There’s nothing like the movies to provide a respite from reality — and there’s nothing like rock star of science Neil deGrasse Tyson to bring reality crashing right back down on them.
During a pop-in at TheWrap studios, the astrophysicist submitted to a fun little game that’s as timeless as it is one we just made up: “Neil deGrasse Tyson Ruins Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movies.”
We asked him about films like “Ex Machina,” “The Martian,” “World War Z,” “Jurassic World” and “X-Men: Apocalypse” to get his take on the sometimes shaky science portrayed within them.
Of the virulent zombie contagion in “World War Z,” he said, “Think of it as an analog to a particularly potent virus — and take heed.”