Interstellar was a fantastic movie. The movie takes place in the future and Earths resources are becoming more scarce. Not to ruin it for anyone who has yet to see it, but the main conflict is finding a planet capable of sustaining future life. A newly discovered wormhole near Saturn is found and sends anything that enters it to a new solar system with three potential life-supporting planets. One part that blew me away was the time difference from space and entering the atmosphere of another planet light years away. One hour on the first planet visited was equivalent to 7 years on earth. I thought it was interesting how time was shown to be different in parts of the universe further away. This movie was incredible, although some parts had a little grey area as far as how they drew certain conclusions and made decisions. Highly recommended for someone who enjoys shows like Fabric of The Cosmos, Through the Wormhole, and so on.
Interstellar is a great movie that I would definitely recommend to other people. It so action packed and actually makes science seem extremely fun. Basically the scientists are trying to figure out how much resources we have left and how we are going to survive in the future if we do not slow down. I think this movie is somewhat of a wake up call to the modern day people. Some of our resources are becoming more and more scarce and we seem to no see that. Scientists everyday are trying to predict what we will lose next if we don't see the problem.
I enjoyed the movie Interstellar. It was a fantastic collaboration of modern physic ideas. It combined our theories of wormholes, black holes, and string theory all in one movie and in a way that kept me on the edge of my seat. The story was well put together and I was surprised by a character that appears semi late in the movie that is a scientist waiting on a planet... It was interesting though to watch the movie while taking this class and I think it made me appreciate the movie for what it was. I highly recommend the movie as it will challenge your brain and keep you hooked throughout.
Yeah, I agree that it incorporated a lot of the concepts that were discussed in the fabric of the cosmos videos we watched in class. Like Adam said, I thought it was interesting how they showed the difference in time the closer that the characters got to a black hole. Due to the increased gravity, time slowed down for the astronauts even though back on Earth time continued to proceed at normal speed. This resulted in the main astronaut's daughter aging faster than him, which added a sense of urgency to the astronaut's mission.
It was also really interesting to see their visual depiction of (the outside of) a black hole and worm hole. Since the two phenomena have never been observed, the moviemakers relied on modeling to help the audience visualize both the black hole and the worm hole. Another part of the movie that took certain artistic liberties was the conditions inside of both the black hole and worm hole looked like. Of course, nobody has ever been to the inside of either one, so they were able to make certain leaps for the sake of storytelling.
I went and saw Interstellar and it was honestly one of the greatest movies that I have ever seen. What I liked most about the move was that it stayed trued to science, it didn't get carried away into all the science fiction. I highly recommend that the people of our class go see it, because it deals with everything we are talking about. Topics such as how do we apply science? is this science good for everybody or is it just benefiting a select few? Once again, if you haven seen it, see it
I think that an interesting part of the movie that none has touched upon yet occurred towards the beginning of the movie. The main character (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey) has a parent-teacher conference with his daughter's principal and teacher over his daughter's conduct in class. She had gotten into a fight with her classmates about whether the apollo lunar landing was real or not. In the future, all text books have been changed to depict the lunar landing as a stunt that had been fabricated to bankrupt the soviet union. This shows the disconnect between the general public and scientists (as taken advantage by the United States government) and also echoes our discussion in class about how much we should trust scientists (and science textbooks). In this case, the scientific community and government were trying to erase the past in order to keep individuals complacent and promote scientific ignorance. Furthermore, the movie depicts a future in which the school system and government select only the very brightest of students to attend college, forcing the majority of individuals to take up farming. Though the society depicted in the movie isn't quite as oppressive as 1984 (there are no thought police involved, that we know of), it is still a rather bleak outlook for the future if the world was to face a global climate crises.
*SPOILER ALERT* The head scientist of NASA (as portrayed by Michael Caine) also lies to his people, creating a situation where the population of earth is able to be saved on a giant ship. He misrepresented his findings in order to keep people working on his true plan (which was presented as a backup if the first plan failed), which is to basically start anew with thousands of cryogenically frozen embryos. Thank goodness one of the characters is able to solve the problem with the first plan and make it viable by the end of the movie, but this still draws into question why we should put so much faith in scientists.
I believe that the movie was very interesting. I liked the fact that they bring government and science against each other. They really challenge what all the government will tell us and why they may not be telling us everything. The movie definitely kept me on the edge of my seat and it was action packed. The ending challenged a new theory of what black holes really are. This universe of study is so open to suggestion and i believe that this made a fantastic way to portray physics and its many wonders.
I really enjoyed the movie. Obviously there were a number of links between the movie and topics discussed in class and in the videos like Fabric of the Cosmos. One topic seen in the movie that was not covered in the videos was that gravity is the one thing that transcends time. I decided to look into the topic and found an article about experiments on the speed of gravity. The article uses some fairly complex scientific theories to explain how experiments have shown the speed of gravity to be as much as 2 x 10^10 the speed of light. (http://www.metaresearch.org/cosmology/speed_of_gravity.asp) At the same time, I found a number of articles with contrasting view points. Either way it made for an interesting concept in the film.
Interstellar was a fantastic movie. The movie takes place in the future and Earths resources are becoming more scarce. Not to ruin it for anyone who has yet to see it, but the main conflict is finding a planet capable of sustaining future life. A newly discovered wormhole near Saturn is found and sends anything that enters it to a new solar system with three potential life-supporting planets. One part that blew me away was the time difference from space and entering the atmosphere of another planet light years away. One hour on the first planet visited was equivalent to 7 years on earth. I thought it was interesting how time was shown to be different in parts of the universe further away. This movie was incredible, although some parts had a little grey area as far as how they drew certain conclusions and made decisions. Highly recommended for someone who enjoys shows like Fabric of The Cosmos, Through the Wormhole, and so on.
ReplyDeleteAnother review:
ReplyDeletehttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/science/interstellar-the-cinema-of-physicists.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&_r=0&referrer=
Interstellar is a great movie that I would definitely recommend to other people. It so action packed and actually makes science seem extremely fun. Basically the scientists are trying to figure out how much resources we have left and how we are going to survive in the future if we do not slow down. I think this movie is somewhat of a wake up call to the modern day people. Some of our resources are becoming more and more scarce and we seem to no see that. Scientists everyday are trying to predict what we will lose next if we don't see the problem.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the movie Interstellar. It was a fantastic collaboration of modern physic ideas. It combined our theories of wormholes, black holes, and string theory all in one movie and in a way that kept me on the edge of my seat. The story was well put together and I was surprised by a character that appears semi late in the movie that is a scientist waiting on a planet... It was interesting though to watch the movie while taking this class and I think it made me appreciate the movie for what it was. I highly recommend the movie as it will challenge your brain and keep you hooked throughout.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree that it incorporated a lot of the concepts that were discussed in the fabric of the cosmos videos we watched in class. Like Adam said, I thought it was interesting how they showed the difference in time the closer that the characters got to a black hole. Due to the increased gravity, time slowed down for the astronauts even though back on Earth time continued to proceed at normal speed. This resulted in the main astronaut's daughter aging faster than him, which added a sense of urgency to the astronaut's mission.
DeleteIt was also really interesting to see their visual depiction of (the outside of) a black hole and worm hole. Since the two phenomena have never been observed, the moviemakers relied on modeling to help the audience visualize both the black hole and the worm hole. Another part of the movie that took certain artistic liberties was the conditions inside of both the black hole and worm hole looked like. Of course, nobody has ever been to the inside of either one, so they were able to make certain leaps for the sake of storytelling.
I went and saw Interstellar and it was honestly one of the greatest movies that I have ever seen. What I liked most about the move was that it stayed trued to science, it didn't get carried away into all the science fiction. I highly recommend that the people of our class go see it, because it deals with everything we are talking about. Topics such as how do we apply science? is this science good for everybody or is it just benefiting a select few? Once again, if you haven seen it, see it
ReplyDeleteI was not able to go and see the movie Interstellar but by the sounds of Will it must have been a fantastic movie.
DeleteI think that an interesting part of the movie that none has touched upon yet occurred towards the beginning of the movie. The main character (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey) has a parent-teacher conference with his daughter's principal and teacher over his daughter's conduct in class. She had gotten into a fight with her classmates about whether the apollo lunar landing was real or not. In the future, all text books have been changed to depict the lunar landing as a stunt that had been fabricated to bankrupt the soviet union. This shows the disconnect between the general public and scientists (as taken advantage by the United States government) and also echoes our discussion in class about how much we should trust scientists (and science textbooks). In this case, the scientific community and government were trying to erase the past in order to keep individuals complacent and promote scientific ignorance. Furthermore, the movie depicts a future in which the school system and government select only the very brightest of students to attend college, forcing the majority of individuals to take up farming. Though the society depicted in the movie isn't quite as oppressive as 1984 (there are no thought police involved, that we know of), it is still a rather bleak outlook for the future if the world was to face a global climate crises.
ReplyDelete*SPOILER ALERT*
The head scientist of NASA (as portrayed by Michael Caine) also lies to his people, creating a situation where the population of earth is able to be saved on a giant ship. He misrepresented his findings in order to keep people working on his true plan (which was presented as a backup if the first plan failed), which is to basically start anew with thousands of cryogenically frozen embryos. Thank goodness one of the characters is able to solve the problem with the first plan and make it viable by the end of the movie, but this still draws into question why we should put so much faith in scientists.
I believe that the movie was very interesting. I liked the fact that they bring government and science against each other. They really challenge what all the government will tell us and why they may not be telling us everything. The movie definitely kept me on the edge of my seat and it was action packed. The ending challenged a new theory of what black holes really are. This universe of study is so open to suggestion and i believe that this made a fantastic way to portray physics and its many wonders.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the movie. Obviously there were a number of links between the movie and topics discussed in class and in the videos like Fabric of the Cosmos. One topic seen in the movie that was not covered in the videos was that gravity is the one thing that transcends time. I decided to look into the topic and found an article about experiments on the speed of gravity. The article uses some fairly complex scientific theories to explain how experiments have shown the speed of gravity to be as much as 2 x 10^10 the speed of light. (http://www.metaresearch.org/cosmology/speed_of_gravity.asp) At the same time, I found a number of articles with contrasting view points. Either way it made for an interesting concept in the film.
ReplyDelete