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Hurkyl
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I don't like that link; I think it's very poorly done. It feels like they're trying to make fun of movies, rather than to educate. The Superman section was terrible; once they (for the sake of argument) grant Superman the ability to propel himself through outer space, theyZapperZ said:I hope you've read this to add to your collection of movie physics mistakes. :)
http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1167
Zz.
(1) Continue the analysis as if Superman is pushing off of the Earth.
(2) Assert that the director was trying to invoke conservation of angular momentum to reverse the Earth's rotation, instead of, say, friction.
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