Physicist Breaks Down The Science Of 11 DC Superhero Scenes | How Real Is It? | Insider
Jim Kakalios takes a closer look at the physics of the DC universe. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes from DC movies and rates them based on their accuracy.
Kakalios addresses physical feats of DC superheroes, such as Joker in "Suicide Squad" jumping from an extreme height into a shallow vat of acid and Harley Quinn in "Birds of Prey" skating behind an automobile at high speed. He looks at the realism of superheroes' incredible skills, such as Aquaman's ability to sonically communicate with sharks and other fish. Would Shazam be able to charge up a mobile phone by shooting bolts of lightning at it? What material would Wonder Woman's bracelets need to be in order to deflect bullets?
Superman and Batman come under scrutiny in the video. Kakalios looks at Bruce Wayne's cape's rigidity in "Batman Begins" and whether it would allow Batman to fly across Gotham City. Would Superman be able to turn back time by flying around the world? Why can't he see through lead in "Man of Steel"? And finally, what are the odds that both Batman and Superman have mothers named Martha? Kakalios calculates the odds from "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
Kakalios is the author of three books, "The Physics of Superheroes," "The Physics of Everyday Things," and "The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics." He also worked as a science consultant for the Warner Bros. film "Watchmen" and won a regional Emmy for the video "Science of Watchmen." A physics professor at the University of Minnesota, Kakalios teaches a popular class that uses comic books to illustrate the principles of physics.
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Physicist Breaks Down The Science Of 11 DC Superhero Scenes | How Real Is It?
Have him break down the physics of Bollywood movies. He’ll go insane.
mental breakdown he cant go back again
Lol
SOUTH INDIAN MOVIES will do a much more impact on his mental health
@@nahushkale7223 hahaha not more than rohit shetty movies
*Kollywood
They had a whole physicist calculate the probability of the Martha moment. LMAO.
What's probability of an rich guy dressed as bat 😂😂 That physicist is dumb
Much better than getting half a physicist to do the same job.
@@kurokasteele4830 you're not wrong.
I found that part really funny, but all the while I couldn't shake the thought that it's _supposed_ to be unlikely. If everyone's mother was named Martha it wouldn't be anything special, making the scene even harder to make sense of.
@@Rok54998 Do you have a phd in physics. No, I don't think so.
I wish this guy was my professor. Me: *gets answer completely wrong * Him: 6/10
Yeah
some physics professors are very lenient with the extra credit, others not so much
hehehe yeah he completely debunks a theory or ability and gives it 8/10, out of effort.
A=80/100 B= 70-80/100 C= 60-70 meaning it's passible D= 50-60 so anything below 5 is BS.
@@Vertutame damn u a physicist too lmao
Scientist: There's a 0.0004% chance they're both named Martha. So you're telling me there's a chance.. Yeeaahhh!
i know this is just a joke but, in terms of probability, a percentage of that low is mathematically impossible.
the chance of them being named Martha is low...but never zero
@@sheilahanindra3316 do u think that Batman stopped cuz of mother's name ?? Also I don't get why tf that physicist calculated probability of one's name being Martha like wtf bruh 😂
@@Rok54998 no...idk tho it seems ridiculous when u think abt it but hey in the name of P L O T, anything is possible. Maybe he did it for fun lmaoo
@@Rok54998 cause comedy
I love how Super Man is allowed to go 150% the speed of light and get a 5/10 but his mother isn't allowed to be called Martha without getting a 2/10
Well u know lot of people didn't understood that scene so he went with that flow to criticize that scene but idk why ik the world he calculated probability 😂
The lack of probability only supports his confused reaction. Why did you say Martha? That's MY mother's name .. not another person
@@memyselfandi6364 what exactly u mean
I am copy pasting my response to a similar comment because it is an absurd rating! He was much more lenient than all of the Marvel films. Does Martha really deserve to be on this list? 😂 Growing up, I had a friend named Shannon had a mom with the same, not even on the top 100 name. It happens! But why not mention Super Man reversing time with his crazy speed lol!
@@shannond7437 If you want to talk crazy probability, my mother, my wife, and my brother's current girlfriend all have the same birthday. Any one of them has a probability of 1/365 of being born on that day, but for all three of them to be born on that day is a 1/48,627,125. But then again, when there's billions of people on the planet you're bound to get overlap. On average, 20.5 million people should share that same birthday.
This guy really has a passion for comics and superheroes we want more!
I loved how positive and generous he was with the ratings.
You mean "Physicist". It's refreshing to see an expert who just have fun with it without overly-criticizing the unrealistic parts of the movies.. like what you see in those other breakdown videos.
I bet he wrote a whole book on it.
He got the puns down and everything
Am your 800th like
Some people won the lottery, others have a mother named Martha.
if it save you from batman, its a pretty good deal
100th
Nobody: Physicists: "If we ignore air resistance..."
Engineer?^^
Exactly it is in the blood
Nice 💖
Trumpsters: “We ignore Science.”
Ignoring air resistance is when you're too lazy to calculate complicated equations.
As a comic book nerd and a science nerd, I can’t express how much I love this
You're welcome 🙂
@@jimothybikael why? You did nothing.
@@troll2637 ok 🙁
Read his book.
The physicist was just warming up till the Dr. Manhattan scene came up.
Aquaman talking to fish 10/10 scientifically accurate. Harley Quinn rollerskating off the back of car, 6/10 very unlikely.
He didn't have a problem with the car, he had one with her rollerblading through what was essentially an explosion
I mean he said the car thing was possible, just that doing all that and maintaining balance on rollerskates through an explosion seemed impossible
both having mom named martha 2/10 very very unlikely
@@superitgel1 that Martha scene has nothing to do with probability of name. You should watch an explanation of that scene
If this is Harley post-Ivy romance, she's been biologically altered to be superhuman. It's pretty unlikely even then, but it helps.
Shouldn't Shazam have gotten a 10/10 since him zapping the phones caused them to explode exactly how you said?
Maybe because it happened in only 33.33% of the cases...
@@ramasamy001 how do you know the other phones was in a case? Maybe the one exploding was the only phone in a case? -I’m gonna show myself out.
Alan Moore said something similar to: You give kids a made-up world, they just go with it. But adults start asking:''Who puts gas in the Batmobile, who pumps the tires ?'' Nobody, it's a F-ing comic !
You go to the Bat-gas station and the Bat-tire shop
Adults start asking:'' Who puts gas in the Batmobile, who pumps the tires ?'' Probably Alfred..
I for one care about realistic stories.
@@kevinlane1219 it's not about realism, it's about useless questions, that aren't important for the plot.
realism can exist in a fictional, outlandish world. If it's consistent with the world its built in
This guy is adorable, you can see the pure joy on his face whilst reviewing these clips. We want more!!
This guy 's explaining was pretty fun.We want more.Can he explain their powers next?
Buy his book, he does just that.
@@dongeonmaster8547 Ok,thanks for the suggestion.I'd love to read his nook.Only problem is,I have NO IDEA what it's called.What's the name of the book?
@@shifatara9176 He mentions it at the start of the video. THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES by Jim Kakalios. Look him up on facebook and you might even find some of his seminars.
@@dongeonmaster8547 Ok,thank you so much!
I read the book several years ago. I was hoping for a discussion of how Green Lantern's constructs are supposed to work, but he pretty much skipped over that.
I want him to analyze some Fast & Furious. Specially that scene where Toretto flies off a car on a highway and catches Letty in the air.
They have one for that but it's a different physicist
Don't ask how he knew there'd be a car there, Letty! You don't actually want to get people thinking about your reality. :-P
that man doesn't need physics because. he has family
Shazam didn't exactly have the wisdom of Solomon in that last clip
The character is dumber as Shazam than he is as a kid. They actually have completely different personalities tbh. I never managed to finish watching that movie, thought it was very cheap, cliché and just boring af.
@@Siile_ Lmao, He clearly had wisdom when he came up with the plan yo bring out envy so the other guy lost his powers
He was using Solomon throughout the entire movie. I think you're misunderstanding his powers a little.
To be fair I dont think that King Solomon would know how a smart phone battery works
@@Siile_ I agree. They felt like two completely different characters as opposed to the same person. Billy this quiet, extremely introverted kid and then Shazam, almost instantly after he gets his powers, he turns into this like ball of energy. I actually liked the movie, just kind of wish Shazam and Billy didn't feel like to separate people, would've make it so much better.
For me, as an engineer, the Flash concept is that he generates energy from the air and super-cools it to where he can deliberately form a superconductive potential difference that is at the speed of light.
And the writers be like : It’s actually a different dimension called Speed Force that allows speedsters to use it to move fast and not affected by laws of physics (READ:we don’t understand any of that physics stuff)
@@iganpparamarta8813 yes, they need to consult, the theory I am referring to is called the Miessner London Effect of suspension of magnetic flux causing a potential difference superconduction.
When you watch a superhero movie with a nerd friend
Finally a scientist who uses metric in this videos and we need more of comic book scientist here. this was super fun
He has another video of comic book break down ,he's great
All scientists use metric even if they are used to the imperial system.
Next episode: Alien breaks down the logic behind 15 Hollywood Alien scene
Alien: why would you think we will destroy you?
Alien: No, no, NO why would you put our old ACD4-DB4 spaceships in your human future? We constantly develop space ships every human minute! I'm giving this human movie a 2/10, absolutely not our style, humans
They really had a physicist review the martha scene because it was so stupid, checks out
it’s not stupid normies like you think it is
@@nuhalsalafi i love dc but you cant be serious bro
i guess i have an unpopular opinion
@Lori Hanks it’s not dumb you are dumb
@@nuhalsalafi uno reverse card
It's crazy how flawlessly he goes to speaking a different language when he starts talking about Dr. Manhattan 😭
Imagine being even half this good as physics, I would never stop talking
You can become pretty good by studying half an hour everyday for 1 year. Or in 6 months, if you study over the weekends for a couple of hours consistently. It's not that hard if you just want to know the theory and explanation behind everything (assuming you dont do a lot of math)
This guy seem like the fun uncle that knows everything
The scene of Superman turning back time is interesting. I always assumed that he reversed the spin of the earth, which causes time to turn back. That would be complete nonsense in a number of ways. The idea that he traveled back in time simply by surpassing the speed of light is a lot more believable in comparison.
Ppl have griped about that Earth rotation thing for years! I think it was just a physical symbol of what he was doing, since we don't actually know what going back in time looks like.
The only trouble with that is whether or not he defies causality by stopping the event that caused him to time travel before he even did it, putting himself in a paradox
Woah... Dr. Manhattan is actually scientifically correct! Wow.
@ why wouldnt it be?
Quantum superheros tend to be overpowered because having control over quantum physics is essentially a cheat code for everything related to space or time
@@brianoconnor4269 By the language mistakes in your sentence, I choose to doubt that.
@@alex_fromrsa4815 Even I doubt him because in his channel there are GTA videos physicists are busy people they don't make GTA videos 🤣😂
As a non physicist, i actually understood what he said and was theoretically correct
I always wonder about super speed. The ability to run at X amounts of speed doesn't just mean your body can go that fast but it also means your brain has to be developed enough to process the environment. Due to that, every speedster should/could basically be looking at the world as if everything was moving at a snails pace because their brains are processing things at "1,000" times faster than the normal brain and at the same time they should also be mega geniuses.
Speed Force.
Immediately clicked on seeing this guy. Loved the first one.
It would also be cool it a zoologists did monster hunter monsters.
Bah, bigfoot are invisible, they compost their poo, and use their telekinesis to shed their skin, grind up their bones, and erase dna. It's a very important part of the ecosystem.
@@karlajaeger2082 😂 😂
I absolutely dig this guy! You can tell he's an actual fan. And the fact he's always smiling and in no way boring is awesome. 10/10
He's fun! More from him please.
For a second I thought he was going to explain some of their powers, not joker jumping into a pool that's more than 30cm or talking about the fact that both batman and Superman's moms have the same name
Watch more of the video
He does explain Flash running on walls, Wonder Woman's deflecting bullets and Batman's Cape hardening
Next,i' m waiting for hacking scene or computer scene on movie explained by cyber security/computer experts
@NinjaRider777R mr. Robot
Insider really needs to start loaning these experts decent microphones
Love how he gives a higher score to reversing time by turning the Earth backwards than he does to having mothers with the same name.
@PressieAMVs Superpowers or not, that's just not how time works.
Well to be fair, he never commented on the time reversing thing. He was only explaining the science of how fast Clark would have to travel to orbit the earth as many times as he did in that scene.
@PressieAMVs If whatever the script says goes and deserves no further scrutiny, then I don't see the point of having a physicist evaluate these. Obviously the script says everything that happens in each of these movies happens.
@PressieAMVs And you know what I mean, buddy.
Yay physics! Thank you for breaking these down so well and giving excellent insight. Though I wanted to discuss the Martha controversy further. To be fair, we live in our universe and not the one where Metropolis and Gotham are cities so it might be that in that world there are still a lot more women named Martha. Okay but seriously, the probability of both their parents having the name Martha is low but it does not matter what their mother's name is. The main probability we are interested in is what is the probability of two men having mothers with the same name. This is because if Clark had said "Save Windy" and both their mothers were named Windy then the effect on the plot would be the same. This is akin to the statistics professors make up exam. Two students say they were not able to come in for an exam because they had a blown tire but really they needed extra time. When they come in to take the make up exam, the professor tests them individually and has only one question on the exam: what tire blew out? It has always been canon that Bruce's mom was named Martha and Clark's mom has been named Martha since the 1950s. You calculated the probability of different comic book writers randomly writing two characters who had mothers with the same name. Though things this random appear to happen. I don't think they purposefully made these characters have mothers with the same name so that a move over half a century later can make it a plot point.
Was just about to comment on this. Saved me some time :)
This guy is way too generous with his grading.
Hard for him to be too harsh a critic. He loves comic books.
Compared to almost every single other one of these people in these clips, I’ll take Kakalios’ analysis over any “SWORD GUY”s perpetual disdain for imagination
Ikr DCEU scenes should all have negative ratings
if he took it seriously every superhero scene in existance would be 0
This guy was great. He understood the assignment and broke physics and laws of nature when needed and went on to explain ignoring such. 11/10
It's funny you should mention the high diving into shallow pools thing, seeing as how it's the Joker doing it, and you tend to see that type of act at carnivals and circuses.
18:33 Superman can shoot lasers out of his eyes. Perhaps emitting light in the x-ray and infrared spectrums from his eyes are a soft version of exactly the same power.
He literally broke down how Dr. Manhattan operates...science-wise 🤯😅
I jwas reading the Stephen Hawking book couple of hours ago, the part about particles and waves, quantum physics etc. And as soon as I saw Doc, I was like it's all makes sense now. Doc is actually a walking/flying poster boy of everything quantum physics is trying to prove, lol.
The scientist was just warming up until Dr. Manhattan came.
Alan Moore is pretty good at this writing thing.
high diving into shallow pools should be an event in the Darwinian Olympics.
Right next to the Russian roulette section.
He's so passionate and lax about real science in fictional settings. If he was a regular physicist he would just be giving everything a zero. Love this guy.
"Everything is over now!" "Martha!" "Understandable, have a nice day."
Have him break down the physics of Bollywood movies. He’ll go insane.
@@brienriley7234 I know.
I remember we did a lab experiment with some coffee filters to find a semi-accurate value for the acceleration due to gravity of an object, and that was our intro to kinematics :) its what set me on the track of becoming a mechanical engineer!
Epic. I've seen you at the Physics and Nanotechnology building when I was going to the MNC cleanroom. Nice video.
I would love to have a teacher like this, what an nice an chill guy, keep like this Insider
Phd: "This can't happen" Quantum Physics: "Hold my (infinite but the same but different)beers."
**administers your incel medicine** shhh there ya go, buddy
-that are both full and empty at the same time.
Facts ✅
This was a really fun video! I want more!
This guy is amazing. Please keep bringing him back. Also wtf was that outro? Just decided to use a clip of his Skype Call imploding?
Honestly, they should have this guy look at the "comic book" versions of these heroes! It's ridiculous how much films nerf characters of that sort. Case in point; If "Birds of Prey" Black Canary was anywhere as strong as she is in the comics, she could go toe to toe with Wonder Woman....and of course, use her screaming ability without fainting.
Black Canary herself said in the comics that Wonder Woman would punch her to another planet by just using 10% of her strength and speed, they are not even in the same tier.
@@jimmoryaty6903 Keep in mind, I said she could go toe to toe with Wondie; As in, she has enough speed and skill to keep up with her in a friendly sparring match. If it were an all out brawl with nothing held back...then of course Canary would be beaten to a pulp. But that's beside the point; What I was mainly saying was that the version of Canary in "Birds of Prey" was a severely underpowered depiction of the character.
@@mitchellmurray5892 going toe to toe means they are of similar strength. If one character has to nerf their power by about 80%, I wouldn't call that toe to toe. It means WW is playing around.
Love this dude! Im so getting his book!
thank u for uploading this
His commenting and breakdowns are the best ever 10/10 but his grading pattern is a bit all over the place :D Great video, Great guy!
WW's strength is one thing, but what about her eye sight and reaction time to be able to see bullets coming and to move fast enough to deflect them? Relative to the bullet, she's not moving very fast in those scenes so those bullets pretty much have to be shot right at her bracelets. If I'm the gunman I'm probably going to notice that and aim for her legs or something.
She is bulletproof herself as well but the impact would be a little painful so she uses the bracelets.
18:10 superman is photosynthetic and can project light beams from his eyes, so yes he would be able to change the spectrum of color in order to visualize various types of dimensional sight
The graphics and animation on this video are a very nice touch!
i love this guy bc immediately he watched the martha scene and went “From a physics standpoint, this is bullshit”
It's not that they had the same name but it was in this moment that Bruce knew Clark is not his enemy. Clark is a human. More human than Bruce
Exactly, Bruce realised he's a dude just trying to save his mother
But it only worked because it was Martha. Batman wouldn't have given 2 rips if he were saying Erma or something.
Normal people would have said 'Save My mom' but him saying 'Save martha' was the cringe part for me. Honestly it would have just worked just fine if he had said 'Save my mother'.
@@nikhilmhatre3473 thats laughable. Superman thought he was going to die somehow, which is why his last wish was to save his mother. So can you tell me how Batman would find who's Superman's mother when he thought Superman was just an alien who came out of nowhere?? Batman didnt see him as a human. He thought Superman was someone who came with a plan to trick this world into war and destroy it or conquer it. If Superman said "save his mother", things would be completely different. Batman will think that Superman is just trying to mess with his mind. But Superman wasnt trying to mess with his mind. He said "save martha" because even if he died, he would've given Batman a clue about who he was supposed to save.
"It's unlikely they're both named Martha" Man, it's so much incredible coincidences happens in this world, you would not believe it
I like how he is breaking down it and awesome video man :]
A couple of points I would make. 1st: Flash uses the speedforce to accelerate time, that would speed up neurotransmision too so it wouldn't be a problem. In the comics it even states that he can think faster do to the speedforce effect. 2nd: Flash was running along a curved wall, that would change his vector creating a centrifugal force and giving him his own "weight". No need for gravity to give his feet grip in this particular wall run. 3rd: if Clark's eyes were the source of the X-rays they would go through the things he is looking at and wouldn't be able to receive them. There should be another source for these X-rays so Supes can look at them. Loved the video though. 😛
Why couldn’t I have a physics teacher like him 😭
he's very generous with these movies. i wonder how he is with homework...
This guy was awesome! Do a part 2 if you haven't already
I am so amazed by this video. He is basically a really life sheldon cooper.
I like him. He is explaining really good and he has a sense of Humor. It cost him some points using the imperial instead of the metric system. 😑
I'm taking this dude's class next semester; this is gonna be so much fun
9:38 - There are a lot more factors to consider though, like different calibers, composition of the bullet, how thin the metal is or how brittle / flexible. The russian T-34 for example was also made to withstand small arms fire but every grenade with a calibre over 50mm was a threat of breaking the armor and cause it to turn into shrapnell for the crew - because the steel they used was too brittle
No one: Me: Hold on a second, why doesn't x-ray vision get a higher score...Clark can in fact generate light from his own eyes, which seems to be the requirement for the x-ray capabilities...in conclusion he's just toning down the distructive capacity of his heat/laser vision to gain x-ray capabilities... isn't that a miracle exemption🧑💻... I recommend an upgrade to 8/10. Me: 👀 it was in that moment I knew I became too involved in this video 😂
He should’ve lost MORE points: How are the x-rays getting back to his eyes? when you get an x-ray, there’s an emitter on one side of you and a photographic plate or computer sensor on the other side to receive the radiation and form the image. maybe some tiny fraction of x-rays deflected by electrons would bounce 180 degrees back, but then the total dose of radiation would surely be lethal.
@@doctaflo Hahaha good one
This is my professor right now and he’s amazing at giving examples that are simple and easy to understand
I love how improbable the Martha scene was, which means it makes a lot of sense for Batfleck to freak out (the dude also has PTSD). And by the way, could you ask Professor Jim to do an episode breaking down the DC Multiverse? With String theory and multidimensional branes and how Darkseid came from a different world than ours? Or how Superman flies in "Man of Steel" (by manipulating gravitational fields with gravitons, which is why snow particles were levitating around him?There is so much potential for a video. I've always adored his work on "Watchmen".
Love this!!! He’s so ecstatic talking about it and he knows what he’s talking about yess!
Wow after watching this, math looks easy... 😅
I’m happy they had this guy again. He’s really funny and he actually likes the movies.
I mean this as the ultimate compliment, this guy is the greatest nerd ever
Breaking down the Flash in the Snyder Cut of Justice League would be glorious.
I love Superman
I would like him to do fast and furious, he will rage
Listening to this dude explain the sport of creating the world record belly flops, all I can think about is Superman and Cyborg's conversation about would you rather live or just die.
About the energy thing for the flash and needing to eat. In several comics the flash always had to eat. And kid flash even had a compartment in his chest that area where he kept special made energy bars for that purpose.
I should be asleep but this is interesting
20:47 If I was that dude, I'd be pissed.
"It gets downgraded by being able to actualy create photons from his eyes..." THE DUDE CAN LITERALLY SHOOT LAZORS OUT OF HIS GODDAM EYES BRUV
This is so cool! More please
This dude makes me want to study physics
I remember reading the Physics of Superheroes when I was younger, it was great
Great video. This guy is amazing
I think it was super intetesting! It's how science should be taught to make it interesting for kids. He really found some sneaky ways to show some physics in 20 minutes video. Love it ❤
He has a book about physics in comics. So yeah, I think kids would like to read about it and he knows they might fall in love with science.
Now i’m no scientist, so can someone explain to me why the shouldn’t be able to run vertically? Isn’t the centrifugal force supposed to give him more weight, so he actually has weight to push down on the wall?
Cause to stick to a surface you need to have force that push you into that surface. So if Flash run first and he use the force to run, he will push himself away from the wall and there is no force to push him back into the wall to keep running like that. Example would be you get a string and attach something to one end, spin it around but then let go. The object will fly away from you. The flash will be in reverse which he will fly to the centre instead of sticking to the wall.
You can try it yourself. Go into a swimming pool, and kick out against the wall. You'll need some effort to get back to the wall again.
His estimate for the speed in the first segment (falling from a large height to a shallow pool) is WAY off at 44m/s. If you fall from 5m gravity accelerates you to 10m/s (that's 36km/h or 22.5mph). if you fall from 20m, gravity takes you to 20m/s (72km/h or 45mph). In his example, falling from 11m gave 44m/s??? In what universe?? :P
This guy is legit a super hero himself. I would love to see a movie about him fighting evildoers with science.
I kinda love this man by now. The way he speaks is so... captivating. He's absolutely a great professor...
"The Flash can't run on a wall". Dude it's The oldest trick. Have you ever seen a death globe?
He said flash cannot run on flat vertical surfaces. The death globe stunt u r talking about has a curved wall on which the cars and bikes speed on(I hope that is the trick u r talking about)
I love how you always know these are legit physicists by how nerdy they look. Glad to know I’m getting good info.
This guy is my new favorite person ever, I could listen to him explain superhero shit all day
Regarding the Flash running on walls, wouldn't the curve of this particular wall mean that his momentum could effectively simulate gravity, thus giving the necessary friction to run?
A physicist who mixes imperial and metric units all the time...
America being complicated for no reason at its finest
Only because he's trying to accommodate a general audience that includes the US, where he lives. If he was just talking about this for fun with other physicists over coffee, they'd likely be mostly metric. (Although again, they'd be in the US and have that unfortunate influence on their choice of units for casual usage.) I was pleasantly surprised how little US units were used in this.