Outline for Second Term Paper

Independence Day (1996), Titanic (1953) & The Little Mermaid (1989)







I. Thesis: What does Independence Day (1996), Titanic (1953), and The Little Mermaid (1989), all have in common? They were all victims of not accurately presenting physics law of waves.

II. Independence Day
A) Science Fiction-Movie Description
B) Scene: When the mammoth mother-ship invades Earth it is described as a fourth of the size of the moon.
C) What should have happend was monsoons, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions should have happend with this huge force of wind hovering over Earth. Instead, the Earth stood still.

III. Titanic
A) Drama-Movie Description
B) Scene: A between scene where you see the ocean liner sailing through the ocean.
C) The waves in this scene are too large compared to the size of the ship. It is inaccurate based on the ratio of the ship size and wave size.

IV. The Little Mermaid
A) Family-Movie Description
B) Scene: When Ariel is watching Eric leave the beach, she is stooped onto a rock in the middle of the ocean. The wind is blowing.
C) It is clear that the wind is blowing towards Ariel because her hair is flying neatly behind her. But waves are attacking her from the back, and coming forward. The wind cannot move from two different directions.

V. Conclusion