What was the last movie you've seen?

[ninjainspandex]

Saw Interstellar tonight, I left the theater confused as fuck.

[Sano]

Star Trek

[Cronozilla]

Saw Interstellar tonight, I left the theater confused as fuck.

If you're curious, pop into IRC sometime and poke me for explanations for the parts that confused you. I'd be happy to explain (as well as I can, anyway)

[Pulsar_t]

Saw Interstellar tonight, I left the theater confused as fuck.

http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/ ... llars.html

[Stark]

Aside from the distinct lack of spaghettification I enjoyed the movie.

The what now? Nevermind, don't even try to explain this to me, my brain exploded when I looked on Bing.

I saw this a couple of days ago and loved it. Agree with John, felt like a modern day 2001.

[Forlorn Drifter]

@prfsnl

I never knew that The Quick and The Dead did poorly in theaters. Of course, I wasn't really old enough to consider everything at that time. We grew up watching it pretty often in my house, so I always figured it did good. I blame the decline of the western genre in general- the only "Westerns" I've heard a lot of positive buzz around that came out post 2000 are the "modern westerns". Its a poor term, but I'm referring to movies like No Country for Old Men or The Three Burials of Meliques Estrada. (Spelling might be wrong on the first name there.) They have the western feel, while being in a more modern setting. I could also arguably throw in some of the trashy dream movies I like, along the lines of Love and a .45 or Clay Pigeons or Lone Star State of Mind, but that's questionable.

Rambling post with no point. Ok.

I'm really waiting for Jack Frost to come back on TV. Hardly ever get to see, and it such a cheesy horrible horror/Christmas movie...

[MrPopo]

Aside from the distinct lack of spaghettification I enjoyed the movie.

The what now? Nevermind, don't even try to explain this to me, my brain exploded when I looked on Bing.

Too bad. I'm going to explain it anyway.

It's a process that happens as things fall into a black hole. Gravity acts on every part of an object, not just the center (though we typically use the center for easy calculations in everyday life). Additionally, gravity's strength decreases as the square of the distance between the two points goes up. As a result, you experience a stronger gravitational pull at your feet than you do at your head. This is much more pronounced near the event horizon of a black hole. The bottom of an object will be pulled much stronger than the top of an object (where bottom is defined as the vector towards the center of the black hole). Additionally, forces are strong enough that the sides of the object are pulled on a vector that is slightly inward, as it points to the center of the black hole. So that causes a squeezing effect on the sides.

Note that this is the exact same process that causes the tides on Earth. It's just a difference of magnitude.

[Stark]

Aside from the distinct lack of spaghettification I enjoyed the movie.

The what now? Nevermind, don't even try to explain this to me, my brain exploded when I looked on Bing.

Too bad. I'm going to explain it anyway.

It's a process that happens as things fall into a black hole. Gravity acts on every part of an object, not just the center (though we typically use the center for easy calculations in everyday life). Additionally, gravity's strength decreases as the square of the distance between the two points goes up. As a result, you experience a stronger gravitational pull at your feet than you do at your head. This is much more pronounced near the event horizon of a black hole. The bottom of an object will be pulled much stronger than the top of an object (where bottom is defined as the vector towards the center of the black hole). Additionally, forces are strong enough that the sides of the object are pulled on a vector that is slightly inward, as it points to the center of the black hole. So that causes a squeezing effect on the sides.

Note that this is the exact same process that causes the tides on Earth. It's just a difference of magnitude.

If the bit about the tides on Earth is an example of spaghettification, then wouldn't

the planet with the giant tidal waves as a result of orbiting a black hole also be an example of this in the movie?

[MrPopo]

If the bit about the tides on Earth is an example of spaghettification, then wouldn't

the planet with the giant tidal waves as a result of orbiting a black hole also be an example of this in the movie?

Precisely!

[Stark]

If the bit about the tides on Earth is an example of spaghettification, then wouldn't

the planet with the giant tidal waves as a result of orbiting a black hole also be an example of this in the movie?

Precisely!

So when you say "distinct lack" you're not referring to this, but places where it should have applied but didn't?