Real astrophysicist reacts to Netflix's Don't Look Up
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00:00 - Mining a comet
37:30 - Introduction
01:39 - Control desk in the telescope dome
02:43 - Lasers and adaptive optics
03:44 - Subaru Telescope & Planet 9
04:49 - Discovery using blink vs static images
05:43 - Display screens and FITS images
07:16 - What would Carl Sagan do?
08:32 - Planetary Defence Coordination Office
09:10 - Sizes of dangerous asteroids/comets
09:43 - Is 6 months warning realistic?
11:05 - Can this information be "classified"?
12:14 - Science is a different language
12:57 - Could the government hide something like this?
14:57 - Supernova searches
16:46 - The nuclear option for destroying dangerous comets
18:34 - "Don't Look Up" frustration boils over
20:20 - A comet with two tails
21:51 - It actually happened?!
22:19 - THAT ending
23:02 - Final thoughts
25:10 - Bloopers
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I imagine this film started when someone said "people would take climate change seriously if it was an asteroid heading towards them in 6months" and then somebody replied "are you sure they would?"
one of the producers David Sirota gave an interview about the genesis of this movie and that is almost exactly what happened.
If astronomers found a large comet on an earth ending course 6 months from now, then any time you fretted about climate change, nuclear war, litter, politics,.... in the last 50 years would have been a colossal waste of time.
6 months from now is far too close to do anything...and it us unlikely we have any tool that could do anything.
Even to reprogram a deep space rocket would take more than three months...and that's if we had SLS or Saturn Vs or Russian Nova rockets just hanging around the launch facilities being polished and cared for.
None of the LEO and probe launch boosters could do anything. None of the ICBMs could do anything for non of them have enough thrust to escape earth orbit.
So the premise of the movie is a giant propeganda strawman assembled by the producers just to be taken apart.
Similar to this team's other movies. Similar to "Day After Tomorrow"
@@STho205 really, a comet of *any* size would just be hurling towards us and we can’t do *anything* about it, despite a 6 month warning and there being an actual planetary defense agency, which the movie has highlighted is a real thing? How has civilization been progressing in your mind? Are we still in the 70s?
@@spook407 I'd say as to deep Space TLI and TMI then we are not even in the 60s or 70s anymore....or did I miss those moonbases and Mars settlements when I was checking my telescope last night.
We lob little probes into orbit and then use other planets to slowly propel them where they are going in a game of decade long billiards.
These movies are hack jobs, as ridiculous as "When Worlds Collide" in the 50s. Science by literature and English majors.
@@STho205 Yeah because god forbid they try to save fuel when launching a fucking probe right. And the planetary defense office thing, nah that's just a farce, it's all fake. No kind of work is gonna be done when a comet heads towards us with 6 months of preparation.
The scariest part of this wasn't even the comet, it was society.
Idiocracy meets Armageddon
It was the media!
Spoilers:
IMO the BASH CEO felt the same so he arranged for Earth to be wiped out as an act of mercy. The BASH AI predicted the bronteroc so the BASH CEO knew his plan was going to fail. But despite having this insane level of tech (prescient AI, cryogenics, interstellar spaceship) he didn't fix it. He let it happen! He persuaded the POTUS to abort the US effort & possibly nuked the Russian-Chinese-Indian launch.
Exactly. Especially corporate technology-mediated society. I for one got an urge to read Kazinski's anti-"industrial society" "manifesto" which I did and got no insights save for the unabomber really was/is a lunatic.
This is essentially how American news shows would react
Probably the most unrealistic part of the movie was when all the "Don't look up"-people started to believe in the comet and panicked as soon as they could see it in the night sky....there's no way in hell that 90% of those people wouldn't just immediately come up with a conspiracy theory to not have to believe in what they were seeing😅🙈!
Holograms!!!
It's god punishing people and the rapture is coming
Haarp. 5G!
Or to some people the round shaped Earth lol
Actually you would be able to see it during the day too. I remember watching the progress of Kahoutek back in the early 70s. (with my naked eyes).
This movie was genuinely chilling in a way. It almost felt like a horror movie, where you watch the main characters just helplessly running up against sheer incompetence of people in positions of power.
Yep definitely 💯
This is exactly why I watched it for the first time on Halloween 🎃
Try capitalist greed and the nihilistic doomerism brought about by liberal individualism
kinda feels like climate change, huh
was just like the pandemic..
I think the townspeople of Springfield had the right idea: after Springfield was almost wiped out by a comet, they decided to burn down the observatory to make sure that never happened again.
right, just like trump saying we need to do less testing so covid cases won't keep growing,
this is not fiction, pretend it will just go away, when 850,000 americans die.
@@murraymadness4674 The florida governor held a million tests in a warehouse so they would expire before anyone could use them. A woman preparing to run against him in the next election uncovered what was going on.
@@_PatrickO That's ok. The FDA just un-expired them... (Seriously)
Nothing matters any more. It's politics over science.
You sir, are a genius. I love that episode, yet it never even came to my mind, but yeah that pretty much sums up what i expect people would do.
@@TheRealMirCat Wait what?
The tragic irony of the whole scenario was summed up so perfectly when the Leonardo character said, at the table with family and friends gathered around, "we really did have everything, didn't we?"
I really have to wonder about these actors and scientists alike who worry so extremely about surviving their own specific chosen tragedies, yet they aren't even slightly concerned about smoking toxic addictive substances, or over eating and lack of exercise or healthy lifestyles. Yet they grab onto a specific tragedy, and then demand that it be handled in their own way, as if only they have the divine gift of exclusive knowledge of how to be the salvation, all the while creating a massive chaotic cataclysm of ineptitude that only exacerbates to coming cataclysm. Global warming is a good example. Their solutions are less viable than their surreptitious "Don't Look Up" chant." They haven't saved the whales, porpoises, elephants, rhinos, cheetahs. Their pitiful solutions are as useless as making a line by standing on the shoreline holding hands and singing "CumByeYaah, trying to stop an incoming Tsunami / TidalWave. The Paris Climate Accords has crippled the most productive nations, while getting nothing from the most destructive nations that slash, burn, and cut down rainforests, which capture more carbon than any other land based system while producing oxygen that we all need. 3 top countries that PROMISE to reduce carbon 20, 30, 40 and 50 years down the future, are India, China, and Brazil. And they aren't alone. It'll all be just like the 'Save the Elephants' 'Save the Rhinos' programs. You CAN'T STOP IT. There's too many poachers and other problems that these men can't stop or solve. They aren't Gods. They don't have any solutions that are viable. The elephants are as doomed as the 'Passenger Pigeon' and the 'Dodo Bird'. So.... yeah.... Don't Look Up.
@@larrymbouche tl;dr
@@larrymbouche Well, you are in the crowd of dont look up it seems, caught up with the culture wars to even look beyond your own nose, we could change a lot of things if we used our collective power to bargain, literally the only reason why nothing is done to combat climate change is capitalism, because implementing green energies are not profitable enough and fossil fuel conglomerates dont want green energies to be developed and funded, but we as workers have the power to stop it but we are too divided to do so, if we had a national strike demanding green energy policies it will happen, thats why corporations hate unions because the only thing that they care about is their profits and organized labor is their worst enemy, so to the point of the movie "we did everything we could right?" which is the part that I actually want to focus on, we are not doing enough if we dont fight capitalism and use violence when needed. PPl demonize activists when they block companies from continuing their destructive work for profit, but it is literally the most effective action, we could be more effective if there was more ppl that gave a damn.
“rainforests”. If you’re so concerned in America or Europe, start restoring the forests that used to cover your continent. Those forests would also hold huge amounts of sequestered carbon.
Yeah that line stuck with me as well.
That Brontoroc gag at the end had me laughing for an entire day. The setup to the joke just being slipped in like 40 minutes earlier, then the punchline to end the film, was just glorious.
"I believe it's called a Brontoroc..." just bloody got me.
It's time to start the Brontoroc Conservation Society. They have a role to play in our future and they must be preserved.
The beauty of it being wrong on Mindy's death before only improves the punchline.
Brontoroc exists at a different star system. Not sure how you expect to “help save” something so far away
@@electrictroy2010 whoooosh...
pretty sure that was a joke.....
THIS is what I always want when a video title says “[expert in relevant field] reacts to [media relevant to their expertise]”: full on detailed explanations of lots of stuff that helps clarify what’s reality and what’s fabricated for good storytelling. Thank you, loved it!!
I love how your video opens with you rubbing your temple like this is the most frustrating thing you've ever watched, LOL.... priceless!
... Interstellar was GREAT! Right up until love conquered physics... yeah...
this movie almost gave me an ulcer watching it too
Bobby. You win the internet for this comment. You may pick it up at 123 Main Street, New York City. It's pretty large, heavy, and fragile so you should bring a virtual forklift. And maybe some binary code chains to tie it down with.
Given some of the insane comments that have come from (R) politicians recently about the pandemic, I think that including mind bogglingly stupid comments from people in films actually makes the film more realistic. Sad but true.
As I watched this movie, the amount of frustration I felt almost made me stop watching.. but, that was the point. By the end I thought ‘wow, this was probably far to close to reality’ (if we were ever facing an ELE), the whole political, social media world cross over was scarily accurate
The movie is supposed to be our reaction to climate change
"If we were ever facing an ELE". The comet is climate change and you are, as pointed out. A scary amount of people doesnt even understand the quite obvious message of the movie. That this is happening as of right now. "Shit-box News" - Shit Fox News
Yeah, it was ironic how all the mainstream political shows were ignoring the impending doom, but in real life all you hear on mainstream media is global warming fear mongering. Nowadays we are pushed to buy eco friendly, environmentally friendly items by eco alliance etc. Mainstream media are definitely pushing the global warming narrative onto us and definitely don’t forget to remind us about it
Yeah! I was kind of happy at the end when the bash mission failed because like they banned the true scientists and all of that. And when they made the comet hit the earth it was like a wake up call for the science deniers, I don’t know but sometimes I don’t like happy endings.
A comet hitting the earth is cut and dry climate change is not. Besides Leonardo DiCaprio lives in a house that probably uses the electricity and gas of 20 houses
The reaction to the movie from movie reviewers, particularly the one from the Wall Street Journal, was so perfect to see from the same people who have driven our science denial misinformation complex. My favorite response was the guy that said "I'm so glad you reviewed this and let me know that this movie wasn't worth my time." It was either a depressing meta statement on the message of the movie, or a brilliant bit of comic irony. I'm still not sure which.
I think it was a brilliant movie. Claiming it’s about global warming? No. It is a GRADUAL process. And it’s happened before (no ice on the poles). Life THRIVED in that condition… it didn’t go extinct.
The movie shows an instantaneous extinction
@@electrictroy2010 of course it has parallels to Climate Change denialism. In both cases we're arguing about basic facts and thereby guaranteeing our response will be too late. And "It is a GRADUAL process. And it’s happened before" is not only irrelevant, it's facile bordering on ignorant - yes, some life thrived when the earth was warmer. Other life went extinct. In any case the bigger concern is how many people die before we actually react to climate change.
@@lttfan9185 What temperature should the earth be at? How do you know?
@@deandownsouth I like 72.5 degrees F , myself.😜
@@deandownsouth The temperature where people don't die of heatstroke, the temperature where natural disasters aren't common.
Possibly one of the best modern sci-fi/sociopolitical movies. Handled the subject and themes really well
it's lots of fun to see the journalists being total haters of this movie tho!
The most depressing thing about this film was the idea that the only survivors are uber-wealthy idiots. But then, I guess it's just a reverse variation on Douglas Adams' idea in his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series that the entire human race is descended from the occupants of an alien spaceship that crashed on Earth millennia ago, all of whom were the home planet's rejected brainless middle-men.
I think it's safe to say that the rich got eaten lol
They survived the Earth, but I do not think they survived the new planet. Also, they were mostly old farts, they will die out without really producing any children. Good riddance! Who needs telephone sanitizers... err... I mean mega rich selfish idiots?
Yes... however remember the home planet was subsequently wiped out by a pathogen from a dirty phone. 😎
@@iloveyourunclebob that scene was the most satisfying lol
I mean, if the son of the president survived under the rubble, it's safe to say a lot of people did survive as well. So the odds are the humanity in general was wounded but lived, while the rich got eaten alive. Sounds like a happy ending...kinda, if the deaths of billions can be referred to as such.
This movie gave me SO MUCH anxiety because I believe this is exactly how something like this would happen...and for the record, this movie WAS about climate change. Writer said it was.
I thought it was an allegory about what would happen if the former president of the United States were confronted by a situation like a cometary impact and how electing someone that unbalanced could literally put every human life in jeopardy.
Also fits COVID and the rapid spread of disinformation and the sidelining of science. Growth of anti vax etc
I live in Scotland, we could do with it being a bit bloody warmer to be honest.
@@byrnemeister2008 I would say it fits Covid and the rapid censorship of scientists that have an opinion differing from the "approved narrative" ie:Dr Robert Malone who literally had a hand in creating the technology and was immediately deplatformed.
@@vinnyganzano1930 tbh they say if the Earth warms a few degrees, like enough for Canada and Russia to thaw out, our ability to grow crops in these areas quadruples.
I love the way she expresses herself so clearly and in a way that laymen such as myself can understand without feeling condescended to.
I love that Dr. Becky can identify telescopes in just a glance.
This movie was cowritten by a journalist who does a lot of climate change stuff, and it was intended to be a direct parable to climate change. Apparently then covid happened as they were working on it, and they had to amp up the crazy to try to keep it comedic... but then it stopped being much of a comedy 😂
Yeah, The Onion can't even keep up.
Sirota did a pretty good job of creating an existential comedy, in which laughing or crying both seem appropriate responses.
I watched this here in Australia and all I could think about through the whole film was Americas response to covid. It was kind of uncanny.
It's the current world's response to climate change condensed into 6months.
I found it hillarious. Loved it. But no one else I know liked it for some reason.
I kept expecting the Bash drilling drones to malfunction in some way, I was expecting more of an ED-209 kinda thing though. Think my favourite line was from where people were coming up with conspiracy theories, and Kate says "Guys the truth is way more depressing, they're not even smart enough to be as evil as you're giving them credit for". Lots to enjoy in this film in any case.
well, the one about the bunkers/rocket was right, though you never admit to having an emergency escape when it's got limited seating.
ED-209 is a very obscure reference from a movie almost 40 years old.
I work for the US federal government, and every time I'm sitting at a computer, staring at it for 40 minutes, waiting for it to have booted up enough for me to use it, I think more or less the same thing. like "how do people think we're competent enough to be behind all this crap? I can't even open up my emails yet."
That quote and the "we really did have everything, didn't we?" Were my favorite moments of the movie.
In the meantime, they are crashing drones into asteroids to see if they can "deflect" them....wouldnt it be funny if we were hit by one soon? One big enough to cause noticable damages?
completely off topic, but gotta love youtube subtitles. "Long period comment from the Orc cloud" is my new favorite thing.
I love how passionate she is about Astrophysics. I think it's very rare to see someone who actually loves their job.
I think scientists are usually love what they do. You don't invest all that time to get good in your chosen field if you are not passionate about it.
this is an underrated film for many reasons. the over politicisation of science is a real issue, and us and them of that.
Things and people that just exist seem to get politicized too often. It makes idiots think they have a legitimate point because a bunch of other idiots are giving them a platform
How is it underrated? Everyone is talking about it.
It’s Oscar nominated now 😭
@Juan Garcia Appeal to authority logical fallacies are fun.
Over politicization is as under statement, because including politics to ANY DEGREE in science is just... It doesn't even make sense. You don't bring facts into something all about opinions.
Watching this film made me more aware than ever (and I've never been particularly unaware) of the value of science education and science communicators. Academic communicators of all kinds are vital to the society, now more than ever. So, let me say thank you, Dr. Becky, for taking the time to make this content, and be a part of the solution we so sorely need!
@@Kryptomi pretty sure the OP is applying their comment to things like covid, climate change, chemical waste and the blurred lines between capitalism’s interest in self preservation and profits vs facts and reality
@@Kryptomi wow. Thanks for proving my point. Oh how media muddies the waters. Good luck and Take care of yourself, physically and mentally.
@@Kryptomi you had a lot to say.
The problem lies within your original reply to me. You claim the government WANTS there to be data that supports the idea that climate change is being accelerated by humans.
There’s multiple faults within this logic. Mainly that our government has done little to no action for actually solving the issues causing the acceleration of climate change. Things such as the use of natural gasses, pollution from large factories & corporations and the increased use of plastics & other non-biodegradable/recyclable products.
This is because the corporations that buy and own our politicians (ALL of our politicians, it’s quite astounding how bipartisan it can be) recognize that to change over to systems that are more eco-friendly would cost them profits.
Politicians act like they hate eachother, but within the United States they’re practically the same party. It’s a dog and pony show. Liberals are diet republicans. An informed individual like you would know that their voting records are the same. Sleepy Joe Biden and Ted Cruz almost unanimously vote the same on all economic issues revolving around oil, military spending, tax cuts for the 1% & corporations and for cutting regulation on corporations. While simultaneously making life harder for middle and lower class citizens by voting against healthcare systems, education and other things. The only thing they fight about for the sake of the news is wether gay people should exist, and if we should throw homeless people in jail. It’s quite silly.
These are things the movie tackled head on and called out.
So again, the idea that those very same career politicians that vote in favor of the corporations that “donate” to them, would decide to create a narrative that would COST those same corporations money is ludicrous. Democrats pretend to want “the green deal” but it STILL hasn’t been voted in yet. They pretend to want to regulate oil and plastic consumption.
But business as usual Joe Biden and his democrat friends all know that if they do that, the millions lining their pockets will disappear. So they pretend to care while sleeping in bed with big tech, oil & the military industrial complex.
The movie literally says that out loud.
So excuse me for seeing your anger and rage as misguided frustration. And for suggesting you get away from the media machine that has brainwashed you into thinking democrats are socialists. (btw they’re not even fucking close, but words don’t mean anything right?)
Chill out man. Ask yourself why you’re so angry about this, if the man behind the screen really has your best interest in mind or if they’re making bank off your cyclical pattern of hate watching their content. I’m being genuine in saying take care of yourself, I’m trying to do the same. Avoiding the grifters is harder said than done. And staying sane is the best thing you and I can do.
@@Kryptomi btw. most of the science supporting the evidence of climate change isn’t even supported by federal funds anyways. But whatever
@@Kryptomi you’re right, I did assume your stance. And you’re right, we’re not the only factor. But it’s undeniable we’re greatly accelerating the process. It’s a cycle that was already going to happen, but it would’ve gone slower had we not affected the environment. Keep doing what you’re doing then. But still, not everything is big government, and left wing information can have grifters within it as well. So regardless of your position, take care.
I love the whole "do not look up" chant, especially how frustrating it must feel to astronomers, because it is like dealing with creationsts in biology who will ignore pretty much 99.9% of the biology research just to not have to accept the evolution. You guys are lucky that flat earthers do not have the numbers to sneak into schools really.
So, what you are saying, is that you are not 100.0% sure yourself? )
@@KidoKoin No.
@@KidoKoin science usually don’t like to say that anything is 100% (lmao quote from the movie too)
What he means is that the 99.9% of scientific data that contradicts the idea of a 6000 year old earth populated by the survivors of a global flood is conveniently ignored in favor of the those that can be twisted in support of their biblical view. Because even though their solitary goal is to undermine scientific understanding, science is so universally respected that they nonetheless have to employ the language of science to try to project legitimacy. Often times creationist/conspiracy grifters paint themselves as brilliant luminaries who have somehow discovered some key flaw in the theory and have some important data which will revolutionize the field. That somehow the global consensus of science is wrong and they have arrived to finally vindicate the truth of the Bible.
Some go so far as to paint universities as Satanic Masonic societies where a massive global conspiracy to erase god is being carried out by collegiate science programs.
Then you have scholarships being provided to dedicated disciples of evangelicalism who pursue PhDs in Genetics/Geology in order to renounce their scientific training and publish pseudoscientific misinformation with those scientific credentials. Never in peer reviewed journals, they often are funded by creationist foundations like the Discovery Institute and the Institute for Creation Research, which receive massive donations from the Walton family for the work they do in keeping the American public dumb, divided, and scientifically ignorant.
I LOVE that you check your facts in real-time, nobody does that anymore and it shows basic academic legitimacy
I heard the Ariana Grande song on Spotify before I’d heard of this film and I PMSL at the “get your head out of your ass and listen to the goddamn qualified scientists” line, listened to it a couple of times thinking ‘awesome, Ari is a savage’. I know people have been saying this film fails as a satire because it’s as subtle as a sledgehammer, but we’re living through a time when there’s so much wilful ignorance everywhere that a story that smacks you right on the nose is the only thing that has a chance of working. Not that the people who need to see it will watch it, or would let themselves think about it. @Becky Watch Arrival next if you haven’t done that one, it’s beautiful… well, the science will probably annoy the shit out of you but as a story about loss seen from a reversed context it just makes me shiver every time.
Haha I hated arrival too 😂
Savage in that private jet.....climate change uwu😊😋
It didn't fail and subtly doesn't work in our society.
@@sandpiperr I do groundwater modeling and you are right- subtlety does not work. A sledgehammer doesn't always work, either.
@@DrBecky The short story the Arrival was based on ("Story Of Your Life" by Ted Chiang) is much more down-to-earth but intriguing (and there's no China in it!), while the idea of an alien language with predictive syntax was very novel (at least for me). I suggest you to read it, it shouldn't take longer than about an hour.
it was the kind of satire that falls flat in terms of humor and instead makes you feel absolutely infuriated with how people can be. it definitely did a great job at that. I felt that it was relatable a lot with the whole covid situation out there as well
My issue with it is that not trusting a government with vaccines and other stuff is a little different then a giant rock hurtling at earth that you can simply take out a telescope and see. I 100 percent thing everyone would be on Leo's side in our real world because a comet is a actual tangible threat, something humans usually take seriously
@@carolusrex5213 I hope that’s true but people are literally whining about having to wear a face mask to protect themselves and there are some crazy enough to holding irl strikes during corona so my faith in humanity is decreasing by the day
@@esthykechan yeah but you have to think about their view too is how I convinced some of my family. They felt unsure about it because it didn't have years of being used behind it and my dad especially said that he was more dead set in not getting the vaccine because whenever he asked about it people called him a dumbass. Think about how many of these people would have been convinced if we just talked instead of calling them names. I legit can not find a single Twitter thread where someone talks to someone unsure about covid vaccines in a kind manner they always call them idiots it kinda makes me realize that both sides have to work together to get to the truth.
@@carolusrex5213 the problem is you’re referring to Twitter.
Normal conversations refer to peer reviews studies, the stats on hospitalizations and the fact the the side effects are lessened.
I refer to STD’s during these conversations.
Like yeah, gonnorrea has less than a 1% chance of killing you. But I’d rather be safe, prevent it, and treat it if I catch it.
Covid causes cardiovascular issues, permanent lung damage, hair loss and in a large percentage of men, erectile dysfunction. We don’t even know the long term effects or how covid effects pregnancies.
When someone has a conspiracy theory. Ask two questions.
1.) who stands to “gain” from this and what do they gain.
2.) how many moving parts have to be involved/covered up to make it happen?
@@carolusrex5213 no I actually disagree with what you said about a comet being a more visible threat and people would take it more seriously, since I mean just look at flat earthers, there is a lot of “visible” evidence and people still don’t agree with it. Plus the people in the movie still didn’t think that the comit was that serious until they saw it up close with their own eyes.
Came for the reaction videos on movies, stayed for the science. I love how you interject these videos with references to actual scientific methods, missions and so on. :) Thanks!
no-one has proved the earth is a sphere more often than flat earthers. Granted the rest of us really only needed it done the one time.
"People are sick of experts." My god, that sums up everything wrong with humanity so succinctly.
Well I'm certainly sick of experts failing to actually change or affect anything. When are they going to go on strike or sabotage fossil fuel infrastructure or literally do anything to help the rest of us? As it is now, they keep finding new ways to get carbon out of the ground and into the air, so they can pretty much go fuck themselves.
@@seanbutterfield1 - And nobody will run with 'Experts are terrorists!' or use that as proof of a covert conspiracy to take over the world.
These "catastrophe reaction" works always exaggarate. Climate change and similar problems are really complicated, but still solvable and being solved. Don't lose hope for humanity.
More accurately, people are sick of experts who disagree with them.
@@julietfischer5056 they absolutely will, but you counteract that by materially improving the lives of working people and earning their confidence and loyalty instead of continuing to sell them out and line the pockets of those who would exploit them and destroy the world with climate change.
I LOVE that you had the exact same response to the Brontoroc scene: SO SATISFYING! I get so frustrated when idiots are rewarded for being stupid/willfully ignorant. The fact that those incredibly selfish people that caused so many of the problems getting their well-deserved end was so incredibly satisfying
Can't imagine they had a successful society with Only idiots and rich executives remaining and none of the scientists, engineers and other experts necessary to have anything work.
I think the reason that scene had to exist is to point a light on the "we will just colonize mars" perspective. I actually disagree, but even with that it is interesting.
@@TimoRutanen That was part of one of Peter Hamilton's books (I think The Void Trilogy) - a society created by a spaceship full of lawyers and executives and other nonsense. I think I'd felt satisfaction if they ended on this new planet and realized their average age is 70 and mostly men and whatever happens, that colony wouldn't survive. Now that would be a proper ending.
@@denijane89 yes! I felt like that ending left it too much like they might have survived and got away with destroying the earth!
As a scientist.. I had the exact same reaction she did when she got to the denialism part of the movie, I was so furious.
I'm only 7 minutes or so into this video, but it's a joy to listen to someone who loves what they do, and wants to share.
17:31 "the earth moves the length of its diameter every 7 minutes"
as long as you know what a diameter is, this is an extremely intuitive way to think about the movement of the Earth. I'll be sure to pass on this fact to others as often as possible!
Even if you don't know the diameter, you can take the 7 minutes and compare it to the length of the year (in minutes) to get an idea of how many diameters an orbit is. Reading your comment made me realize this neat relation.
It overestimates by about 1.8% or 1300 km. Not bad for squishing an ellipse into a circle.
Or when you look at the Moon during Third Quarter (next on January 25, exact time depends on your location), realize that's roughly where you will be 3.5 hours later! (Or during First Quarter where you were 3.5 hours ago).
@@Gerard1971 Takes me almost that long to drive to work some days...
Kinda wish I worked on the moon now.
@@Tinker001 7920 miles / 66600 miles per hour X 60 minutes per hour = 7 minutes 8 seconds. As for mining a comet for rare materials, that would be like polishing a turd. Asteroids made of iron and nickel would be a better bet.
I thought it was great. I loved the General who charged them for snacks and how JLaw couldn't get over it throughout the movie. I loved when Leo went on Seasame street and yelled we are all gonna die. I just thought it was really well made comedy even though yes frustrating due to the world we actually live in(funny thing is it was written before covid, but it showed just how much farther we've moved in that direction). It's like a newer Idiocracy.
I say he was just hazing the newbs. It is probably a trick some people do to new people when they notice they have never been there before.
That was my favourite bit too. The long running joke how she couldn’t get over it: “he’s a 4* general…”
Also, that guy is named General Themes. I love subtle jokes like that.
@@enhydralutra I didn't even catch that! So basically, the general theme is screwing people over for unnecessary personal gain 😂
@@_PatrickO Probably, though I've seen rich people be cheap like that, and I've seen people who make a ton of money living paycheque to paycheque and don't know how to control themselves. It was funny either way.
The funny part is that this movie was meant to satirize climate change and was released during COVID, so people think it's a COVID response satire.
Still works.
I can't believe it's taken me this long to find this channel. Dr. Becky, watching you react, listening to your passion for your field... all I can say is, you and your channel are magnificent!
I would suggest people watch Contact as well, it has a very similar vibe to this movie and focuses on how the scientific community would react to the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence versus how the governments and public at large would react.
Contact is my favorite book and movie, and there is a HUGE difference. Carl Sagan had *hope for humanity.*
This movie has none.
@@extrules Sagan didn’t live long enough to see just how insane it has all become, who knows how he would feel today. When he died, “flat earth” was still a punchline, not a misguided belief.
Great video, I really enjoyed it. I didn't know the earth moved it's entire diameter every 7 mins, that's quite cool and also promising to find out that smashing a small object into a comet could save the day.
Which of course means that if you were to use a time machine you would have to move in space too, otherwise you would asphyxiate pretty quick ...
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle I've been waiting decades for a time travel movie to mention this.
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle Yep, and going back in time 6 months not only means moving 186 million miles to the other side of Earth's orbit but also to where the solar system would have been six months ago!
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle in multiple directions as well, not only are we simply going around the sun, we're also moving up or down in the equatorial plane as well.
In other word, slow as a snail, no?
18:37 is definitely the moment the central message of the movie lands in full force and Dr. Becky's reaction is just outstanding. 😅
That movie was so good! I especially love when one of them talks about how he's going to miss all the stuff, like cars and watches lol
As a Data Scientist, I loved the Machine Learning tangent. Would love to hear more of that in the future!
Same here! I want to have better knowledge of machine learning
The best part of the movie was the CEO/Founder guy telling the President his algorithms predicted she would be eaten by a Bronteroc, and they didn't even know what it meant. Such a good send up of the tech bros.
I am studying machine learning now. Wouldn't unsupervised learning be used for grouping and thus Wouldn't have to many issues with training data?
@@seanbutterfield1 The point about the Bronteroc was a play on the fact that many artificial neural net systems are seen as 'black box' systems because once trained you really don't have a clue why they are spitting out result x or result y, they just do and that's that.
Ongoing efforts have been made to make AI/ML systems more 'human readable' so that we can more easily tweak them after training.
@@mnomadvfx yes I understand that. They programmed a computer to tell them shit they don't understand, can't check, and that often fails, and they're betting the future of humanity on these algorithms and the sociopaths who programmed them. It's terrifying.
I did not expect your reaction to be THIS detailed and im not complaining. This is a really informative and probably one of the best reaction videos ever!
Love watching you look at sci-fi films and breaking it down, especially when you see stuff that it pretty realistic and get excited about working out what the telescope was in the opening scenes. If you haven't already then you should do Armageddon or Deep Impact.
22:00 is my favorite of your reactions 😆 also appreciate how informational you are!
I love your science-packed reactions. It educates the amateur astronomer in me! Thanks as always for sharing.
It is evident that Dr. Becky has media training
@@Feefa99 Nice.
Absolutely looove these kinds of videos combining actual knowledge with sci-fi movies.
NETFLIX and NASA are both Sci-Fi.
Nice job Dr. Becky. Really have enjoyed your videos since I found them. Keep it up! 🌌🌌🌌
didn't expect to learn so much from this, but found it really insightful. Nice video!
The part you says about Looking Up is amazing. I always feel so small when I look up in the sky and see stars, makes me humble but also makes me feel like a wonder that occured. It really also is a deeper meaning that in a world now that should been run by technology, science and logic, there are still so many people ignoring facts and turns away from logic.
This was a great film. I was so frustrated because it feels like real life would go down this path and I cried so much at the end. Leave me alone lol
dont worry, space is fake
@@Chronz are you dead serious now
@@gwenzy750 I'm alive and well. Space is for children
@@Chronz that is the funniest shit i have heard all day
@@gwenzy750 yeah it was funny when I first heard it.
Ps you didn't hear it but I know what you mean
this was very interesting! thank you for sharing!
I love your videos and this is such a fun way of seeing even just some of your personality, humor and passion. Plus your accent is amazing!
It's so cool that professional astronomers use FITS files. Being an amateur astronomer I'm used to FITS files from programs like APT, NINA, SGP, etc. when those programs store the data from consumer grade astronomy cams!
Doesn't it feel surreal to be an amateur in a field and finding even the smallest of similarities between us (an amateur) and the professionals in the field which we idealise to work in?
😂Eg. I used to play keyboard (now I don't get much time to), and I also used to watch some Astronomy related series on Discovery, Discovery Science, and National Geographic, and there were a lot of intro scenes where professionals like Michio Kaku were shown playing piano. I don't know why but I felt so happy seeing that I have some similarities with some professionals working in Astronomy.
@@harshvardhan4771 Interesting, I just finished composing synthesized music and find myself still fascinated by discoveries and methods used by professional and amateur astronomers to reveal the images and data defining the night sky
@@harshvardhan4771 It should come as no surprise. Professionals are just as human as amateurs.
@@jursamaj that was not my point.
@@harshvardhan4771 How could it not be? You found it surreal to have even small similarities to them. Since you are all human, how could you possibly *not* have small, and big, similarities? There's nothing surreal about it.
I loved the movie. I appreciate your takes on the science, and how the comet discovery would’ve been shared with the rest of the astronomy community practically instantaneously, and that no astronomers would be in the telescope dome observing because of light and because Mauna Kea is frickin’ freezing at night and the telescope and dome are intentionally maintained at the outside night temp.
That said. The satirical take on the politics and news was spot on. Spot on to the point of changing my “funny ha ha” experience to “funny oh crap”. To me, this was one of those movies you should definitely watch once, but no more than once.
I watched it twice. I noticed things second time I didn’t see first time, especially since I knew where the plot was headed
You are one of the smartest people I've ever heard speak. Thank you for all the information!!
Had a good laugh at this movie, full of high budget and highly paid actors as well! :)
Great review Dr Bec love it.
On not having the telescope control right next to the telescope, light pollution wasn't my first thought, but more the ambient conditions. Apparently right now we're looking at a day range of 18-27C at Subaru. But if you were in the UK then being exposed to sub zero temps overnight wont be as fun! Operation from a warm room is much preferable.
Only problem with the UK is we don't have high enough mountains for worthwhile astronomical observatories. The Canary Islands are better for us, closer and with pretty decent nightlife for the days you're off duty👍🍹🥃🍸🍾🍷🥂🍻🍺
Even in the old optical telescopes (with the eyepiece), you'd cover your reading lamp just to avoid contaminating your observations with light pollution. The amount of accent lighting in that room is insane.
@@vinnyganzano1930 In modern times for sure they optimise location, but there are many historic observatories around. I mainly thought that way as I used to do astrophotography as a hobby, and the best nights tended to be freezing nights!
When I had my 8" telescope, in the olden days, used to have to wait quite a while in the winter after setting it up on the coldest (best, i.e., driest) nights, and it's not even very cold here, but very humid (like soup in the atmosphere). Also same issue the rest of the year, in reverse (A/C to outside), although not really viewing season, due to humid, tropical weather and disease carrying mosquitos. I imagine that professional, modern telescopes have the temps all equalized and timed. Even amateur viewing is massively better nowadays with wi-fi and remote control, so you can sit in comfort inside. I would still do some eye to eyepiece viewing, though, just because it's magic. 🤩
i didn't know Subaru made telescopes
As someone into AI and ML, i would love to hear you give the state of affairs on its use in astronomy. Pros, cons, its history and future, stuff like that.
Yes that was an interesting tangent.
I think Dr. Becky would have to get another Ph.D to handle that properly.
The funniest part to me is when they launch ALL the spaceships from ONE launch pad, like a swarm of spaceships… 😂 So unrealistically funny!
I really understand, know and hear you as well about the climate too Becky. Thanks for the amazing video
I don’t know if it’s a film you would want to comment on, but one of the greatest films on something impacting the earth I’ve ever seen was “seeking a friend for the end of the world”. You will thoroughly enjoy it
Second this
LOVE that film.
What do you do with......some.....time left when the usual concerns and consequences just aren't there anymore?
@@Tao_Tology and she still hasn't commented if she's seen it. I guess JWST is keeping her busy, but she really needs to take the time
I agree. It's a great film, idk howbmuchbscience she could pull from it but it's entertaining for sure.
I really love how you explained everything in such detail.
Academics like you make me proud of being human.
I love this series please keep it up. It might be a bit awkward because it's Science FICTION, but I love hearing you tear things up with a dash of logic from a specialist. I love it very much.
Astronomy historically also gave us successful agriculture predicting seasonal variation, ability to predict the future with calendars, navigation over great distances, and the ability to notice that things that always seem to look the same, sometimes have subtle changes in the details.
People told me this was a sad movie. When I got to watch it, in the end I was actually glad it ended like it did instead of a couple other possible alternatives. It's not the disaster movie we wanted, but it is definitely the disaster movie some people need to watch nowadays.
Those people will just take it as a personal attack on their trumpism ideology. Because it is. It was just Idiocracy 2021
Imagine it got a happy ending. It would suggest that we can be stupid as much as we want, it will be okay, and the “dontlookup” crowd was right:)
@@juzoli it kinda sucks to want to have that ending, cos if we do, then we have apply that rationale to other circumstances. It’s good though that I can root for global destruction because it’s just a movie, but in real life have to face the very real probability that we’re facing that in our near future.
@@BGraves Those who see it as an attack instead of a hyperbolic critique are too far gone already. The message is targeted at those who might still have an ounce of rationality in their brains and might nudge some people in the right direction.
In this sense, it's better than Idiocracy in the sense that it isn't rooted in The Bell Curve and other such disservice pseudoscientific works that do more to make people feel unwarrantedly superior than to raise actual issues we might propose solutions to. Scientific minded people don't finish watching this movie feeling superior, but worried, and that's a positive at least in my book.
@@danielriley7380 We can only do the best we can. At least our conscience will be clear. vov
Love your enthusiasm, Doctor. Those EYES when you're most enthusiastic!
I'm right there with you on the joys and benefits of looking up (or down, or just closely). I'm always looking around at things, and I can't count the number of times I've been out looking at stars/planets/satellites and pointing them out to people who respond "Oh, that's neat. Thanks. I never look up." and I'm just dumbfounded every time I hear that.
Whether it's the sky (day or night), forests/gardens, or even just how the different parts of limestone walls in town are weathering there's so much to be fascinated by in the world around us and all that you can learn through simple observation of the world (and universe) that surrounds us.
Now you have to do Interstellar. Just knowing how much it annoys you means that the reaction video would be amazingly hilarious.
Thank you Chris Pratt very cool
Agreed. I mean I love the movie so much myself, but It would be so fun to watch Dr. Becky react to it.
Interstellar was 2/3 of good sci-fi movie mixed with 1/3 of anti-intellectual new age garbage. Did we really need the idiotic time travel plot (my problem is not with time travel, but how nonsense the execution was) and comically stupid bashing of science at the start of it?
@@KuK137 By time travel, do you mean time dilation? And I think the bashing of science at the beginning was to drive home the fact NASA had essentially been shunned underground. There's a lot of science bashing today so it's not that far off.
does anyone know why she specifically states she wont film a reaction to interstellar?
I'm so glad I found this channel. I love learning from such well informed people.
Hello, thank you for everything on this channel. As requested, here’s my list of things to watch: Hidden Figures, Ad Astra, Silent Running, Gravity, First Man and Sunshine. Thanks again🖖🏽
My favourite vid of yours thus far, ty!
Loved this ! Theres something so amazingly pleasing about watching someone talk with such passion and knowledge about something they deeply care and love ❤
This movie was great. Rarely does a movie made me laugh, cry and get angry.
I cannot tell you how happy that made me that the system they use to observe images is called "DS9". ❤❤
These are the only reaction videos i watch cause i know i'll learn a bunch of cool stuff. Thanks doc !
A lot of people in groups I’m in, told me to look at it like they are talking about covid, but it was written about climate change too.
It’s awesome learning how true it was and seeing your reaction!
When you said DS9, thought of Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
as well as very animated, expressive, and pleasant facial expressions.
I absolutely loved this movie. I don't think I've ever had a movie before make me laugh and cry at the same time. I've seen people criticise it for either not being funny enough or preaching to the choir or not being subtle enough to change people's minds. But this movie wasn't meant to do any of that. It's not a comedy, it's a dark satire. And it's not trying to preach or convert anyone. The time to do that is already past. What this movie is, is a despairing howl from scientists and doctors telling people the facts and being ignored, derided or accused of lying. Anyone who is scientifically literate will feel the frustration and hopelessness radiating from this movie.
Loved your breakdown of it.
@14:57 Her character portrays an Astrophysics PHD from Michigan State University. Majoring in Astrophysics at MSU and researching accreting black holes in Tucanae 47, we often utilized SOAR (Southern Astrophysical Research- a telescope at 9,000ft on one of Chile's mountains). We used SOAR remotely from a control room in our Physics & Astronomy building on campus. SOAR mixed with data collected from previous observations helped us select promising candidates for quasi periodical oscillations.
Love your honest reactions to this bizarre yet timely movie! Especially the bits about the telescope in the beginning, I would have otherwise assumed it was all just a movie set, not a real machine!
Thank you for this video! I love your energy and knowledge :)
Late to this I know, unfamiliar with this channel. But just three minutes in I am hooked by this person and her knowledge!!!👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for that lighthearted, semi-comical, but wholly real interpretation of a film that's obviously meant to be a wake up call tucked away inside a satirical trojan horse. Unfortunately I think the existential threat these kind of problems pose will come down to whether or not the enlightened outnumber the idiots, and the trend these days has me worried.
I think part of the problem is labeling one side as enlightened vs the other side, who may disagree with the theory. The history of science is full of a minority of people holding ideas and views that contradicted the majority. Science doesn't care about political sides, if done as it should be done. Unfortunately, like in the case of "climate change", terrible science and data manipulation has been exposed by critical review and the resulting reaction has been to label people questioning the interpretation of data or the methods of data collection as "deniers." THAT is the real problem. Good theories, like relativity, stand up to scrutiny.
@@rfp313 the problem is a lot of science is becoming politically biased. Some publishers will only publish studies that push their narrative and ignore the rest.
@@thisisntanoption702, totally agree. Is there climate change? Is it being driven by humans?
Those are great questions and asking them in a very critical way, to request the examination of the data, and to look at the collection methods, IS science. It's totally ok to scrutinize these things. Unfortunately, when someone starts to do that the response is to retreat and to scream "denier!"
@@rfp313 but it was scrutiny based on real science of the time, yes there were crackpots, there will always be crackpots!
@@rfp313 I would say if the scrutiny is being done in a true scientific way by reasonable people, then the ones crying "denier" are the real deniers.
Your a real scientist if you can start to give scientific information a split second after the movie started, before even
there was any dialogue. LOL. Always good to see a new Dr. Becky vid.
If she was a real scientist she would know that the Earth is Flat and everything NASA puts out is CGI. *REALITY CHECK*
@@godsbeautifulflatearth A "reality check" is indeed what you are in need of.
@@olencone4005 This is yet another example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. There is an unfortunately significant portion of the population that is too stupid to have a clue as to how stupid they are. Their ignorance makes them think that they are really smart. :(
@@olencone4005 Do not feed the trolls, meaning do not interact with them, not worthy the effort
@@gilb_4 I see it like when your neighbor's dog comes over and starts bothering you while you're trying to do something. So you pick up a ball, wave it around to get the attention of the dog's walnut-sized brain, and then pretend to throw it waaaaaaaaay down the street. The dog runs off, and you chuck the ball back in a box and go about your day again. It's an amusing distraction for a minute or so, and anyone else who sees it can have a good chuckle at the dog as it runs off in its own little world ^_^
I had pretty much the same reaction to this movie. I liked interstellar. It's completely unfeasible but ok for a space fantasy. I also love passengers and put it on when I can't sleep, mainly because I hope that would be able to get to that point in the future where all these things are possible even though we are on track to destroy ourselves well before then.
Honestly, astronomy sounds so fun ngl
3:40 - what pops into my mind is a balanced twisted pair in an audio or signalling cable: any interference will be applied to both, and you can use this to cancel out the effect of the interference. It's a really simple yet cool mechanism!
Every doomdayb climate change prediction over 50 years has been dead wrong
@@osmosisjones4912 you're repeating yourself. Do you know what a broken record is?
I find it amazing LIGO detects gravity waves sort-of the same way, but in reverse. Getting interference is the good bit.
Really enjoyed this reaction (and the film!). I went to school for astrophysics and yet mid-degree switched to art (imagine that). It was a lot of fun to see your reactions to the film and see a little slice of that life.
That was a worse idea then not looking up
Brian May switched from astrophysics to music, so it can sometimes work. (He still loves keeping in touch with his astrophysics side.)
As a fellow cientists I do completely understand the feeling of frustration this movie brings! Loved your reaction
I love your reactions, Dr. Smethurst. I can imagine you rolling on the floor in laughter watching something like Armageddon or Deep Impact.
I would love to see you do this with Greenland. I found it very refreshing as a disaster movie and the human response.
I think you’d enjoy it. It’s definitely not satirical but quite beautiful.
21:52 Your expression says it all. Shock, disbelief, and undertones of terror. As an expert, you know exactly what would happen.
I can only hope that science wins out to open enough people's eyes to the truth. If not, then perhaps viral entertainment like this is the way to go to shock people awake?
People choose to denie the truth becouse its easier than changing the way we live
Great Breakdown. Great Explanation. Loved it:)
I really like the film. I also was caught off guard by how emotional the ending is.
Honestly I just love this movie in a number of ways. it was really cool to hear the things they got right or wrong, and also someone else having the similar feelings about the whole movie and ending and all. very neat vid
I'm glad you were able to laugh at it more than I was able to. It's a good and funny movie, but just hit too close to home emotionally for me to laugh or feel anything but frustration.
Every doomsday climate change prediction has been proven dead wrong
@@osmosisjones4912 Just don't look up
While it does make fun of trump and republicans because that would be the main problem for us all if this were to ever be a real situation, no one in the movie is really as serious as they should. The professor was so worried about credit for his student and naming rights or the proper math, when none of that mattered, the world was going to end. He falls in love and really stopped focusing on the fact that the world is going to end. Diabiasky is sidetracked by a lot of mundane things, preventing her from being effective in advocating for any action.
Even Oglethorpe loses focus and loses effectiveness. The people trying to be heroes were all still flawed.
This movie is likely closer to the truth from all sides than any other attempts at speculating what would happen. Republicans do what they always do with every serious issue and deny it, everyone else is too worried about random things to effectively work together.
In the end, nothing mattered because rich people just threw money around to get what they wanted at the risk of everyone else. Just like real life.
@@osmosisjones4912 Tell me more about how much more you know about climate science than actual climate scientists
@@beardieblighter9905 This bad troll is going and posting this same drivel comment on many comments here. Just checkout the video's it posts on their yt channel to see how deranged they are.
Watched the movie with my 10 years old daughter, to try to oper her mind to different stuff and to have a critical mind despite telling her that something is like that or not, specially science...
Loved the «Frustration Boils over» segment at 18:34... Frustration indeed...
Congrats on your channel and content!
8:58 Oooh watching this RIGHT AFTER DART hit it's target. NICE!