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by donpdonp
1235 days ago
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General Thomas Percell: How do we fix it? Dr. Josh Keyes: We can't. General Thomas Percell: Not in my vocabulary. (possibly the greatest burn in movie history) Dr. Josh Keyes: Then you might want to get one of those word-a-day calendars, General, because it's impossible. The core is the size of Mars. You're talking about jump-starting a planet. This is a superheated hyper-fluid of molten iron and nickel at 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit. And the deepest we've ever been is... 7 miles, with a two-inch drill bit. General Thomas Percell: If we can go into space, we certainly... Dr. Josh Keyes: Space is easy. It's empty. We're talking about millions of pounds of pressure per square inch. Even if we somehow came up with a brilliant plan to fix the core, we just can't get there. |
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But it's not a great burn, because the general turns out to be right and the scientist is wrong!
Further, Percell is clearly being characterized as believing that raw effort—spend as much money,[1] throw as much resources at a problem as it needs—always wins out. And, again, he turns out to be right.
[1] Leading to the best single line of the film, far better than your choice