Neil deGrasse Tyson Roasts TV Shows and Movies by Pointing Out Scientific Inaccuracies: “Bad Physics in Game of Thrones”

Stories we read and watch help us to escape our mundane reality. The movies and TV shows with elements of fantasy, dystopia, adventure and magic light up our imagination and virtually transport us into a world that doesn't exist. We usually sit down to enjoy these visual feasts without bothering to fact check them most of the time. But looks like Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn't watch things with the same mindset. The American astrophysicist loves to deep dive into shows and movies to identify the scientifically inaccurate facts and plot holes. His hilarious tweets have garnered the attention of netizens who dropped in to share their own opinions about the errors in the movies.
Through a series of tweets, Tyson roasted famous shows and blockbuster movies but in turn got roasted by netizens in the comment section for being overtly analytical. He decided to poke fun at a bunch of sci-fi films such as Gravity, The Martian and Ad Astra and science aficionados mostly agreed with him . Tyson criticized Matt Damon's 2015 film by pointing out that the speed of the wind shown on the Red Planet was inaccurate. He wrote: "In "The Martian" (2015) the Rocket gets rattled by a raging wind storm forcing them to launch from Mars without Mark Watney. But at only 1% that of Earth, the Martian atmosphere is so thin, 100 mph winds would feel like a gentle breeze."

He even took a dig at HBO's hit show Game of Thrones which aired for 8 seasons and features fantasy creatures like dragons. Tyson tweeted a screenshot of a scene from the show where a bunch of white walkers can be seen pulling a dead dragon from a frozen lake with the help of chains. Tyson's tweet about the show read: "Bad Physics in #GameOfThrones: Pulling a dragon out of a lake? Chains need to be straight and not curve over hill and dale." He even remarked in a separate tweet that the blue flames breathed out by a dragon in the show are supposed to be hotter than the dragon spewing red flames.
In "The Martian" (2015) the Rocket gets rattled by a raging wind storm forcing them to launch from Mars without Mark Watney. But at only 1% that of Earth, the Martian atmosphere is so thin, 100 mph winds would feel like a gentle breeze. pic.twitter.com/WQNcQ1J2bc
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 25, 2020
Bad Physics in #GameOfThrones: Pulling a dragon out of a lake? Chains need to be straight, and not curve over hill and dale. pic.twitter.com/VIJlIuDz3L
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
Intriguing Thermal Physics in #GameOfThrones: BlueDragon breath would be at least a factor of 3X hotter than RedDragon breath pic.twitter.com/RvpBkqJ1sw
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 24, 2017
The astrophysicist and author didn't shy away from roasting Disney's Frozen where he questioned the wrong symmetry of a water crystal on the poster and wondered how much space Elsa's eyeballs must be occupying within her cranium. According to some of his other hilarious tweets, Tyson hoped actress Liv Tyler would go to space after playing the love interest of two earthbound astronauts in two different films.
Dear @Disney, You got it right the first time. Water crystals have hexagonal “six-fold” symmetry.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 22, 2019
You still have a few months to fix your #Frozen2 Movie Poster, unless the sequel takes place in another universe, where water crystalizes to different laws of physics. pic.twitter.com/eb2oILhim0
Not that anybody asked, but if Elsa from "Frozen" has a Human-sized Head then she has Horse-sized Eyeballs — occupying 4x the normal volume within her cranium. I'm just sayin'. pic.twitter.com/UujtGa3z5h
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 24, 2020
If Bruce Banner retains his original mass when he expands to become the Hulk, then his body must become less dense. If so, then in his Hulked state, he'd have the density of a champagne cork. I’m just sayin’. pic.twitter.com/XOielzut72
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 2, 2020
Even Marvel's iconic characters like Bruce Banner or Hulk and Thor did not escape the scrutiny of Tyson. "Seems to me, if Thor is a god, with godlike powers, then he doesn't really need big muscles," he tweeted about Thor, a superhero character played in the Marvel films by Chris Hemsworth. "If Bruce Banner retains his original mass when he expands to become the Hulk, then his body must become less dense. If so, then in his Hulked state, he'd have the density of a champagne cork. I’m just saying," Tyson wrote about Hulk's depiction in the films.
Seems to me, if Thor is a god, with godlike powers, then he doesn't really need big muscles. pic.twitter.com/4JC4LbGWeT
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 2, 2020
Liv Tyler plays an astronaut's earth-bound love interest in both "Armageddon" (1998) and "Ad Astra" (2019).
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 26, 2020
Time for her to go into space her own damn self. pic.twitter.com/leJpSHC3M3
And of course, the film “Gravity” (2013) should instead have been named “Zero Gravity”. pic.twitter.com/DTiH2NdxKw
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 24, 2020
This movie poster does nothing to dispel the rumor that Mr. Rogers had telekinetic powers over inanimate objects. pic.twitter.com/3sdTorE6XE
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 30, 2019
Though many netizens were not super impressed by his laser-focused criticism, Tyson's tweets still earned a few supporters. It's important to have a critical take on our favorite shows but we definitely don't want criticism to mar our enjoyment of watching the shows.