50 Cent as a computer scientist.
Entire cast of tbbt, incl. Hawking.
Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start.
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Kenny2999@lemmy.world 8 months ago
varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
List of women are incapable of convincingly playing <x> incoming…
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Robert Pattinson did batman extremely well.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And Affleck was nowhere close to the worst thing thing in those movies…
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Racism and sexism on display with this post and comments. cmon, be better.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Did you just have that in the chamber expecting different comments? The overwhelming number of comments here are white, male actors. In fact, so far, only one female actor has been mentioned, and it was in a comment that also mentioned a male actor.
You look like a fool.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I do not. But thanks for the being civil.
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 8 months ago
nic cageism is a serious blight on society
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That too lol
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Anna Kendrick as an astronaut scientist in Stowaway
kameecoding@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Eh Charlie day is funny as fuck and Pacific Rim is fucking giant robots punching giant monsters, the fuck you need believable scientist in there, my god.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You’re not wrong, I’m just answering the question lol
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 8 months ago
In Don’t Look Up, DiCaprio’s character is shown getting into flame wars on the internet, and that struck me as something that an astronomer would be above.
boboblaw@hexbear.net 8 months ago
The most famous astronomer today can’t STFU on Twitter…
Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Especially about shit he doesn’t know anything about
fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Bruh, academic publishing is basically being a professional at flame wars.
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 8 months ago
I assumed that they did that in their publications and letters to editors, not the YouTube comment sections. I guess I’m wrong.
xylol@leminal.space 8 months ago
Ice cube pulled off being a modern social media user in the new war of the worlds themed ad, he didnt even know how to leave the house
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 months ago
isnt that movie just a giant amazon ad.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That was the full-length Amazon ad, right?
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Nick Cage in anything
weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I thought he was great and very believable as a dork in Peggy Sue Got Married.
hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Fuck right off. He is great in The Pig. He is great in Dream Scenario.
He is MAGNIFICENT in Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
loudwhisper@infosec.pub 8 months ago
The weather man? I think he fit very well. Same for Lord of War. I know they are both 20 years old, but still.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Slovene@feddit.nl 8 months ago
I haven’t seen the movie but I remember someone talking about Denise Richards playing a nuclear physicist as one of the most ridiculous things. Don’t know which movie though.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 8 months ago
She herself refers to how she played a “nuke-ular psychiatrist in a James Bonk movie” in the episode of 30 Rock where she and Tracy are leading a protest of NBC by their fellow idiots. 🤣
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I completely forgot about beer cans that told you how cold they were!
creaturefromthebeigelagoon@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
James Bond: The World is Not Enough. www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/
She played Dr. Christmas Jones and is still the least believable part of any James Bond movie
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 8 months ago
But was still a fun character and it was a ludicrous but fun movie. At that time, they were leaning into the cheesez rather than trying for gritty, in the Daniel Craig era.
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
The world is not enough, James Bond. And her name was Christmas Jones so that Bond could make a joke about Christmas coming more than once a year.
tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
I want to mock Bond girl names but I’m not sure I can come up with anything more ridiculous than Goldfinger’s Pussy Galore.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 8 months ago
HAHAHAHAHA oh my god that’s so fucking funny.
stevethegeek@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Are you thinking her Bond movie, The World is Not Enough? I don’t think she was cast because of her ability to accurately portray a scientist…
Slovene@feddit.nl 8 months ago
I don’t know, I just remember that from a youtube vid. 🤷 It could have been cinemasins or some other movie review channel.
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
I don’t think she was cast because of her ability to accurately portray a scientist…
Scientits on the other hand… 😏
huf@hexbear.net 8 months ago
the world is not enough, a pierce brosnan bond movie:
“Posing as a Russian scientist Bond meets American nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones cooperating with Russian armed forces in overseeing the dismantling of the site.”Slovene@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Aahhh, remember when Russia was seen as an enemy of the US of A? Pepperidge Farm remembers … 🥲
choking_the_dolphin@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
Channing Tatum as a NASA scientist in “fly me to the moon” was just painful.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
perishthethought@piefed.social 8 months ago
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park?
fargeol@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park!
fartographer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Hold onto my butts!”
- Sam Jackson horking down another ciggie
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
smeg@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Jeff Goldblum is the worst example, he’s always a scientist!
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The Fly!
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
It’s the glasses. They make him a nerd apparently.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Will Smith in anything Sci-Fi 👎 Scarlett Johansson in anything Sci-Fi 👎
Jessica Alba was great in Dark Angel but nothing since then
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 months ago
i recently saw post about alan tudyk indicating he was cast aside because will smith had to be lead of irobot, and they saw ALan was the better actor for that movie, he seems kind of pissed about it(this came out at the same time that resident alien was cancelled)
tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Oh I liked Jensen Acjles in Dark Angel, he brought charm and comedic wit to it. Yeah apparently there was some tension but nothing major, just usual work stress
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
I maintain that Men in Black (the first one) is a masterpiece. Otherwise… yeah.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Under The Skin was a great sci-fi film with Scarlett Johansson leading
rainwall@piefed.social 8 months ago
Jessica Alba went on to make a few hundred millions selling soap, so shes got that goin for her.
Slovene@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Which is nice.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What?! I, Robot was great!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Honestly, I think iRobot understood the source material better than Foundation.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
There were good parts in that movie, but Will Smith wasn’t one of them.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I need you to get on the nearest bus and not ask where the destination is
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Independence day was great when it was released. Men in black, too.
Lucy was interesting. Ghost in the machine wasnt as good as the (amazing) original, but was still good.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ghost in the Shell was horrible. She played the Major as a completely different character than the original. Scarlett Johansen plays a really good seductive spy, but that’s all she plays. Major Kusanagi was ace.
WR5@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Do you mean ghost in the shell for Scarlett Johansson?
TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 months ago
Alba was fantastic in Sin City
fargeol@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dolph Lundgren in Expendables shows some unusual skills in chemical science.
And yes, I know that Dolph Lundgren studied chemistry IRL
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dolph Lundgren can smell crime!
1hitsong@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
We show it.
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
He didn’t just “study” he has a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and received a Fulbright Scholoarship at MIT. Pretty spot-on casting honestly.