15 Myths You Probably Believe If You Watch Movies and TV Shows Regularly Films are very fond of embellishing reality.
An irreplaceable truth serum? Omnivorous Tyrannosaurus Rex? An omnipotent defibrillator that saves the lives of patients in American clinics? It’s frustrating to know that you’re being fooled, but here are 15 myths that you probably believe in if you watch movies and TV shows regularly.
Guys, the laser beam is invisible. To see it, you need a reflective medium - fog, dust, or something similar.
Still from the movie "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace"
In the films, the caves are always very scary, and are also full of mysterious monsters. In fact, the caves are very dark, because there is no plant life at the very bottom of the food chain - only those substances are available that randomly enter the cave from the outside. Nobody can grow big on a diet like this! All animals in these conditions conserve their strength to save energy.
A scene from the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Instant communication between planets is only possible in films! In fact, the time delay between Earth and Mars can be almost 21 minutes! Now add another 21 minutes to that to say "ALYO" in return.
Still from the movie "Total Recall"
Another myth: very noisy battles between spaceships. In general, sound is possible only in the presence of air, and there is no air in space.
A still from the movie "Star Wars. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
No dinosaurs for us. The half-life of DNA is approximately 521 years, which means that at the moment, half of its chemical bonds are broken. DNA will be completely destroyed in 6, 8 million years - and not 65 million, as it would take to restore the latest generation of dinosaurs, and 1.5 million years after the death of the animal, it will no longer be read.
Shot from the movie "Jurassic Park"
"Don't move, their eye is reacting to movement!" Oh, no, wait, Tyrannosaurus Rex had phenomenal eyesight, these guys are crazy.
Shot from the movie "Jurassic Park"
Need to go into space without a full suit? No problem, just hold your breath while the pressure builds up in the airlock. Oh no, don't do it! You see, while it is in principle possible to survive a short time in a vacuum, holding your breath leaves you no chance when pressure drops sharply (vacuum is essentially just no pressure).
Even when the airlock is filled with precious oxygen, your lungs will not be able to draw it in.
A scene from the movie "A Space Odyssey 2001"
Silencers do not exist. Supersonic weapons cannot be effectively muffled as the clicking of a bullet piercing the sound barrier will still be heard. A subsonic weapon produces a sound similar to the clicking of a loud stapler. The fact of the shot will be obvious to anyone with working ears.
Still from the film "No Country for Old Men"
Regardless of what we are shown in movies and TV shows, if someone's heart stops (the so-called asystole), the defibrillator will no longer help, you need to do artificial respiration. In fact, a defibrillator is used when someone has ventricular fibrillation (rapid contractions of the heart as a result of abnormal electrical activity in the heart).
Shot from the TV movie "Ambulance"
In the movies, if you run into a big, scary predator, he drops everything he does and pounces on you to devour you. In fact, any animal, existing or extinct, will exhibit Holling's Type III functional response - biological common sense. Judge for yourself: you, hungry, finally dig your teeth into an excellent, juicy and tasty dish in a restaurant - will you throw it on the floor and chase the waiter with a plate of snacks?
Still from the movie "Jurassic Park: The Lost World"
Myth: An explosion in space for a ship (or whatever) will look like a large fireball. In reality, there is no oxygen or fuel in space for a fiery explosion. The explosion will look like a short, bright flash.
A still from the movie "Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope"
Do fire and lava burn only if they touch you? Lie. That is why volcanologists and firefighters wear special suits, even when fire or lava is a few meters away, because they do not want to get burned.
Still from the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
From the films it seems that skydiving looks something like the one in this frame from the movie "On the Crest of a Wave" - you can talk. Oh no, the noise is actually very loud.
Judging by the movies, one might think that sharks never gorge themselves. In fact, according to modern estimates, a shark is only able to eat one year old seal in three days.
Shot from the movie "Jaws"
Do you want to know the truth? Then you probably shouldn't believe in the "truth serum" used by super spies and interrogators in movies and TV shows. The CIA decided that there was no "elixir like the famous truth serum." The credibility of such confessions is not great.
Still from the movie "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".
