"Oh no, he's ruining it" Buddy just scientifically explained why strong heroes should exclusively throw uppercuts. That is the opposite of ruining superheroes
He was also incorrect. If you're strong enough to throw a faster punch, you're strong enough to counter the forces produced. When I punch something, it moves but I don't because I resist the forces applied on me. Someone stronger could withstand that stronger force aswell.
@@antech9986 I'm guessing you probably have to worry about not breaking your own bones before shoe-to-ground friction becomes a problem. Superstrength requires super durability, but luckily Luke Cage and Jessica Jones both have that, and while they're super strong, they don't seem like they hit hard enough to send themselves flying backwards if they just ground the punch into the ground through their legs. Film makers could draw attention to that by showing the ground breaking beneath their feet every time they punch, and I think I've actually seen that in tv shows or films occasionally, although I can't remember where. Obviously, someone like Superman should send himself flying backwards every time he throws a punch, but we can probably just hypothesize that whatever directional force he exerts when he flies is probably also being exerted to ground the punch whenever he throws one. Would be interesting if someone ran with that, because that means that whenever Superman punches a villain with the front of his fist, he must logically also be punching whatever is behind his fist just as hard. So standing behind Superman while he's fighting is probably a very, very bad idea. If he's protecting you, you should always stand to the side.
@@chrisallen5854 The only reason u dont move back when u punch is because u have friction in between ur feet/shoes and the ground. Not because u can counter forces naturally. So when someone throws a punch that has enough force to send someone flying back, the friction between them and the ground should be high enough to counteract that force and more often then not, we dont have such high enough roughness to counteract that force. Atleast not in that scene.
@@DissectingThoughts That is a good point about grounding the punches but (assuming they are strong durability) still should have enough roughness between their shoes and the ground for them to not move back. If there is not enough roughness like the case shown with polished floor, they might not fly backward but they will definitely slide backwards. If they are really heavy compared to regular humans, they amount of distance they slide back will be reduced but they will still slide backwards a little unless they have enough roughness
Why is no one talking about his great sense of humor and ability to explain using easy language!??!👏🏻 I enjoyed watching this episode of "breaking down" like no other😌
He don't know. He can't know. He says "It depends on ... and it means you have to do that ...". So he basically says it's not impossible, if the conditions are met.
Immersion is pretty important for a movie to be enjoyed. Breaking the laws of physics to push a plot is the result of lazy writing. Both factors will ruin a movie for people who have the knowledge.
let's be clear: we physicists and engineers are all comics either intentionally or by mistake. Ending a Friday class in astrophysics with the cheery notion that at any moment, an undetected body could break orbit and land on your face while playing Minecraft is both motivational and mathematically improbable, but still a fun way to bring awareness to what we actually do or have done in the NEO program. The puns have to stop though.
I thought the “recoil” question was for the guys shooting the guns. They seems to not have any recoil even though they were holding the guns with one hand.
@@harrisonbaylor1432 Different guns have different amounts of recoil. For some guns that would be completely realistic and for others it would be completely unrealistic. You would need to know the type of gun being used to say for certain.
everyone in this comment section is like "it's fiction why is he ruining it" idk how to tell you this but you can have fun thinking about the real world implications of fiction without "ruining it". he says like 5 times realism doesn't matter in movies.
Even internal inconsistencies (where something doesn't make sense in the fictional world either) don't have to ruin movies. We can say that part of a scene is objectively bad for breaking consistency, but is still enjoyable and the film can still be better with that scene than without it. That being said, good storytelling which is also internally consistent is better than either one individually.
I actually disagree. I think realism is important to a degree. It has to make sense still. So there can be new additions to the laws of physics and I can suspend my disbelief enough to see okay hulk has super strength so he can throw tanks. At the same time it still has to be consistent, make sense, not add random new abilities to serve as plot devices, and not bend reality to suit the plot even when characters don't possess certain abilities.
😂 exactly. Even when you see inconsistencies (and boy there are a lot in these films), you just have to remember it's fiction lol and just enjoy it for what it is they're trying to achieve. Loved when he was talking about Superman and he's like "forget about the flying, forget about the super strength..."
Wow so you’re complaining about all 1 person then? Do you literally have no idea what the word everyone means. Stop paining people is being ridiculous so you can show everybody how smart you are and reasonable.
If someone actually created a substance that somehow defers force like that, they would have a much more important technology than just a cool suit that creates shock waves.
Come on give him the benefit of the doubt, the guy's a physics professor, he is likely at least a tiny bit nerdy, and if not his students most definitely will be. High chance it's unavoidable that people come to him with questions relating to fiction on a regular basis.
I mean, most of modern day scientist became physics, chemistry or even geology lovers by reading comic books. So it would make sense that he watched this movies.
actually this is plausible for superman because people keep disregarding his biological force field that he can wrap around objects he touches, essentially acting as a plate in the jello cake analogy
@@noahjordan6761 people aren’t disregarding it. It’s not a real force. This video is about applying real physics to super hero movies. That force field is the comic explanation of why Superman doesn’t go through objects. Not a real one
Not the same but I like to watch those videos where experts on one sport are trying another sport, for example : gymnasts try parkour, interesting too. Sorry for english.
What’s stupid is that people enjoy these videos, but nobody enjoys it when it’s unsolicited. Sometimes I’ll watch one of these videos and I’ll just be like, “I ALWAYS SAY THAT! THAT SCENE MAKES NO SENSE!” But because everyone watching this video chose to watch it versus me just saying it, people are more likely to react positively. Nobody likes you breaking down a movie while watching it or even right after it.
@@burntchickennugget8142 a.t. field may be the same _properties_ as the surface tension of water, I couldn't say, I haven't watched Evangelion. In any case, I said what I meant.
The one that bothers me the most is when a superhero catches someone mid fall, especially if the superhero is moving upwards. The falling person is just as dead as if they had hit the ground.
@@robbieracer3294 But they still stop moving at the exact same amount of time as if they hit the ground... That does nothing to keep them alive when their brain smacks the front of their skull at full speed lol.
Yeah like I would imagine someone falling and right before they do a superhero comes in and catches them, but wouldn’t there head move forward so fast that they might break their neck or the brain hitting the skull really hard??
I really like how he integrates the superpowers into his argumentation and is not just like „this superpower is unrealistic“ I would like to see more :)
@@huawafabe Biology includes physics. Tensile strength, elasticity, fluid dynamics, liquid pressure, impact, mass, electricity, etc., are all aspects of physics happening inside your body.
"If Groot can grow different kinds of wood" He can grow an incredibly tough and spike to impale enemies with his arm, but he also grows a little flower to give to a little girl. I would guess his wood is pretty malleable.
The other day I saw an avengers endgame deleted storyboard where Black Panther and Hulk punch each other's fists so he can build up and store the kinetic energy and then BP jumps through the mouth of a Leviathan and smashes through it. That would've been a tag team move so awesome to see!!! Too bad it got cut...
It makes sense that it didn't go through since realistically, BP would just get thrashed miles away if Hulk punched him with a force strong enough to knock a leviathan. Sounds cool tho.
Would've loved to seen more power combos like these in the last battle tbh. Especially with characters that never really interacted with each other like cap and dr strange or groot and hulk
Fortunately, normal dynamics is simple and easy. When you get into fluid dynamics, electromagnetism, or waves, however, then nature starts to get very annoying and very complex.
@@5kr3aminMunk33 I mean, a non-chalant, conversation-level understanding of physics is fairly easy to obtain... understanding the math and the actual numbers to actually do anything useful with that understanding is what takes years of studying
I mean most of the stuff was scenes about motion and classical mechanics. if they talked about light, energy, quantum mechanics, etc. that might be a better test of his knowledge
Kinda surprised they didn’t mention the Captain America’s shield and specifically the bit of Civil War where Spider-Man says: “That thing doesn’t obey the laws of physics at all!”
Rhett Allain did a really great job respecting the content, characters and fans, while still being able to explain on what might be plausible or not. Thanks!
Being super fast would cause all sorts of issues lika that hahahaha, you would need a super brain too to be able to process your surroundings at that speed
@@rfjfjjrndyajjrntjfjf would you need a super brain? I thought that relativity would apply where you would experience surroundings slower? Or am I confusing things?
I guess Obelix wouldn't actually need to do that as much, because he has a lot more mass than the average Roman. :P But yeah, for the small and light Asterix it's a great technique.
The fun thing about the whole Iron Man 3 skydiving sequence is it was all done practically by professional skydivers. Took like a dozen jumps to get all the camera shots but in the end it looked awesome
In the comics one of superman's abilities is an invisible field that wraps around objects and holds the structural integrity so he can lift it without it breaking
Yep, it's referred to as 'tactile telekinesis' - telekinesis over any object Superman touches, introduced solely to explain how he could lift buildings (or other large objects) and not destroy them as he does in this clip.
lol, why? I doubt I own a specific comic reference but here’s a generic source FWIW: superman.fandom.com/wiki/Superman%27s_Powers_and_Abilities#cite_ref-3
I feel like the superhero landing only works with certain characters. Like Ironman who can slow down before impact and probably has high tech shock absorbers in the armor.
"I think the building he's in can be found in all universities" His building is in every university? Goodness, just say that type of wall is found in many universities, but not the whole building 🙄 🤣
Superman lifting objects without breaking them gets explained when the superboy clone shows up, superman isn't really that strong, he's projecting a 'tactile telekinetic field' that does the actual heavy lifting. When he lifts an object the field extends to support it as long as he's touching it. So in essence he is increasing the size of his hands.
@@thenecessaryevil2634 actually that only applies to the clone. New 52 superboy isn't even really a Kryptonian, he's a full human who was genetically engineered and grown to replicate superman's powers as well a appear similar to him through different mechanics. Superman is infact that strong but superboy isn't, superboy is the only one using tactile telekinesis.
I really fkn like this guy. He blended the perfect amount of science and chillness while explaining so that it doesn’t come off as condescending but it still teaches stuff properly.
I'm completely with you on Justice League film as portrayed... but in the comics the Kryptonian ability to lift super-heavy objects is excused by tactile telekinesis granting integrity and strength to whatever they're touching... this also allows them to rescue people at impossible speeds without killing them through the impact or travel.
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I came to say that. That's why Superman can carry a plane by the wing and not make a mess.
@ And also the most arrogant one, apparently. They were either making a joke, or a barely insulting minor comment. No need for the self-important hostility.
Right, so. I though I’d seen enough ‘expert breakdown’ videos - then this guy pops up on my feed and goddam, I love it. Let’s get him back for more. I love you so much Wired, even though I don’t want to.
Not for Superman actually but for himself yes, Superman has mild telekinesis that allows him to carry planes and buildings without snapping them in half.
The fun thing about the whole Iron Man 3 skydiving sequence is it was all done practically by professional skydivers. Took like a dozen jumps to get all the camera shots but in the end it looked awesome
Yes Indeed, Gravity is Universal and pulls down on every part of a flying body equally so thrusters higher up does not help because the lower body is not pulled down stronger to stabilize the flight, that is a mistake right there.
At high speeds you can feel air. Like a gust of wind, or putting your hand out the car window on the highway. This is air resistance; what you are feeling is the effort of pushing the molecules of air out of your way.
4:37 and this is why I theorize that many of Superman's abilities are psionic in nature. If he has tactile telekinesis, like his partial clone, Connor, then this feat wouldn't be a problem. It makes sense that when his abilities first developed, he just assumed that he had super strength and flight, when he's really moving objects or himself with his mind.
After this, I’d like to see a super realistic physics based superhero movie. That would be incredibly interesting. Every hero would just uppercut, or reinvent some new superpower martial arts.🤔🤔
I'm totally into that idea, as well. Give them superpowers, but they have to learn to use them differently based on physics. Like, a guy with superspeed with run low on blood-sugar fast, and have to eat like 20 thousand calories a day, or something.
why are people complaining about him saying that it's not realistic and saying he's "ruining them"? dude you should've known what you were getting into lmao
Wrong, he said, “We go to the movies NOT for the correct physics, we go because they don’t have the correct physics.” What you said is the opposite on the first part lol.
This show is amazing. Such an easy, accessible way to learn interesting facts! And the experts they bring in are always very smart people with even better attitutude.
"What if you had real world physics in superhero movies, it might not be that fun" I disagree with that, honestly. I think it's more interesting when people spend a lot of time thinking about how superpowers would interact with real life physics. One of my favorite book trilogies, The Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia, does this aspect really well... The characters using their powers have to cope with real world physics, and some characters are very resourceful with their powers. As such, 2 people with the same power can wind up using it way differently. I think that helps give the characters a lot more depth and it makes the action scenes a lot more interesting. Can also see this in Avatar: The Last Airbender where characters who are the same kind of benders can wind up using their bending way differently. To the point where it can even impact various subcultures, and it gives the world more flair.
@@jamesestrella5911 I've seen it! I would put it up alongside The Terror and His Dark Materials in the best tv show/mini-series adaptations of books we got in the 2010s.
Actually, I'm disappointed that he didn't analyze some of Batman's weirder physics. The the very least he could've tried to explain the "go after Rachel after Joker drops her" scene in "The Dark Knight." The other thing. In "The Official Guide to the Science of Superman" it's suggested that Superman doesn't actually have X-Ray vision, but instead is able to focus his eyes on different spectrums of light that can see through skin and muscle. X-rays aren't the only ones that can do that.
There IS a benefit to spinning the hammer multiple TIMEs: Timing. It's like a rope dart [Knife tied to the end of a rope] stance. You continuously spin it not to gain more speed but to be in a stance where you're ready to launch the dart at any point. So, for maximum velocity he doesn't need much more than one or two spins, then additional spins are just to have it primed to go off as maximum velocity at any point. And while spinning it is a very telegraphed way to display what he intends to do with that hammer, Thanos still isn't aware of when he's going to do it or if he'll throw it instead. Still, that shouldn't've worked. Cause it was pretty god damned telegraphed, Thanos should'a blocked it or moved out the way.
Thanos couldn't block it because... *EGO* . . . . . "Seriously, that puny little thing in the hands of that puny little huma...?" *WHAM* "Ouuuuuuuuch!!!"
@@baronvonhoughton do you always deploy irrelevant arguments in a feeble attempt to move the goalposts so you can tell yourself you're not losing the debate?
Now do an episode on The Flash TV show (the current one) that doesn't merely ignore physics, but insults it, laughs in its face, punches its teeth out, kicks it while it's down, then takes a dump on it. It's a whole new genre: anti-science fiction.
I do not agree on the improbability of blood flying in opposite direction in the Boys scene. If you hit a stationary sack of liquid with some object and it penetrates the sack, by continuing putting pressure you will increasy the pressure inside the sack, which would affect the hydrodinamic pressure of the liquid flow coming out of the sack, which in turn is related to the speed of that flow. Hence, coceptually you can get some liquid flying opposite way with arbitrary speed.
yeah maybe. It's like if a balloon of water gets hit by a train Let's say we raise the balloon up a bit so only the bottom half gets hit by the train - would some of the water move backwards?
He didn't quite understand the Spider-Man part. Spider-man’s suit highlights the strongest parts of the boat and the 98% successful means he misses 1 of 50 points the suit highlighted. He didn't quite get it but he still said something that is applicable. Just something noticed.
I love that he understands the physics and can explain it and real world circumstances well but nerdy enough to be able to rationalize it in terms of super hero movies to justify it.
when he talks about flying like iron man, he says that having thrusters above the center of gravity. This is wrong, he's falling for the pendulum rocket fallacy FYI
I wish I had a Professor like this in class. Has the knowledge to explain, has the knowledge to enjoy films for what they are.
4 года назад
The part where Hugie gets a little splash could be explained by "airwash" gnerated by Atrain behind him, you could see some of this on Hugie's face, hair and the direction of the dropplets that can be caried by turbulent air. Great video.
The most common one is Superman flying at super high speed catching a someone where in real life colliding with someone at high speed would be like hitting them with a car
to be fair, the comics actually adressed the superman carrying a building thing, by claiming one of superman's powers is "Tactile telekinesis" meaning he can carry it with his mind just by being in contact with it, its kind of a cop out answer to shut up anoying comics fans tho.
I skimmed some of the comments to see if someone beat me to it. Didn't see it, so I figured I'd drop it here. I was under the impression that Superman doesn't JUST have supernatural strength, but something called Tactile Telekinesis trough their strength, which is how things like buildings don't crumble?
4:40 in the comics they explain this by saying that he has a bioelectric force field around his body at all time that he can extent to outer objects giving him the ability to grab big objects without them crumbling to oieces
