I could suspend disbelief that since it was a fusion bomb, rather than a fission bomb, it didn't have the same kind of fallout as a normal atomic bomb.
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DebetEsse - Aug 16, 2012 1:05:56 pm PDT #22184 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2012 1:30:21 pm PDT #22185 of 30000
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Yeah, you'd get the initial EMP and gamma ray/neutron pulse from the explosion, but I don't think there would be a cloud of radioactive fallout afterwards. You'd just have to get it far enough out that the neutron radiation wasn't harming people. Well, and so the cloud of superheated vapor didn't blow across an inhabited coastline or par broil a bunch of lobster fishermen and tugboat captains.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2012 1:38:16 pm PDT #22186 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Even given all that, I still don't buy the reaction from the Feds watching on TV being so immediately casual/happy. I'm pretty sure if ANY kind of nuclear bomb went off that close to a major US city the reaction would be "Oh fuck" and not "Over the bay? Everything's fine!"
Steph L. - Aug 16, 2012 2:17:10 pm PDT #22187 of 30000
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No matter what, Aquaman was PISSED.
DavidS - Aug 16, 2012 6:05:08 pm PDT #22188 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm really supposed to buy
Everybody has a different dew-point for their suspension of disbelief. I mostly didn't mind the bad science, but at least with the knee they threw three seconds of explanation at it.
You can't fix a vertebrae that's sticking out of somebody's back by punching it. And they didn't bother to wave their hands at it.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2012 6:11:13 pm PDT #22189 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Maybe YOU can't. You just haven't met the right Afghani prison doctor yet.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2012 6:12:06 pm PDT #22190 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, they did more than wave their hands at it. They clearly proposed a solution, it's just not one that really works.
Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2012 6:12:52 pm PDT #22191 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You can fix anything by punching it. Just ask Superboy-Prime.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2012 6:33:09 pm PDT #22192 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think he broke it, let's be honest.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2012 4:08:55 pm PDT #22193 of 30000
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Just saw Snow White and the Huntsman. Good God, Charlize Theron was stunning! And dear lord, could Kristen Stewart please just close her mouth for a while? She looks like she has the IQ of a peanut with her mouth hanging open all the time.