Tin foil has largely been replaced by aluminum foil. Most of the public does not realize that aluminum foil actually amplifies rather than blocks harmful rays.
Tin foil has largely been replaced by aluminum foil. Most of the public does not realize that aluminum foil actually amplifies rather than blocks harmful rays.
Most people today don’t realize beverage cans used to be made of tin, not aluminum. In the movie Jaws when Quint crushes a beer can with his hand, and Hooper crushes a styrofoam cup in response, the scene has lost its impact because beer cans are now aluminum. There were no aluminum cans when the movie came out – Quint was crushing a tin can.
Take an empty soup can and try to crush it – that’s how hard it used to be. You had to be ridiculously strong to crush a beer can with one hand. The scene is about the enormous contrast between the two characters (tough guy vs science geek). Quint making a big display of physical strength, and Hooper not letting himself be intimidated by it. But today it just looks like a couple of guys making meaningless gestures because everyone thinks it’s an aluminum can.
(I figured if you clicked on this topic, you should at least learn something useful for your trouble.)
That completely changes that scene. Now Quint doesn’t look like a tool, but a bamf. And it makes Hooper look that much better too, not backing down.
Also, Pockets’ information about tinfoil being changed to aluminum foil, which amplifies signals, is just one more instance of how the Establishment is conspiring to read all of our minds. Rise up and stand against the Establishment. Wrap your whole head in cling-wrap and they’ll never read your mind….mostly cuz death.
