Science related plothole for TMI2
Guybrush has to melt down the pyrite parrot in order to fit it into the turtle mold. I always thought that pyrite doesn't melt under high temperatures. Instead it smolders and fills the air with a strong sulfur smell. In fact that's one of the ways to tell it from real gold.
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I lol'd, and stand firmly with this explanation!
Apparently when Pyrite is burned, it just turns into pyrrhotite and gives off sulfur gas
Have you tried that on MAGICAL pyrite? 0_0
(minor spoilers follow, be warned - but it's not a great movie)
the main character starts turning into an alien because he gets splashed by....alien petrol. Sure. Aliens I can buy. A guy turning into an alien.....maybe - if it was some kind of biological weapon, or the aliens are actually creatures who use other organisms as hosts and transform their bodies....but alien petrol? Nope.
That's why melting pyrite is also an irritating stretch.
Shame on you! :-P
This says it all.
All that needed to be said for this thread was this: It's a game. End of. Finito. Omega.
I don't think gamers are nerds at all. Maybe geeks, and even then it depends on the genre. It's not hard to be surprised by how many dumb gamers there are, and I hardly think nerds fall within the definition of dumb.
And really, are gamers surprised people think they're geeks? Are they really?
Just because it's sci fi doesn't mean there can't be some ground rules. I mean for gods sake, Guybrush can hold his breath for 10 minutes. Everything has a reason to it. The only reason I can imagine they would make pyrite meltable is because it was manipulated by the voodoo lady--and that's it.
I did notice it was sulphur yellow but didn't think anything more of it, considering I've played Indy2 recently (where you had to drop molten lava into an ancient machine to get a precious metal back).
I was more upset I was being forced to kill off a character I've grown very fond of. So I was very relieved at the end to see the merleader resurrect it.
If we really need an explanation as to why we were able to melt pyrite on an ancient open air grill (which we don't), I don't think we need to look further than the Voodoo Lady. She foresaw our need and used her voodoo powers such to manipulate science. I thought it was quite funny to see a flat yellow turtle squawking "It's me, Guybrush Threepwood: Mighty Pirate!"