Favorite Film Scientists? 546
theodp asks: "From Rotwang in Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Wallace the Engineer in last year's Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Slate notes that scientists have long been a staple of the movies. So who are some of the more memorable scientist characters from your movie-going?"
Only one choice for me... (Score:5, Insightful)
Easy (Score:5, Insightful)
In The Not Too Distant Future (Score:3, Insightful)
No contest (Score:5, Insightful)
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit."
Let's hear another scientist top that quote.
Come on! (Score:5, Insightful)
My Favourite Movie Scientists (Score:5, Insightful)
Of course, the real heros [imdb.com] are engineers [imdb.com].
Buckaroo Banzai! (Score:3, Insightful)
Martial artist, particle physicist, brilliant neurosurgeon, and hard rockin' pop star!
P.S. Yeah, I replied to my own comment about my other fave, hey, I love these characters : )
Let us not forget: Real Genius (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Only one choice for me... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Favorite Scientists (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Q: Who is your favorite scientist? (Score:2, Insightful)
RIP. Desmond.
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are (Score:5, Insightful)
Hard to pick just one... (Score:5, Insightful)
Dr. Peter Venkman
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Dr. Egon Spengler
Mr. Spock (Score:2, Insightful)
Stargate SG-1 (TV) (Score:5, Insightful)
Professor Indiana Jones (Score:4, Insightful)
Most Horrifying Scientist? (Score:2, Insightful)
(It also has Sir Laurence Olivier as a Nazi hunter...)
Dr. Ellie Arroway (Contact) (Score:5, Insightful)
Need you even ask? (Score:3, Insightful)
Dr. Eldon Tyrell (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Favorite Scientists (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Dr. Ellie Arroway (Contact) (Score:5, Insightful)
The Man in the White Suit -Alec Guinness (Score:2, Insightful)
Alec Guinness as a geeky scientist who invents something that will ruin several industries and upset many worker's lives. Like many Scientists is is more concerned with the creation and problems to to be solved rather than the possible effects on society.
Runners up -the Kids in the Hall as scientists in Brain Candy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116768/ [imdb.com]
From the Cartoon World I would have to say it's a 4-way tie between:
Professor Membrane (Invader Zim)
Doctor Venture (Venture Bros)
Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory)
Professor Utonium (PowerPuff girls)
-What's the speed of Dark?
Remember Jaws? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Dr. Ellie Arroway (Contact) (Score:3, Insightful)
and
The problem with the way mechanics are depicted in movies is that they are Hollywood stereotypes
and
The problem with the way engineers are depicted in movies is that they are Hollywood stereotypes
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The problem with the way chefs are depicted in movies is that they are Hollywood stereotypes
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There for entertainment, not an accurate portrayl of a profession.
realistic is nice, but I prefer entertainment in my movies.
Dr. Clayton Forrester (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:My Favourite Movie Scientists (Score:4, Insightful)
Morbius! (Score:2, Insightful)
"Id, id, id, id, id! It's an obsolete term, I'm afraid, once used to describe the elementary basis of the subconscious mind
Dr. Frank N. Furter (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Favorite Scientists (Score:2, Insightful)
KLAATU: "Bobby -- who's the greatest man in America today?"
BOBBY (puzzling it over): Gee -- I don't know... The space man, I guess."
KLAATU (secretly amused): "I was speaking of earth men. I meant the greatest philosopher -- the greatest thinker."
B0BBY: "You mean the smartest man in the whole world?"
KLAATU: "Yes -- that would do nicely."
BOBBY (after a moments thought): "Well -- Professor Barnhardt, I guess. He's the greatest scientist in the world.
from http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/TheDayTheEarth StoodSTill.html [scifiscripts.com]
Dr. Dana Scully of course! (Score:3, Insightful)
Also, she could apparently do a Southern blot [wikipedia.org] in about 7 hours, when it take us mere mortals 2 days... (though that was in the X-Files TV show, not the movie)
That is merely A doctor.... (Score:3, Insightful)
And many great quotes from the TV serial:
Re:The Man in the White Suit -Alec Guinness (Score:3, Insightful)
I'd include Gendô Ikari from "Neon Genesis Evangelion" to make it an even 5.