In 2011, NASA scientists compiled a list of the most unrealistic sci-fi movies. The number one spot is taken by a well-known disaster film from 2009.
During a conference in California, several NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory created a list in 2011.
They ranked the least realistic sci-fi movies of all time on it. The winner is a well-known blockbuster that revolves around the end of the world.
Here you can see a trailer for 2012:
This is the least realistic movie according to NASA
In the number one spot on the list is “2012”, a disaster movie by the well-known director Roland Emmerich. He is known for his huge blockbusters in which devastating environmental events plague the world, such as “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004).
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In the film 2012, Jackson Curtis, played by John Cusack, takes a camping trip with his children. The father accidentally learns about the impending apocalypse and tries to get his family onto a government ark and to safety.
According to IGN, Donald Yeomans, a planetary scientist who is now retired, commented on the film back then as follows:
The filmmakers utilized the public’s concerns about the so-called end of the world, which was supposedly predicted by the Mayans in Central America, whose calendar ends on December 21, 2012.
He further explained that NASA received numerous questions from frightened people fearing the end of the world. Therefore, they set up a website to clarify the myths. Thus, the topic around the end of the world in 2012 seems to have contributed to this disaster movie taking the top spot in NASA’s ranking.
What other movies were on the list? Behind 2012, the film “The Core” (2003) was chosen for the second place. Following that in third place is “Armageddon”, a movie from 1998. In fourth place is “Volcano” (1997), a film in which a volcano destroys Los Angeles.
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