Don't Look Up - Astronomer reacts

[@caffiend81]

The movie frankly left me a little frustrated and depressed because of how plausible the underlying premise is. I've got a James Webb tracker up and streaming now to make me feel better.

[@RyanRidden]

I agree that the worst part of this movie is that it's entirely believable. At least JWST looks like its going well!

[@leif1075]

@@RyanRidden Hey Ryan I hope you can comment on JWST maybe and hope you can respond to my other message about dealing with math when you can. Thanks very much.

[@WestAirAviation]

"A week at best" For the uninitiated, he's being generous. We detect a lot of these NEO's after they've already passed us on their closest approach.

[@jacobharris5894]

But is it that bad for objects of this size though? I would imagine size would make a big difference in how easily we can detect NEO’s.

[@WestAirAviation]

@@jacobharris5894 What matters is how visible it is; A comet like in the movie would be seen by your average person with a telescope in their back yard, because the ice being melted by the sun makes a huge tail. A 5km large piece of iron would be far more difficult. Remember, we don't have a lot of resources looking for these. In fact we don't even have entire coverage of the globe: If it came from the Southern hemisphere, we wouldn't know until it hit, because there are 0 telescopes looking. Northern hemisphere? The honest truth is that you'd be fortunate to find out about it on twitter more than 30 minutes before it hit. Most people wouldn't even make it home from work in time to say good bye to their families. It's terrifying, but also unfortunate because it doesn't have to be this way; we could actually spend money on detection, but modern Governments tend to have a reactionary stance towards spending. The problem is there's no reacting to extinction.

[@jacobharris5894]

@@WestAirAviation Well that’s terrifying.

[@earthenscience]

So, actual society is even dumber than the mock society in the movie. Very sad.

[@2601Wendy]

I thought the movie was a political and social commentary, and the astronomers less articulate than I would have hoped. That said, it was darkly funny and sad. I thought the science was great. And the ending, darkly appropriate. Overall, it made me think. Job well done. 👏

[@bobpeters61]

Whatever you do, don't try to pet the bronterocs.

[@FreemanicParacusia]

One thing I appreciated was that they had to take time, multiple observations, and do a lot of math to determine its course. IIRC in Deep Impact, a computer sussed it out in seconds, and in Armageddon the guy just said “something up there is burning!” and started screaming at his wife to get the phone book.

[@yoggoh380]

I felt like the movie was a big metaphor for our current situation with the pandemic. Also, a very good and realistic movie!

[@RyanRidden]

Definitely applicable to the pandemic. It seems like most problems with solutions that rely heavily on public understanding and trust in science run into these problems.

[@yoggoh380]

@@RyanRidden it is a shame really. The movie showed that anyone can fet corrupted, yet. In the end if they truly do as they believe they should, they tend to do just that in the end. This movie shows it well too. Hence why, we should believe more in what scientists say, not what the governments say. Have a great new year Dr. Ryan and all of you, fellow Riddenologists!

[@stylian65]

Yes. The pandemic, plus climate change plus anything scientists warn that it could negatively affect or ruin lives of people in individual sociwtiez or even life on Earth. All it takes is Trump-like demagogues, an irresponsible press and mighty multi-billionnaires with no moral boundaries. Watching rhe movie (after Dr Ryan Ridden's tip) made me sick.

[@brownro214]

@@yoggoh380 Just do what the scientists say? There are many scientists with their own political agenda. Should we just blindly follow their recommendations? Even scientists with a minimum of a political agenda are focused on their area of expertise. They don't have expertise in the economy or human interactions for example. Consider the current situation with the pandemic. The most extreme medical recommendations were to completely lock down the country to which the economists said "that will destroy the economy, people will starve, and the recession will last for years." Government leaders have to consider both sides and make a decision that balances the two. As for climate change, the solutions are too painful for the majority of the public to support so what are politicians to do? The number one goal of a politician is to get reelected. Espouse policies the electorate doesn't like and you are out.

[@nighteye4042]

It was written about climate change back in 2019, filming was postponed due to the pandemic

[@RichardLaurence]

Although the movie didn’t get very good reviews, I quite enjoyed it. The satire is a bit clunky, but it kept me watching…

[@RyanRidden]

It wouldn't have hurt to be a bit shorter, but the end was worth sticking around for!

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

The end was beautiful and haunting. It was totally worth it.

[@damovandG]

If I find a movie interesting I watch it first and read critics’ opinion after.

[@forbeginnersandbeyond6089]

Well, in Rotten Tomatoes, the "professional" reviews is 54% (rotten), but the audience reaction is 78% (fresh). Usually, I go by the audience reaction because it is a bigger sample size and are more raw and sincere reactions. The critics usually over think it. In the end, you watch a movie to be entertained, not to nitpick the flaws.

[@joshuagharis9017]

I'm a photographer myself, but I have so much admiration and respect for you astronomers

[@fixedguitar47]

I spend my time watching “Don’t look up” screaming at the TV to the point I thought I was going to get a knock at the door.

[@thimotimmermans9459]

I watched this video with my science-illiterate parents following the movie and it makes for a fantastic companion piece for all! I love the clear message regarding climate change that you provide. Great and important work. And congrats on your channel blowing up! Your content is great. Btw, where'd you get the shirt? It looks awesome!

[@RyanRidden]

I'm glad you found this video helpful! A bunch of my shirts are from TeeTurtle, they have some amazing shirts that are the perfect mix of grim and cute!

[@jimmyb101]

Don't look up is also a metaphor for people who read comments, more than the video they are watching. Thanks to you Dr. Ryan you have a great voice and good things to say. Hat off to you

[@PikaPetey]

counterpoints: The lights being on in the observatory, and with her sitting right there is more of a visual story telling to let audience know that is what she is doing. Not many would put two and two together as quickly if the scientist was in another location than the telescope.

[@BarnabyJones21]

Yep, I have no doubt the on-set astronomer told them that the lights should be off but it would make for a terrible scene. It's a relatively minor concession IMO.

[@gregmattson2238]

@@BarnabyJones21 although actually, her sitting in the dark with her wearing glasses reflecting the comet that she sees on the screen would be pretty cool. I think it would belong more in a thriller than a comedy though.

[@thetortillachips]

I’m confused when you say we would only have about 2 weeks notice of an asteroid/comet impacting earth at best. Haven’t we been tracking these celestial rocks years in advance already? Just curious. Great video btw.

[@Staladus]

I think he was talking about the ATLAS warning system

[@pyRoy6]

Thank you for doing this. It answered a lot of questions (and raised more) than the other astronomer analyses I've seen and read. I should note that the film was written to be about climate change, so you definitely picked up on the writer's intention. Putting that aside, I'm wondering about the science and math behind deflecting the comet just a few months before impact vs. one month or fewer. Are either of these remotely plausible using current or near-future tech? And if we were stuck with the BEADS option, wouldn't the comet have to be broken up into many, many, many tiny pieces in order to not do damage similar to the 9km comet?

[@nomnommoon1001]

We have no definite protection against massive asteroids/comets. You can look up on youtube there are video of scientists talking about this. Deflecting them currently not possible afaik, but destroying them to smaller chunks might be possible. So we would have a lot of smaller impacts rather than a massive planet killer one, still not ideal but higher chance of survival

[@proman3578]

My favorite part was the brontoroc ... Beautiful how they got what they deserve.. I kept laughing about it two days later

[@darrendred1]

I enjoyed the movie. It made me laugh out loud but also I liked the social comment it made. Very tongue in cheek but it made you think

[@rowni]

Nice to stumble upon a fellow kiwi! Great video! By the way I love your shirt!

[@mathisfun774]

There were only a few initial observations of the comet at a great distance out. How likely is it that a rapid hand/calculator computation would be accurate enough to conclude that the object would impact the Earth? That was my only nitpick.

[@alans3023]

A thoughtful and informative presentation - thank you. Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@RyanRidden]

Thanks Alan! A happy New Year to you too!

[@showingYOUtheworld]

Crazy good movie and definitely not for everyone! I am really surprised how that movie escaped from the censorship in usa. Anyway, thumbs up for the whole crew and the fantastic casting 👍

[@apolloseptimus7337]

I truly agree with you! So realistic, made me feel sad and very anxious!

[@showingYOUtheworld]

@@apolloseptimus7337 The usa political correctness is the worst thing ever invented on this planet and exactly this will kill us all ❗ To tolerate everything and everyone ,this make the people incapable to think logically and react normally. Some people will say ,,american political correctness? What are you talking about ? " but everything is connected in this life and that incredibile movie showed that too !

[@davidrumpler5528]

Thanks for the video. One question…when astronomers sight a potentially dangerous object, do they really get on the phone with the White House? I thought the first order of business would be to get confirmation from other astronomers before involving the government.

[@RyanRidden]

This is an interesting point that I should have talked about! The way observations of asteroids/comets are generally handled is that you record the objects position and time of observations as accurately as possible and then submit that data to the Minor Planets Centre. The Minor Planets Centre gets all data from all astronomers and processes that data to calculate the orbit with uncertainties. So the most likely outcome of something like this is that you record the data, submit it to the MPC, and then put out a notice of discovery formally with the "Astronomers Telegram" and informally on Twitter (there are a lot of astronomers on Twitter!).

[@eloquentsarcasm]

Was wondering if you'd do a reaction to this seeing as how it's your profession. Good to see a new video from you, I know you're busy, so anything new is much appreciated. Hope you had a good Christmas

[@RyanRidden]

Thanks! The past few months have been much busier than I expected so finding time for videos was pretty tricky. I had a great Christmas and I hope your's was great too!

[@Nefville]

You are very good at presenting this, I'm not sure if you've ever considered science education as a career but you really should. I've seen many educators over the years and I really think you would kill it. Not sure what your plans with this channel are but keep it up, you'll do well.

[@Shea7777]

I really enjoy your videos! Can you maybe talk or react to a few scenes from the expanse? I love the show and your videos on them were always so entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work!

[@rselwyn1000]

Thanks for this very nice talk & review of "Don't Look Up". Regarding Climate change, The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium is a book and the only book written about life in England in the year 1000. They were able to grow grapes for wine in England during this period because the climate was much warmer than today - even warmer than with “global warming.” The period 950 to 1300 A.D. is known as the “Little Optimum.” Archaeologists estimate the climate of the world was at least 4 degrees warmer than today, and the retreating arctic ice may have helped make possible Leif Erikson’s discovery of the New World and the vines he found growing there.

[@gregmattson2238]

(spoilers btw) - well, the one thing I would hope for in real life would be tech entrepeneurs realizing you can't safely bring a 5-9 km wide comet down to earth safely even if you did evaporate it with a nuclear warhead. There is something called kinetic energy which would cause exactly as much damage as if it was whole. And even if they did manage to bring it to earth, somehow, all those precious materials would be vaporized into thin streams of plasma on impact so the chance of getting any economic benefit out of such a collision is nil.

[@ramontieso1208]

In my eyes the meteor is obviously an analogy for Climate Change.

[@reinux]

I don't think it's necessarily good to have the creators tell you what a movie is actually about, but since you've already put your unspoiled reaction on the record, you should check out some interviews with the directors/writers, Adam McKay and David Sirota.

[@deepan12345]

Dude your speech awesome 👏🏼 Your accent is too good 👍🏼

[@johnnichols1249]

In the movie, the 'bots' that are supposed to blow it apart, land on rock - which would be an asteroid and not a comet.... right?

[@faustprivate]

I very much like the sound of your microphone. May I ask what you are using?

[@vavin0]

you know what scares me more that its going to take an coming to impact asteroid from a mile away to convice people that the asteroid is real

[@HirobrinePlayzMania]

don't look up will be the next movie that will blow up im calling it

[@NaumRusomarov]

this is about climate change, but with an asteroid. :-D

[@RyanRidden]

Nothing like a big rock to hit a point home!

[@mrmuffer69]

The government will never tell us if there is an asteroid/meteor/comet on a collision course with earth, it would create panic. The earth has been hit many times, it has happened in the past and will happen again. And yes I liked the movie.

[@asicdathens]

Chicxulub impact in Mexico was most likely an asteroid and not a comet. The impact crater was 180 km in diameter.

[@robertthomason4410]

That ending scene haunted me. If "they" knew that an asteroid was going to hit us, would"they" tell us? The common folks like myself. Would"they" try and reduce the world population? Would "they" try to adjust the public mindset for social distancing? Sure would seem logical to cull out the weakest.

[@aljosaraketic8258]

Weve reached the point where Best solution to save humanity is searching for a suitable planet to start over,hopefully start right. But also we lack the technology to do so,from the same reason planet came to unrepairable point.

[@SnookCowboy]

I've also seen and utilized the Admundson telescope co-ordinates that leaked back in 2007-8. Small world astronomy is.

[@Alarcahu]

I haven't seen the movie yet but reflecting on your comments - political will depends partly on the election cycle. Governments reacted decisively to COVID at the start. Also, climate change is going to be severely disruptive but isn't going to wipe out humanity. Trying to stop a planet-destroying comet would probably be less controversial than trying to fix climate change. All the same, sounds like an interesting social commentary.

[@green-lean-espeon]

My biggest gripe with this movie is how realistic it's portrayal of human greed is, literally the reason why everyone died on earth is because they cancelled the plan to blow up the comet so they could mine the comet first and then make it explode because "thE cOmEt Is fUll Of vAlUAblE mInErAls!1!". The government took this and a private company lobbied through the government to plan this whole thing which has a lesser chance of success than just blowing the comet up, literally just Capitalism being unchecked and giving greedy people who own large monopolies an incentive to ruin everyone else for more money. The lobbying to potentially kill nearly all of humanity for money is insane and it mirrors our real world. All economical systems NEED checks to make sure it doesn't incentivize human stupidity and this movie is showing us how the real world humans in power are those who create laws that benefit them and purposefully DON'T create checks so they can use whatever economical system they have to be as greedy as they can.

[@johnnyrivas2619]

But do astronomers get high and listen to Wu Tang when they're working? I WANT TO BELIEVE

[@RyanRidden]

Everyone has their own ways of observing ;)

[@zinussan50]

Im not sure about comet in movie. But the president behavior is 100% accurate 😶

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

A large Orion nuclear pulse drive ship might be enough mass for your gravity tractor.. they can be very large going by freeman Dyson's work (most of which is still classified). Definitely an end of the world ship for an end of world situation. Check out Dyson's sons Ted talk on the Orion project. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ2VgqKmf8d3eNU

[@RyanRidden]

Thanks for the link! The Orion program would have been the best possible use for nuclear weapons, although it doesn't look like it would a pleasant ride!

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

@@RyanRidden I've always thought the govt should slowly build a prototype to have ready as an ark just keep the propulsion elements on standby distributed at military depot's etc. Maybe build the ship on an isolated island. Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle used a very large one to repel an invasion by belligerent mini elephantine aliens in the hard SF novel footfall.

[@ernestozelayandia942]

Will we get a reaction video to JWST images? Asking for a friend ;)

[@taylorbarnett1199]

I think the film was a spoof/parody of a regular disaster film, because they didn’t get saved. But it would have been better if the irony were less obvious. It’s like way too in your face

[@RAYORELAX]

I feel like the movie pointed towards climate change and how important it is that we pay attention and do something about it.. before it's too late. Even tho it might already be too late now.

[@robbob1866]

I was interested in your opinion of the movie and if you noticed any flaws like all the lights being on while the telescope was operating, or how that Crawler was going way too fast! A crawling baby should be able to out pace that thing lol. I was really surprise that you didn't get that this movie was about climate change and not at all about a rock hitting Earth. Since the Industrial Revolution people have been noting that what we're doing to the environment is bad for our existence. Since the 1960's scientists have been presenting evidence that climate change in inevitable if we don't change but politics and industry are interlock and self supporting like two snakes eating each others tails. There's been evidence for over 60 years, like how that part in the movie when they're forced to act but at the last moment they cancel the mission because money got in the way? Jimmy Carter in the '70s tried to do something but was derailed by big oil and lobbyists. Before he was President, during Nixon, they had litteral rivers self combusting because of the chemicals industry was dumping in waterways. Growing up in Canada during the '60s and '70s I watched Dr. David Suzuki on his show The Nature of Things repeatedly say that we need to change, but we haven't. We've had nearly 70 years to turn this around but the people with the power don't want to make less money or lose their power. This film had the ending right. We're all doomed and it's just a matter of time

[@DromeG60]

...did you finish the video?

[@michaelmiller3102]

Best movie 🍿 of the year

[@jacobharris5894]

Wow, only a week for a comet that big? That’s terrifying. I thought we had a lot better capabilities than that when it came to tracking asteroids and comets. We need to drastically improve our asteroid tracking capabilities because we’re pretty much sitting ducks right now.

[@Notacet]

I’m surprised no astronomers are commenting how unrealisticly slow and dim the impact events are in movies (since deep impact all the way to here). They’re like slow yellow fireballs. In reality a large object like that would eat through the atmosphere in a few seconds, and burn like a nuclear explosion along the way. That would make excellent slow motion footage.

[@pesisawesome5864]

The ending of this movie is hilarious though 🤣

[@cybergothika6906]

I don't believe people are wasting time about scientific accuracy when the target of the movie is denialism, indulgence, hypocrisy. Those were pretty accurate to me. Sometimes you gotta ditch aspects of reality to better fit the story you want to tell. That happened with movies like Fury. The comments in there are laughable at best totally missing the point of the movie because of fantasy.

[@SWR_DK]

Nobody is claiming that the movie needed scientific accuracy, he’s not a movie critic, he’s an astronomer and he’s talking about the subject based on what he knows, whichever the target of the movie was, we want to know how accurate it is because we find science more interesting than politics

[@cybergothika6906]

@@SWR_DK Still wouldn't hurt a little bit of it, to make the viewer rest from the jokes. But yep, claiming accuracy is a waste of time since the target is the incredible idiotic human mind.

[@SWR_DK]

@@cybergothika6906 as well as claiming social opinion on an astronomy review from an astronomer

[@cybergothika6906]

@@SWR_DK If someone got offended by a random opinion, I guess either the mom's basement needs to be shut or we are actually living inside the movie's universe. It is not a satire but a documentary then.

[@SWR_DK]

@@cybergothika6906 I didn’t got offended dear, I’m just discussing a subject. I’m sorry if you felt “threatened” at all, English is not my first language, I’m not arguing about what the target of the movie is, im simply saying that there’s no point to request social comments from a astronomer when he’s talking about astronomy

[@ticnatz]

Good insight......

[@JordanElliottMcClure]

Great video! Subscribed!

[@o-manthehuman7867]

"There is no external factor, like something from space, that is driving climate change" I mean................. There is the sun....

[@DrTheRich]

I think he means, no external factor driving something like climate crisis. Since climate change (of which the sun does have influence) has changed since the birth of the planet, and is totally natural and expected.

[@o-manthehuman7867]

@@DrTheRich well yea I was just trying to joke lmao

[@malako777A]

at the end PETER really "BASH Liif"

[@2013TombRaider]

Thank you for talking about climate change. Respect ✊

[@drumr72]

"We lost Partenza to EXPLOSIVE OUTGASSING". Deep Impact, 1997.

[@hermask815]

A question I can’t get out of my head. How can you see something from the side (showing a tail) when it’s coming directly (frontal)towards you? Or is it coming like a curveball, elliptically?

[@michaelt.5672]

Late reply, but in case you still find it interesting; 1. The tail isn't formed by the motion of the comet. Remember it is not moving through a medium that would drag things away from it in the opposite direction of travel. We are primed to read any image of a tail that way (because we are used to similar looking things moving through air), but the rules in a vacuum are different. The tail is formed by solar wind that is stripping particles from the gas cloud surrounding the comet. So the tail is always pointing away from the sun, no matter which direction the comet is moving in. And since comets are rarely headed directly for the sun, the tail is pretty much never in line with the direction of travel. And any time the earth isn't directly between the sun and the comet, the tail will be visible. 2. Also worth considering that in orbital mechanics, an object that is about to hit you won't nessecarily be heading directly for you. Just consider the paths spaceprobes have to take to get to certain planets, which sometimes take dozens of orbits around the sun and several flybys of planets for gravity assist. A comet might do the same coincedentally. Because orbital mechanics are conveniently predictable, you can calculate these motions in advance, and know an object might hit you after dozens of steps of an interplanetary dance.

[@strejf]

Very good video, thanks!

[@gustavo9758]

I love your shirt and it makes me sad at the same time.

[@drivernz2609]

Just been to lake Tekapo and saw the Mt John Observatory

[@RyanRidden]

Awesome, its a lovely place!

[@bobpeters61]

Actually, the point of the movie was climate change. They just figured that a planet-killing space object would be more dramatic, and therefore drive the point home better. And as for the things that were gotten right on astronomy, those were the contributions of a well-known brilliant astronomer. Meeow. Me likey foxy star woman. 😉

[@luxzs5788]

This guy looks like Batman.

[@PopcornMax179]

You just look... so much like a teenage Conan O'Brien

[@privateprivate404]

I am in love with Dr. Ryan Ridden. Could listen to him talk for hours...and hours...and hours....and hours....and hours... *Sigh* I love you and your big, beautiful, brain. Happy New Year you sexy little stargazer you.

[@SPACETVnet]

Spoiler warning!

[@felixloveseat]

thanks

[@Jay-eb7ik]

I mean, the opening scene wouldn't look great if all of the lights were off?

[@ElectricAlien577]

Yeah, a black screen doesn't make for a very engaging scene lol.

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

It pokes fun at the stupidity of the human race as a whole, ignoring facts for the sake of profits! I loved the ending showing just how stupid they were in their picks for saving the human race! We are screwed, LOL! It was a very entertaining movie overall.

[@sinOsiris]

be prepared at best evolution promises never fail as.... we look up the clear night skies indeed nurturing the Milky Way and we are indeed capable ----

[@EnterpriseKnight]

6:48 Well I don't know, in the 50s we built a 100megaton nuke, I'm quite sure we can build it again, even more powerful.

[@DroppedBass]

Assuming the comet in the movie is like the asteroid that caused the Chicxulub crater (in terms of size and speed), and the comet hits the Earth head on, then hitting the asteroid with a 100 megaton nuke, assuming all of the energy goes into pushing the asteroid towards the side, would make its trajectory change so now it moves with a speed of about 80 m/s in the perpendicular direction (relative the comet-earth line), which means that we would need to hit it at least about 22.1 hours before impact (actually much more, since the nuke wouldn't be close to being 100% effective, and it would be very hard to achieve a perfectly perpendicular impact), when the comet is about 2 billion meters (again, a huge underestimation) away from Earth. Considering the time it takes for a nuke to even reach the required distance, and the time of warning we would realistically have, it is very unlikely we would make it.

[@jsavage9134]

What’s bad about Climate Change is our vehicle, but what’s bad is you need money to work and yes they are making electric cars but what good is that when they are so high so not everyone can afford them bc the world is money hungry, not the world, but the higher up! Just like me, I can’t afford them but I still have bills!

[@ole-jrgenbentsen8121]

Can u explain this to a dumb person like me Hahah im from norway so Can i just Get a short story

[@simbits6660]

I'm convinced from the evidence that Randal Carlson has shown of a genuine extinction level impact 13,000 yrs ago during the Younger Dryass preriod of Earth history. I'm sure we have had many lesser impacts some lost in history with only the merest evidence remaining, whilst Tunguska and Chelyabinsk are our most recent within memory. Time and location the only reasons that Tunguska was not a catastrophy for any major city - it could have destroyed a modern country. Impacts happen, always have always will yet we have done nothing in preperation for such an event. Climate change has always happened exept for the last 10,000 yrs where it has been relatively mild and change has been slow. Now whatever natural cycles are changing that and maybe the climate will become very nasty for us, but thinking that a moderate CO2 level has much to do with that shows us for the fools we are. It's time we looked at our deep history and learned from it - not hide it as I have seen. This is entirely a scam built on public ignorance - as is all this fake Covid shit (I have it right now), and funnily enough you will find exactly the same people at the top pushing the fake narrative. No one seems to have noticed that. Looking forward to seeing the film

[@constable1501]

You will have read that NASA have recently launched DART as a test to redirect an asteroids path. So something is being done

[@DrTheRich]

"we're not doing anything about it" he says, while hundreds of thousands of people currently see their lives ruined by harsh regulation that is supposedly to solve the impending climate crisis. It's one thing to say we aren't doing enough. It's another thing to say we're doing nothing, while a lot of people already suffer a lot under things being done. Poor people can neither afford high gass prizes nor afford electric cars for example

[@jaton206]

Yes its getting fucking crazy

[@judsonwall8615]

@@jaton206 Yet, what we’re doing is a drop in the ocean. It might be fucking crazy, but if we want our kids’ kids’ kids to have a beautiful, functional planet, we have to do things now. The vast, vast majority of scientists are screaming at the cameras a la Leo in the movie and telling everyone “we’re all going to fucking die” and many aren’t listening. Or, uh, they’re refusing to look up.

[@jaton206]

@@judsonwall8615 Nah the movie spoke to me in a different way and it ain't climate change im scared about. Climate change will always be there, and i think humans are just the minimal cause off it. and changing coal for biomass is even worse more deforrestation and more co2 emissions which was the whole thing these politicians in the netherlands are going for. it just doesnt make anny sense what they are doing. and then also demand the common folk to pay for it with their own money. to redo an entire old home that is only run on electricity and not earthgas that would cost about 30K. and powerplants are still to burning on fossil fuels aswell. maybe a nuclear plant could work but they seem very hessitant about it still. When Februari comes around we will be (Europe) in heavy problems of gas shortages. which will lead to food shortages and on and on it goes. its looking pretty dark man.

[@mick5008]

@@judsonwall8615 Climate Change - The only accepted belief with more failed predictions than QAnon.

[@judsonwall8615]

@@mick5008 Keep ignoring scientists man. Don’t look up.

[@alansilverman8500]

The idea of a "gravity tractor" is not really practical AT ALL!!!

[@NewPipeFTW]

I was wondering the same as to how big this 'massiv object" has to be and how we steer that mass /get it into orbit . This would make sense if we knew years or months ahead about the impactor.

[@alansilverman8500]

@@NewPipeFTW prohibitively!

[@maxencemelbermundo]

We can also relate it to the climate crisis that is happening right now in different parts of the world, it also shows how greedy capitalists and governments can be, prioritizing profit over people's welfare. and it is a true-to-life story about the asteroid heading and going to closely pass to earth by 2029. Climate Activist here

[@chrismeys4791]

There is no climate crisis, however there is a climate alarmism crisis.

[@wesleyvl8572]

Plz tel me ppl are not as stupid in real life as in this movie

[@GameplayTubeYT]

People more likely to belive on a Fairytale being Intead of Crazy Scientist!

[@theunraveler]

You are very handsome....

[@marknovak6498]

The fanciful arc ship at the end was funny but unneeded. The show was over the top on the politics side but I can not but the idea that we would be hit by 32 mega meteors was an alternative that would not be world ending.

[@ElectricAlien577]

It was pretty much just science fiction at that point anyway. What i also found preposterous at the end is that they had a ship that could make it to a solar system with an earth like planet in only 20 something thousand years. Just getting to the nearest solar system, given our current technology, would take around 70000 years, assuming we have infinite fuel. Getting to an earth like planet would probably take 100s of thousands of years. Let alone the concept that we could sustain a human body in stasis for 20000 years. Though it is true that if we did manage to make it to an earth like planet, without proper biohazard protection, and the ability to set up biodomes for food production, everyone would likely die immediately lol. So they have that going for them. But of course it was all just there to tell the story, and i found the story quite entertaining.

[@ExcretumTaurum]

The movie absolutely nailed the social / political side of it.

[@marcus9043]

face palm

[@youngdemocraticsocialistso9909]

please read theory. the problem is not human activity in general. The problem driving climate change is the profit motive inherent to capitalism specifically.

[@apolloseptimus7337]

The movie made me feel sad, not funny at all! All the scenario involving politics and reach people, can a be a disaster! Plus, nowadays a lot of asteroids are exploding, and these rocks are getting bigger and bigger every moment! 2 of them exploded over Athens sky in Greece in the summer of 2021 night time!

[@mitseraffej5812]

The big question is can an Astronomer make a decent living out of their career.

[@williamcrowley5506]

Not really meant to be about space. But ok

[@maiconfaria]

A week? Seriously?

[@RyanRidden]

To make it even better, if it comes from the Southern hemisphere then we would have effectively no warning because most of the survey telescopes are in the North!

[@SnookCowboy]

I R.A.S. 😎

[@2013TombRaider]

This movie was awesome. This is definitely how we would end up divided till the very end if you ever were to hit by a comet. Well atleast dinosaur like creature got their planet back and earth was definitely in way better situation without the existence of humans 😂

[@Bakardi47]

This movie was painfully unfunny, could barely sit through it

[@paolomath]

Very interesting video! Until you start talking about climate change, revealing poor understanding of the phenomenon and of the discourse.

[@MiguelAlburquerque]

climate change a bigger problem than a 9 km comet? Jesus...what a mental gymnastic

[@RyanRidden]

Getting hit by a big comet is pretty unlikely, climate change is already happening.

[@brownro214]

@@RyanRidden When has the climate ever been stagnant?

[@twilightprince4833]

The comet is sudden and dramatic that easily catches the eye. But rest assured when coastlines are wiped out, when rivers dry , floods, droughts and hurricanes ravage the land. By and by, there'd be nothing left.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@brownro214 I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. It almost sounds as if your understanding of “climate change” is limited to the general meaning of the terms “climate” and “change”. We used to call this “global warming”, but gave that up when people ignored the “global” part and the implicit “average” and or, even when they did not ignore these, still failed to recognize the connection between a rise in average global temperature and its inevitable disastrous consequences. The term “climate change” is shorthand for the particular and particularly severe effects of emitting mass amounts of greenhouse gasses over a significant period of time. It isn’t just any change in climate, and you can’t reasonably compare it to just any change in climate.

[@chrismeys4791]

@@RyanRidden Temp is no warmer now than before anyone had declared an emergency.

[@willuk1308]

Astronomy is Pseudoscience. Cool story, though!

[@skepticalbadger]

Cretin.

[@chrismeys4791]

Climate change has become pseudoscience.