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Gallery: Sci-Tech Movies of Summer 2009

Do any of them have a shred of non-ridiculous science?

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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This prequel reveals how Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) acquired his steel-gouging claws and indestructible skeleton.
Geek Candy: The surgery scene, in which the fast-healing mutant is lowered into liquid to fuse his bones with the fictional metal adamantium, incorporates present-day robotic surgery techniques to make it look and feel more real.
EGQ: Low. The characters don't theorize about their magic-power-granting genetic mutations; they just try to kill each other.
In theaters: May 1.
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Star Trek
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We start in the future. An alien time-travels from that future's future and alters key events. In the resulting past, we watch Kirk and crew come together as younger, better-looking space adventurers. In the future.
Geek Candy: Artificial gravity, a new spin on teleportation, phasers and a black-hole bomb. Oh, and Kirk gets into a bar fight — possibly with aliens.
EGQ: Off the charts. This franchise practically invented tech gibberish, or Treknobabble, and the writers have promised plenty more.
In theaters: May 8.
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