Contains a spoiler, but for something else.
I do remember in the beginning, TV's Frank introduces the "movie" as, "'Jack,'...'Mighty Jack,' produced by Frank,... Sandy Frank." Then, when the movie started, the bots & host (I forget whether it was Joel or Mike) sang along to the tune of the theme music, when Sandy Frank's name appeared in the credits: "Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank, fun for you and me!" I always thought, since then, this could be changed to a theme song for TV's Frank: "TV's Frank, TV's Frank, fun for you and me!" You know what I mean. But I digress.
From what little I do remember of it, and what I've read here and in the Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Book, it seems to me like it might be a good series if it were shown and either dubbed or subtitled in its entireity. But still, I digress.
The reason I made this review was really to talk about "hot ice," which I don't remember from actually watching the show. As described in the summary here, it sounds like the writers and producers of Mighty Jack simply copied the idea of "ice nine" in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. As to why a form of water that solidifies at room temperature is dangerous is that if it gets into a natural body of water, even a puddle, all of that body's tributaries will freeze, all the ground water surrounding it will freeze, all the bodies to which it is tributary, including all the oceans, will freeze, and then, all the tributaries of all the oceans, every body of water in the world, will freeze, all the rain will turn into sleet upon contact with the hardened ground and water, and hardly any of it will ever melt, except some of it on the hottest days. If you get it in your eyes, nose, or mouth, you are dead.
An artificial iceberg made of such a thing that came into contact with a real ocean would simply have the effect I described above, however, and therefore be pretty pointless. Making "weapons" out of it would be redundant, since it would be possible to destroy the world with just piece the size of a grain of sand.
I don't mean to spread rumors here. I'm not claiming this would ever happen. Luckily, in real life, such a thing could never exist.
I do remember in the beginning, TV's Frank introduces the "movie" as, "'Jack,'...'Mighty Jack,' produced by Frank,... Sandy Frank." Then, when the movie started, the bots & host (I forget whether it was Joel or Mike) sang along to the tune of the theme music, when Sandy Frank's name appeared in the credits: "Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank, fun for you and me!" I always thought, since then, this could be changed to a theme song for TV's Frank: "TV's Frank, TV's Frank, fun for you and me!" You know what I mean. But I digress.
From what little I do remember of it, and what I've read here and in the Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Book, it seems to me like it might be a good series if it were shown and either dubbed or subtitled in its entireity. But still, I digress.
The reason I made this review was really to talk about "hot ice," which I don't remember from actually watching the show. As described in the summary here, it sounds like the writers and producers of Mighty Jack simply copied the idea of "ice nine" in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. As to why a form of water that solidifies at room temperature is dangerous is that if it gets into a natural body of water, even a puddle, all of that body's tributaries will freeze, all the ground water surrounding it will freeze, all the bodies to which it is tributary, including all the oceans, will freeze, and then, all the tributaries of all the oceans, every body of water in the world, will freeze, all the rain will turn into sleet upon contact with the hardened ground and water, and hardly any of it will ever melt, except some of it on the hottest days. If you get it in your eyes, nose, or mouth, you are dead.
An artificial iceberg made of such a thing that came into contact with a real ocean would simply have the effect I described above, however, and therefore be pretty pointless. Making "weapons" out of it would be redundant, since it would be possible to destroy the world with just piece the size of a grain of sand.
I don't mean to spread rumors here. I'm not claiming this would ever happen. Luckily, in real life, such a thing could never exist.