unreality TV

One of my pet peeves is movies and tv shows that try to be all scientific but do a poor job of it. One of the worst offenders, in my opinion, is the movie Signs.

(spoiler alert)

So after a long struggle to find the aliens weakness, at the end of the movie they discover the aliens can be defeated with plain old water. Very dramatic and exciting as they spray water at them all and they die from it. What is wrong with this picture? I'll tell you. The aliens are out and about roaming the earth throughout most of the movie without protective gear. As you may or may not know, the air you breathe contains water vapor. It's called humidity. Would the aliens really be done in by water, then wouldn't the water vapor in the air kill them too? Or condensation? Or just a human touch would harm them from the sweat on your skin. It does not make sense, so you must acquit.

The reason I bring this up is because there was some logical inconsistencies last night on 'Chuck', which I usually enjoy watching. Not to be mistaken, the episode was still pretty good, but it just had a few issues that a minimum of thought should have led the writers to think twice about making it seem more plausible.

One of the 'good guys' was being held in the 'bad guys' underground bomb shelter. The general on the 'good' side decided to call in an F-16 airstrike. The main characters then were in a race against time to save their friend before the airstrike killed them all.

After sneaking in and getting to their hostage friend, the bombs started falling. I know it is TV, but the explosions from an F-16 airstrike that were supposed to take out an underground bunker were barely bigger than a hand grenade with a little more smoke and fire and sparks. Not the type of thing you would imagine would destroy an underground bomb shelter constructed as a secret fortress by the resourceful bad guys. How these puny explosions were supposed to take out an underground bomb shelter is hard to imagine. Aren't bomb shelters designed to withstand bombings? Especially bombings that look like they wouldn't leave craters more than a few inches deep.

To make matters worse, when the bombs start falling, the heroes proceed to flee the bomb shelter and make a mad dash for their mid-size sedan and drive away. Somehow they weave their way through the falling mini-bombs and get the the car and escape. I would think, if you are in an underground bomb shelter when bombs start falling, you would stay in it not run out into the open. Call me old fashioned, but a bomb shelter just seems like it would be the safest place to be when bombs are falling. Especially puny little ones. Somehow the F-16 squadron "missed" them as they ran away.