Thread: "The Hobbit"
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Old 12-19-2013, 10:22 AM   #791
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Originally Posted by MattyC View Post
There are some parts (Dwarves rolling down cliffs in barrels) that make you go "Ok, well its a kids movie so that's alright" but then 3 heads go flying in the next scene. Just a little odd I think. Same with Thorin riding on liquid metal on a metal sheild. Ummmmm.
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I posted my criticism of the ridiculous action scenes, zany physics, and nausea-inducing luck of our heroes of these films already previously but...

Liquid gold has a density of 17.31 g·cm−3. Solid, room temperature iron has a density of 7.874 g·cm−3. I don't know what the density of a Dwarf is but it's probably close to 1 g·cm−3 since he's mainly composed of water. Therefore, an iron shield with a little Dwarf would easily float on liquid gold.

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