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Posted Monday 04/21/2008 1:45 PM in
Stuff by Stan
Filed under: Iron Man, Inventors, Movies, Entertainment
1. Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd)
Movie: Back to the Future
Most notable invention: The flux capacitor
If the good doc hadn't fallen off of his toilet and banged his head, he never would've envisioned the flux capacitor and Marty never would've been able to have his wacky adventures. Never mind the fact that he didn't know the proper pronunciation of gigawatt (it's GIG-a-watt, not JIG-a-watt), his modified Delorean was the crowning jewel on top of a career filled with inventions worthy of even the maddest scientists.
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| Posted by BeaverLover on 04/22/2008 1:53 PM | report abuse |
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What about Norvile Barnes from 'The Hudsucker Proxy'? I mean it didn't take a genius to come up with his invention, but the hula hoop was on of the greatest inventions of the 50's. Plus it was "Ya know, for kids"
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| Posted by nelson on 04/22/2008 2:01 PM | report abuse |
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aahhhh where the hell is Q? He was only in 17 Bond movies.....
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| Posted by Chad on 04/22/2008 3:19 PM | report abuse |
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What about Ash from Evil Dead/Army of Darkness he invented Chainsaw-Arm. Amazing.
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| Posted by Mortay on 04/22/2008 3:23 PM | report abuse |
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Doc Brown did in fact know the correct pronunciation of gigawatt. According to the NIST(National Institute of Standards and Technology) the prefix giga- is pronounced with a soft g, and was pronounced that way until it became commonly used in computing, at which point people began using the hard g.
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| Posted by Stan on 04/22/2008 3:54 PM | report abuse |
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That's good to know, Mortay. I was going by what the movie makers said in the commentary. I considered Ash because I love Army of Darkness, but he didn't really invent anything, he just crammed someone else's invention onto his own arm. I also considered Q, but he is the head of an entire department of people that develop contraptions. I didn't think it was fair to give him all of the credit. And I just plain hate the Hudsucker Proxy. I wish I could unsee it.
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| Posted by Craig on 04/23/2008 12:18 AM | report abuse |
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While he was never in a "Mainstream" movie, the Professor from Gilligan's Island should be listed in the top three!
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| Posted by Jay on 04/23/2008 9:26 PM | report abuse |
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Though not of this planet, E.T. was able to invent an interstellar trasmitter to send a recsue signal using a using parts of kids toys and garage fodder.
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| Posted by Shawne on 04/24/2008 1:39 PM | report abuse |
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How is Q not included on this list?
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| Posted by David on 04/24/2008 6:20 PM | report abuse |
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What about "Q" from the James Bond series.
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| Posted by G on 05/02/2008 7:20 PM | report abuse |
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I can't believe Clark W. Griswald didn't make the list with the breakfast cereal glaze that he sprays on the disk in Christmas Vacation. A true genious!
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| Posted by Mike on 05/03/2008 1:02 AM | report abuse |
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Frankenstein created a human freaking being!
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| Posted by Tony on 05/04/2008 9:43 PM | report abuse |
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What about "Station" from the Bill & Ted movie? That guy could not only split into two separate beings but also created badass fighting clones of Bill & Ted in less than 45 minutes!!
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