Science Doesn't Work That Way

A lot of the times, when you hear somebody complaining about how something in a movie, television show, book, or whatever was inaccurate, or poorly researched ("There's no WAY that plane could fly around that mountain! Planes don't WORK THAT WAY!"), you often hear it countered with something along the lines of "This is a movie about aliens who suck peoples' souls out of their kidneys, and that's what bothers you?" And that argument doesn't really work for me, because it sort of goes against the concept of fiction. When you establish some sort of setting or world where yes, aliens doing that is completely possible, then we expect everything AFTERWARD to make sense within the confines of our world, because you never established anything otherwise. If you show early on that this is a world where planes totally CAN fly like that, then yes, we will believe. But you can't change the rules later on, because we expect everything to be internally consistent.

Of course, this just brings up the argument of whether we should put so much effort into pointing out inaccuracies in the first place. The internet is certainly no stranger to that concept. For me, it works something like this: You should always try to make your movie as accurate as you can. If you make mistakes here and there, fine. It's unfortunate, but it doesn't ruin a movie like so many people seem to think it does. However, you should NOT base an entire plot point around an inaccuracies, because then it just feels like you're making crap up after having written yourself into a corner.

So yes, I do support fact-checking for movies, because these are professional works. I know it seems hypocritical coming from me, because this entire website is an accuracy train wreck, but this is also just some stupid thing on the internet. If I was a professional, I'd probably try a bit harder.