Bad Geology Movies: Dinosaur, 2000
Dinosaur 2000 D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies and Samuel E. Wright Premise: What would happen if a dinosaur was raised by lemurs? OK. This is totally a kids’ movie. I won’t say anything about talking...
View ArticleBad Geology Movies: Caveman, 1981
Caveman 1981 Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Bach Premise: Could the awkward defeat the hulking in one zillion BC? Caveman has got to be one of my all-time favorite movies. I liked it when I was a...
View ArticleBeware of Movies! Meteorites and Magnetism – More on the Earth’s Interior
The Beware of Movies! series is meant to point out some of the scientific inaccuracies of popular movies, specifically in points related to the geological sciences. This blog post will point out the...
View ArticleBeware of Movies! Fossils and Paleontology
The Beware of Movies! series is meant to point out some of the scientific inaccuracies of popular movies, specifically in points related to the geological sciences. This post will point out the major...
View ArticleBeware of Movies! Climate Change
The Beware of Movies! series is meant to point out some of the scientific inaccuracies of popular movies, specifically in points related to the geological sciences. This post will point out the major...
View ArticleBeware of Movies! Other Planets, Other Worlds
The Beware of Movies! series is meant to point out some of the scientific inaccuracies of popular movies, specifically in points related to the geological sciences. This post will point out the major...
View ArticleWhat happens if the Earth’s magnetic field fails?
Interested in what might happen if the Earth’s magnetic field suddenly vanished? I blogged about it, but not in my own blog. Check it out here!
View ArticleFavorite Movies – Old Skool
Today’s Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon prompt is to share some of my favorite movies. I actually don’t watch movies all that often – always have other things to do – but I do definitely have some...
View ArticleBad Geology Movies: Ice Age: Continental Drift, 2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012 Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, and a whole bunch of others. Premise: Can a sudden split of continents and iceberg-sailing pirates separate a mammoth family? So...
View ArticleBad Geology Movies: Jurassic World, 2015
Jurassic World 2015 Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard Premise: Twenty years later, they’ve created a Cretaceous monster. Is the world ready? As a paleontologist, I was obligated to watch this. As...
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