Watchmen science consultant Jim Kakalios interview
An extended interview with the upcoming Warner Brothers movie science consultant Jim Kakalios. The University of Minnesota professor talks about everything from his book, “The Physics of Superheroes,” to his discovery of comic books to an explanation why Gwen Stacy died in the Amazing Adventures of Spiderman.
Duration : 0:10:19
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March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
this reminded me of …
this reminded me of jesus i dont know why but a really weird thought came to me what if jesus’s body was somehow altered thus he was able to do all those “miracles” just a thought
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
He’s a low level …
He’s a low level superhero in his own right! Go professor comicbook!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
hulk need super …
hulk need super stretchy!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
“By day, I am a …
“By day, I am a mild-mannered physics professor.” Haha
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
G’damn Kakalios, …
G’damn Kakalios, listen to you preach that science to the masses! You made for an interesting talk in my Nanoparticle Science class, but I had no idea the true extent of your pedagogy-shattering skills of science interpretation.
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
I appreciate your …
I appreciate your comment, but you would impressed and disappointed if you saw all the comments that uneducated people make. It makes me sick and enough is enough. This is like the obesity problem in the US. It is up to everybody to fix it, but we choose to do nothing (on average).
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
lol, i can see this …
lol, i can see this guy snapping and strapping himself on to a particle accelerator. i can’t say i blame him, i want superpowers too it!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Usually the way a …
Usually the way a person attempts to insult another is buy using material that reflects the offence they themselves are guilty of commiting. In short perhaps you should polish up on your manners; I was making light of a comment in his video. So at least I took the time to watch it through and paid attention enough to pick up on his Hulk comment. Whereas you just read the comments, and comment negatively on a comment. How incredibly dull of you. =P
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Yeah, being polite …
Yeah, being polite definitely makes people perceive you as a more credible source so you may want to work on that. You would have a hard time enjoying a lot of comics without physics since a good deal of them were written by physicists and “science nerds.” The people that do enjoy the physics aspects of them are usually the type that sit around daydreaming about their own powers and once in a while make the theoretical, practical in the next big science breakthrough.
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
you need to be …
you need to be polite- a-hole
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
cool, 5 stars
cool, 5 stars
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Yes, you can. But …
Yes, you can. But it’s interesting to see how science can be relevant in the comic book world.
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
that was awesome. …
that was awesome. Its professors like this that actually help students gain an appreciation for the sciences
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
tem traduzido para …
tem traduzido para o Português ?
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
yeah. I didn’t even …
yeah. I didn’t even go to science university. I went to art college. but I found this really interesting. People here are idiots plus ignorant, I’m not quite sure what they expect when watching a video from a science professor, well I guess from reading the comments here and the other video certainly they don’t expect science talk from a science professor, do they?
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
why is everyone on …
why is everyone on youtube so god ed retarded
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
what a commedian
what a commedian
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
It makes me sad …
It makes me sad when people like you comment on educated videos. ugh. I guess they don’t teach you to be polite in your JC
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Youtube sucks! …
Youtube sucks! YouTube!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
its ing useless …
its ing useless! i can enjoy comic books without physics
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Fail
Fail
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
hahaha
hahaha
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Haha… very funny!
Haha… very funny!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Fag
March 7th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
lol what’s the …
lol what’s the hulks pants got to do with physics? The purple dye in the pants releases toxins into his legs which make him hallucinate and think he’s growing and fighting bad guys when really he’s twitching and thrashing around on the ground tearing at his clothes, (which is why they’re ripped after the episode) and having an adverse reaction to the toxins. Long term exposure has made him delusional. He’s really just trapped in his head unaware of the sad reality. That’s chemistry lol