That was the planet where they "lost" the most time right? Or it was super fast at least.

Can't reminisce without a Pitch Meeting.

Chipotlemonger said:

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That was the planet where they "lost" the most time right? Or it was super fast at least.

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I believe 28 years

I found a wiki on the movie. Apparently there are wide graphic novels.

https://interstellarfilm.fandom.com/wiki/Interstellar_Wiki

AtlAg05 said:

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Can't reminisce without a Pitch Meeting.

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TIL timothy chalamet is in interstellar

TexAgBolter said:

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Same here. I've got the best female black lab named Murphy because of this movie.

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Hilarious.. our murph is a black lab too.

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I got to watch this movie for the first time about 15 months ago when I was off on paternity leave with my first daughter. It's one of those movies where my wife got super pissed at me for correctly guessing the ending. I took several advanced physics classes while at A&M so understood a little bit of the concepts.

Even with that, the movie let me and my wife discuss and look up the concepts. We were both fascinated and in awe of the movie.

We actually didn't understand what the fuss was about in the first 45 minutes of the movie but became one of our favorite movies of all time.

The above poster is 1000% correct in that it hits men more than women…. My goodness.

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Ol_Ag_02 said:

The first movie I ever watch with a person that tries to guess the ending will be the last movie I ever watch with that person.

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Carlo4 said:

My grandfather taught me this as a little kid. My mom does it as well. I've done it all my life as it's like solving a mystery and was fun.

Is this really taboo? Thanks for pointing that out. If so, I'm just going to write it down and then show my wife after the movie ends.

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That's what you should do, but I understand the urge to try to figure out the ending during the movie. Thats part of the fun. To really have fun, right down everytime you think you have a movie figured out throughout it. Then you cant lie to yourself and pretend you knew all along, lol

Chipotlemonger said:

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That was the planet where they "lost" the most time right? Or it was super fast at least.

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Oops. Saw the post above Yep, 15 mins equaled 7 years if I remember correctly.

But since things went awry - they lost 20 years. Romley had aged quite a bit.

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Chipotlemonger said:

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That was the planet where they "lost" the most time right? Or it was super fast at least.

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CyclingAg82 said:

Oops. Saw the post above Yep, 45 mins equaled 7 years if I remember correctly.

But since things awry - they lost 20 years. Romley had aged quite a bit.

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Actually this whole thread gave me the motivation to rewatch it! Was as good as I remembered it.

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Chipotlemonger said:

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That was the planet where they "lost" the most time right? Or it was super fast at least.

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CyclingAg82 said:

Oops. Saw the post above Yep, 45 mins equaled 7 years if I remember correctly.

But since things awry - they lost 20 years. Romley had aged quite a bit.

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Chipotlemonger said:

Actually this whole thread gave me the motivation to rewatch it! Was as good as I remembered it.

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same here. I will also reread by copy of The Science of Interstellar.

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I eventually came around on this movie, but it took me about 4 watches. I'm not exactly sure why it took so long. This is a great scene.


I've always wondered why Murph's family has zero interest in meeting Cooper. I sure as hell would want to meet him if the situation was reversed.

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I think to them he's a stranger, for one. And they might, but it's just not shown. He's really a man out of time considering he's been gone for close to a century. Everyone he knew is probably dead and everything around him is foreign. He probably doesn't want to stay.

It is definitely a weird situation - no doubt. Just always gave me pause. This guy is basically back from the dead and nobody seems to care as he walks out of the room.

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It is definitely a weird situation - no doubt. Just always gave me pause. This guy is basically back from the dead and nobody seems to care as he walks out of the room.

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I've actually been thinking about something similar lately. Most of us will be completely forgotten by the time our great grand kids are adults. Now imagine you never even actually MET any of your grand kids and great grand kids. They would have an even bigger disconnect. Coop is JAG to them. Sure they may have heard stories or what not but he is still a completely foreign person to them. I dont know a single thing about my great grand father and anyone who knows me knows that my grand father is the reason I have had any modicum of success in life. The disconnect is large.

If my great grandfather JOURNEYED INTO A BLACK HOLE in order to SAVE THE WORLD, and then one day he suddenly showed back up, from the "dead," and was either the same age as me or younger, I would absolutely freak the hell out, and at the very least shake his damn hand.

There's absolutely no reason Cooper wouldn't be one of the most famous men in all of human history to these people.

I would take him out for beers and get his life story.

I completely agree in theory, but we don't live in their world of space travel. Imagine the advances they made in the time he was gone. To us it is mind blowing. To an already space faring people it is probably a footnote in history.

I get both sides.

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If my great grandfather JOURNEYED INTO A BLACK HOLE in order to SAVE THE WORLD, and then one day he suddenly showed back up, from the "dead," and was either the same age as me or younger, I would absolutely freak the hell out, and at the very least shake his damn hand.

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But we don't know how much people know about him. It was a top secret program, also they lived in a world where they were taught the moon landings never happened.

Thought about a rewatch but that pitch meeting reminded me of how ridiculous that movie ending was.

Thank you Ryan and Brian.

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I completely agree in theory, but we don't live in their world of space travel. Imagine the advances they made in the time he was gone. To us it is mind blowing. To an already space faring people it is probably a footnote in history.

I get both sides.

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That would be all the more reason he would be so significant. It all started with him.

Sort of like if Benjamin Franklin suddenly showed up.

History is littered with people whose actions have had a profound impact on our lives whom we wouldn't know from Adam.

Sea Speed said:

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History is littered with people whose actions have had a profound impact on our lives whom we wouldn't know from Adam.

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But that's not what he's saying. Coop for all intents and purposes has been presumed "dead" for like 80 years (I forget the math on this). It would be more like if Amelia Earhart showed back up now and hadn't aged at all and was like oh by the way while I was gone remember I saved humanity from certain destruction.

Edit….. he's the most famous human "alive". So important the recreated his house on the spaceship where space would be at an an absolute premium.

It has been a long time since I watched the movie and I agree that scene was odd, im simply saying I understand how it could happen with little fanfare.

You should rewatch. I've found that the ending gets less annoyingly stupid with each progressive viewing.

As far as the ending scene goes. We really don't know how long he is there. He's there long enough to spend time at his house with TARS (iirc) and decide he's not comfortable with the set up. One of the reasons is because it is too clean, and he doesn't like pretending he's back on the farm. This could have been days, weeks, or even months for all we know.

As far as the family goes I imagine them being in shock and also super focused on the mom/grandmother they know and grew up with. I can't imagine they would know what to say to the man they thought was dead and long gone.

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If my great grandfather JOURNEYED INTO A BLACK HOLE in order to SAVE THE WORLD, and then one day he suddenly showed back up, from the "dead," and was either the same age as me or younger, I would absolutely freak the hell out, and at the very least shake his damn hand.

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TXAG 05 said:

But we don't know how much people know about him. It was a top secret program, also they lived in a world where they were taught the moon landings never happened.

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- The space station is named after Cooper's daughter, and according to the doctor tending to Coop, "She's always maintained just how important you were" (referring to Coop).

- Cooper's handler/chauffeur on Cooper Station tells Coop that he wrote a high school paper about him. "I know all about your life back on Earth," he tells him.

- And as someone mentioned earlier, they recreate Cooper's and Murphy's home on Earth on Cooper Station.

In other words, there's no way everyone and their dog doesn't know about Coop's exploits, and what he did to save the world. That he's still alive, all those years later, should be even more of a shocker.

As for the moon landing thing, I assume that's "old world" thinking, seeing as NASA are the ones who saved humanity.

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TCTTS said:

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If my great grandfather JOURNEYED INTO A BLACK HOLE in order to SAVE THE WORLD, and then one day he suddenly showed back up, from the "dead," and was either the same age as me or younger, I would absolutely freak the hell out, and at the very least shake his damn hand.

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TXAG 05 said:

But we don't know how much people know about him. It was a top secret program, also they lived in a world where they were taught the moon landings never happened.

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TCTTS said:

- The space station is named after Cooper's daughter, and according to the doctor tending to Coop, "She's always maintained just how important you were" (referring to Coop).

- Cooper's handler/chauffeur on Cooper Station tells Coop that he wrote a high school paper about him. "I know all about your life back on Earth," he tells him.

- And as someone mentioned earlier, they recreate Cooper's and Murphy's home on Earth on Cooper Station.

In other words, there's no way everyone and their dog doesn't know about Coop's exploits, and what he did to save the world. That he's still alive, all those years later, should be even more of a shocker.

As for the moon landing thing, I assume that's "old world" thinking, seeing as NASA are the ones who saved humanity.

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Gotcha. Forgot about all that. I was thinking they recreates the farmhouse as a tribute to Murph.

I keep seeing posts regarding the ending knocking this movie down.

I'm curious about that. Can someone who has that opinion share what it is about the ending that brings Interstellar down? Honest question, and to be transparent, I love the movie and never had a problem with the ending.

So I love Nolan. Saw Oppenheimer yesterday and loved it, loved all the Dark Knight movies, love Prestige, saw Memento in high school, etc. I appreciate Interstellar, I can recognize its genius, the score is one of my favorite ever, and I can rewatch scenes from Interstellar on YouTube like crazy. However, I cannot get over one central issue I have with the movie, and admittedly, it might have to do with the timing of when I saw it. I cannot for the life of me imagine leaving my kids on an incredibly risky mission with and incredibly low probability of success, and knowing that best case scenario, you will see them when they are likely older than you if they are even still alive, and that's if you survive and come back at all. Now I saw this when I was in the middle of a divorce and so the thought of voluntarily leaving my kids gutted me, so Cooper leaving to try and find another habitable planet when it was so unlikely pissed me off to no end. I get wanting to risk things to find a better life for your kids, but I would have to have better odds or some certainty I would see them again and find a better planet for me to do it. Otherwise, stay and enjoy whatever kind of time you have left together. I just cannot get past that decision. Kills me.

Did Cooper going to space save the world or did something else? I forgot.

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Did Cooper going to space save the world or did something else? I forgot.

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He sent the equation for gravity to Murph through the wormhole via manipulating the watch (with Morse code) on the shelf in her bedroom on the farm. He was her "ghost." She used that equation to develop the propulsion system for a mass exodus of society from Earth to the planet Anne Hathaway went to settle (it was the only one that got viable readings outside of Matt Damon's, which ended up being false).

I forgot about all of those things. I probably wouldn't have made the argument I did of I remembered that. It makes the lack of fanfare seem somewhat more odd.

Ol_Ag_02 said:

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You should rewatch. I've found that the ending gets less annoyingly stupid with each progressive viewing.

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I agree with this. I walked out of the theater feeling meh. Didn't care for the ending. Just watched it again the other day and really enjoyed it. Still didn't love the ending but wasn't bothered by it.

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Carlo4 said:

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I got to watch this movie for the first time about 15 months ago when I was off on paternity leave with my first daughter. It's one of those movies where my wife got super pissed at me for correctly guessing the ending. I took several advanced physics classes while at A&M so understood a little bit of the concepts.

Even with that, the movie let me and my wife discuss and look up the concepts. We were both fascinated and in awe of the movie.

We actually didn't understand what the fuss was about in the first 45 minutes of the movie but became one of our favorite movies of all time.

The above poster is 1000% correct in that it hits men more than women…. My goodness.

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Ol_Ag_02 said:

The first movie I ever watch with a person that tries to guess the ending will be the last movie I ever watch with that person.

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Carlo4 said:

My grandfather taught me this as a little kid. My mom does it as well. I've done it all my life as it's like solving a mystery and was fun.

Is this really taboo? Thanks for pointing that out. If so, I'm just going to write it down and then show my wife after the movie ends.

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PatAg said:

That's what you should do, but I understand the urge to try to figure out the ending during the movie. Thats part of the fun. To really have fun, right down everytime you think you have a movie figured out throughout it. Then you cant lie to yourself and pretend you knew all along, lol

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Randomly got to talk my wife about this when the topic came up from her. She was cool with me doing it 99% of the time and enjoys it on typical movies. Interstellar is now a top 5-10 movie all time for her, so me guessing it REALLY frustrated her (a woman truly never forgets).

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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I keep seeing posts regarding the ending knocking this movie down.

I'm curious about that. Can someone who has that opinion share what it is about the ending that brings Interstellar down? Honest question, and to be transparent, I love the movie and never had a problem with the ending.

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the whole he goes through a black hole and ends up behind his own bookcase to communicate with his past self and his daughter was such a contrived pile of crap…blech…the fifth dimension is love…ugh