Corrected entry: The planet that eclipses the sun comes into position very fast. If the eclipse comes on fast, it would also go away equally as fast. Even with the width of the planet taken into account, it would be over in a matter of minutes or hours. Yet Fry explains that the planetary model they found shows how the darkness would last for a long time. Scientifically, this is not so. Also, the other sun is still out there. For a lasting darkness, both suns would have to be eclipsed.
Tailkinker
15th Jun 2004
Pitch Black (2000)
1st May 2004
Pitch Black (2000)
Corrected entry: How can Riddick possibly examine a skeleton and determine how the sensory system of a completely alien lifeform works enough to discover a binocular blind spot in a predator's vision? Bad enough that a predator wouldn't be able to see something directly in front of it (a massive hole in its hunting ability), but anyone not a trained biologist shouldn't be able to diagnose this from a few minutes with a skeleton.
Correction: He's playing a hunch, nothing more, nothing less. It's not unreasonable to assume that he could make a guess of this nature - given the protrusions on the side of the head, it's a reasonable guess that they might contain sensory organs. And, with regards to their blind spot, you're a predator, too, and you can't see the small area directly in front of your mouth either.
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Correction: Both suns are eclipsed, which is why it's dark. The two planets are orbiting in the same direction, so it will take some considerable time to 'overtake' to a point where the sun becomes visible again. While the eclipse does begin quite quickly, the ringed planet is both very large and close, maximising the eclipse shadow, which would lead to an eclipse of considerable length - certainly not minutes or hours.
Tailkinker ★
And, remember, the Imam said the two planets move as one.
Edwin Frydendall