Neil deGrasse Tyson Tweeted An Entertaining Review Of Christopher Nolan’s Film 'Interstellar'
Neil deGrasse Tyson is quite fond of expressing his opinion on sci-fi movies via social media, voicing his thoughts on the science involved and its accuracy. He did so with Terminator and Gravity.
And now the much-loved astrophysicist has turned his giant brain to Christopher Nolan's space epic Interstellar. But rather than point out the inaccuracies, which he did for Gravity, his opinion on the science of Interstellar is generally pretty favorable.
Maybe that's because they had fellow American astrophysicist Kip Thorne as executive producer who acted as an advisor to create realistic looking FX.
If you've already seen the movie then read on for some of his most illuminating takes. If you've yet to catch it then be prepared for some spoilers.
Here's what deGrasse Tyson had to say.
In #Interstellar: All leading characters, including McConaughey, Hathaway, Chastain, & Caine play a scientist or engineer.
In #Interstellar: There’s a robot named KIPP. One of the Executive Producers, a physicist, is named Kip. I’m just saying.
In #Interstellar: And in the real universe, strong gravitational fields measurably slow passage of time relative to others.
In #Interstellar: You observe great Tidal Waves from great Tidal Forces, of magnitude that orbiting a Black Hole might create
In #Interstellar: You enter a 3-Dimensional portal in space. Yes, you can fall in from any direction. Yes, it’s a Worm Hole.
In #Interstellar: They reprise the matched-rotation docking maneuver from "2001: A Space Odyssey," but they spin 100x faster.
In #Interstellar: Of the leading characters (all of whom are scientists or engineers) half are women. Just an FYI.
In #Interstellar: On another planet, around another star, in another part of the galaxy, two guys get into a fist fight.
In #Interstellar, if you didn’t understand the physics, try Kip Thorne’s highly readable Bbook “The Science of Interstellar"