According to NASA, this is the least realistic science fiction film in history

news culture According to NASA, this is the least realistic science fiction film in history

You remember 2012 ? It is a 2009 science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. The film is inspired by the very famous theory of the end of the world, which was supposed to take place on December 21, 2012, the last date of the Mayan calendar. It is said that many natural disasters would occur and that every form of life on earth would be destroyed in every aspect, leading to human extinction.

This theory sparked a violent reaction around the world in the early 2010s. Some didn’t believe in it and quietly went on with their lives, while others believed in it adamantly and even built nuclear bunkers. Many religious communities saw this as a well deserved divine wrath and the consequence of all the damage humanity has done to itself and to the earth. Coming back to the feature film: 2012 lets us follow a group of people trying to escape from these multiple catastrophes, consequences of a shifting of the earth’s crust caused by the inexplicable warming of the core of planet earth.

As already mentioned, there has been a lot of talk about Roland Emmerich’s film has been highlighted by many scientific communities

and accused him of promoting belief in the end of the world. NASA was among the film’s critics at the time and was even forced to develop a system to demystify the film’s words 2012.

Roland Emmerich capitalized on public concern about the so-called end of the world, as the Mayans of Central America had apparently predicted (…) NASA received so many questions from people who were afraid that the world might disappear in 2012 that we they had to hire I set up a special website to refute these beliefs. We’ve never had to do that.” Donald Yeomans, NASA Planetary Systems Scientist.

NASA even called “2012” a crazy movie based on more than flimsy science. The agency then took the opportunity to rate the least scientifically realistic films. 2012 comes first, but what about the rest of the leaderboard? We share it with you below.

• 2) merger by Jon Amiel in 2003.
• 3) Armageddon by Michael Bay in 1998.
• 4) volcano the Mick Jackson and 1997.
• 5) Pursue d’Andrew Davis in 1996.

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Roland Emmerich’s cinema

With 2012“Roland Emmerich” is not his first attempt at making disaster films. The director is a specialist and is best known for it. In 2022 our man offered us moonfalla film in which the earth was threatened with destruction by the imminent demise of the moon star.

His filmography contains many others like The day after where New York City was frozen in ice. But his most famous film, which made him known to the general public, is undoubtedly this independence Day in 1996. In it, Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum try to counteract an alien invasion. In 2016, the director will even offer and name a sequel to this iconic feature film Independence Day revival.