The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Probably a proxy account.

Yeah, sure smells like it. Infantile.

[lone_star_obelisk]

The nuke-hauling rotary-winged bat machine was at least 20 miles offshore when the bomb exploded. It went that distance in about 10 seconds. rate x time = distance

Estimated speed at detonation = 20 miles/10 secs x 60 secs/1 minute x 60 minutes/1 hour = 7,200 mph That's some good comic book imagination hollywood style

[gates70]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

The nuke-hauling rotary-winged bat machine was at least 20 miles offshore when the bomb exploded. It went that distance in about 10 seconds. rate x time = distance

Estimated speed at detonation = 20 miles/10 secs x 60 secs/1 minute x 60 minutes/1 hour = 7,200 mph That's some good comic book imagination hollywood style

It's only a movie...

[Kaiju]

^ Hahaha... Indeed.

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

The nuke-hauling rotary-winged bat machine was at least 20 miles offshore when the bomb exploded. It went that distance in about 10 seconds. rate x time = distance
Estimated speed at detonation = 20 miles/10 secs x 60 secs/1 minute x 60 minutes/1 hour = 7,200 mph That's some good comic book imagination hollywood style

Besides which, it didn't look like 20 miles to me where'd that come from? Smoking3, eh? What have you been smoking?

[Kaiju]

Originally Posted by Early Memphis

Besides which, it didn't look like 20 miles to me where'd that come from? Smoking3, eh? What have you been smoking?

The ganja.

[lone_star_obelisk]

Originally Posted by Early Memphis

Besides which, it didn't look like 20 miles to me where'd that come from?

Cam perspective of flash/mushroom was at least from bridge height

http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

The nuke-hauling rotary-winged bat machine was at least 20 miles offshore when the bomb exploded. It went that distance in about 10 seconds. rate x time = distance

Estimated speed at detonation = 20 miles/10 secs x 60 secs/1 minute x 60 minutes/1 hour = 7,200 mph That's some good comic book imagination hollywood style

Perfect reason why some people should not go see movies!

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

Cam perspective of flash/mushroom was at least from bridge height

http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm

Okay. Well, keeping in mind that it's only a movie set in a mythical location, according to the site you linked to, we still have to assume : bridge height, that the earth is a perfect ball with a 6,378,137 meter radius, and that the horizon is at sea level. That's a lotta assumptions - based on a movie. Also, given that "Robin" and the kids continued to watch the Bat fly off, no way it was going 7,200 mph. Personally, I still like the smoking explanation, it would be lots more fun (math was never a big turn-on for me).

[lone_star_obelisk]

Originally Posted by Early Memphis

Okay. Well, keeping in mind that it's only a movie set in a mythical location

conceded in my original post...."That's some good comic book imagination hollywood style"

Hollywood, California is where they make movies....hence the phrase hollywood style. i.e. a fiction comic book made into a movie and only a movie as some here want me to understand

[HarcourtMudd]

IMO, all this about the Bat making 10 miles off shore as "Robin" watched is no more a stretch than Bruce having his back broken, then "fixed" by simply pushing the protruding spine back in (which, in the context of adapting the Knight Falls saga for a three hour movie, I had no problem with)...

[lone_star_obelisk]

Originally Posted by Early Memphis

....Also, given that "Robin" and the kids continued to watch the Bat fly off, no way it was going 7,200 mph. Personally, I still like the smoking explanation, it would be lots more fun (math was never a big turn-on for me).

ok then let's say it accelerated to 200 mph. And let's say it was 35 seconds flight time from the bridge to detonation: distance traveled would be only about 2 miles...

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

ok then let's say it accelerated to 200 mph. And let's say it was 35 seconds flight time from the bridge to detonation: distance traveled would be only about 2 miles...

no one cares

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

no one cares

Actually one person does.

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by HarcourtMudd

IMO, all this about the Bat making 10 miles off shore as "Robin" watched is no more a stretch than Bruce having his back broken, then "fixed" by simply pushing the protruding spine back in (which, in the context of adapting the Knight Falls saga for a three hour movie, I had no problem with)...

Yeah, the spine thing ... anyone with serious back problems (not to mention the knee) would have to shake their head ("Your spine is protruding. Here, let me fix that for you").

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

ok then let's say it accelerated to 200 mph. And let's say it was 35 seconds flight time from the bridge to detonation: distance traveled would be only about 2 miles...

Not to bust your chops. The whole countdown/nuclear blast, he's in/he's not in the Bat, he's alive/he's dead ...

[42041]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

Cam perspective of flash/mushroom was at least from bridge height

http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm

dear lord... do you really have nothing better to think about?

[lone_star_obelisk]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

no one cares

Gross: $1,081,041,287 (Worldwide) (29 December 2012) for a good comic book movie

[unsung122212]

It's a movie, if any movie, especially action and scifi, was done with true reality, there would be no movie. Hollywood does stuff to make the movie be more fun to watch and not boring real life stuff. The point of going to the theaters is break away from reality.

The breaking of your back depends on the type of break. If one of your vertebrae is dislocated, and technically breaking ones back, replacing it and letting your body heal is possible in a 5 month time frame. As long as it isn't severe break, which disrupts any signal from brain to spinal system causing paralysis, it can be fixable even without a doctor doing surgery. It all depends on the type of back injury and breakage, which was never truly explain. Which is perfectly fine by me since its more into the supernatural to Bruce Wayne's character for the movie.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by lone_star_obelisk

Gross: $1,081,041,287 (Worldwide) (29 December 2012) for a good comic book movie

What on earth does that have to do with you trying to apply real life physics to a fictional movie?

[lone_star_obelisk]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

What on earth does that have to do with you trying to apply real life physics to a fictional movie?

Just stating the obvious in a good make-believe movie...And we all know you really do care. Very interesting responses so far.