Neither Armageddon nor Fusion: Here’s the Dumbest Sci-Fi Movie According to NASA

In 2011, a conference held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California brought together NASA experts to create a list of science fiction movies, from most realistic to least realistic. Although Andrew Niccol’s Welcome to Gattaca took the crown for most believable film, the feature film was at the bottom of the rankings… 2012!

The rating, which was created in 2011, took place in a specific context – much like the production of the Roland Emmerich disaster film itself. Remember, at the time, many people thought the world would end in 2012, which was a good reason for Hollywood to make a movie about it a few years before the fateful year.

The reason for this belief? The Mayan calendar, which predicted the destruction of the Earth on December 21, 2012, was theorized in the movie, where the Earth’s core began to heat up in an unusual way, causing earthquakes around the world.

After the release of the film, some people began to panic to such an extent that NASA began to receive many emails from people concerned about the fate of our planet.

“The agency receives so many questions from people who fear the end of the world in 2012 that we had to create a site specifically dedicated to dispelling this myth. This is an unprecedented decision– said Donald Yeomans, then a NASA solar system dynamics specialist.

Could this general panic have influenced NASA’s choice? Would the scientists put the film at the top of the least realistic sci-fi movies to appease the populace? It may be so. Or maybe the feature film is the most idiotic genre for them, simply!

Below is a list of the least realistic science fiction movies (as of 2011):

1. 2012 year (2009)

2. Fusion (2003)

3. Armageddon (1998)

4. Volcano (1997)

5. The Chase (1996)

6. Dawn of the 6th day (2000)

7. What do we really know about reality!? (2004)

What about realism then?

NASA also wanted to recognize the films that were the most compelling in the field, and here they are.

1. Welcome to Gattaca (1997)

2. Contact (1997)

3. Metropolis (1927)

4. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

5. Woman in the Moon (1929)

6. A Thing From Another World (1951)

7. Jurassic Park (1993)

Will NASA’s ranking be the same when 2012 and the associated panic is over? And what about the new movies that have come out since then? New rating welcome…

Meanwhile, the least realistic film, 2012, and the most realistic film, Welcome to Gattaca, are two re-watches on VOD.