That's honestly the most unbelievable thing about this movie. A person as smart and mentally powerful as him would know exactly how to get home and the answer is to stop doing the things he's doing in public, like moving things with his mind.
@@elementblue780that’s how Ed Kemper got out of the psych ward after killing his grandparents - he’d correct the tests and memorized the answers - told them what they wanted to hear and he was released and his record was sealed …. Like it never happened
Gotta love Brent spiner man found his way into so many classic movies in those small important roles mainly as a scientist.. He was data in Star trek the next generation (assuming not everyone is a star trek fan).
One of Travolta’s lesser known but IMO better movies. It never got the push from the film company and producers it deserved. I’d never even heard of it until I saw it on one of the movie channels and then bought the dvd.
Im just a simple man, yet my wife does this to me all the time. She never gives me the in-depth details but she always has to have them for herself. Great movie and yes one of John's best IMHO.
This scene (and for that matter, the whole movie) could have been really hokey, but all the actors involved carried it with complete conviction. Brent Spiner is a comedic genius, but here he mostly played it straight.
@@depiction3435 Yes. Really. How do I know this? The Oxford coma. Examples : "Lets eat, Grandma." "Lets eat Grandma." The former is an invitation to someone's grandma to join a meal, while the latter is a suggestion of grandma becoming the meal. Both involving Grandma (the X in an equation) being part of a meal, but have completely different results due to a different interpretation or meaning of the variable.
that is common core.. I did an assessment online for ACT work bronze and I got 45-100 questions reight, which I answered every single question right accoreding to my teachings 30 years ago.. 36 in math on ACT and 97 on the ASVAB for millitary, but I got these basic quesitons wrong with this new bullshit
So, to illustrate how out of touch I am...I thought this was a clip from Michael, but realize now it is Phenomenon. Having never seen either movie, I only know of them from short clips. I very much want to watch both now. And yah, Spiner and Travolta nailed this scene!
"Name as many mammals as you can in 60 seconds." *gets pedantic about the question format -* *-proceeds to do what any curious 8 year old boy can do* OMG HE'S a GENIUS!
Being a genius has its advantages but it also has serious disadvantages. People often think how they like to be "smarter" but they never think about the downsides of it.
@@eds7343 My first indication was the movie starting with trees blowing gently in the wind. I said "A movie called Twister wouldn’t start with trees blowing gently in the wind."
The film is called Phenomenon and came out in 1996. For a clip about specifics, I'm a bit surprised that no-one mentions the title of the film! One thing I didn't understand with the age question was why it mattered if the person was male or female. Thoughts?
I asked that myself. And I figure so he knows how to refer to the person when answering the question. As he refers the individual as "he" to be specific in his answer. I have had many cinversations go sideways in my life due to wrong wording or not specific enough. This happens more so in text form.
@@icusawme2 All the other "specifics" he asked for DID affect the persons age but I just couldn't see the reasoning for asking whether they were male or female. I'm fairly sure there SHOULD be a reason but I'm just not bright enough to work it out.
I think it’s the same reason he then asked if the person was alive. A woman born in 1928 has a much higher chance of being alive in 1996 than a man born in 1928. Women tend to live longer on average.
@@maryel5398 Interesting point but, if you've already asked if the person is alive, why do you have to know if they're male or female? It would be redundant.
I was practicing a levitation trick and then the cleaning lady came in. She saw what I was doing and was speechless, she asked me how I was doing it. I told her my powers awakened when I was very little, and I needed concentration to keep them in the air. She just nodded silently with a scared expression, and left. Never came back.
I laughed at this long time ago...I was like I bet Brent is saying hold for second comes back as DATA. I think I beat your 60 seconds in 10 seconds! ROFL!
Pretty sure he was just messing with him while driving home the point that specifics are important. Yes we don't see why it's important if it's a man or woman, but Bob didn't see why where he was born would be an important detail until he pointed out why it was. Personally a more important specific he could have asked was is it 1928 bc or ad? Because before he knew if the man was still alive that's a huge difference. More important than if he's still alive because there's plenty of things we say is x old even though it's never been alive.
Quail wouldn't work, it's a bird. It would have been an interesting line of dialogue to have him note that the Quagga is extinct, particularly after Eohippus (which he defended as "prehistoric," but it was also just not the commonly used term for the ancient horse, which is known more widely as Hyracotherium). My guess is the encyclopedia the writer used while writing this scene just didn't have Quagga, Quokka, or Quoll in it.
Once he specified that the person was still alive, that no longer mattered. But if they were dead, this opens up questions about say life expectancy for a man or women in some part of the world. A man born in 1928 is more likely to say enlist in the US military or be drafted once WW2 comes along.
Even though it clearly isn't the intent the movie is trying to convey, it still feels to me as if all of those extra questions are used to gain extra time to do the math. Sort of like cold reading tactics. But the original question reads like, "Can you do basic subtraction," so why is it even part of the test?
@@MrBonediver but time determines how old you are not location. If you were born in New York, or any other place in the world that doesn’t change how long you’ve been alive correct?
stuff that they couldnt prove but put on me to slow me from stopping them from stealing..... then they found out that it really wasnt me and started covering up what they were stealing....
It does matter. 10pm Eastern Time is 7pm Pacific. When you say he was born at 10pm, it's the time at the location he was born as you might find on his birth certificate. Since they are in California looking at Pacific Time on their watch, the man born in NY is 3 hours older adjusted for time zones. To look at it another way, in the example above, he was born 7pm Pacific Time and by 10pm Pacific, he was already three hours old.
@@johnwest4097 I admit I thought the question implied that the person's birth location and current location were the same. But let's say we don't take that as given. Then the Travolta character would need to ask about both. He actually made an assumption of his own, which is that the person was currently in California.
People dont know this but bob went on to be the lead alien scientist at area 51 in "Independence day"
Many centuries later, one of his ancestors would create the most famous android in the galaxy.
He worked for doc hopper
Actually Phenomenon and Independence Day were both released on 3rd July 1996...
So twins then?
He is Data on Star Trek Next generation as well
"How the hell can I get out of here, Bob?"
I'd stop moving pencils with my mind.
That's honestly the most unbelievable thing about this movie. A person as smart and mentally powerful as him would know exactly how to get home and the answer is to stop doing the things he's doing in public, like moving things with his mind.
I'd collaborate with the door to open and let me out.
@@elementblue780Smart doesn’t always equal wise is my guess,but you are definitely correct in your observation.
@@elementblue780that’s how Ed Kemper got out of the psych ward after killing his grandparents - he’d correct the tests and memorized the answers - told them what they wanted to hear and he was released and his record was sealed …. Like it never happened
@@elementblue780 In a sense, he's actually using the Force here.
Gotta love Brent spiner man found his way into so many classic movies in those small important roles mainly as a scientist.. He was data in Star trek the next generation (assuming not everyone is a star trek fan).
bob wheeler in night gave me my exposure to brent
After watching TNG so many times in my life I find his voice so soothing and calming. Like I'm home.
@@folkfool7-4inc58 Ah, that recidivist Yugoslavian.
And then he was in about 2 too many roles in Picard... Still love the guy though!
Don't forget Independence Day as well
One of Travolta’s lesser known but IMO better movies. It never got the push from the film company and producers it deserved. I’d never even heard of it until I saw it on one of the movie channels and then bought the dvd.
I loved this movie as a kid
"how the hell can i get out of here, Bob?"
Bob: As you can imagine, they... they dont let us out much.
I love this movie. I can't help it. I know it's not great science fiction, but the actors are great and the story is compelling.
Title?😊
Phenomenon
@@HeroesEvolvedELVIRA Phenomenon (1996)
@@HeroesEvolvedELVIRA
Gotta be "phenomenon" I think it was called.
@@HeroesEvolvedELVIRAit’s called specifics, Bob. Great film.
One of the BEST movies ever... right up there with Face Off!!
You really need to watch more movies..lol
Im just a simple man, yet my wife does this to me all the time. She never gives me the in-depth details but she always has to have them for herself. Great movie and yes one of John's best IMHO.
Bob is super-impressed even though he has no idea if the answers are correct…at least immediately.
2:15 is the best part of this scene. It quietly illustrates how *bored* he is by such facile questions.
A very beautifull and very sad movie and jet stil makes me smile. Thx for this little clip wich is one of my favorites of the movie.
Dumbfounded him so much he gave up on people and went to go study aliens.
"These last few days have been really exciting."
Then his descendant created an android app and programmed him based on his counter with John travolta
One of the sweetest movies I've ever seen. I cry every time. And I own a VHS copy.
His next great?
From Paris With Love.
An under-rated movie, for sure.
This scene (and for that matter, the whole movie) could have been really hokey, but all the actors involved carried it with complete conviction. Brent Spiner is a comedic genius, but here he mostly played it straight.
He certainly didn't name all of the mammals that he could
This movie was filmed near where I grew up. I enjoy going to old town to eat at the restaurants with my friends from high school.
The irony here is that Lt. Cmdr. Data must feel like John Travolta all the time!😄
0:56 I see Data is still struggling with that emotion chip.
If I remember correctly, he says this unforgettable line in this movie: if you eat this apple, it will become a part of you from now on ❤
We aren't our bodies.
We are nonphysical spirits.
Every element that makes up your body doesn't know it and you exist.
Yep, when talking to the kids. Then, both kids take a bite.
Love this movie.
Maybe the reason for the existence of communion in religion?
@@igotstoknow2😂 if anyone ever asks you to prove that statement you’ll come up with some bs lie or a red herring 😂
I haven't seen that movie in years. I forgot that Brent Spiner was in it.
I haven’t seen this movie in ages. It’s an all time classic that I don’t hear about too often anymore.
Wonderful clip demonstrating why Mathematical questions often leave kids and students confused because of LACK of specificity!
The point of the question is to create confusion.. you know, like life?
@@depiction3435 Yes. Really. How do I know this? The Oxford coma.
Examples :
"Lets eat, Grandma."
"Lets eat Grandma."
The former is an invitation to someone's grandma to join a meal, while the latter is a suggestion of grandma becoming the meal.
Both involving Grandma (the X in an equation) being part of a meal, but have completely different results due to a different interpretation or meaning of the variable.
You’re reaching. With rare exception, confusion is a lack of imagination, not an abundance.
that is common core.. I did an assessment online for ACT work bronze and I got 45-100 questions reight, which I answered every single question right accoreding to my teachings 30 years ago.. 36 in math on ACT and 97 on the ASVAB for millitary, but I got these basic quesitons wrong with this new bullshit
@@gabaghoul23 ruclips.net/video/4lwFK1ImzcA/видео.html
I like how bob punched the stopwatch like it mattered
This is how I think I will do on quizzes right before I cannot answer the first easy question
George Malley: I wanna go home Bob
Dr. Bob Niedorf: Specifics
"We're all made of the same stuff..."
"Wood?"
"Energy, Bob."
One of my favorite lines ever
"We're all made of the same stuff" .... " Tripolymer composites and molybdenum-cobalt alloys?"
He’s so smart he’s flustering Data
Can anyone explain why he needed to know if it was a “man or woman” on the question? How is that detail important to determining the age?
Fuckkkkk dudee same question i wanted to ask and I'm still lookin for answer
It's not.
So, to illustrate how out of touch I am...I thought this was a clip from Michael, but realize now it is Phenomenon. Having never seen either movie, I only know of them from short clips. I very much want to watch both now. And yah, Spiner and Travolta nailed this scene!
I like to think that this is Dr. Okun from Independence Day. It's nice that he was allowed to leave Area 51.
jfc that's Data from TNG. Reducing someone to a small role in a Will Smith movie ieeeeek
@@Macatho No that is Bob Wheeler from Night Court
Stampede at the worm farm. It was like all the spaghetti you ever ate coming back for you.
YES
"They don't let us out much..."
I thought Data was supposed to know all this stuff.
haha i get it because this actor was in other roles! hahahahahah that is very fresh and funny thank you
You are very welcome for that guys sense of comedy
OMFG i had NO IDEA he was DATA! thank you for my lesson of the day!
@@gabaghoul23 The actor himself (Brent Spiner): ruclips.net/video/GJks3rYkzUk/видео.html
This is an underrated film
Don’t forget to also say it deserved an Oscar.
Probably one of the best scenes in the film. 😊
What movie is this
@@jacobcote5528 'Phenomenon' made in 1996. A very touching film.
Brilliant way of buying more time to work out the answer 😉
I really liked this Flick because it had some of my favorite people in it.
Brent Spinner is one of the greatest actors of all time.
I enjoyed this movie a lot.
"Name as many mammals as you can in 60 seconds."
*gets pedantic about the question format -* *-proceeds to do what any curious 8 year old boy can do*
OMG HE'S a GENIUS!
Loved that scene!
Being a genius has its advantages but it also has serious disadvantages.
People often think how they like to be "smarter" but they never think about the downsides of it.
Back when movies were good.
I miss Saturday morning movies on local TV.
The music from this movie is wonderful!
Haha underrated comment.
Now i know where my pencil moving dreams come from. I'm always disappointed when I wake up.
It just takes practice.
Never a pad around when you need one.
"There is no pencil, just like there is no spoon."
I loved "Phenomena"
pretty much an all star cast
I went to see Twister, went into the wrong theater and saw this by mistake. I think I got the better deal.
This was a better movie than Twister.
@@eds7343 My first indication was the movie starting with trees blowing gently in the wind. I said "A movie called Twister wouldn’t start with trees blowing gently in the wind."
Great movie!
Movie name😅
As a kid i always felt so special as an October 3rd baby
energy bob....ya know...then little pieces
The film is called Phenomenon and came out in 1996. For a clip about specifics, I'm a bit surprised that no-one mentions the title of the film! One thing I didn't understand with the age question was why it mattered if the person was male or female. Thoughts?
I asked that myself.
And I figure so he knows how to refer to the person when answering the question. As he refers the individual as "he" to be specific in his answer.
I have had many cinversations go sideways in my life due to wrong wording or not specific enough. This happens more so in text form.
It doesn’t, but I think he was just “needling” Bob about being specific.Just a guess though
@@icusawme2 All the other "specifics" he asked for DID affect the persons age but I just couldn't see the reasoning for asking whether they were male or female. I'm fairly sure there SHOULD be a reason but I'm just not bright enough to work it out.
I think it’s the same reason he then asked if the person was alive. A woman born in 1928 has a much higher chance of being alive in 1996 than a man born in 1928. Women tend to live longer on average.
@@maryel5398 Interesting point but, if you've already asked if the person is alive, why do you have to know if they're male or female? It would be redundant.
Ultimate sigma move is asking for species to have time to count in between newly given information.
Before anyone asks, the date and time is July 26, 1996, Friday, 12:12 PM, in California.
I was practicing a levitation trick and then the cleaning lady came in. She saw what I was doing and was speechless, she asked me how I was doing it. I told her my powers awakened when I was very little, and I needed concentration to keep them in the air. She just nodded silently with a scared expression, and left. Never came back.
Bob thinks everything is made of wood?
What is the tittle of this movie?
The fact he didn't say platypus tells me he stopped way to early. I don't know how many there are but he clearly gave up after like 5 seconds.
he just listed one mammal for every letter of the alphabet
He didn't say one for Q or X.
love the ending. George only ever wanted to contribute.
I don’t remember Brent Spinner being in this,
And yet....
😊
So John Travolta...is the Highlander! He won the great Prize! There can be only one.
Yep, energy...that's what I was saying...well done
"Someday I will create an artificial intelligence to rival Mr. Malley."
I laughed at this long time ago...I was like I bet Brent is saying hold for second comes back as DATA. I think I beat your 60 seconds in 10 seconds! ROFL!
Bob where my money
Data would answer every question quicker with every variable without being asked.
3:00 Carbon? 😂😂😂
I thought that. Atoms in general, but carbon, surely.
“How do you make the pencil move”
“Idk dude ask the tumor”
Does it matter if it's a man or a woman? In direct relation to the question of how much time, gender doesn't have anything to do it.
If it's a man he's 67, if it's a woman she's 49..
Pretty sure he was just messing with him while driving home the point that specifics are important. Yes we don't see why it's important if it's a man or woman, but Bob didn't see why where he was born would be an important detail until he pointed out why it was. Personally a more important specific he could have asked was is it 1928 bc or ad? Because before he knew if the man was still alive that's a huge difference. More important than if he's still alive because there's plenty of things we say is x old even though it's never been alive.
The real genius would notice he skipped the letter Q. He said Panda -> Rat.
Quail wouldn't work, it's a bird. It would have been an interesting line of dialogue to have him note that the Quagga is extinct, particularly after Eohippus (which he defended as "prehistoric," but it was also just not the commonly used term for the ancient horse, which is known more widely as Hyracotherium). My guess is the encyclopedia the writer used while writing this scene just didn't have Quagga, Quokka, or Quoll in it.
Except a Quail isn’t a Mammal, he could have gone with Quokka though.
OK, with Begin of a Letter Q.
Also the therapy doctor id D.a.t.a. from star trek and the guys from area 51 in the film independence day.
The last question is awesome until you realized that the person being a man or a woman makes no difference in relative to the question.
Still the researcher went with it easily than he did with the time question, which actually was useful.
It was relevant.
If it was a woman he would refuse to answer the question.
Not even I’m that dumb!
Once he specified that the person was still alive, that no longer mattered. But if they were dead, this opens up questions about say life expectancy for a man or women in some part of the world. A man born in 1928 is more likely to say enlist in the US military or be drafted once WW2 comes along.
Even though it clearly isn't the intent the movie is trying to convey, it still feels to me as if all of those extra questions are used to gain extra time to do the math. Sort of like cold reading tactics. But the original question reads like, "Can you do basic subtraction," so why is it even part of the test?
@@seeker38 no, the original question was to see how FAST you could do basic subtraction
Travolta's second finest role, after Terl, in Battlefield Earth.
Everyone wishes they had a friend like George
What’s this movie called?
Phenomenon
He forgot Q? 0:39 He went Panda, skip, Rat, Slot, Tiger etc.. Bro missed the Quetzal
: o I never noticed!
Specifics indeed, there is different time zones
Title of the movies
What difference does man vs woman make
Is it relevant where the person was born? Please help me out
Yes, it is.
@@MrBonediver but time determines how old you are not location. If you were born in New York, or any other place in the world that doesn’t change how long you’ve been alive correct?
@@evans.82 So how would answer if born in the US, and then in Europe?
@@festersmith8352 I don’t think it would matter, because the time you spent alive actually breathing does not change no matter where you are, right?
@@evans.82 Thats true.
But how would answer?
April 1st 1978.
And add the hours and minutes to be specific.
I wonder if Jim Parsons watched this movie.
It's hilarious that he's doing this to Data lol😂😂😂😂😂
Back when John Travolta couldnt miss a hit
What is this film called ??
Phenomenon
Came out in 1996.
NDT watches this movie daily and like to think he’s as smart as JT
Oh wow I saw this when it came out and was also a big fan of TNG but somehow never put the two together lol
what is the name of this movie
Phenomenon (1996)
Data approves
Great freakin' movie.
May i know what movie this is
Phenomenon.
How old is a man born on January 12 1948 4pm eastern standard times
How’s that fit specific?
stuff that they couldnt prove but put on me to slow me from stopping them from stealing.....
then they found out that it really wasnt me and started covering up what they were stealing....
How does the man’s time zone matter? He has not lived for more minutes just because the clock is ahead.
It does matter. 10pm Eastern Time is 7pm Pacific. When you say he was born at 10pm, it's the time at the location he was born as you might find on his birth certificate. Since they are in California looking at Pacific Time on their watch, the man born in NY is 3 hours older adjusted for time zones. To look at it another way, in the example above, he was born 7pm Pacific Time and by 10pm Pacific, he was already three hours old.
@@johnwest4097 I admit I thought the question implied that the person's birth location and current location were the same. But let's say we don't take that as given. Then the Travolta character would need to ask about both. He actually made an assumption of his own, which is that the person was currently in California.
Movie title please
Phenomenon (1996)
Wtf is this movie called? Can’t find the name anywhere
Phenomenon
What movie is this from?
Holy shit is that Brent Spiner
Yes
yep crezy scientist form ID4
Jesus Christ is Lord, King and Our Savior!
If Bob had said 'carbon' he would have technically been closer 🤷🏻♂️
YEESH!!! David Allen Grier turned down “Forrest Gump” (Tom Hanks bestest friend) and opted for “In the Army Now” (Paully Shore / Andy Dick)
😩
wood. Really Bob
movie name?
Phenomenon (1996)