Neil deGrasse Tyson Ruins Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movies (Exclusive Video)

NatGeo star weighs in on weightlessness in “The Martian” and mutant powers in “X-Men: Apocalypse”

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.”

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