Seven Samurai and Bad Science

Watched The Seven Samurai today, which rocked the casbah. It's over 3 hours long, but you really don't feel it dragging at all. Well, that's not true. I think it takes about 20 minutes to get into it and get how Kurosawa tells the story, but if you can settle down into the decidedly non-Western rhythm of it all, it just blows by you. And the acting is fantastic, too: each actor puts a lot - in some cases, almost too much - into their role to make every character individual and distinct. I'd ramble on about this, but I think it'd get boring: I'm not in the review mindset. Still, Seven Samurai = Awesome.

During the viewing, a large, loud machine rolled by outside; I opened the blinds to see what it was, and then closed them again, loudly, to reduce the glare on the television. Which resulted in the following conversation:

Nez: That's not going to make the noise any quieter.
Me: Actually, I am a scientist. And as a scientist, I can tell you that sound waves are nothing but modified light waves.
Ninja: I think my Bad Science sense is tingling.
Nez: I don't believe it.
Me: Who else here is a scientist?
Nez: Fine then, prove it.
Me: No. I don't want to.
Ninja: Oh! Bad Science!
Me: Why, because I'm not going to demonstrate my theory?
Nez: No, because you said "Actually, I am a scientist."
Scotty: That's the number one predictor of Bad Science right there.