Mean Tweets with Neil deGrasse Tyson - Movies Edition | StarTalk

And now for another edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson reads mean tweets.

Josh from school, that's his Twitter handle: "Josh from school, Neil Tyson is such a dweeb. Nobody watches science fiction movies for the science."

I wouldn't say nobody watches the science fiction movies for the science. I would say for sure Josh from school doesn't watch science fiction movies for the science. But if you watch science fiction movies for the science, you can get ideas about how to invent it tomorrow. So among all those who are inventing tomorrow, I do not expect to see Josh from school.

Another Twitter handle: "put your knife in me." That's creepy.

You can respect Neil deGrasse Tyson as much as you want; it doesn't change the fact that he seems like the worst person to watch movies with. First, let me set something straight: during a movie, I don't say a thing. It's after the movie I talk. Second, I know I'm not the worst person to see a movie with, and I think he will agree with me on this. The worst person to see a movie with is the person who read the book first.

"Oh my God! Oh, that didn't happen in the book! That character wasn't a death beam vvv!" Well get the hell out of the movie theater; nobody told you to come, Austin.

We'll go back to your damn book.

This is from Brynn Wolf: "Neil deGrasse Tyson has ruined me for space movies. I can't watch a flight scene without getting annoyed at hearing 'wynant'."

Yep, join the club.

This one is from World Chimps: "Neil Tyson, you seem to take pleasure proving Hollywood space movies wrong. Why can't you just enjoy space-themed movies? They're entertainment."

I agree, they're entertainment, and I do enjoy them. Suppose you went to see a period piece that took place in the middle of the nineteenth century and people come out in their gowns and their hoop skirts or whatever they were wearing in the day. And then someone shows up in tie-dyed bell-bottoms? You would cry foul.

You would say, "That is inaccurate because at that time tie-dye bell-bottoms didn't exist yet," and you would say you were taken out of the moment of the suspended disbelief of that film. You were denying me, the scientist, the same right of commentary on whether a director or a producer did their homework first.

"Fill the pastor! Come on Neil, I get it, science movies excite you, but you got to chill with the spoilers."

I agree, I don't intend to spoil anything. I happen, it's not on purpose.

So here's one: "JT lol hashtag when I was your age," riffing on my series of tweets, "when I was your age I spoiled movies like that jerk."

That concludes another episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson reads mean tweets.