As Twitchy told you, noted astrophysicist/blowhard decided that what America really needed today was him ruining the new “Star Wars” movie by picking apart its problematic science.
This was one of his self-satisfied tweets:
In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8, a smooth rolling metal spherical ball, would have skidded uncontrollably on sand.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015
“Star Wars” is great and everything, but its greatness is nothing compared to his. He’s a Real Scientist™. And he definitely knows what he’s talking about.
Except when he doesn’t:
@neiltyson @starwars BB-8 is a real robot created by the SW set engineers, no? Why didn't it skid uncontrollably on set?
— Donve Matthews Band (@Superdonaldo) December 21, 2015
Let’s ask “Star Wars”:
@Superdonaldo @neiltyson BB-8 is very much a real robot with puppeteers. There were a few that did different scenes: https://t.co/WRN5DEIUJ7
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 21, 2015
D’oh!
Um. Except BB-8 is a real robot who really rolled around in the sand. https://t.co/8peeYCIxQE https://t.co/EoxnH3SdSH
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 21, 2015
There’s a lesson to be learned here:
@baldingschemer Never assume something Tyson says is clever
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 21, 2015
Yup.
Embaaaaaarrassiiiiiing. pic.twitter.com/dA6xthZVer
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) December 21, 2015
Damn. Arrogant, stupid @neiltyson pwned by the official @starwars Twitter account. https://t.co/5WM8E9YmXk
— AgainstTrumpDude (@TheAmishDude) December 21, 2015
HA HA HA https://t.co/LBfb4pkMks
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 21, 2015
https://twitter.com/InkSlinger9/status/679026267576897536
https://twitter.com/BoilerOver/status/679023144800141312
@Zilliamson @neiltyson @starwars suck on that Neil
— Matt Masai (@TheMattMasai) December 21, 2015
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