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Submitted by Nitpicker : Anonymous
Movie : Independence Day - 1996
Nitpick Category : Technological Fact
Nitpick Number : 195
Approximate time of Nitpick : 2/3 of the way through
Summary : Bulletproof glass (Refuted)
Detail : At Area 51 after the alien goes berzerk and kills everybody and starts trying to fry the\n presidents mind, the military officer asks if that glass is bulletproof. What?! a multi-zillion\n dollar facility in a potentially dangerous area (the lab) and the glass is not bulletproof?


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No need

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by 3792   Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:29 PM

This is a restricted facility. Why would they need bullet-proof glass? Nobody is allowed in or even near the compound (not even the President!). And they probably took the alien's guns away before allowing them to enter.

 

Two-Way

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by Acey   Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:29 PM

Some bullet proof glass can be bullet proof in one direction and completely breakable in the other direction, maybe this glass was.

 

In case of shooting

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by César   Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:29 PM

They would need to have non-bullet-proof glass in case an alien (which has a very low likelihood of having a gun) does go berserk and they need to kill it.

 

there could be other reasons

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by 32493   Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:29 PM

There could be a million other reasons... Bulletproof glass is not "glass" but is usually a plastic of some sort. It's possible that some of the chemicals they used there would have an adverse reaction with the polymers in the plastic.