Quantum Physics 123: Wednesday 30 November

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor looks...rumpled, and as if he didn't sleep very well. Today would probably be a really bad day to give him a hard time about things.]

Hello. Since you seemed to enjoy Monday's deconstruction of a film so well, we're doing it again--consider this a unit on popular culture representations of time travel in the current period. Today we're watching Frequency, which is a good film, but so very, very bewilderingly wrong on multiple levels when it comes to quantum physics. I want less talking and a short synopsis of what you thought was completely buggered about this film by the end of class.

Also, you need to start working on your projects if you haven't already. If I don't see or hear about you all lurking in the library by this time next week, there will be problems. Trust me, I can find out if you've been in there or not. [slow deadly smile] If you've requested specialty literature from me or find that you need it, please notify me sooner rather than later.


((And yes, notifications are not working for me at the mo. Jack, Ten will be willing to talk to you if you have questions, i.e. 'what's going on?'))

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

[As soon as Jack gets to class, he pounces on Ten.] Have you seen CJ today? She wasn't in Speech, and no one was home this morning. Where were you guys last night? Did Shane warn anyone about her dinner party?

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally is here. She enjoys the film. She doesn't have anything to say, really because the mun has no clue and has never seen the film.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam sat down and watched the movie, snorting in amusement in spots. She wrote a scathing synopsis, focusing particularly on the magical ham radio, the implausibility of using the aurorae borealis and a ham radio together as a time machine (since, clearly, for that kind of thing, you needed sunspots and a 'gate), and the memory lapses (or non-lapses).

[ooc: Feel better!]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John comes into class, watches the movie and tries to figure out what's wrong with the movie.

That's quite the magical ham radio, isn't it? While a lot of things in the time travelling realm can be sort of explained scientifically, the fact that a mechianical device can work across time is not one of them.

Plus, Jim Caviezel sucks.

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

Sonia is much more alert today than in Monday's class, and watches the movie with considerable interest. For one, she's still intrigued by the relatively modern technology of radio. She notes the anomalies found in the plot but only some, as the player also has not seen this movie.