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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2522200" data-attributes="member: 177">This is Hollywood, and the American viewing public we're talking about, right?So, the Solar System is irrelevant.&nbsp; If it doesn't have people on it, it is useless real estate.&nbsp; Blowing up Venus won't impress people so much as blowing up Los Angeles, where you can show people frying to ash.&nbsp; And Hollywood knows that.&nbsp; So, the movie will center on Earthquakes, storms, people running for cover, and all that jazz, no matter which premise they use.In addition, this is a Hollywood film.&nbsp; The likelyhood of them really ending life on Earth is pretty darned low.&nbsp; That means that most of the rest of the Solar system will also suvive this catastrophe.&nbsp; End result - as far as the plot and the relevant imagry is concerned, the supernova and the flare are interchangeable.And that's the problem.&nbsp; If it really mattered which they used, if some really interesting plot point hung on it being a real supernova, I wouldn't mind.&nbsp; But, given the descriptions I've seen, they could have made pretty much the same movie with either premise.&nbsp; The only difference is that the flare version would show a bit more pride in one's work, a desire to do it right or not do it at all, where the supernova shows that nobody gives a darn about the quality that can be found in the details.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 2522200, member: 177"] This is Hollywood, and the American viewing public we're talking about, right? So, the Solar System is irrelevant. If it doesn't have people on it, it is useless real estate. Blowing up Venus won't impress people so much as blowing up Los Angeles, where you can show people frying to ash. And Hollywood knows that. So, the movie will center on Earthquakes, storms, people running for cover, and all that jazz, no matter which premise they use. In addition, this is a Hollywood film. The likelyhood of them really ending life on Earth is pretty darned low. That means that most of the rest of the Solar system will also suvive this catastrophe. End result - as far as the plot and the relevant imagry is concerned, the supernova and the flare are interchangeable. And that's the problem. If it really mattered which they used, if some really interesting plot point hung on it being a real supernova, I wouldn't mind. But, given the descriptions I've seen, they could have made pretty much the same movie with either premise. The only difference is that the flare version would show a bit more pride in one's work, a desire to do it right or not do it at all, where the supernova shows that nobody gives a darn about the quality that can be found in the details. [/QUOTE]

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