Thanks for the kind words -- glad so many people liked the video! Here's a little more background. We filmed much more than was shown in the video -- I had extended rants about Armageddon and ET for example, that were cut down. I talked lots more about planets in movies, and why it is important to get the science right. Still, they did a good job of editing the video and keeping the pace up. I'm also a film critic at Film Threat. As briefly alluded to, I sometimes also consult about science for books, TV shows, and movies. If you'd like to see more like this, check out Science Vs. Cinema, where I go way more in-depth about the science in movies. ua-cam.com/channels/ZfMYYTpI3mk3eNt8blOpIw.html
@Carson Woody Thanks for that. It isn't a real space elevator because that would go to geosynchronous orbit. As far as using it for telescopes, this is covered in my Science Vs. Cinema episode on Ad Astra: ua-cam.com/video/EpDoEWEOALQ/v-deo.html
Regarding the Avatar movie, why would we assume that the planet would have the same rules of physics as earth? What if there’s elements we don’t yet know of or understand? What if these mountains have antimatter properties? 🤔
Love how enthusiastics about these movies! Like realism matters (or how he addressed scientists stereotypes), but he also just want to see the cool stuffs that movies can bring.
I absolutely love how passionate everyone in these videos is. Thank you, Dr. Howell for this awesome interpretation of all these scenes. Your enthusiasm and excitement was contagious and so engaging to witness.
Because it's a straight up lie. Colonialism advanced all african countries. If you think about this instead of just having feelings, how do you think Europe was able to conquer a huge continent like Africa?
That boy ain't right Nigerian here. Absolutely wrong. Colonialism “advanced” African nations up to a point. Bringing education and infrastructure sure, but past that point and you see the adverse effects of it to this day. Don’t be dumb
@@_w.a.l.t "Bringing education and infrastructure." Which means they didn't have those things before that point, which means no Wakanda for a good long time (if ever). Again, fiction. But thanks for playing. Facts over feelings, sporto.
My problem with the twin suns was simply that there were always _single shadows._ There should have been double shadows on Tatooine, even if they were faint. But that never happened, belying the idea of two suns.
Did he even watch ET? The main scientist, called Keys in the credits, was actually a sympathetic character who voiced exactly the same view: that he'd dreamed of this his whole life. He was very kind to Elliot and his family not scary or "bad guy" esque. The breaking in scene was the only one that showed the actual scientists (vs the police/government chasing the kids) in a scary light.
Dr. Howell: praises black women, criticizes colonialism. Angry white guys: leave politics out of it, bro. *dislikes video Come on my hetero white male friends, don't be so offended! He's not criticizing you personally, just aspects of cultural history. No need to be defensive.
@Searat yeah, liberals are known for their history of racism. Right wingers have never, ever, in the history of the planet, had anything to do with racist ideologies. Fact.
furthermore, the whole movie is about black people with unrealistic technology. a black woman is just accurate for the movie. his comment was just so stupid.
This man was so pleasant to watch and listen to and he really did a good job allowing the movie to breathe and appreciating it while still explaining the science and his opinions. Best of these videos I’ve seen in a while!
20:06 "I'm losing control of the stick" Isn't that more of an "I'm taking an early 1950's F-86 Sabre jet supersonic" thing than an "I'm flying a spaceship into a black hole" thing?
Great video. But I'd love to see Dr. Howell talking about the final (and psychedelic) scenes in 2001: A Space Odyssey where Dave Bowman passes through the stargate. Actually, the description made by Dr. Howell about what Matthew McConaughey should have been saw inside the black hole is very similar to what Kubrick made in that sequence near the end of the movie.
I read the Alan Dean Foster novelization when I was a kid, but I did not remember this. That's a cool detail though! After one of my articles about science in movies he contacted me and we've had a few email exchanges over the years. Very cool to hear about adapting Star Wars and Star Trek and him trying to sneak some of his own takes on things in here and there. He really gets it.
The way he talks about using ET without any regard for ET's autonomy or agency is exactly why the scientists were the villains in the movie. I'm a big fan of science but that was a chilling validation of Speilberg's take
In an ideal world, scientists who actually study an alien’s body would be one of the last people to make contact with intelligent life forms. Diplomats, linguists, anthropologists, protocol officers, etc should all probably get the chance to do their thing before we put the first alien in an MRI machine.
I'm not sure if you can see them, but highlights include books signed by Buzz Aldrin and Kip Thorne, and various drafts of Ready Player One. And lots of Carl Sagan books.
Well, true that the magnetism would rip the blood out their veins IF they used hemoglobin for blood. HOWEVER, not ALL creatures use hemoglobin for blood. Blue creatures could quite easily use copper for blood. Some animals on earth do.
Yeah, but they're would be no way to have a human presence on the planet if that were the case so you couldn't have the dances with wolves IN SPAAACE story.
Hidden Figures is a decent movie, but I wouldn't call it science fiction... nor would I call Black Panther a space movie. I think we can do a little better with categorizing things, Vanity Fair, and not conflate "space" and "science fiction". There is science fiction without any mention of space and there are space movies (which Hidden Figures is only very slightly, it's really more about people in the space race--Apollo 13 would be a better example) that aren't fictional. I appreciate the series and hope that as producers asking experts for their opinion, you too can get just a little more rigorous about how you organize the material you ask your experts for their opinions on and also just not add to the misunderstanding out there.
Hi Andy, in your segment about the Star Wars planet, Robani, you memtioned that you'd not seen stories about planets hidden in dust clouds. Douglas Adams did include such a planet in his 1982 sequel book, "Life, The Universe and Everything". hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Krikkit
I attended the premier of Star Wars in 1977 at age 14 & even then I thought to myself that's not how twin suns would look unless under extremely precise & very unlikely conditions. You'd need the further sun to be extremely large (as stars go) & the closer sun to very small (as stars go) AND just happen to have them & Tatooine in just the right configuration in space not to mention a myriad of other exacting circumstances all come together just perfectly & that's not gonna happen. Still, love the flick (well, the theatrical version anyway) & it looks cool.
It's just a movie, We do not need to find out if it could really happen, It's entertainment, We are supposed to leave our logic at the door and just enjoy the film
I always wondered, if the meteor of Vibranium impacted the Earth and Vibranium is this material that absorbs vibration and deflects kinetic energy, then why didn’t those properties either destroy the Earth on impact or shoot back into space? With that large of a mass of Vibranium you would think it would’ve had an incredibly massive effect when it impacted Earth, but instead it acted like any other meteor.
Love Andy, he's brilliant and a lot of fun. Bring him back. Also, Vanity Fair, please stop putting awful background music that makes it harder to hear the speaker for people with hearing disabilities. It's really unnecessary.
When talking about "ET" you say that all the scientist want to do is study him. Realistically, what would you think would really happen to him. Do you think they would throw him a party or would they start probing and prodding him? Holding him against his will in a prison of some kind. The way you were talking, you sound like you are saying that it is our Right to hold and imprison any living intelligent being against their will to be studied. Just Saying.
Well, to be fair (SPOILERS) The black hole in Interstellar is artificial and is meant to be docked with/into; in real life a black hole small enough for those planets to be orbiting around like it was our sun would just rip you to pieces, right? Even a supermassive black hole would be about as dense and turbulant as an ocean, but the construct is just space, but different.
I know you do movies, but do you know Three Body Problem by Chinese author CiXin Liu? I'll let you check it out but it was on bill gates reading list and is full of physics problems and ideas (and chinese cultural revolution...). would love to see that on your channel
He has a channel called 'science v cinema' on youtube I was inspired by him to make a twitter page myself Daily Science in Movies - twitter.com/science_movies?s=09
E.T. is so creepy, and the chosen scene is just one of any random ones which illustrate this perfectly. I think E.T. is objectively one of the creepiest aliens or horror monsters in film history.
Thank you for uploading. I got the chance to view a rocket launch in 2018. Incredible experience. I uploaded a pretty fun montage of the journey to my channel.
Thanks for the kind words -- glad so many people liked the video! Here's a little more background. We filmed much more than was shown in the video -- I had extended rants about Armageddon and ET for example, that were cut down. I talked lots more about planets in movies, and why it is important to get the science right. Still, they did a good job of editing the video and keeping the pace up. I'm also a film critic at Film Threat. As briefly alluded to, I sometimes also consult about science for books, TV shows, and movies. If you'd like to see more like this, check out Science Vs. Cinema, where I go way more in-depth about the science in movies. ua-cam.com/channels/ZfMYYTpI3mk3eNt8blOpIw.html
Just checked it out. Tally up 1 more sub on your counter
@Carson Woody Thanks for that. It isn't a real space elevator because that would go to geosynchronous orbit. As far as using it for telescopes, this is covered in my Science Vs. Cinema episode on Ad Astra: ua-cam.com/video/EpDoEWEOALQ/v-deo.html
Regarding the Avatar movie, why would we assume that the planet would have the same rules of physics as earth? What if there’s elements we don’t yet know of or understand? What if these mountains have antimatter properties? 🤔
Hello Andy, do you know a cousin by the name of Stephen? I'm his son.
@@Thowe Yes! Hello second cousin!
Love how enthusiastics about these movies! Like realism matters (or how he addressed scientists stereotypes), but he also just want to see the cool stuffs that movies can bring.
I absolutely love how passionate everyone in these videos is. Thank you, Dr. Howell for this awesome interpretation of all these scenes. Your enthusiasm and excitement was contagious and so engaging to witness.
I really like his comments on Black Panther and colonialism, and how he called them Inuits instead of Eskimos.
Because it's a straight up lie. Colonialism advanced all african countries. If you think about this instead of just having feelings, how do you think Europe was able to conquer a huge continent like Africa?
Yeah. Less politics, more science. Africa would be basically what it is today with or without colonialism--because Black Panther is fiction.
That boy ain't right Nigerian here. Absolutely wrong. Colonialism “advanced” African nations up to a point. Bringing education and infrastructure sure, but past that point and you see the adverse effects of it to this day. Don’t be dumb
Ethan Michael Crane again. Wrong.
@@_w.a.l.t "Bringing education and infrastructure." Which means they didn't have those things before that point, which means no Wakanda for a good long time (if ever). Again, fiction. But thanks for playing. Facts over feelings, sporto.
My problem with the twin suns was simply that there were always _single shadows._ There should have been double shadows on Tatooine, even if they were faint. But that never happened, belying the idea of two suns.
The guy was so pressed about the bad scientists on ET 😂😂😂😂 lol
Lolol, I knooowww. I was like: "but E.T. has autonomy?"
Did he even watch ET? The main scientist, called Keys in the credits, was actually a sympathetic character who voiced exactly the same view: that he'd dreamed of this his whole life. He was very kind to Elliot and his family not scary or "bad guy" esque. The breaking in scene was the only one that showed the actual scientists (vs the police/government chasing the kids) in a scary light.
“We just wanna dissect him a little bit! Why does that make us the baddies???”
VF, There is no need for “background” music that fights for center stage. Dr. Howell is superb!
I love this one! He seems like an awesome guy.
he is
Dr. Howell: praises black women, criticizes colonialism.
Angry white guys: leave politics out of it, bro. *dislikes video
Come on my hetero white male friends, don't be so offended! He's not criticizing you personally, just aspects of cultural history. No need to be defensive.
@Searat yeah, liberals are known for their history of racism. Right wingers have never, ever, in the history of the planet, had anything to do with racist ideologies. Fact.
@@galesito1733 🤣🤣🤣
@@galesito1733 yup. chaz got it right. oh wait....
Colonialism was a net positive for the african regions it inhabited. Regions not inhabited by it are worse off nowadays.
furthermore, the whole movie is about black people with unrealistic technology. a black woman is just accurate for the movie. his comment was just so stupid.
When he talked about "a planet melting away cause is too close to the sun", I immediately recalled Riddick's Crematoria prison/planet.
This man was so pleasant to watch and listen to and he really did a good job allowing the movie to breathe and appreciating it while still explaining the science and his opinions. Best of these videos I’ve seen in a while!
Shuri is an absolute bae 😌 He gets it bang on
20:06 "I'm losing control of the stick" Isn't that more of an "I'm taking an early 1950's F-86 Sabre jet supersonic" thing than an "I'm flying a spaceship into a black hole" thing?
I'd like to have seen an look at Pitch Black where there were 3 Suns, constant daylight, with a small period of complete darkness.
Great video. But I'd love to see Dr. Howell talking about the final (and psychedelic) scenes in 2001: A Space Odyssey where Dave Bowman passes through the stargate. Actually, the description made by Dr. Howell about what Matthew McConaughey should have been saw inside the black hole is very similar to what Kubrick made in that sequence near the end of the movie.
When people ask me why I love science fiction and space so much, this is why
Just kinda wondering if anyone else is curious why they disabled comments for the Seth Green video?
we all know why.
DropsThe Mike I do NOT can someone clue me in
ua-cam.com/video/P2g7iblHbg0/v-deo.html here you go
Speaking of the binary suns on Tattoine, in the books Tattoine is so hot that life can only survive at the poles
I read the Alan Dean Foster novelization when I was a kid, but I did not remember this. That's a cool detail though! After one of my articles about science in movies he contacted me and we've had a few email exchanges over the years. Very cool to hear about adapting Star Wars and Star Trek and him trying to sneak some of his own takes on things in here and there. He really gets it.
*Tatooine
Tattoine is basically Dune.
@@Inspector-Chisholm **FACEPALM**
Simon Clarke bless the maker and his water. So Jabba was a baby worm then? Lol
Dude the scientists in ET wanted to dissect him.
Black Panter.... I can't get over the thumbnail. 😂
The way he talks about using ET without any regard for ET's autonomy or agency is exactly why the scientists were the villains in the movie. I'm a big fan of science but that was a chilling validation of Speilberg's take
In an ideal world, scientists who actually study an alien’s body would be one of the last people to make contact with intelligent life forms. Diplomats, linguists, anthropologists, protocol officers, etc should all probably get the chance to do their thing before we put the first alien in an MRI machine.
You're here because the Seth Green vid has the comments are turned off
What was the video about? I keep seeing people mention it.
@@aydrianna22 Just about his career. Like being a part of Famy Guy and Austin powers and such. I don't know why they turned the comments off
Doing my damnedest to read the titles of the books on his shelves :D
I'm not sure if you can see them, but highlights include books signed by Buzz Aldrin and Kip Thorne, and various drafts of Ready Player One. And lots of Carl Sagan books.
@@andyhowell9517 I hadn't spotted those, but that's awesome :D
Ok.....Didn't know Black Panther was a space movie. Lol
The post is entitled "Astronomer Reviews Sci-Fi Movies......."da!
Black Panther shows a technologically advanced African nation. If that isn't sci-fi, I don't know what is.
Vanity fair video editor: the background music that plays while the expert talks has been too loud on all these recent videos, it’s distracting
2:50 when your fantasy movie is more scientifically accurate than a movie sponsored by lockheed martin
I’m a simple girl... I see star wars I click!
Anybody has any idea why the Seth Green career video has had its commentaries disabled?
Because he’s part of the pizzagate theory so all the comments would have been flooded with calling him a pedo
Why doesn't everyone in space have vibrianium? Why didn't Thanos have all those vibrianium weapons?
The history about meteorites was a fascinating addition
Interesting video. But I disagree with his take on E.T. :) Elliott was right to protect him.
he's assuming that George Lucas had an idea about astronomy and physics when he created his universe - I'm doubtful
Hey vanity, why are the comments disabled for the Seth Green interview?
What was the video about? I keep seeing people mention it.
I enjoyed this a lot Andy, great seeing you.
This man could totally play a character in Star Wars
"you get this sense of humour..."
>introduced with a *what are those* meme
I am really impressed by the amount of anthropological knowledge he has.
really wish we could get one of these on the expanse
Ugh I felt the same way about the radio tower. What a brutal way to start a hard sci fi film. It's like they forget who their audience is.
He's so wholesome! I would love to see more videos with this guy in them!
Dr. Andy Howell, you are a cool dude!
I doubt ET would have much knowledge about anything. If he's a pilot a or a crew member, I don't think he'd knew (or care) how the spaceship flies.
Michael Bay filmed an unrealistic scene...now I've heard it all
I'm sorry, but that's a physical impossibility. I shall continue as though your blasphemous comment had never been made.
Would anyone be able to explain why is the camera focus constantly switched on and slightly off the person talking?
Rather than yellow and orange, color of those two suns are more sort of white and red to me, but I probably have color blind.
Seemed more like one was rising, and the other one was at sunset, to me.
Edit: So yeah, like one of them was whiter, and the other reddening the sky.
Anyone else upset that the scene Dr. Howell assisted with not show up in Rogue One??
This guy ROCKS!
Well, true that the magnetism would rip the blood out their veins IF they used hemoglobin for blood. HOWEVER, not ALL creatures use hemoglobin for blood. Blue creatures could quite easily use copper for blood. Some animals on earth do.
Yeah, but they're would be no way to have a human presence on the planet if that were the case so you couldn't have the dances with wolves IN SPAAACE story.
@@sanityisrelative correct, since wolves use hemoglobin....
21:41 There's a planet like that in The Chronicles of Riddick (the prison planet). Woulda been cool to see him talk about that series.
"I didn't know this story and why didn't I?"
Systemic racism.
And sexism.
Plus it's fiction, so...
Ethan Michael Crane it’s literally not but okay
@@_w.a.l.t It's literally not but it really is.
Ethan Michael Crane hidden figures..... is based in history...... history is a story of what came before.... sir what is not clicking
Floating mountains as seen in fantasy films like avatar are called "earthmotes" ;)
Hidden Figures is a decent movie, but I wouldn't call it science fiction... nor would I call Black Panther a space movie. I think we can do a little better with categorizing things, Vanity Fair, and not conflate "space" and "science fiction". There is science fiction without any mention of space and there are space movies (which Hidden Figures is only very slightly, it's really more about people in the space race--Apollo 13 would be a better example) that aren't fictional. I appreciate the series and hope that as producers asking experts for their opinion, you too can get just a little more rigorous about how you organize the material you ask your experts for their opinions on and also just not add to the misunderstanding out there.
9:55 sounds like something an evil astronaut would say
the moment he started talking about how colonization has affected science and discovery i was HOOKED thank you!
The fact that y’all spelled it wrong on the thumbnail
Hi Andy, in your segment about the Star Wars planet, Robani, you memtioned that you'd not seen stories about planets hidden in dust clouds. Douglas Adams did include such a planet in his 1982 sequel book, "Life, The Universe and Everything".
hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Krikkit
I attended the premier of Star Wars in 1977 at age 14 & even then I thought to myself that's not how twin suns would look unless under extremely precise & very unlikely conditions. You'd need the further sun to be extremely large (as stars go) & the closer sun to very small (as stars go) AND just happen to have them & Tatooine in just the right configuration in space not to mention a myriad of other exacting circumstances all come together just perfectly & that's not gonna happen. Still, love the flick (well, the theatrical version anyway) & it looks cool.
This guy is amazing! I really enjoyed this and his voice sounds so pleasant 🥰♥️
It's just a movie, We do not need to find out if it could really happen, It's entertainment, We are supposed to leave our logic at the door and just enjoy the film
Space and movies, my two biggest interests
I always wondered, if the meteor of Vibranium impacted the Earth and Vibranium is this material that absorbs vibration and deflects kinetic energy, then why didn’t those properties either destroy the Earth on impact or shoot back into space? With that large of a mass of Vibranium you would think it would’ve had an incredibly massive effect when it impacted Earth, but instead it acted like any other meteor.
Bring this guy back all the time. He’s great! Loved his insights
The cloudy planet reminds me of one of the Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy books.
Yep, just commented that elsewhere. Krikit.
When the U.S. is on fire and the smoke makes our sun looks like the orange starwars sun...
This dude makes me think of what would happen if Rodney Mullen never picked up a skateboard
22:00 to 22:20 Didn´t Douglas Adams explore this idea in one of his books?
The planet Krikit.
@@devenscience8894 exactly. Thank you
In E T they probably want to dissect him
This guy: wouldn't you want to study extraterrestrial life?
18:16. What they do well here is explain WHY the planet would not be scientifically accurate, i.e. it is in essence an artificial planet.
We filmed me talking about that, but the editors cut it.
Love Andy, he's brilliant and a lot of fun. Bring him back. Also, Vanity Fair, please stop putting awful background music that makes it harder to hear the speaker for people with hearing disabilities. It's really unnecessary.
I wonder about the astronomical take on the twin sun orbital pattern in Pitch Black
More please!
When talking about "ET" you say that all the scientist want to do is study him. Realistically, what would you think would really happen to him. Do you think they would throw him a party or would they start probing and prodding him? Holding him against his will in a prison of some kind. The way you were talking, you sound like you are saying that it is our Right to hold and imprison any living intelligent being against their will to be studied. Just Saying.
It's confirmed. STAR WARS is real.
Will Ferrell really tryna be the new Bill Nye
How we gonna skip Contact (1997)😭😭
Star Wars isnt SciFi its Space Opera.
This is a really fun video for all us want to be, science nerds, who would be, but for math.
Well, to be fair (SPOILERS)
The black hole in Interstellar is artificial and is meant to be docked with/into; in real life a black hole small enough for those planets to be orbiting around like it was our sun would just rip you to pieces, right? Even a supermassive black hole would be about as dense and turbulant as an ocean, but the construct is just space, but different.
Her line in Black Panther also means she watches videos on the internet!
Vine. Which stopped uploading videos in 2015. And was shut down in 2019.
I would totally get a beer with this dude. 🍻
I like this guy. he's delightfully nerdy
I know you do movies, but do you know Three Body Problem by Chinese author CiXin Liu? I'll let you check it out but it was on bill gates reading list and is full of physics problems and ideas (and chinese cultural revolution...). would love to see that on your channel
He should review better space movies
He has a channel called 'science v cinema' on youtube
I was inspired by him to make a twitter page myself Daily Science in Movies - twitter.com/science_movies?s=09
I am super distracted by the jumpiness of the editing. every like 4-7 seconds there's a cut - making me sick
Please do interstellar!
E.T. is so creepy, and the chosen scene is just one of any random ones which illustrate this perfectly. I think E.T. is objectively one of the creepiest aliens or horror monsters in film history.
Lmao, you only disabled comments on Seth Greens video 😂😂😂 #savethechildren
This guy doesn't know he's a evil scientist.
Thank you for uploading. I got the chance to view a rocket launch in 2018. Incredible experience. I uploaded a pretty fun montage of the journey to my channel.
He looks and sounds a lot like Rodney Mullen.
He should just do regular movie reviews.
I think he does. He posted his page in one of the comments here
Science Rodney Mullen is fun to listen to.
Excellent video! He looks and sounds a *little bit* like Will Ferrell
Is Black Panther a space movie?
Spaz5991 might be wrong but seems like sci-fi
Big mistake found, is there any reward?
How about Physicists Reviews The Fast And The Furious movies??
LOL, Lego storm troopers. :D
6:17 you sir deserve a steak dinner. That's what I'm talking about
I speak to Aliens
Can you review a chinese movie "Wandering Earth"?