Is The Chronicles of Riddick the Worst Piece of Science Fiction Writing Ever?

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The discussion centers around a movie featuring Vin Diesel, where a character inaccurately describes a planet's nighttime surface temperature as -300 degrees Celsius. Participants criticize this as a significant flaw in science fiction writing, with one noting that absolute zero is -273 degrees Celsius. Despite the scientific inaccuracies, one viewer found the film surprisingly entertaining, labeling it as merely silly rather than awful. The conversation highlights the importance of accurate science in storytelling, while also acknowledging the humor in such mistakes. Overall, the film's scientific errors sparked a debate on the standards of science fiction writing.
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Has anyone seen this movie yet. "Professer" Vin Diesel describes a planet as having a surface temperature at night of -300 degrees celcius.

Is it just me, or is that catergorically the worst piece of science fiction writing ever.

If you know one better, I'd love to hear it.
 
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Yes, I've seen it.
I went in, thinking I was about to see an awful movie, and was pleasantly surprised in that the movie was only silly (story&physics)
 
He's still better at science than he is at acting.
 
colinr said:
Has anyone seen this movie yet. "Professer" Vin Diesel describes a planet as having a surface temperature at night of -300 degrees celcius.

Is it just me, or is that catergorically the worst piece of science fiction writing ever.

If you know one better, I'd love to hear it.
whats absolute 0? like -272C?
 
its -273 c
 
"at night of -300 degrees celcius.."
Always use Kelvin, that way you won't be ...
 
well we know that, that's why its so funny
 
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