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Something Like Melancholia
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@7 - you. I like you.
Charles, I usually like your writing - but Jesus, Melancolia was one of the dumbest (from a science perspective) movies ever made. It's up there with that one about miners restarting the earth and the other one about throwing nukes at the sun to get it going again.
Charles, I usually like your writing - but Jesus, Melancolia was one of the dumbest (from a science perspective) movies ever made. It's up there with that one about miners restarting the earth and the other one about throwing nukes at the sun to get it going again.
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So if it's a gas giant it was likely at the outer reaches of it's solar system. When it's star went super nova, it could have pushed it out of orbit? Or maybe it's star just died and lost it's gravitational pull?
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@13: There are a lot of relevant criticisms one could bring against Melancholia, but going on about how unscientific it is completely misses the entire thrust of the film's intent and the universe in which it lives.
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one of the dumbest (from a science perspective) movies ever made
It never ceases to amaze me that people will publicly gloat about missing the point for the entire two-hour duration of a film.
This is not the marker of intellectual acumen that you seem to believe it to be.
It never ceases to amaze me that people will publicly gloat about missing the point for the entire two-hour duration of a film.
This is not the marker of intellectual acumen that you seem to believe it to be.
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@13 - I'm gonna have to say Spider-Man is actually dumber from a science perspective than Melancholia. And also Airport '77.
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@15 and 16
Totally right! Melancholia was so deep and full of metaphor!
"Oh, the planet Melancholia is getting closer, I better act more melancholic! But you were already melancholic so you should be more acclimated to Melancholia."
Jesus, what a dumb shit, pretentious film.
Totally right! Melancholia was so deep and full of metaphor!
"Oh, the planet Melancholia is getting closer, I better act more melancholic! But you were already melancholic so you should be more acclimated to Melancholia."
Jesus, what a dumb shit, pretentious film.
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(...going to Netflix to take Melancholia off my queue)
This is going to happen to earth some day.
One thing the article said was that the temp of the object was 806 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius), and yet they think it is not a brown dwarf (which would have low-level fusion reactions). Any idea what would make a rogue planet so hot?
This is going to happen to earth some day.
One thing the article said was that the temp of the object was 806 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius), and yet they think it is not a brown dwarf (which would have low-level fusion reactions). Any idea what would make a rogue planet so hot?
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@19: Put it back in your queue. The film is structured as a symphony more than a story, and is spectacularly moving as such, if you allow it to be. @2, @7, @13, and @18 are wrong (though @7 was at least funny).
Watch it on the biggest screen you can.
Watch it on the biggest screen you can.
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@19: Compressive heating, mostly. As gas accreted to form the planet, it "fell" towards the common center of mass, releasing gravitational potential energy as heat. This residual heat takes one helluva long time to dissipate. Additionally, heat produced by decay of radioisotopes within the planet may be a significant factor. (This is what keeps the Earth's core and mantle so hot.)
Melancholia is just a less creepy rip-off of Hellstar Remina in my book.
Melancholia is just a less creepy rip-off of Hellstar Remina in my book.
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Thanks Venomlash.
@20, not bad :-)
OK, Melancholia's back on even though it only has 3.2 stars I see.
@20, not bad :-)
OK, Melancholia's back on even though it only has 3.2 stars I see.
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For me I had to know what was happening before I watched Melancholia. In my thinking if a person went straight into trying to watch the film without any idea of what it is about then I think they would surly be lost and possibly board.
I'm thinking the film could have shaved off a few minutes. Where I don't know.
I'm thinking the film could have shaved off a few minutes. Where I don't know.
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Jeez Louise, what is wrong with you people? Melancholia was stunning. In the theater. Not sure it would do well on the small screen.
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