Study Finds Two-Thirds of Movie Geologists Survive On Screen
Researchers reviewed 202 geologist characters across 141 films released from 1919 to 2023 and recorded 69 on-screen or discovered deaths.
indiatoday.intoday.inA new paper reports that 69 of 202 movie geologists die on screen or are found dead. The analysis covers characters appearing in 141 films released between 1919 and 2023. The mortality rate stands at about one-third.
The authors are several geologists who are also movie buffs. They began their analysis more than a decade ago and have issued regular updates since then. This paper marks the first time the findings appear in a scientific journal.
@ScienceMagazine reported the study examined movie geologists across the full span of the selected films. The authors compiled the data set by identifying every geologist character and tracking each character's fate within the narrative.
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