Let’s go science, LET’S GO! *Clap-Clap*

I for one am annoyed that real-life science hasn’t caught up with cinematic inventions. The best example of that is in the remake of “The Greatest Story Ever Told” known as “The Matrix,” where a technology exists that downloads knowledge directly into people’s brains almost instantaneously with just a flicker of their eyes. Think of it! No more struggling with Ukrainian, calligraphy or division! Booya, grandma!

There are other examples, too. I would love the time machine from “Back to the Future.” The prospect of going back to the second grade and punching Johnny Ott in the mouth for stealing my pudding cup once a week is temping, but I think I would just do what the crooked Biff Tannon did in the sequal and bet on the superbowl every year. Good news kids! Free College tuition!

Becoming the T-1000 from “Terminator 2” and getting the paper by stabbing it with a giant metal spear seems pretty cool to me, too. OH, and one of those jet-packs from “Minority Report” would be awesome. Cut to: honey, I’m going to clean the gutters—zoooom! OK, bad example.

What gets me is that it’s not that science can’t invent these things, but just that they’ve been preoccupied inventing the shower radio and a cooler looking iPod, both great inventions, but neither of which can get my ass into the flying car off the Jetsons.