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Yeah, people seem to be hung up on the film’s plausibility. This is how I see (rationalize?) the story.<ul><li>Alright, the Earth has another four billion years before kicking the bucket, and the idea that it would happen only fifty years from now is pretty far fetched. But science isn’t perfect. It’s based on tested hypotheses—what else could we rely on when the thing’s 90 million miles away? Isn’t it possible that something unforeseen could have an affect on the sun’s vitality?</li><li>Okay, true—the technology now seems centuries away from any that could send humans to the sun. But necessity is the mother of invention. If the sun started dying tomorrow, wouldn’t humanity use every possible resource to save itself? And the ship, its “payload,” and the possibility of survival are blatantly stated to be theoretical in the film.</li><p>For me, the future is pretty wide open to speculation, and humanity’s reaction in the film, to endure in the face of annihilation, is spot on.</p>
posted by: Johnny Mercedes · 8/4/07