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Posted by: The Fat Man 3000
Posted by: darthnazgul
Posted by: The Fat Man 3000
Posted by: darthnazgul
Begins had the biggest flaw and the biggest plot hole of the trilogy.
It did?
Honestly, I'm surprised so few people notice.
It's the microwave emitter. Now, allow me to tell you a little something about science and movies. They rarely get it right but they don't have to. As long as they're not failing the most basic forms of it, I can ignore flaws in science for the sake of the narrative. The key to believability is consistency. Batman Begins fails in that regard.
so the way the microwave emitter works is that it causes vaporization of water, turning it into steam. In the climax of the film, the villains intend to vaporize the water supply of all of Gotham which contains a fear toxin. They have been dumping this into the waters for weeks, maybe even months. The entire water supply of Gotham is laced with it and they dismiss that we haven't felt the effects because it has to be vaporized.
There are tens of millions of people in Gotham. How many of those people, per day would vaporize their water? For cooking, making tea or coffee, baths, showers or just a plain old need for hot water? You don't need microwaves to vaporize water, people do that all the time and there is no way in a city as big as Gotham that nobody went crazy or notice anyone going crazy for weeks. There would be an epidemic, reports would come in every minute. And yet not until the magic microwave emitter comes along does water turn into steam.
That is basic science, I learned it when I played with the water taps when I was a kid.
Ah yes the microwave emitter. I knew about that rather inconsistency. It's obvious that Chris Nolan is no scientists. But in my opinion, it was a nice attempt at combining the scarecrows fear gas with the League of Shadow's attack.
But, I can look past scientific inconsistencies like that for one reason. It's a movie, which I enjoy. (Hell I'm watching it right now)
I can ignore scientific errors if they serve the plot instead of damage it, such as the sonar in The Dark Knight. Cell phones don't work that way but this plot point work for the story. The microwave emitter did not.
Don't get me wrong, I lurve Batman Begins. It's what got me back into Batman after. . . that.