10 Dumbest Decisions In Sci-Fi Movie History

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[@CantancerousOldMan]

A Texas-sized "astronaut" due to collide with Earth? How did that one not get caught by the editors, much less the narrator?

[@mew888]

Classic whatculture.

[@lukenester8157]

Most dudes in texas are texas sized as well.

[@LeeCarlson]

Based on observed phenomena, neither the talking head narrators nor the editors bother to look at or listen to their product, which makes me wonder where they fall in the "10 Dumbest" category.

[@musickbed]

How big must the spaceship have been to cater to a Texas sized astronaut?

[@CantancerousOldMan]

@@musickbed Ha HA! 😆

[@SgtKUSMC]

According to actual NASA, they ABSOLUTELY WOULD train expert drillers to go to space rather than training astronauts to become expert drillers. NASA does it all the time, they are called mission specialists. It's significantly easier to training someone to go to space for a singular purpose than it is to train an astronaut to do something entirely outside of their skill set as well as an expert

[@milescoburn1845]

Yep. Having worked in the oil and gas industry for a number of years, I can most definitely tell you that drilling IS NOT just putting an auger into the ground and letting it go.

[@SpanishFly120]

That does sort of make sense. However, in that case, you'd have a mixed team, wouldn't you? Like, you'd bring a certain number of specialists along to do the tasks required, but you'd still want to ensure at least half the crew were actual astronauts, as opposed to having most/all of the crew be composed of those specialists, right?

[@johnglielmi6428]

That's why he's a youtube creator, and not a Journalist. A journalist would know the difference of mission specialists, going after that "Texas Sized Astronaut" or NASA taking years to train someone to use unfamiliar equipment in a 0 G environment.

[@Rattrap007]

Exactly. Training for working in space is easier than imparting a lifetime of knowledge of every detail of drilling to an astronaut. The drillers are not flying the shuttles or anything. They are passengers. Astronauts are just the pilots getting the experts there. There is no second chance on this.

[@cjwickliff]

@@SpanishFly120 That's exactly what they did in the movie. The teams had both drillers and trained astronauts to get them to where they needed to go.

[@rorylynch7775]

"I asked Micheal why is it easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and he told me to STFU. So that was the end of that conversation" -Ben Affleck, Armageddon DVD Commentary

[@4plus20isHappy]

Couldn’t Bay have just been civil and said “Ben, my horrible movie is going to make you rich, so don’t worry about the details.”?

[@HariSeldon913]

At least they did address it in the movie.

[@milescoburn1845]

Doesn't make either Affleck or Bay correct.

[@morgantaylor84]

@@milescoburn1845 Does NASA saying Affleck or Bay is correct make them correct? Because NASA said that one of them is correct and one isn't (since they have opposite opinions on this lol)

[@WhatTheFirstAidSpray]

Oh god, not a Texas-sized astronaut 😬😬😬😬😬 they should train some drillers to become asteroids to take it down!

[@73XBFalcon]

Best line in the video!

[@thatboybear]

They. Weren’t. ASTRONAUTS. Ye gods, can we please let this go. They were PASSENGERS. They weren’t expected to pilot the shuttle or do anything astronaut specific. Their “training” was just to survive the trip up and to know how to move in space. That is infinitely less involved and demanding than teaching somebody how to run a rig in near-zero G, dealing with machines you don’t know jack about, encountering metals and other geologic abnormalities. Big, honking, Texas-sized difference.

[@jk013x]

Gentlemen (and Ladies who don't wear heels often): Running in heels is not nearly as difficult as you believe. Especially if that's all you ever wear. I wear heels constantly and can run in them with a fair amount of alacrity. The trick is to put your weight on the ball of your foot instead of full stride running. It helps if you lean into it a little like a Naruto run.

[@bdito2161]

I agree that it's not that difficult but if you were running away from a T-rex wouldn't you just take them off and run barefoot? Surely it must be faster.

[@jk013x]

@@bdito2161 It would, to a point. On a flat, clean floor, absolutely. On a surface that may have sharp pieces, the danger to your feet would make you slower as those jagged bits stabbed into your feet each time they slam down. And the few seconds that removing the shoes takes may be enough for the dino to catch you.

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

Damn Texas sized Astronauts.

[@thewriterstuff]

Without these "dumb" decisions there wouldn't be a movie.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Yeah, but sometimes characters become stupid and irrational without any real reason. Good writing, Alien and Aliens. Bad writing, Prometheus and Alien Covenant.

[@stephanhuebner4931]

It's almost as if youtubers need to pump out videos constantly complaining about bs, just to get some views...

[@chrispoulsen6779]

Not shooting the escape pod because no life were forms detected not thinking their might be droids on board.

[@RictusHolloweye]

They were looking to recover stolen datatapes. A seemingly unmanned escape pod would be a likely place to look, as long as nobody blew it up prematurely.

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Apparently, NASA's own student program includes Armageddon, the students have to spot every "mistake" in the movie and there are loads!!

[@Me7oWitThaHoodie]

The Prometheus school of running away from things

[@getnohappy]

Godzilla king of monsters has the dumbest "when I openly said I wanted to kill billions of people I didn't think that'd mean killing billions of people" about turn.

[@fenwe2697]

In GKOTM's defense, the bad guys Only wanted to release one Titan at a time. They didnt know that the releasing of Monster Zero would be a Huge mistake.

[@getnohappy]

@@fenwe2697 she still states she wants to kill billions (or at least in 'there are too many of us **wink** language) so doesn't get a pass because Ghidorah is also trashing the planet as a whole)

[@fenwe2697]

@getnohappy They didn't know that Ghidorah would do that, though. Or that he was another Alpha. Just saying, is all

[@4plus20isHappy]

It is very possible for potentially evil people to reverse their views after actually seeing the consequences of their actions. “My god, what have I done/what kind of monster have I become?!”

[@LadyLeomon]

Nah, she only about-faced when her idiot daughter (ya know her one remaining child?) got her dumbass caught in the middle of the sh*t show that SHE created! Dumb B*tch did NOT deserve that one-liner with Ghidorah (I forgot her name so I’mma call her “Dead B*tch) 😤😤😤

[@douglasauclair3086]

"Basically everything: Prometheus." Yes. All the yes.

[@jekebe4858]

And pretty much all of it carried on to the sequel with supposed experts going out onto a planet and almost immediately ditching their helmets which allows for an exobiological infestation, then yet again doing the absolute worst effort at quarantine since the original.

[@douglasauclair3086]

​@@jekebe4858 After the disappointment that was Prometheus, I didn't have the heart to give one iota of attention to the sequel that looked like even more of a monumental disappointment.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

​@@jekebe4858In original, Ripley was the one who refused to bring Kane back to ship. In original make sense why everything go wrong, especially after twist. In Prometheus and Alien Covenant everyone is just idiot because plot must happen. And also blatantly contradict lore of original 2 movies.

[@teeboz6237]

@@ExtremeMadnessXAlien Covenant had the captain ignoring his actual mission/objective for a quick fix that was literally too good to be true. If I’m travelling somewhere and have to go through the desert, see a perfectly in tact house with supplies and nobody there I’m not stopping to go in, let alone in deep space. I’ll wait until my destination where I know I won’t die thanks.

[@chefbreccia2642]

You don't need very good test scores to enroll in the Prometheus School Of Running Away From Things.

[@BR-jw7pm]

According to MatPat, depending on how skilled the runner is, it IS possible to outrun a T-Rex in heels. Though you’d have to be an olympic runner and not some random executive 😅

[@Salvanael]

I have seen people run really fast in higher heels than that. XD but yeah, you should be trained runner and really used to heels

[@coreyhelms3019]

"Clocked the trex at 30 mph"

[@bdito2161]

Wouldn't it be faster to simply take them off and run barefoot?

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@bdito2161 probably

[@GroundhogJay]

Him kissing his wife while unconscious is also all kinds of gross. Especially as she probably hates him by that point.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@StocktonSmurf]

The crew in LIFE badly needed to make a move for their own Ripley

[@Thrythlind]

Have you seen classic Godzilla movies? In one of them, the protagonists tricked a bunch of alien cockroaches with a hurriedly drawn bit of lineart. Stupid plots are part of the charm.

[@vitaly2432]

Man, it's been a long time since I last saw Armageddon. I must have forgotten that in it a bunch of oil drillers become asteroids to save the Earth from an astronaut (Texas-sized). What a crazy plot!

[@ChrisPage68]

"10 Ways to show yourself up as a Mansplainer" 🤣

[@tsunade20031]

7:58 they should've used the 'are you a robot' system they use on computers. She would've never be able to escape. 😂

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

When running from a T REX you want Air Jordans at the very least. And a hand full of uppers wouldn't hurt.

[@smartalek180]

And a few lines

[@prole2554]

Sorry, but you CAN run in high heels. Hers were NOT that high.

[@TheGryphonLJJ]

Agreed! Lynda Carter (Best Wonder Woman ever!) ran in heeled boots all the time. Not to mention the Drag Race in CA that is a running in drag race in heels.

[@sheboyganshovel5920]

Of course it's possible to run in high heels. It's also true that it's possible to run faster in shoes that make sense.

[@dicksonfranssen]

My wife has a friend who can literally run for blocks in 4 inch heels. Personally pointy toes and heels do zero for me, I find women in sweat pants or beat up overalls more attractive. I *had* a "thing" for knee high boots before every mom at the market wore them. They were something you wore twice a year, now it's gone too far. I also adore women in long skirts. Seriously hope that makes sense.

[@davidchism6081]

The driller team didn't need to do any astronaut stuff. The astronauts wouldn't have the years of experience that expert drillers have. Faster to train experts in drilling in a Sy-Fi action movie to let them get the feel of working in space.

[@jeffbiscuits7]

How long would it take to train a Texas-sized astronaut?

[@justsaying14]

Every thing from Texas is "bigger" 😂😂😂😂

[@chriscoombes6751]

Aaaaand Number one dumbest decision in list-making history: checking your narrator knows the difference between an Astronaut and an Asteroid and has used the right one before committing your list to KZbin! 😆😆

[@dicksonfranssen]

Maybe they had a few beers and were making Uranus jokes late on a Friday.

[@Lordbeanis]

In Armageddon Bruce Willis' character does explain why they can't just train astronauts. That was the original plan by NASA. He said a large portion of success in drilling is by feel and experience which they didn't have time for them to learn.

[@4plus20isHappy]

‘A Quiet Place’; do you expect people to stop having sex in a post-apocalyptic world? There’s going to be more sex out of boredom and constant reminders of mortality. Plus, there’s going to be way more unplanned pregnancy because of lack of access to contraception.

[@JOKER49022]

Also Not All Laughs

[@4plus20isHappy]

@@JOKER49022I can’t think of a long acronym for “No natural lubricant”.

[@pohjanakka4992]

Yep, that "stupid to get pregnant" gets mentioned a lot, but why the hell do people think it was a PLANNED pregnancy, considering the circumstances, and I don't recall the characters discussing it as something they had done deliberately in the movie. Most likely it is meant to be a case of have sex, both are fertile, it happens. Sure there are some systems to make it a bit less likely, at least figuring out the parts of her cycle when she is least likely to be fertile or for him to pull out before ejaculating, but neither is exactly a sure method and it doesn't necessarily help all that much if both are used. It still just happens. Looks like we have gotten way too used to having reliable systems of birth control. And unplanned pregnancies still happen even now, with all those reliable systems available. So, remove those, and there presumably would be a LOT of pregnancies happening no matter how bad the circumstances were otherwise.

[@Lorrdd]

Except, as they said, it's heavily implied it was planned, moron

[@Lorrdd]

@@pohjanakka4992 yea, no. Not having a kid is actually really fucking easy

[@austinhuber3131]

Not Brits getting confused by the traditional family unit.

[@w0rm45]

I don't think a quiet pace should be on this list for that. Are condoms and birth control pills available during the apocalypse?

[@marvhollingworth663]

To be fair to John Woo, Castor Troy was in a coma. I always just thought no-one expected him to wake up.

[@gardener68]

More Texas-sized astronauts, please!

[@Toledotourbillion]

I can't wait for Villeneuve's Dune Messiah, Lead them to Paradise.

[@MattSmith-ks2lc]

I'm looking forward to seeing Alien Romulus.

[@tempvsfrangit3854]

"Armageddon" was discussed and answered by drillers and "Texas-sized astronaut"s *twenty-six years ago* when the film came out. Much of the "Texas-sized astronaut" stuff can be pre-programmed and/or handled remotely by others. However, trying to train a "Texas-sized astronaut" the intricacies of how to handle a non-remote/programmable piece of machinery, how deep, where to drill, etc etc... It was much easier to put drillers on a rocket. TWENTY-SIX YEARS and it *still* keeps showing up on dumb people's dumb lists. ffs. EDIT: This-Movie-Exists "Prometheus" *does* deserve to be on every list; at least Ash had the excuse of following his orders to bring back a xenomorph at the expense of the humans' lives, much like HAL did (minus the xeno, for that film).

[@Buddha__b24]

I know that one guy in Armageddon was a little on the portly side but saying he's as big as Texas is just wrong. LMAO!!!!

[@camaronshoultz6137]

They clearly stated that the astronauts had been trying to run the drilling rig for months and couldn’t figure it out. Maybe it doesn’t make sense but explained it in the movie so let’s stop bringing this up over and over please.

[@4plus20isHappy]

This was actually the concept being spoofed in ‘Team America: World Police’ when they hire an actor to play a terrorist.

[@CHMichael]

It's an art not a science. Requires decades of experience to know how much you can push..... just backing up your argument

[@DralaFiZero]

To back up your argument, NASA routinely has non-astronaut mission specialists train as astronauts so they can bring their expertise that can take years or decades to really know... Honestly, training the drillers as astronauts was probably the most realistic thing about Armageddon.

[@tylerleal8832]

Honestly I thought they made it pretty clear that the astronauts they did send would be doing the astronaut stuff and the drillers would be drilling. It's not like they had roughnecks flying rhe ship

[@adamkuch9377]

For Kirk, I just thought he was out of step. McCoy even says something like him "flying a desk." You could say it's a bit contrived, but his maneuverings in the end are more impactful with him stumbling earlier. And it's not like he was ignoring protocol, he was following it.

[@Graystaff]

Ava did leave the compound and went on to have an illustrious acting career.

[@slartybartfarst55]

03:14 "Texas sized Astronaut?" I guess nobody proofs these things any longer. The only Texas sized Astronaut I've seen was the Space Child in 2001 A Space Odyssey!🤣🤣🤣

[@cjwickliff]

Somebody didn't watch Armageddon very closely; in the movie they specifically had Bruce Willis address this by saying something like "I've been doing this for decades and still don't know everything." And Bruce explicitly confirmed "you don't need us to do any space-walks or any fancy stuff, just drill a hole" which was confirmed by the NASA leader in the movie... Moreover, drilling in a hellish landscape with unknown/changing conditions is impossible to train vs. training a novice to ride in a spaceship is something NASA does regularly.

[@ajcnielsen]

In Face/Off didn't they think Troy was dead and they were just keeping him on life support for the face, then he miraculously recovered? That's why they didn't have or need security around him.

[@sundalangur3250]

I mean we got 1000s of unplanned babies everyday under normal conditions because people can't resist bumping naughty bits. You think an apocalypse is going to stop that?

[@user-pp5iy6ur8s]

After Jurassic World 1 Howard got chubby and running in heels would have cost too much in computer animation, so it couldn’t happen🤣

[@jaynedavies2757]

it is actually very possible to run in high heels and even extremely high heels. with constant wear, IE: everyday wear for over a year. your tendons shrink slightly, to accommodate them, and meaning it is possible, you would be limited to just below normal person running speeds, and not athlete standard speeds, but it more than enough for most emergencies. it real disbelief is that she did it over muddy ground.

[@marxnutz]

8:25 Kirk was aged (as Starfleet captains go) and getting overly confident. Spock was the real culprit for shooting down Savvik's suggestion to raise shields.

[@Maykay524]

The Jurassic World one, she wasn’t running from the TRex he was following her flair because he’s been trained to know that’s where the food is. She was running to be a head of him but it wasn’t for her life completely

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

T. Rex is she.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

T. Rex is she.

[@Mike-fq1jl]

The snake like alien creature from Prometheus looks a lot like Calvin from Life. Even kills the same

[@james61978]

Claire wasn't running. The T Rex is trained to follow a flare. When the person holding the flare throws it, that means food is there. She could have walked slowly and would have been safe. The people making the franchise have addressed this issue many times.

[@AuthorWASimpson]

I've never seen A Quiet Place but I may have to because I have plenty of questions. The premise is so confusing.

[@alexisauer1477]

The fact she actually RAN in those heels to prove it was possible, I don't think this was dumb. After time of wearing heels the calf and feet are far more comfortable and capable in heels than they are in flats. If Claire was one of those people, switching to flats would have been worse for her

[@calebfielding6352]

I dont see why it would be easier to train 4 astronauts to become drillers, than drillers to become astronauts since the first astronaut was a dog

[@markkumanninen6524]

I actually quit watching Prometheus when those hapless astronauts took off their helmets. Never returned to that flick.

[@BHart777]

On the surface, "A Quiet Place" is a very entertaining thriller, but the note you actually think about it, it seems pretty silly. Deciding to have a baby during an alien invasion in which you must stay quiet is one thing, but are we supposed to believe that people can control what happens as they sleep? No lucid dreams or nightmare that makes you whimper or yell unexpectedly? No unprovoked body functions, such as hiccups, sneezes, coughs, belches, passing gas, or snoring? No yawns? It just becomes more implausible upon further review!

[@danwhitesall3521]

Defense for #8. It's hard to impart 10+ yrs of experience on drilling in 2 wks. Same as training drillers to fly a space shuttle in same 2wks. A person can't drive a stick shift just because the drive an automatic. Or be able to control a battleship just because you can pilot a flat bottom 20ft fishing boat

[@ejhouston3554]

Remember Kirk hasn't been in space for several years and was giving the Reliant and her crew the benefit of the doubt as to the issue of no communications.

[@dragonhawkeclouse2264]

in Armageddon, THE ISSUE WAS RAISED IN THE MOVIE!!!! Bruce Willis' character is noted as saying that drilling is an art, not a science being an astronaut is a science, not an art, presenting the idea that anyone can be trained for it, even this rag tag team.....but drilling, that's an art, you either have it, or you don't it is STILL stupid as all hell.....but it WAS ADDRESSED in the movie

[@chewie948]

Why was security completely absent in 28 weeks later. Also they could of shot on site. However , would have made the film rather short.

[@rbarnett3200]

I’m not really inclined to credit Bay with a great deal of intelligence but skipping aside the training oil drillers as astronauts idiocy, if they blew the asteroid apart it would just create a significant amount of slightly smaller asteroids which would then catastrophically impact the earth just in various places instead of just the one

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

Deadpool Vs Wolverine, is the one I'm waiting for. I get to see it the week after my birthday :D

[@milescoburn1845]

An actual plot hole no one seems to mention is in "Alien" (1979) at about the 20:34 mark, when Ash, Kane and Dallas are discussing walking to the mysterious signal, Dallas specifically states, “Better break out the weapons”. It’s even included in the subtitles. So, what are they and where are they in the rest of the movie?

[@johnglielmi6428]

They are not Astronauts, they are a working crew, in spacesuits. How long did Scott Bezos or William Shatner train to go into space. The only flaw I see is they are not prepared for the weightlessness of low gravity environments. These Texas sized Astronauts just need to learn the Moonwalk Shuffle LOL! Faceoff was the dumbest movie I've seen next to MOVIE 43. What I want to know more is if they swapped faces, how did their complete body types change? Does changing your face with someone else magically change everything about your body!

[@DavidYesUCan]

I don’t think anyone at What Culture enjoy sitting and watching a mindless movie for fun 😂

[@draygoon69]

The fact that in a few of these you give perfectly reasonable explanations to why it happened shows that this list should not have been made. Jurassic World: She made a character choice and just because you disagree with it doesn't make it wrong or stupid. Also, she didn't need to run far, she had a headstart, and you can actually see the T-rex closing in when she tosses the flare. So she did not "outrun a T-rex." Quiet Place: Nowhere is it stated that they intentionally had a child. The list even states the possibility of it being an accident then claim it seems to be. So you made an assumption and then called that assumption a stupid decision. Armageddon: Let's ignore the fact that they barely had time and that it wasn't a simple drilling scenario as they would encounter different types of terrain to drill into. Let's also ignore the fact that they were using equipment designed by the guy they hired and could not get it to work when they tried to do it on their own. They did not train them to be astronauts. They simply trained them to handle the conditions they would be working in. There is more to being an astronaut then just flying into space. Face Off: You answered your own question with a clip you used. He was at a hidden medical facility in a coma. The clip you used showed someone put a cigarette on his skin and no response. You don't need a full armed security detail for a man in a coma that no one knows he's there. The bigger issue is how did he wake up in the first place. Prometheus: It's kind of funny that you argue they take their helmets off. We are at the point where technology allows us to go to completely different planets not in our solar system, but can't understand the possibility that our equipment is advanced enough to tell that the atmosphere is safe. They didn't have weapons because they were not a military unit. It was a science unit. But yes, the guy touching the unknown species was a bit stupid. Saying that no one acts like a human reasonably would shows that whoever made this list does not pay attention to how people act in general because there are examples everyday of people doing things that some would consider against common sense. Godzilla King of Monsters: The complaint ignores one major plot point so bad that I question if the writer even watched the movie. The reason the titans were going crazy and being so destructive is because of Ghidorah who is not of this planet. We never got to see how the titans would actually act until Kong vs Godzilla when they talk about them pretty much staying in their own little areas because Ghidorah was making them act a certain way.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Prometheus and Alien Covenant are still stupid, because just because you can breathe, there's still possibility of infection from unknown organisms. In fact, because you can breathe, that possibility becomes more likely. And that's exactly what happens. Characters in these movies behave like idiots because plot must happen.

[@draygoon69]

@@ExtremeMadnessX I made a simple point and you came back with an argument that completely misses it. Again, we have the technology to go to different planets in different solar systems, we could easily identify if the environment is safe. Not just breathable but any contaminants known or unknown. The technology would be able to detect things even things of unknown origin. It will point out that there is something it can't identify.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

@@draygoon69 That's why, in reality, actual scientists and explorers would wear some kind of protection because of the possibility of unknown dangers. That's why scientists still wear protection while doing research, even in a sterile laboratory.

[@draygoon69]

@ExtremeMadnessX it's sad that you have no understanding of how technology works and no grasp of what it would be capable of in a world that is already traveling to other planets in the universe. And the reason scientists still wear protective gear in a sterile environment is so that they don't contaminate it.

[@luc1ferous]

Calling King of The Monsters disappointing... Jesus wept!

[@HariSeldon913]

ST:Generations - not rotating shield frequencies. They did it several times in TNG, then suddenly forgot it could be done.

[@JesseJaymzSon]

I’m gonna defend Don in 28 Weeks Later cause no one brings this up. His wife was the FIRST known carrier of the disease, for all he knew (and everyone else in that universe at the time) it was impossible to be infected and not have the zombie like reaction within 10 seconds.

[@dennisanderson3895]

An excellently selected listicle.

[@LeeCarlson]

The shade cast on "Claire's high heels" in Jurassic World just demonstrates that the talking head has never noticed that humans are on the balls of their feet when running fast. At least she was not running across grass with them.

[@sheilaholmes8455]

I can barely walk in heels that high. It’s ridiculous.

[@LeeCarlson]

@@sheilaholmes8455, some people find it more challenging than others.

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

It says a lot when Ben Affleck is the smartest person on set in a Michael Bay movie.

[@scotthix2297]

Claire wore heels to run and survive and still had them on at the end of the picture. I and every other drag queen get empathy tingles from that.

[@MrCopacetic23]

I did always wonder why Ava didn’t get the grocery store shopping cart treatment with some type of geo fence. Oh well.

[@archangel2015]

I’m looking forward Deadpool & Wolverine since none of the Deadpool films have disappointed yet, granted there have only been two of them.

[@dicksonfranssen]

*Prometheus* did the crew other than the captain have a psych evaluation first? Like watching a kid stick a fork into a 120 volt outlet. *Makes Mars Attacks look like a documentary* How about a *remake of Capricorn One* but this time *OJ gets left behind* on Mars. He got teased so much about the name Orenthal he threw a fit and took his helmet off.

[@kanedaku]

The annoying thing with out of universe opinions; they are just exactly that. In Armageddon, NASA decided its easier to train drillers to astronaut, rather than sending established astronauts who would have ZERO clue what to do if the drilling hit a _snag_ (lol). In Face/Off, it is _explicitly shown_ that they believed Castor Troy was a vegetable. Since they werent keeping Sean Archer's face alive via having it live on his skull, it would be more of an ethical dilemma as to why they just didnt euthanise Troy. Its like complaining that a film from 2010, set in 1999, has a car model from 2002 in it. Well, that universe had one of *our* celebrities as their American president, so maybe, just _maybe,_ things happened differently in-universe. 🙄 Doylist Vs. Watsonian.

[@dicitalore605]

Even worse in Armageddon, the teams were given a day off, instead of sending them into space ASAP and giving them more time to blow up the asteroid instead of scurrying until the last possible second to save the world.

[@morgantaylor84]

1:35 Deadpool and Wolverine hands down.

[@michaelcarbone6101]

Must’ve been hard to crash their ship into the aliens.’ Not really. Just a minor inconvenience.

[@bendyer551]

THERON RUNNING STRAIGHT IS NOT NO 1, I WILLL RIOT!!!!!

[@jamespope7669]

11th dumbest decision: black panther: wakanda going against what they stand for and allowing an outsider to rule them. 12th dumbest decision: wakanda forever: black panther mantle passing down to shuri who isn't a warrior.

[@jules-yi8rn]

I give 28 Weeks Later a pass for the kiss. The guy was feeling bad for leaving her behind (like a coward) and just wanted that part of his life back. Stupid - yes, but the movie needed that emotional moment to push the story forward. It's still a great sequel.

[@antney7745]

There wasn't even a guard.

[@RictusHolloweye]

Not raising the shields in Wrath of Khan may have had a good reason. They could tell there was a problem with the Reliant and its crew, but not what that problem was. If there were need to quickly beam the crew to the Enterprise (for example, if they learned that the ship had been hijacked and the crew were in imminent danger) the shields would have prevented that.

[@jamesoneavatar8644]

That's probably the reason I didn't like 28 Weeks Later nearly as much as the 1st film

[@YouHaventSeenMeRight]

You've left out the absolute worst offense any "SciFi" movie has ever made: The Aliens in Signs, to whom water is toxic, come to invade a planet covered in water for 71% and which for the most part has plenty of moisture in the atmosphere (Pennsylvania, where the movie is set has an average relative humidity level of 54.6%) and for the most part has plenty of rain falling (Pennsylvania has an average yearly rainfall of 41 inches or 1042 millimeters per year). This made the movie totally ludicrous to me. But I guess with M. Night Shamaladingdong's arrogance , I shouldn't expect anything more than lazy script writing. Of course the entirety of Battlefield Earth deserves a close second place, but that movie suffers from the fact that the source material is completely ludicrous crap from Scientology's "Master Mind" himself, L Ron Hubbard.

[@sheilaholmes8455]

I can happily say that I have never seen a Michael Bay film.

[@DavidJacobs-rl1rj]

I was about to say me too, but I looked him up, and I have seen "The Rock". And I actually really like that movie. Not really interested in anything else he's directed tho, except maybe "The Island". It has an interesting premise, anyway lol.

[@Wesley-eu7rn]

Why do writers do these things, and why do big time directors accept it?

[@felixbelanger2659]

It's a fallacy to think of humans as rational beings... Most things on this list would probably be more common reactions than people realize

[@thespicemelange.1]

I mean her having a baby isn't the brightest idea but you can definitely tell the gene pool was deluded because the first kid was deaf and the second one had autism so I would definitely say they weren't a good breeding pair to begin with.

[@Buy_YT_Views.880]

Bravo!

[@nosfarratu]

Godzilla KOM monstrously disappointing?!?!? FOH

[@BaldingClamydia]

I hate when astronauts do dumb shit in movies. Real astronauts have trained exhaustively in pretty much every scenario that can happen, so their emotions don't have to take over. There's a real instance when one of the shuttles messed up and the whole crew had to pack into the command module bc there wasn't enough air, and everyone is calm throughout, making their best decisions. There was another time when someone had to manually dock the shuttle at the ISS, and not only did he not freak out or make a dumb decision, he did it perfectly. There's gotta be ways to move your plot forward without making your audience question how your characters got their certifications in the first place

[@alm2187]

Is there a compilation reel up somewhere of all the times Kirk speaks of his responsibility to his crew? The TWoK decision on this list seems out of character, considering. I don't think GR was a Saint, but fair bet this is something he'd have fixed if it weren't for the drugs and the studio power struggle.

[@NoDreamin]

did the writer of this forget all the other videos dine on these films?? Literally one of the worst 'lists' you've done. Most have actual reasons just not even bothered to mention here

[@blakej520]

King of the monsters slander???

[@michaelcarbone6101]

…as you do…

[@joemagnus5085]

Texas sized astronaut? That be a better movie. Edit better😅

[@ridrfan1]

Maybe she was already pregnant. They don't say how long it was since the start of the movie

[@DJDVW]

Nah, The movie takes place at least 400 days from when the aliens first got to Earth

[@70skid33]

Deadpool 3

[@charlesbullghost5491]

😂 The killer eye sfy horror movie of 1999. Two married young lady's are getting pregnant by a large eye creature. AKA very long tentacle sexual embracing relationship scene! This actually happened will their own husband's are no were to be found? Very truly very weird very crazy horror movie! I'm gonna very truly laugh 😅 at this later. Hahahahaha. My great inspiring message is out! Have a great fabulous wonderful day.😀

[@cheezwombat1]

Hiring Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy