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From the Interstellar wikipedia page: The resulting visual effects provided Thorne with new insight into the gravitational lensing and accretion disks surrounding black holes, resulting in the publication of three scientific papers.[71][72][73]

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[–] mononomi@feddit.nl 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The paper does state that no astrophysical insights were gained, more insights on how to produce pretty yet accurate images. But still, cool!

[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No, it's really not.

Christopher Nolan's screenplays tend to be hit or miss, and Interstellar is deep in the "miss" category

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's like, your opinion man.

Interstellar is a great movie

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The story is a complete mess that hinges on every scientist involved being extremely incompetent

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Interstellar is the sort of movie that would have done a lot better in the hands of a director like Spielberg. Nolan's dry, clinical, super grounded approach is unspeakably jarring in a movie whose ultimate thesis is that love is a kind of fundamental force. It wants to be a magic-realist fantasy, but Nolan tries to treat it like a pseudo-documentary.

[–] verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

It’s kind of simultaneously hit and miss for me.

[–] espurr@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

I crode so hard.....

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You can see a very distinct before/after Interstellar whenever black holes are depicted in media. Prior to Interstellar, black holes were depicted like whirlpools even though Jean-Pierre Luminet generated an image in the 1970s that shows gravitational lensing.