million people should share that same birthday.

  • @pendaco
    @pendaco Před 3 lety +1746

    Scientist: There's a 0.0004% chance they're both named Martha.
    So you're telling me there's a chance.. Yeeaahhh!

    • @foreiveralone
      @foreiveralone Před 3 lety +32

      i know this is just a joke but, in terms of probability, a percentage of that low is mathematically impossible.

    • @sheilahanindra3316
      @sheilahanindra3316 Před 3 lety +52

      the chance of them being named Martha is low...but never zero

    • @Rok54998
      @Rok54998 Před 3 lety +13

      @@sheilahanindra3316 do u think that Batman stopped cuz of mother's name ??
      Also I don't get why tf that physicist calculated probability of one's name being Martha like wtf bruh 😂

    • @sheilahanindra3316
      @sheilahanindra3316 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Rok54998 no...idk tho it seems ridiculous when u think abt it but hey in the name of P L O T, anything is possible. Maybe he did it for fun lmaoo

    • @bretonwayde6934
      @bretonwayde6934 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Rok54998 cause comedy

  • @fanaticalplel1003
    @fanaticalplel1003 Před 3 lety +1877

    This guy really has a passion for comics and superheroes we want more!

    • @davidf2244
      @davidf2244 Před 3 lety +17

      I loved how positive and generous he was with the ratings.

    • @simonsays6307
      @simonsays6307 Před 3 lety +17

      You mean "Physicist". It's refreshing to see an expert who just have fun with it without overly-criticizing the unrealistic parts of the movies.. like what you see in those other breakdown videos.

    • @User-54631
      @User-54631 Před 3 lety +4

      I bet he wrote a whole book on it.

    • @periwxnkle
      @periwxnkle Před 3 lety +3

      He got the puns down and everything

    • @sayramejia-negrete6480
      @sayramejia-negrete6480 Před 3 lety

      Am your 800th like

  • @1nicerboi759
    @1nicerboi759 Před 3 lety +1684

    Nobody:
    Physicists: "If we ignore air resistance..."

  • @needsabettername5862
    @needsabettername5862 Před 3 lety +292

    Some people won the lottery, others have a mother named Martha.

  • @chrisberg7862
    @chrisberg7862 Před 3 lety +610

    As a comic book nerd and a science nerd, I can’t express how much I love this

  • @abhibhoir027
    @abhibhoir027 Před 3 lety +170

    The physicist was just warming up till the Dr. Manhattan scene came up.

  • @Juggtacula
    @Juggtacula Před 3 lety +206

    Shouldn't Shazam have gotten a 10/10 since him zapping the phones caused them to explode exactly how you said?

    • @ramasamy001
      @ramasamy001 Před 3 lety +38

      Maybe because it happened in only 33.33% of the cases...

    • @Xerrea
      @Xerrea Před rokem

      @@ramasamy001 how do you know the other phones was in a case? Maybe the one exploding was the only phone in a case?
      -I’m gonna show myself out.

  • @nitish.anand99
    @nitish.anand99 Před 3 lety +501

    Aquaman talking to fish 10/10 scientifically accurate.
    Harley Quinn rollerskating off the back of car, 6/10 very unlikely.

    • @firestorm165
      @firestorm165 Před 3 lety +61

      He didn't have a problem with the car, he had one with her rollerblading through what was essentially an explosion

    • @unamandlaxulu5840
      @unamandlaxulu5840 Před 3 lety +59

      I mean he said the car thing was possible, just that doing all that and maintaining balance on rollerskates through an explosion seemed impossible

    • @superitgel1
      @superitgel1 Před 3 lety +26

      both having mom named martha 2/10 very very unlikely

    • @Rok54998
      @Rok54998 Před 3 lety +7

      @@superitgel1 that Martha scene has nothing to do with probability of name.
      You should watch an explanation of that scene

    • @ChargeQM
      @ChargeQM Před 3 lety +6

      If this is Harley post-Ivy romance, she's been biologically altered to be superhuman. It's pretty unlikely even then, but it helps.

  • @thedinkydreads9351
    @thedinkydreads9351 Před 3 lety +192

    This guy is adorable, you can see the pure joy on his face whilst reviewing these clips. We want more!!

  • @shifatara9176
    @shifatara9176 Před 3 lety +348

    This guy 's explaining was pretty fun.We want more.Can he explain their powers next?

    • @dongeonmaster8547
      @dongeonmaster8547 Před 3 lety +9

      Buy his book, he does just that.

    • @shifatara9176
      @shifatara9176 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dongeonmaster8547 Ok,thanks for the suggestion.I'd love to read his nook.Only problem is,I have NO IDEA what it's called.What's the name of the book?

    • @dongeonmaster8547
      @dongeonmaster8547 Před 3 lety +7

      @@shifatara9176
      He mentions it at the start of the video. THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES by Jim Kakalios. Look him up on facebook and you might even find some of his seminars.

    • @shifatara9176
      @shifatara9176 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dongeonmaster8547 Ok,thank you so much!

    • @bobbuethe1477
      @bobbuethe1477 Před 7 měsíci

      I read the book several years ago. I was hoping for a discussion of how Green Lantern's constructs are supposed to work, but he pretty much skipped over that.

  • @DjDMA
    @DjDMA Před 3 lety +131

    I want him to analyze some Fast & Furious. Specially that scene where Toretto flies off a car on a highway and catches Letty in the air.

    • @noahmallory9555
      @noahmallory9555 Před 3 lety +8

      They have one for that but it's a different physicist

    • @alm2187
      @alm2187 Před 3 lety +4

      Don't ask how he knew there'd be a car there, Letty! You don't actually want to get people thinking about your reality. :-P

    • @thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535
      @thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535 Před 2 lety +11

      that man doesn't need physics because. he has family

  • @firestorm165
    @firestorm165 Před 3 lety +122

    Shazam didn't exactly have the wisdom of Solomon in that last clip

    • @Siile_
      @Siile_ Před 3 lety +13

      The character is dumber as Shazam than he is as a kid. They actually have completely different personalities tbh. I never managed to finish watching that movie, thought it was very cheap, cliché and just boring af.

    • @watersheep7175
      @watersheep7175 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Siile_ Lmao, He clearly had wisdom when he came up with the plan yo bring out envy so the other guy lost his powers

    • @blakewalker94
      @blakewalker94 Před 3 lety +5

      He was using Solomon throughout the entire movie. I think you're misunderstanding his powers a little.

    • @Batcow-1138
      @Batcow-1138 Před 3 lety +15

      To be fair I dont think that King Solomon would know how a smart phone battery works

    • @hellozukohere6514
      @hellozukohere6514 Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@Siile_ I agree. They felt like two completely different characters as opposed to the same person. Billy this quiet, extremely introverted kid and then Shazam, almost instantly after he gets his powers, he turns into this like ball of energy.
      I actually liked the movie, just kind of wish Shazam and Billy didn't feel like to separate people, would've make it so much better.

  • @jothishprabu8
    @jothishprabu8 Před 3 lety +172

    When you watch a superhero movie with a nerd friend

  • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
    @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Před 3 lety +330

    Alan Moore said something similar to: You give kids a made-up world, they just go with it. But adults start asking:''Who puts gas in the Batmobile, who pumps the tires ?'' Nobody, it's a F-ing comic !

    • @emudeko
      @emudeko Před 3 lety +68

      You go to the Bat-gas station and the Bat-tire shop

    • @Roihan54
      @Roihan54 Před 3 lety +88

      Adults start asking:'' Who puts gas in the Batmobile, who pumps the tires ?'' Probably Alfred..

    • @kevinlane1219
      @kevinlane1219 Před 3 lety +11

      I for one care about realistic stories.

    • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
      @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Před 3 lety +34

      @@kevinlane1219 it's not about realism, it's about useless questions, that aren't important for the plot.

    • @vdnf321
      @vdnf321 Před 3 lety +33

      realism can exist in a fictional, outlandish world. If it's consistent with the world its built in

  • @eastafrika728
    @eastafrika728 Před 3 lety +55

    For me, as an engineer, the Flash concept is that he generates energy from the air and super-cools it to where he can deliberately form a superconductive potential difference that is at the speed of light.

    • @iganpparamarta8813
      @iganpparamarta8813 Před 3 lety +14

      And the writers be like :
      It’s actually a different dimension called Speed Force that allows speedsters to use it to move fast and not affected by laws of physics (READ:we don’t understand any of that physics stuff)

    • @eastafrika728
      @eastafrika728 Před 3 lety +6

      @@iganpparamarta8813 yes, they need to consult, the theory I am referring to is called the Miessner London Effect of suspension of magnetic flux causing a potential difference superconduction.

  • @hermesz_
    @hermesz_ Před 3 lety +152

    Finally a scientist who uses metric in this videos
    and we need more of comic book scientist here. this was super fun

    • @JC-kv1oo
      @JC-kv1oo Před 3 lety

      He has another video of comic book break down ,he's great

    • @MrRinre
      @MrRinre Před 2 lety +6

      All scientists use metric even if they are used to the imperial system.

  • @trailblazertja6669
    @trailblazertja6669 Před 3 lety +28

    Next episode: Alien breaks down the logic behind 15 Hollywood Alien scene

    • @Drkwll
      @Drkwll Před 3 lety +2

      Alien: why would you think we will destroy you?

    • @minecraftpiglinmattspoemsd2287
      @minecraftpiglinmattspoemsd2287 Před 2 lety

      Alien: No, no, NO why would you put our old ACD4-DB4 spaceships in your human future? We constantly develop space ships every human minute! I'm giving this human movie a 2/10, absolutely not our style, humans

  • @derek8685
    @derek8685 Před 3 lety +24

    This guy seem like the fun uncle that knows everything

  • @prestonlife3239
    @prestonlife3239 Před 3 lety +57

    It would also be cool it a zoologists did monster hunter monsters.

    • @karlajaeger2082
      @karlajaeger2082 Před 3 lety +3

      Bah, bigfoot are invisible, they compost their poo, and use their telekinesis to shed their skin, grind up their bones, and erase dna. It's a very important part of the ecosystem.

    • @prestonlife3239
      @prestonlife3239 Před 3 lety +1

      @@karlajaeger2082 😂 😂

  • @dazzlingburritoes5693
    @dazzlingburritoes5693 Před 3 lety +48

    Imagine being even half this good as physics, I would never stop talking

    • @MrRinre
      @MrRinre Před 2 lety +2

      You can become pretty good by studying half an hour everyday for 1 year. Or in 6 months, if you study over the weekends for a couple of hours consistently. It's not that hard if you just want to know the theory and explanation behind everything (assuming you dont do a lot of math)

  • @pawannehra2407
    @pawannehra2407 Před 3 lety +50

    Immediately clicked on seeing this guy. Loved the first one.

  • @proloyb5077
    @proloyb5077 Před 3 lety +152

    Woah... Dr. Manhattan is actually scientifically correct! Wow.

    • @localhobo5362
      @localhobo5362 Před 3 lety +2

      @ why wouldnt it be?

    • @AnimeFreakish78
      @AnimeFreakish78 Před 3 lety +51

      Quantum superheros tend to be overpowered because having control over quantum physics is essentially a cheat code for everything related to space or time

    • @alex_fromrsa4815
      @alex_fromrsa4815 Před 3 lety +46

      @@brianoconnor4269 By the language mistakes in your sentence, I choose to doubt that.

    • @binojjohnson7464
      @binojjohnson7464 Před 3 lety +28

      @@alex_fromrsa4815
      Even I doubt him
      because in his channel there are GTA videos
      physicists are busy people
      they don't make GTA videos 🤣😂

    • @dletetdchanel6104
      @dletetdchanel6104 Před 3 lety +5

      As a non physicist, i actually understood what he said and was theoretically correct

  • @ethanwilliams7706
    @ethanwilliams7706 Před 3 lety +490

    They really had a physicist review the martha scene because it was so stupid, checks out

    • @nuhalsalafi
      @nuhalsalafi Před 3 lety +26

      it’s not stupid normies like you think it is

    • @ethanwilliams7706
      @ethanwilliams7706 Před 3 lety +49

      @@nuhalsalafi i love dc but you cant be serious bro

    • @nuhalsalafi
      @nuhalsalafi Před 3 lety +7

      i guess i have an unpopular opinion

    • @nuhalsalafi
      @nuhalsalafi Před 3 lety +3

      @Lori Hanks it’s not dumb you are dumb

    • @Lucidopherus
      @Lucidopherus Před 3 lety +13

      @@nuhalsalafi
      uno reverse card

  • @jordanantoine9999
    @jordanantoine9999 Před 3 lety +32

    It's crazy how flawlessly he goes to speaking a different language when he starts talking about Dr. Manhattan 😭

  • @FlyingFox86
    @FlyingFox86 Před 3 lety +38

    The scene of Superman turning back time is interesting. I always assumed that he reversed the spin of the earth, which causes time to turn back. That would be complete nonsense in a number of ways. The idea that he traveled back in time simply by surpassing the speed of light is a lot more believable in comparison.

    • @DarkEagle-vx9hd
      @DarkEagle-vx9hd Před 3 lety +4

      Ppl have griped about that Earth rotation thing for years! I think it was just a physical symbol of what he was doing, since we don't actually know what going back in time looks like.

    • @playstationarusu
      @playstationarusu Před 2 lety +1

      The only trouble with that is whether or not he defies causality by stopping the event that caused him to time travel before he even did it, putting himself in a paradox

  • @AngryLink
    @AngryLink Před 3 lety +22

    I always wonder about super speed. The ability to run at X amounts of speed doesn't just mean your body can go that fast but it also means your brain has to be developed enough to process the environment. Due to that, every speedster should/could basically be looking at the world as if everything was moving at a snails pace because their brains are processing things at "1,000" times faster than the normal brain and at the same time they should also be mega geniuses.

  • @SourGir1986
    @SourGir1986 Před 3 lety +43

    He's fun! More from him please.

  • @RevengeAvenger
    @RevengeAvenger Před 2 lety +6

    I absolutely dig this guy! You can tell he's an actual fan. And the fact he's always smiling and in no way boring is awesome. 10/10

  • @rizkyaldino8118
    @rizkyaldino8118 Před 3 lety +30

    Next,i' m waiting for hacking scene or computer scene on movie explained by cyber security/computer experts

  • @sergiomuniz350
    @sergiomuniz350 Před 3 lety +69

    For a second I thought he was going to explain some of their powers, not joker jumping into a pool that's more than 30cm or talking about the fact that both batman and Superman's moms have the same name

    • @thiccandridicc
      @thiccandridicc Před 3 lety +5

      Watch more of the video

    • @unamandlaxulu5840
      @unamandlaxulu5840 Před 3 lety +8

      He does explain Flash running on walls, Wonder Woman's deflecting bullets and Batman's Cape hardening

  • @Dats_Mark
    @Dats_Mark Před 3 lety +13

    Insider really needs to start loaning these experts decent microphones

  • @superhyperultra4857
    @superhyperultra4857 Před 3 lety +33

    He literally broke down how Dr. Manhattan operates...science-wise 🤯😅

    • @localhobo5362
      @localhobo5362 Před 3 lety +3

      I jwas reading the Stephen Hawking book couple of hours ago, the part about particles and waves, quantum physics etc. And as soon as I saw Doc, I was like it's all makes sense now.
      Doc is actually a walking/flying poster boy of everything quantum physics is trying to prove, lol.

    • @abhibhoir027
      @abhibhoir027 Před 3 lety +3

      The scientist was just warming up until Dr. Manhattan came.

    • @UltimateKyuubiFox
      @UltimateKyuubiFox Před 9 měsíci

      Alan Moore is pretty good at this writing thing.

  • @RodMateu
    @RodMateu Před 3 lety +33

    Love how he gives a higher score to reversing time by turning the Earth backwards than he does to having mothers with the same name.

    • @RodMateu
      @RodMateu Před 2 lety

      @PressieAMVs Superpowers or not, that's just not how time works.

    • @hexamael9458
      @hexamael9458 Před 2 lety +2

      Well to be fair, he never commented on the time reversing thing. He was only explaining the science of how fast Clark would have to travel to orbit the earth as many times as he did in that scene.

    • @RodMateu
      @RodMateu Před 2 lety

      @PressieAMVs If whatever the script says goes and deserves no further scrutiny, then I don't see the point of having a physicist evaluate these. Obviously the script says everything that happens in each of these movies happens.

    • @RodMateu
      @RodMateu Před 2 lety

      @PressieAMVs And you know what I mean, buddy.

  • @vybezD
    @vybezD Před 3 lety +18

    high diving into shallow pools should be an event in the Darwinian Olympics.

  • @LJL85
    @LJL85 Před 3 lety +65

    This guy is way too generous with his grading.

    • @dongeonmaster8547
      @dongeonmaster8547 Před 3 lety +8

      Hard for him to be too harsh a critic. He loves comic books.

    • @MegatronYES
      @MegatronYES Před 3 lety +3

      Compared to almost every single other one of these people in these clips, I’ll take Kakalios’ analysis over any “SWORD GUY”s perpetual disdain for imagination

    • @putalover4519
      @putalover4519 Před 3 lety

      Ikr DCEU scenes should all have negative ratings

    • @unnamed.3114
      @unnamed.3114 Před 3 lety +2

      if he took it seriously every superhero scene in existance would be 0

  • @5TailFox
    @5TailFox Před 3 lety +5

    It's funny you should mention the high diving into shallow pools thing, seeing as how it's the Joker doing it, and you tend to see that type of act at carnivals and circuses.

  • @jaison8263
    @jaison8263 Před 3 lety +42

    "Everything is over now!"
    "Martha!"
    "Understandable, have a nice day."

    • @brienriley7234
      @brienriley7234 Před 3 lety

      Have him break down the physics of Bollywood movies. He’ll go insane.

    • @jaison8263
      @jaison8263 Před 3 lety

      @@brienriley7234 I know.

  • @gareththompson2708
    @gareththompson2708 Před 3 lety +8

    18:33 Superman can shoot lasers out of his eyes. Perhaps emitting light in the x-ray and infrared spectrums from his eyes are a soft version of exactly the same power.

  • @ponchoandy
    @ponchoandy Před rokem +1

    This guy was great. He understood the assignment and broke physics and laws of nature when needed and went on to explain ignoring such. 11/10

  • @Kobaneko2005
    @Kobaneko2005 Před 3 lety +18

    Phd: "This can't happen"
    Quantum Physics: "Hold my (infinite but the same but different)beers."

  • @auburn1357
    @auburn1357 Před 3 lety +10

    Yay physics! Thank you for breaking these down so well and giving excellent insight. Though I wanted to discuss the Martha controversy further. To be fair, we live in our universe and not the one where Metropolis and Gotham are cities so it might be that in that world there are still a lot more women named Martha.
    Okay but seriously, the probability of both their parents having the name Martha is low but it does not matter what their mother's name is. The main probability we are interested in is what is the probability of two men having mothers with the same name. This is because if Clark had said "Save Windy" and both their mothers were named Windy then the effect on the plot would be the same.
    This is akin to the statistics professors make up exam. Two students say they were not able to come in for an exam because they had a blown tire but really they needed extra time. When they come in to take the make up exam, the professor tests them individually and has only one question on the exam: what tire blew out?
    It has always been canon that Bruce's mom was named Martha and Clark's mom has been named Martha since the 1950s. You calculated the probability of different comic book writers randomly writing two characters who had mothers with the same name. Though things this random appear to happen. I don't think they purposefully made these characters have mothers with the same name so that a move over half a century later can make it a plot point.

    • @cQunc
      @cQunc Před 2 lety

      Was just about to comment on this. Saved me some time :)

  • @SyFyWire
    @SyFyWire Před 3 lety +98

    Facts ✅

  • @SuchRush
    @SuchRush Před 3 lety +10

    He's so passionate and lax about real science in fictional settings. If he was a regular physicist he would just be giving everything a zero. Love this guy.

  • @l8dawn
    @l8dawn Před 3 lety +6

    I remember we did a lab experiment with some coffee filters to find a semi-accurate value for the acceleration due to gravity of an object, and that was our intro to kinematics :) its what set me on the track of becoming a mechanical engineer!

  • @eternalreign2313
    @eternalreign2313 Před 3 lety +7

    WW's strength is one thing, but what about her eye sight and reaction time to be able to see bullets coming and to move fast enough to deflect them? Relative to the bullet, she's not moving very fast in those scenes so those bullets pretty much have to be shot right at her bracelets. If I'm the gunman I'm probably going to notice that and aim for her legs or something.

    • @KiyoGam1
      @KiyoGam1 Před 2 lety +1

      She is bulletproof herself as well but the impact would be a little painful so she uses the bracelets.

  • @WAZZUP7227
    @WAZZUP7227 Před 3 lety +7

    he's very generous with these movies. i wonder how he is with homework...

  • @RaeSan_Art
    @RaeSan_Art Před 2 lety +1

    i love this guy bc immediately he watched the martha scene and went “From a physics standpoint, this is bullshit”

  • @hebertlopez1105
    @hebertlopez1105 Před 3 lety +2

    I would love to have a teacher like this, what an nice an chill guy, keep like this Insider

  • @jor_dasan1810
    @jor_dasan1810 Před 3 lety +8

    Love this dude! Im so getting his book!

  • @mitchellmurray5892
    @mitchellmurray5892 Před 3 lety +21

    Honestly, they should have this guy look at the "comic book" versions of these heroes! It's ridiculous how much films nerf characters of that sort. Case in point; If "Birds of Prey" Black Canary was anywhere as strong as she is in the comics, she could go toe to toe with Wonder Woman....and of course, use her screaming ability without fainting.

    • @jimmoryaty6903
      @jimmoryaty6903 Před 3 lety +6

      Black Canary herself said in the comics that Wonder Woman would punch her to another planet by just using 10% of her strength and speed, they are not even in the same tier.

    • @mitchellmurray5892
      @mitchellmurray5892 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jimmoryaty6903 Keep in mind, I said she could go toe to toe with Wondie; As in, she has enough speed and skill to keep up with her in a friendly sparring match. If it were an all out brawl with nothing held back...then of course Canary would be beaten to a pulp.
      But that's beside the point; What I was mainly saying was that the version of Canary in "Birds of Prey" was a severely underpowered depiction of the character.

    • @MrRinre
      @MrRinre Před 2 lety +6

      @@mitchellmurray5892 going toe to toe means they are of similar strength. If one character has to nerf their power by about 80%, I wouldn't call that toe to toe. It means WW is playing around.

  • @SirWeibrot
    @SirWeibrot Před 3 lety +1

    This was a really fun video! I want more!

  • @bedantabhattacharjee3646
    @bedantabhattacharjee3646 Před 3 lety +15

    It's not that they had the same name but it was in this moment that Bruce knew Clark is not his enemy. Clark is a human. More human than Bruce

    • @Wavey1988
      @Wavey1988 Před 3 lety +6

      Exactly, Bruce realised he's a dude just trying to save his mother

    • @eternalreign2313
      @eternalreign2313 Před 3 lety +2

      But it only worked because it was Martha. Batman wouldn't have given 2 rips if he were saying Erma or something.

    • @nikhilmhatre3473
      @nikhilmhatre3473 Před 3 lety +2

      Normal people would have said 'Save My mom' but him saying 'Save martha' was the cringe part for me. Honestly it would have just worked just fine if he had said 'Save my mother'.

    • @MistaJ28
      @MistaJ28 Před 2 lety

      @@nikhilmhatre3473 thats laughable. Superman thought he was going to die somehow, which is why his last wish was to save his mother. So can you tell me how Batman would find who's Superman's mother when he thought Superman was just an alien who came out of nowhere?? Batman didnt see him as a human. He thought Superman was someone who came with a plan to trick this world into war and destroy it or conquer it. If Superman said "save his mother", things would be completely different. Batman will think that Superman is just trying to mess with his mind. But Superman wasnt trying to mess with his mind. He said "save martha" because even if he died, he would've given Batman a clue about who he was supposed to save.

  • @igorvishnyakov9250
    @igorvishnyakov9250 Před 3 lety +4

    "It's unlikely they're both named Martha" Man, it's so much incredible coincidences happens in this world, you would not believe it

  • @ophiuchus992
    @ophiuchus992 Před 3 lety +3

    18:10 superman is photosynthetic and can project light beams from his eyes, so yes he would be able to change the spectrum of color in order to visualize various types of dimensional sight

  • @Hollowdude15
    @Hollowdude15 Před rokem

    I like how he is breaking down it and awesome video man :]

  • @ONRIPRESENCE
    @ONRIPRESENCE Před 3 lety +2

    Epic. I've seen you at the Physics and Nanotechnology building when I was going to the MNC cleanroom. Nice video.

  • @Xan923
    @Xan923 Před 3 lety +3

    Why couldn’t I have a physics teacher like him 😭

  • @MediaCastleX
    @MediaCastleX Před 3 lety +3

    Wow after watching this, math looks easy... 😅

  • @r3dr4t37
    @r3dr4t37 Před 2 lety +1

    I am so amazed by this video. He is basically a really life sheldon cooper.

  • @JajaRabaraOAE
    @JajaRabaraOAE Před 3 lety

    The graphics and animation on this video are a very nice touch!

  • @event_horizon1158
    @event_horizon1158 Před 3 lety +4

    This is my professor right now and he’s amazing at giving examples that are simple and easy to understand

  • @FirstNameLastName-tg3rc
    @FirstNameLastName-tg3rc Před 3 lety +3

    20:47 If I was that dude, I'd be pissed.

  • @AshlynOne
    @AshlynOne Před 3 lety +1

    This guy is amazing. Please keep bringing him back. Also wtf was that outro? Just decided to use a clip of his Skype Call imploding?

  • @heyy8074
    @heyy8074 Před 3 lety

    thank u for uploading this

  • @tyronelau4200
    @tyronelau4200 Před 3 lety +6

    I should be asleep but this is interesting

  • @errorerror8700
    @errorerror8700 Před 2 lety +3

    I like him. He is explaining really good and he has a sense of Humor.
    It cost him some points using the imperial instead of the metric system. 😑

  • @virminlord
    @virminlord Před 2 lety

    This guy was awesome! Do a part 2 if you haven't already

  • @josephloughrey9529
    @josephloughrey9529 Před 2 lety

    His commenting and breakdowns are the best ever 10/10 but his grading pattern is a bit all over the place :D
    Great video, Great guy!

  • @HeroicHorizon
    @HeroicHorizon Před 3 lety +6

    No one:
    Me: Hold on a second, why doesn't x-ray vision get a higher score...Clark can in fact generate light from his own eyes, which seems to be the requirement for the x-ray capabilities...in conclusion he's just toning down the distructive capacity of his heat/laser vision to gain x-ray capabilities... isn't that a miracle exemption🧑‍💻... I recommend an upgrade to 8/10.
    Me: 👀 it was in that moment I knew I became too involved in this video 😂

    • @doctaflo
      @doctaflo Před 3 lety +1

      He should’ve lost MORE points: How are the x-rays getting back to his eyes? when you get an x-ray, there’s an emitter on one side of you and a photographic plate or computer sensor on the other side to receive the radiation and form the image. maybe some tiny fraction of x-rays deflected by electrons would bounce 180 degrees back, but then the total dose of radiation would surely be lethal.

    • @HeroicHorizon
      @HeroicHorizon Před 3 lety +1

      @@doctaflo Hahaha good one

  • @god1356
    @god1356 Před 3 lety +3

    I would like him to do fast and furious, he will rage

  • @haruruben
    @haruruben Před 3 lety

    I mean this as the ultimate compliment, this guy is the greatest nerd ever

  • @TotallyNotAFox
    @TotallyNotAFox Před rokem +1

    9:38 - There are a lot more factors to consider though, like different calibers, composition of the bullet, how thin the metal is or how brittle / flexible. The russian T-34 for example was also made to withstand small arms fire but every grenade with a calibre over 50mm was a threat of breaking the armor and cause it to turn into shrapnell for the crew - because the steel they used was too brittle

  • @ManveerMattu
    @ManveerMattu Před 3 lety +4

    I love Superman

  • @izzojoseph2
    @izzojoseph2 Před 3 lety +2

    This dude makes me want to study physics

  • @TheMoises1213
    @TheMoises1213 Před 3 lety

    Love this!!! He’s so ecstatic talking about it and he knows what he’s talking about yess!

  • @zubaid-.-2846
    @zubaid-.-2846 Před 3 lety +2

    Breaking down the Flash in the Snyder Cut of Justice League would be glorious.

  • @cougarkids4978
    @cougarkids4978 Před 3 lety +11

    I’m happy they had this guy again. He’s really funny and he actually likes the movies.

  • @CarlosCardoso2amissao
    @CarlosCardoso2amissao Před 3 lety +7

    "The Flash can't run on a wall". Dude it's The oldest trick. Have you ever seen a death globe?

    • @puneetha7167
      @puneetha7167 Před 3 lety +1

      He said flash cannot run on flat vertical surfaces. The death globe stunt u r talking about has a curved wall on which the cars and bikes speed on(I hope that is the trick u r talking about)

  • @drewchmieleski9631
    @drewchmieleski9631 Před rokem

    I'm taking this dude's class next semester; this is gonna be so much fun

  • @Ixidor85
    @Ixidor85 Před 3 lety +1

    A couple of points I would make.
    1st: Flash uses the speedforce to accelerate time, that would speed up neurotransmision too so it wouldn't be a problem. In the comics it even states that he can think faster do to the speedforce effect.
    2nd: Flash was running along a curved wall, that would change his vector creating a centrifugal force and giving him his own "weight". No need for gravity to give his feet grip in this particular wall run.
    3rd: if Clark's eyes were the source of the X-rays they would go through the things he is looking at and wouldn't be able to receive them. There should be another source for these X-rays so Supes can look at them.
    Loved the video though. 😛

  • @sldho66man
    @sldho66man Před 3 lety +3

    Now i’m no scientist, so can someone explain to me why the shouldn’t be able to run vertically? Isn’t the centrifugal force supposed to give him more weight, so he actually has weight to push down on the wall?

    • @darkdraagoon
      @darkdraagoon Před 3 lety +2

      Cause to stick to a surface you need to have force that push you into that surface. So if Flash run first and he use the force to run, he will push himself away from the wall and there is no force to push him back into the wall to keep running like that.
      Example would be you get a string and attach something to one end, spin it around but then let go. The object will fly away from you. The flash will be in reverse which he will fly to the centre instead of sticking to the wall.

    • @SennaAugustus
      @SennaAugustus Před 3 lety

      You can try it yourself. Go into a swimming pool, and kick out against the wall. You'll need some effort to get back to the wall again.

  • @garywang4359
    @garywang4359 Před 3 lety +1

    Listening to this dude explain the sport of creating the world record belly flops, all I can think about is Superman and Cyborg's conversation about would you rather live or just die.

  • @miklu26
    @miklu26 Před 3 lety

    This is so cool! More please

  • @yifanzheng1999
    @yifanzheng1999 Před 3 lety +4

    I remember reading the Physics of Superheroes when I was younger, it was great

  • @MaegnasMw
    @MaegnasMw Před 3 lety +5

    His estimate for the speed in the first segment (falling from a large height to a shallow pool) is WAY off at 44m/s. If you fall from 5m gravity accelerates you to 10m/s (that's 36km/h or 22.5mph). if you fall from 20m, gravity takes you to 20m/s (72km/h or 45mph). In his example, falling from 11m gave 44m/s??? In what universe?? :P

  • @unhappybacon3292
    @unhappybacon3292 Před rokem

    19:10 My grandpa's voice knocking the soul out of me when I get in trouble...

  • @BuyoganExtendedStories

    I like this guy. He explained physics so simple that I can understand

  • @kevinhedman2314
    @kevinhedman2314 Před 3 lety +3

    I love how you always know these are legit physicists by how nerdy they look. Glad to know I’m getting good info.

  • @Boogie3D
    @Boogie3D Před 3 lety +3

    A physicist who mixes imperial and metric units all the time...

    • @ethanwilliams7706
      @ethanwilliams7706 Před 3 lety +5

      America being complicated for no reason at its finest

    • @Peter_Cordes
      @Peter_Cordes Před 3 lety +1

      Only because he's trying to accommodate a general audience that includes the US, where he lives. If he was just talking about this for fun with other physicists over coffee, they'd likely be mostly metric. (Although again, they'd be in the US and have that unfortunate influence on their choice of units for casual usage.)
      I was pleasantly surprised how little US units were used in this.

  • @AwesomeOpenSource
    @AwesomeOpenSource Před 3 lety

    Genius, and worth so much more than 1.8k likes.

  • @TeamOT
    @TeamOT Před 3 lety +1

    Holy shiet, the Martha thing was the biggest burn in this entire video.

  • @LadyJ_88
    @LadyJ_88 Před 3 lety +4

    Omg he's so cute, he looks like a cartoon character come to life

  • @phoqueme
    @phoqueme Před 3 lety +3

    What sort of physicist doesn't know about the Speed Force? 🤣 Suspicious...

  • @hurrdurr9193
    @hurrdurr9193 Před 3 lety

    This guy is my new favorite person ever, I could listen to him explain superhero shit all day

  • @sebastianperalta5139
    @sebastianperalta5139 Před 3 lety

    Great video. This guy is amazing

  • @Shazistic
    @Shazistic Před 3 lety +6

    Random fact
    Abraham Lincoln was the only president ever to have a patent.
    -The Shades 💛💛