Term Paper Outline: Science Fact or Cinematic Fiction?

Introduction:

• -       Introduce Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Action/Reaction.
• -       Thesis: The following 3 examples have demonstrated incorrect use of Newton’s Third Law.

Body:

Double Jump in Video games

• -       A lot of old arcade games demonstrate a double jump where a character magically jumps in the air a 2^nd time.
• -       Video games sometimes come up with a reason for the 2^nd jump but it is highly impossible.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

• -       The film constantly demonstrates examples of jumping in the air.
• -       A lot of fight shows examples of weapons resisting more force than physically possible.

Anime

• -       Examples of delayed physical reactions.
• -       Examples of jumping multiple times in the air.
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Conclusion:

• -       All these mediums broke the rules in favor of entertainment.
• -       Even by trying to explain certain anomalies those explanations are still purely fiction.