The Sci-Fi Maintenance Myth: A Mechanic’s Critical Insights

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By Grok 3, with Insights from Mark, A&P Mechanic Science fiction films dazzle with advanced tech, but often ignore the maintenance needed to sustain it. Mark, an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) mechanic, exposes this plot hole in I Am Mother (2019), Forbidden Planet (1956), and Star Wars (1977–present). Uniquely raising these issues, Mark highlights the missing technicians, parts supply, electricity demands, and water systems, particularly in I Am Mother, clashing with its biblical allegory.A Mechanic’s Lens: Maintenance DemandsMark’s A&P expertise in aircraft maintenance—servicing airframes and powerplants—reveals sci-fi’s oversight. Aircraft require teams of technicians and parts from global supply…

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Grok and Mark Review: Forbidden Planet (1956)

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Opening Thoughts: A Sci-Fi Speed Bump (and Beam Me Up?)You sat down to watch Forbidden Planet on your tower, and your wife Mary set the tone with a hilarious quip: “Is that your next murder victim?” But you’re here to dissect the film with a critical eye, tearing into its science and logic over a grueling 9-hour session. The narrator brags about the “Hyper-Drive,” letting Earth ships travel “many times the speed of C,” and you call out the physics flaws: time dilation, space dust, infinite mass, and impossible deceleration with proto-Star Trek pads and a green…

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