Tag: Movies
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What surviving on Mars can teach you about building a startup to last
Movie poster from The Martian. Photo: Wikipedia It’s rare that a story about survival set on another planet can provide guidance on how to build an enduring company on this one. But as it turns out, that’s just what The Martian does. It’s a book and a movie that take you literally into another world…
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Mars orbiter shows why ‘The Martian’ movie trek would be even riskier
A picture from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the area of Acidalia Planitia where the fictional Ares 3 mission landed in “The Martian.” (Credit: NASA / JPL / Univ. of Arizona) Marooned astronaut Mark Watney takes a harrowing trek from Mars’ Acidalia Planitia to Schiaparelli Crater in “The Martian,”…
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Reality check on ‘The Martian’ movie from a real astronaut: ‘Nerds rock’
Matt Damon stars as a stranded astronaut in “The Martian.” (Credit: Twentieth Century Fox) “The Martian” isn’t due to hit theaters until Oct. 2, but the highly anticipated man-vs.-Mars movie is already sparking some scientific nitpicking. So here’s some advice from NASA astronaut Michael Barratt: Don’t get hung up on what the filmmakers got wrong.…
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GeekWire goes to the movies: Here’s what we thought of Christopher Nolan’s epic space drama Interstellar
Matthew McConaughey is superb as Cooper in Interstellar. Images via IMDb. GeekWire was transported to other galaxies yesterday — wandering through worm holes on a quest to save the human race. Yes, we played hooky Wednesday afternoon and took in Christopher Nolan’s two hour and 49 minute epic space drama Interstellar, watching the action unfold…
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Interstellar: Dramatic awe, with a science-fiction flaw
Sure, Interstellar is smart spectacle. But is it good science fiction? In short: Interstellar tries hard. Maybe a little too hard. As a one-time writer of the form, I use a straightforward definition of “science fiction:” Fiction that extrapolates from current scientific knowledge to ask what-if, projected onto human beings and societies. Equally important, the…