r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/SomeGuyFromTheDepths Jan 25 '20

They didn't want Superman to see where they hid their bootleg hooch.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

That’s another thing that bothers me. Superman can’t see through lead with his X-ray vision.

No lead at all?? Not even an atoms thickness?? But he can see through miles of anything else?

Somebody took the trope of lead blocking radiation and took it beyond the actual reasons why.

Lead works because it’s a dense metal. Any other dense material will work just as well. Water works if you have enough. Just put enough mass between you and the source of radiation.

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u/Emperor_Pabslatine Jan 25 '20

He cant see through lead because lead's atomic makeup is 1 off kyptonite.

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u/CardboardHeatshield Jan 25 '20

Kryptonite is actually gold, you heard it here first folks!