Movies! (and television)

[Boingo]

Really? D:
I'm sure you'll love it.

[WorldisQuiet5256]

I agree. 2001, especially for its time, was awesome. Interstellar, however, ran into problems with the whole black hole thing. The thing with messing around with black holes is, well, they're black holes. Nearly everything is speculative about what goes on inside.

Except most everyone agree that entering black hole would be crushed into infinitely tiny point, which would be death.

That's another criticism of the film when it asked us to ignore everything we scientifically know about black hole. I would have been fine with a wormhole since it literally takes you to far away location of universe. Or at least make the black hole give off very different readings than any other black holes, that would have set up a build up toward the oddity inside that black hole.

Good movies, a lot of potentials, fell short of them.

Redirected the conversation.
Just saw an episode of Star Trek Voyager.
Season 6, Episode 12. "In the blink of an Eye".

If that is what everyone wanted, so be it.

[Vortex]

Except most everyone agree that entering black hole would be crushed into infinitely tiny point, which would be death.

That's another criticism of the film when it asked us to ignore everything we scientifically know about black hole. I would have been fine with a wormhole since it literally takes you to far away location of universe. Or at least make the black hole give off very different readings than any other black holes, that would have set up a build up toward the oddity inside that black hole.

Good movies, a lot of potentials, fell short of them.

As I understood, the black hole in Interestellar was a rotating (Kerr) black hole. Those black holes don't have point singularities, their singularities are shaped like rings, and IIRC there are certain trajectories around the ring where you could actually end up in another region of the universe otherwise disconnected from the main one (but we believe that those trajectories are unstable and collapse once you try to send matter through them).

[RoentgenDevice]

I own 2001 and the DVD player already ate it 4 times; never got further than to the scene where the protagonist (?) talks to his daughter via some screen. I can't get over the pretentiousness those long takes with or without overplayed classical background music spray. It deeply disgusts me. I had to bite my fist during the last try.

I tried to at least read some interpretations of 2001 to close the gap in education, but had to find out that pretty much every respectable online interpretation is written by some hardcore fan who makes a page-long, inaccessible essay of it.

So yeah, I'll either have to sit through it eventually or just skip it. I'm not sure, really.

[- ak -]

Except most everyone agree that entering black hole would be crushed into infinitely tiny point, which would be death.

That's another criticism of the film when it asked us to ignore everything we scientifically know about black hole. I would have been fine with a wormhole since it literally takes you to far away location of universe. Or at least make the black hole give off very different readings than any other black holes, that would have set up a build up toward the oddity inside that black hole.

Good movies, a lot of potentials, fell short of them.

As I understood, the black hole in Interestellar was a rotating (Kerr) black hole. Those black holes don't have point singularities, their singularities are shaped like rings, and IIRC there are certain trajectories around the ring where you could actually end up in another region of the universe otherwise disconnected from the main one (but we believe that those trajectories are unstable and collapse once you try to send matter through them).

Huh. I can't remember if the movie mentioned Gargantua being a Kerr black hole or not. Even so, the movie still didn't explains enough about what make this black hole unique that allows for the third act to occur logically.

I own 2001 and the DVD player already ate it 4 times; never got further than to the scene where the protagonist (?) talks to his daughter via some screen. I can't get over the pretentiousness those long takes with or without overplayed classical background music spray. It deeply disgusts me. I had to bite my fist during the last try.

I tried to at least read some interpretations of 2001 to close the gap in education, but had to find out that pretty much every respectable online interpretation is written by some hardcore fan who makes a page-long, inaccessible essay of it.

So yeah, I'll either have to sit through it eventually or just skip it. I'm not sure, really.

The movie may be a masterpiece in a lot of areas, but I do agree that it can be such a drag in several scenes as well. That's why I prefer the sequel, 2010, over this one because I felt it actually have a good emotional story with great actings and themes.

All these worlds
are your except
Europa.
Attempt no
landing there.

[WorldisQuiet5256]

I was about to say, if anyone even watch 2010.
My dad's a huge fan of the book series.

I been reading 2061.
I've gotten through a few chapters.

That was several years ago.

[Jatsko]

Those are lengthy books

[- ak -]

Yeah, they are. I tried getting into 2001 and 2061 books and they did not hold me. 2010 is still the best one for me, both book and movie.

Now if they could make an actual Dresden Files TV series that actually follows the books' plot. (no, the previous version of Dresden Files TV series doesn't count because it took liberty of doing too differently, despite the great acting cast.)

[Diamonds]

watched Jurassic World with my girlfriend. besides her, it sucked.

[gil2455526]

WAAAAAAAA?!

I loved it!