Posts Tagged ‘Greg Spriggs’

Nuclear Weapons Expert Rates Movie Nukes

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

As I did with tanks, here’s another “expert analyses the realism of Hollywood movies,” this time with nuclear weapons physicist Greg Spriggs on the realism of movie nuke scenes.

And yes, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is included.

One thing, though: He dings Oppenheimer for Edward Teller slathering on sunscreen, saying it wouldn’t help. Thing is, that’s straight out of the historical record.