http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/clark-kent Questions tagged with 'clark-kent' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:23:48 -0800 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:23:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/28644/Lex%2DLuther%2Dvs%2Dthe%2DSan%2DAndreas%2Dfaultline In the <a href="http://www.moria.co.nz/sf/superman78.htm">original 1978 Superman movie</a> Lex Luther plans to split apart the San Andreas fault-line using Nuclear armaments - the resulting explosion destined to send the entire Californian coastline and its inhabitants to murky ocean depths.</p>How much explosive force would be needed to cause <em>any such kind</em> of earthquake? And, using the San Andreas fault as a model, could Lex Luther's diabolic plan have any degree of success? This is a response to the increasing interest in next summer's <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0348150/">Superman Returns</a> epic. I hope the question sparks some interesting debate... tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.28644 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:23:48 -0800 cinema clark-kent explosion film lex-luther movies nuclear san-andreas superman usa 0bvious