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Here&#8217;s their story, via Popular Mechanics&#8217; David Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2009, a writer, a producer, a director, and three scientists sat in a Los Angeles conference room. They were discussing Marvel&#8217;s Thor \u2014 a film based on a comic book that was in turn inspired by the Norse god of thunder \u2014 about an arrogant warrior who, at the start of the film, violates a truce by attacking the Frost Giants.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click link to read full article<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5879094\/the-experts-who-put-actual-science-into-hollywood-science-fiction\">The Experts Who Put Actual Science into Hollywood Science Fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are, if you&#8217;ve seen a science fiction movie recently and been stunned to hear actual science mentioned, you have a scientific advisor to thank. A small cadre of science experts have started lending their expertise to movies like Thor, 2012, Tron Legacy and the upcoming Doctor Strange. Here&#8217;s their story, via Popular Mechanics&#8217; David [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-TA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6096,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/los-angeles-comic-book-and-science-fiction-convention\/","url_meta":{"origin":3446,"position":0},"title":"Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"January 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Come down and see Forbidden Panel's favorite Necro-Sapien Justin White! \u00a0 Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbookscifi.com\/images_Jan13\/Slice-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbookscifi.com\/images_Jan13\/Slice-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbookscifi.com\/images_Jan13\/Slice-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6228,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/los-angeles-comic-book-and-science-fiction-convention-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3446,"position":1},"title":"Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"January 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Shrine Auditorium Expo Center 700 West 32nd St. Los Angeles, CA Show Hours: 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. \"MICHONNE\" \"ANDREA\" DANAI GURIRA stars as \"MICHONNE,\" the kitana wielding zombie killer and one of the most popular characters in THE WALKING DEAD series. 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