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Title: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Goaty on 14 December, 2013, 04:11:55 PM
A new film by Christopher Nolan... still no idea of what the plot about...

Here teaser trailer;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827FNDpQWrQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827FNDpQWrQ)

Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: JOE SOAP on 14 December, 2013, 04:26:33 PM


Corny.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: TordelBack on 14 December, 2013, 06:04:06 PM
It's been a long road...  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urYH6xEyXw0)

Not a big fan of Nolan, but the subject might just be great enough to make it work.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: I, Cosh on 17 December, 2013, 06:46:05 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 14 December, 2013, 04:26:33 PM
Corny.
Maybe, but that space shit will get me every time.

What's a better holiday than space? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taB9mFqDx9c)
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: JOE SOAP on 17 December, 2013, 08:26:53 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 17 December, 2013, 06:46:05 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 14 December, 2013, 04:26:33 PM
Corny.
Maybe, but that space shit will get me every time.


I was referring to the preponderance of corn.

Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Goaty on 16 May, 2014, 06:59:55 PM
Interesting.

[url][https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA7DuE8k6BY/url]
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Devons Daddy on 18 May, 2014, 03:28:31 AM
looks a bit HOLLYWOOD but if its SCI-FI i am there,
former pilot, single dad saves the world,

but Nolan and spaceships, i am in
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Frank on 18 May, 2014, 08:42:44 AM
Quote from: Goaty on 16 May, 2014, 06:59:55 PM
Interesting https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA7DuE8k6BY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA7DuE8k6BY)

A still-forty-something McConaughey returns from his interstellar travels to find his daughter being played by Lauren Bacall. Next!

Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Radbacker on 18 May, 2014, 12:40:40 PM
Man that V Vendetta music is epic and nice to see another trailer that doesnt guve it all away.  Liike the look and the idea and it looks like an original story not a sequale, reboot or reimagining so im there opening day.

CU Radbacker
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Spikes on 18 May, 2014, 12:43:50 PM
Kinda interested in this, though im not a huge fan of Nolan's work.

But its presently on the list of films to check out.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Mabs on 18 May, 2014, 01:24:30 PM
I'm intrigued by the premise of it involving worm holes and alternate dimensions. I find that shit fascinating!
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Link Prime on 18 May, 2014, 04:17:31 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 18 May, 2014, 01:24:30 PM
I'm intrigued by the premise of it involving worm holes

McConaughey previously had a possible run-in with one at the end of True Detective.

Hadn't caught this trailer before, it's changed my expectations of the movie somewhat.
Nolan & McConaughey had my 12 Euro on their names alone, but I am intrigued regardless.

Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Professor Bear on 18 May, 2014, 05:30:39 PM
As a sci-fi fan I certainly don't mind wormholes and alternate dimensions in stories, but I was more on board for this when I thought it was speculative fiction rather than a redux of Contact.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Goaty on 30 July, 2014, 08:19:40 PM
2nd trailer and very interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8p5rlrSkY#t=36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8p5rlrSkY#t=36)
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 30 July, 2014, 10:47:19 PM
That trailer was so INTERSTELLAR  :lol:
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Spikes on 13 October, 2014, 05:17:05 PM
Getting quite excited by this film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxOhd4qlnA
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Link Prime on 13 October, 2014, 11:01:44 PM
Despite a few enjoyable films, it's been a bit of a dud year for the flicks for me- it's definitely contributed to building my anticipation for this.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Tiplodocus on 17 November, 2014, 10:04:06 AM
Well I really enjoyed that.  As did Mrs and Tiny Tips.

It didn't seem like three hours in the cinema at all. Some very tense and exciting stuff. I loved the way it all looked like it had been shot as proper space missions with no flashy panning shops twirling around the craft. 

And nice to see [spoiler]Matt Damon crop up as he just [/spoiler] wasn't mentioned in trailers or publicity build up. Nice to have some surprises left in this world.

I can see why people wouldn't like it though.  I twigged very very early on that the ending [spoiler]would be pixie dust and love - like the worst of Nu Who - but I decided to go along for the ride, really enjoyed it and felt myself emotionally caught up in the resolution - like the best of Nu Who.[/spoiler]

Oh and cool robots.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Link Prime on 17 November, 2014, 10:22:38 AM
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 17 November, 2014, 10:04:06 AM
I twigged very very early on that the ending [spoiler]would be pixie dust and love - like the worst of Nu Who - but I decided to go along for the ride, really enjoyed it and felt myself emotionally caught up in the resolution - like the best of Nu Who.[/spoiler]

There was plenty of [spoiler]pixie dust & love[/spoiler] but the resolution was actually quite satisfying for me; in a nutshell it was simply a [spoiler]time-travel paradox[/spoiler].
[spoiler]5th dimensional evolved humans from the far future use clever manipulation of gravity (and one of their ancestors) to ensure the survival of the human race- thus themselves[/spoiler].

[spoiler]Damon showing up[/spoiler] was surprised me too, I think his involvement was purposefully kept secret.

And yes, the robots were cool. At first, laughable in their chunkiness, later a revelation of functional, simple design and ingenious maneuverability.

I really enjoyed this film.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: JamesC on 18 November, 2014, 07:56:46 AM
More like Intersphincter.

It was undoubtedly utter bollocks story wise but it was pretty slick and impressive. My favourite thing was the robot design. I could pick holes in it all day but when all's said and done it was a pretty entertaining few hours and I suppose that's the main thing. I think I'd watch again if it was on telly but I might turn it off half way through and do something else.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Professor Bear on 18 November, 2014, 11:45:16 PM
It was alright, but trod some very familiar territory to the point I was distracted trying to remember the names of the Star Trek episodes it was strip-mining for ideas.  I don't suppose it matters when movies are unoriginal anymore, though, as long as they look nice and pass the time, which this does.

Some clunky scenes, all the same, [spoiler]like the spaceship flying out to where the bloke is choking, which wasn't so much a plot hole as it just took so dang long - I mean, you could nitpick "how far did two dudes really walk on foot in spacesuits that it took a rocketship two minutes at top speed to catch up with them?" but really, the scene just went on too long for my liking, as did the bit with the fire in the cornfield and the woman just hanging around in her old bedroom, which seemed to go on forever and even when it seemed to end, five minutes later the film returned to it, though I do like that her plot arc with her brother is resolved in exactly the same way as the antagonism between brothers in the Lou Ferrigno post-apocalyptic movie[/spoiler] Desert Warrior (http://youtu.be/bTpiYkDn7Cw?t=1h21m14s).
[spoiler]I do think it's odd that five dimensional beings will construct a black hole just so they can spy on a little girl in her bedroom.  If someone came to me with a plan like that, I'd worry even if I was made of five dimensions.  Could they not have just written a message on the moon or something?  I can't see through time or anything, but it seems like that might be more practical.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: JamesC on 19 November, 2014, 06:59:51 AM
[spoiler]The Ranger spacecraft required massive rockets at launch to escape Earth's atmosphere yet on the water planet, which had 130% the gravity of Earth the ship reached escape velocity using it's own boosters.

Also, at the end, Coop manipulated gravity in order to show himself the coordinates to the NASA base and then pushed the books off the shelf to send a message telling himself to stay. He could have just not given the coordinates in the first place.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: von Boom on 19 November, 2014, 02:20:12 PM
Read the lost chapter of Interstellar here:

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/absolute-zero/ (http://www.wired.com/2014/11/absolute-zero/)
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Link Prime on 19 November, 2014, 04:15:38 PM
Nolan is lined up as guest editor of Wired in December, definitely worth a look.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/christopher-nolan-wired-guest-editor/
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: JPMaybe on 19 November, 2014, 07:19:58 PM
I went into it thinking about how I haven't liked a Nolan film since The Prestige, and pretty much hate everything he's done after that, but balanced it against getting to see a space-opera on the big screen.  I wasn't prepared for *how much* I disliked it; so many of Nolan's most annoying directorial tics were present: the vague, dream-like quality, the constant exposition, the unbearably bombastic music, the bloatedness and lack of economy in plotting.

Worst of all for me was the same problem as with Prometheus- as with Prometheus' utter ignorance of biology despite its pretensions of weightiness, the physics in Interstellar were often garbage.  Which I obviously don't care about in Star Wars, say, but in a film so self-consciously trying to deal with really big philosophical themes, I'm a lot less forgiving.  Even less forgiving given its desperation to be 2001.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Rog69 on 22 November, 2014, 09:23:22 AM
Quote from: JamesC on 19 November, 2014, 06:59:51 AM
[spoiler]The Ranger spacecraft required massive rockets at launch to escape Earth's atmosphere yet on the water planet, which had 130% the gravity of Earth the ship reached escape velocity using it's own boosters.

Also, at the end, Coop manipulated gravity in order to show himself the coordinates to the NASA base and then pushed the books off the shelf to send a message telling himself to stay. He could have just not given the coordinates in the first place.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]It could be that the Ranger did have a powerful enough drive to escape from the high gravity planet under its own steam but when taking off from earth they had the opportunity to use a rocket to launch it and conserve the ranger's own fuel.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Tiplodocus on 22 November, 2014, 01:32:23 PM
That was my reading.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: JamesC on 22 November, 2014, 01:57:35 PM
Stored where? Did you see the size of the fuel tanks on the rocket that took them into Earth orbit?
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Professor Bear on 22 November, 2014, 02:02:54 PM
[spoiler]The amount of thrust necessary to escape Earth's gravitational pull requires explosion-type energy releases, not some tiny engines stuck on the side of a hovercraft blowing really hard - note that shuttle launches require fuel tanks several times larger than the shuttle itself.  And that's just Earth, not super-gravity time-bending black hole planets.[/spoiler]

Although that was something that broke the logic for me - [spoiler]not specifically that they beat the gravity of the planet with tiny thrusters, but that they had a spaceship like out of Star Wars that did the kind of physics-defying stuff that Michael Caine's character back on Earth was simultaneously trying to come up with a formula for, which doesn't strike me as poor science so much as bad plotting.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Spikes on 22 November, 2014, 03:04:04 PM
It's all a bit pants, im afraid.

But reading the early draft script was fun. They should have made this version - http://leonardlangfordlexicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/INTERSTELLAR-Jonathan-Nolan.pdf


Apparently Spielberg was attached to the film at this point. 
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Tiplodocus on 22 November, 2014, 03:26:25 PM
Well, like I say, I twigged that love and pixie dust would save the day early on, knew what kind of a film weveere in for and decided to go along for the ride and enjoy it.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Proudhuff on 22 November, 2014, 03:34:47 PM
Dr Who has done me enough love and pixie dust to last me a while so will past this one I think.
Title: Re: Interstellar (2014)
Post by: Tiplodocus on 11 May, 2018, 03:55:57 PM
Just watched this again for first time since cinema. Still really enjoyed it.

Love transcends space and time; science is our best hope; cool robots are cool. How can you argue with those three ideas.