The Fifth Element

In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1997 film The Fifth Element.

• 7:00">Science Gripes (5:10)
  • Technobabble
    • "Memo-groups", the perfect being, genetic memory
    • Generate skin by exposure to UV
    • Gravity will mess you up (10:05">10:05)
    • 3D grid lock? Fog layer in NYC?
  • How big is the death sphere anyway?
  • New Moon? What about tides, tho?
  • How do shadows work? (18:40">18:41)
  • -5000 degrees? (21:57">22:57)
  • Parable of the Broken Window (22:37">22:37)
• 24:23">Science Shine (24:23)
  • Aziz! Light!
  • The fifth element is... Boron... err... Ether (25:40">25:40)
  • Languages (29:40">29:40)
  • Planetary Protection (32:12">32:12)
  • Diva Dance (33:40">33:40)
  • We bring the evil with us where we go (36:32">36:32)
    • Single-use beds
    • Garbage strike
    • 65 trillion served, plausible?
  • Hallway disguise
• 41:05">Of it's time (41:05)
  • 23rd century look an awful lot like the 90s. Phonebooks? CDs?
  • Bruce Willis is in every 90's action film. Space Die Hard!
  • Misogyny. Luc Besson is a creep as are most of the male characters.
  • Ruby Rod is ahead of his time.
  • Zorg is a techbro, but what's his motivation.
• 56:52">Ratings (56:52)

• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Luc Besson - director
• New York 2140 - Kim Stanley Robinson
• Kármán line
• Parable of the Broken Window
• Divine Language
• Toki Pona
• Laura sings the "Diva Dance" from the Fifth Element