Well, the above is just a rant, let's get to the point.
In 1968, before humans landed on the moon, "2001: A Space Odyssey" was released, and the reviews at the time were mixed. Kubrick said it was because audiences were unprepared for the unprecedented movie, even though he deleted it after the movie was previewed. 19 minutes. Considering that the science at that time was not as developed and widespread as it is now, the audience's reaction was reasonable. And now, "2001" has become a must-see movie history for fans of science fiction.
In 2013, "Gravity" was released. A technology-oriented film, the "light box" invented by the crew was even selected as the second place in the "Top 100 Inventions of the Year". But there are a lot of very unscientific bugs in the movie, which are maddened by fans with careful theoretical thinking. Fortunately, the quality of the film itself is high enough, and it did not cause fatal effects.
In 2014, "Interstellar" was released, a very outstanding, near-perfect sci-fi movie. Let people not (bei) self (po) feel (jiang) (ta) compare it with "2001". "Interstellar" has a tribute to "2001", and Nolan also admitted that "2001" had a great influence on his creation.
To sum up! In fact, I just want to talk about it from the perspective of science fiction (yes, only from the perspective of science fiction! In fact, I also want to talk about it from the perspective of movies, but unfortunately, I have little knowledge, so I don't play tricks in front of the great gods), who is the greatest space movie? (The focus here is on movies, so I won't compare it with science fiction, physics papers, etc.).
In fact, there are many, many excellent space movies. Here, only three relatively well-known ones are selected. Oversights are inevitable. Please also: Be merciful, I am still young.
First of all, let's talk about "Gravity", which is the least "space". The entire movie takes place almost in satellite orbit, and there are many theoretical loopholes (the most obvious being that the Hubble, ISS, and Tiangong all fly at high speeds in different orbits, and it's practically impossible to fly from one place to another. another, let alone a fire extinguisher). In my opinion, it is a show-off of technology (non-pejorative), a disaster survival movie dressed in science fiction, and it has almost no achievements in science fiction. So, the greatest space movie seems to have nothing to do with "Gravity".
As for "Interstellar", there is physicist Kip Thorne as a scientific consultant. If you are not a person in the scientific circle, it is almost impossible to find theoretical loopholes. If you think something is wrong, please don't pay too much attention. It may be that your scientific thinking can't keep up with the rhythm of physicists. This is normal, and I have many, many questions. . .
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The motif of "Interstellar" is very grand, the core is very warm, and it involves a lot of astrophysical theories and knowledge. It not only took humans to another galaxy through wormholes, but also took them to high-dimensional space through black holes, using gravity as a link to span time and space, saving the human world with love, and predicting the future of human beings by the way.
However, there are still doubts: that is, the explanation of "them" in the film is actually not thorough enough. "They" is "us," Cooper's conjecture. In fact, if five-dimensional creatures really helped Cooper enter the "high-dimensional space" (this will be explained later), what are their motivations? Why should they care about the survival of mankind? Because once you cross two dimensions, there is basically no connection between the two, just like you don't care about a line in one dimension.
A possible plausible explanation is that it was humans who evolved to the fifth dimension, and if they didn't do that, humanity would perish. But the question arises again, can there really be organisms that can complete the evolution across dimensions? At least for now, we can only understand three-dimensional creatures.
Humans' current understanding of higher dimensions only exists in the theoretical stage. Here's a quote from Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem": There is a sharpshooter who makes a hole every ten centimeters in a target. Imagine that there is a two-dimensional intelligent creature living on the plane of this target. After observing their own universe, the scientists in them discovered a great law: "Every ten centimeters in the universe, there must be a hole." They Take this sharpshooter's random behavior on a whim as an iron law in his own universe.
You see, a high-dimensional creature is a very common action, and a low-dimensional creature cannot understand it at all. This is why in the movie Cooper enters a "high-dimensional space", which is "customized" for him by the five-dimensional creatures in order for Cooper to understand this space. In that space, Cooper is three-dimensional, books are three-dimensional, and tables are three-dimensional. Once in the fourth dimension, I'm afraid Cooper can't even understand it himself. The five-dimensional state is described by the robot TARS, "Here time has become an entity" (there seems to be this sentence...), anyway, I can't imagine what the embodied time will look like.
As for why the characters in the film think that the five-dimensional beings placed the wormhole and helped them save the world, rather than four-dimensional, or six-dimensional or even higher dimensions? My understanding is that three-dimensional human beings can create wormholes for one-dimensional creatures (points on paper) through a two-dimensional plane world (a piece of paper). Creatures create wormholes. (Well, I know this is far-fetched, but I can only think so)
At the same time, "Interstellar" also has the most realistic black hole model ever on the screen, the coolest display of high-dimensional space ever, figurative Time and emotion can really act on concepts like reality, so...
From a sci-fi perspective, Interstellar is truly predictable.
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Then "2001: A Space Odyssey", after so many years, ordinary audiences should be able to accept Kushen's narrative style and understand the story of the movie. If you really don’t understand it very well, here is the answer of Kushen himself on this in "I'm a Weird, I'm a Lone Walker - Kubrick Talks" (Nova Press), which should be able to help you.
"At the beginning of the film, the first thing that catches our eye is an artifact left on the earth by some alien explorers 4 million years ago. They carefully observed the behavior of people at that time and decided to make a decision about their evolutionary process. Influence. Then we will find the second artifact, which is buried on the moon, and this artifact is programmed to send the message of the first human step into the universe in the form of a signal. Finally, we will The third artifact was found, he was placed in orbit around Jupiter, waiting for humans to reach the outer edge of their solar system.
When the only surviving astronaut Bowman finally reached Jupiter, the artifact slammed him into a The force field, or stellar gate, allowed him to begin his journey through space and outer space, eventually transporting him to another part of the galaxy, where he was placed in a zoo dedicated to exhibiting humans, while he immersed himself in In dreams and imaginations, he thought that the environment he was in was a place similar to a hospital on earth. In a state of no time, his life quickly turned from middle age to old age, and finally entered a state of death. He was reborn, The physical function was strengthened to become a star child, an angel, a superman, you name it, and then he returned to earth, ready for the next leap in the evolutionary destiny of mankind."
It can be seen from this that, "2001" is not only sci-fi, but also philosophical. It is Kubrick's ultimate thinking on the development and future of human origin, and in this regard, "Interstellar" and "2001" are similar. The difference is that the core of "Interstellar" is human emotion: love, it is love that helps human beings survive in the cold universe (slightly magic haha); while "2001" is a "hard" to the end, it is real tells a space story with philosophical reflections.
Finally, in my humble opinion:
2001: A Space Odyssey is still the greatest space movie.
And "Interstellar" has almost reached this height at the sci-fi level.
"Gravity"? After watching Interstellar I just wanted to say goodbye to it.
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