Posts: 47696 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-08-2021 10:34 AM
Netflix teaser video
The stars get struck.
DON'T LOOK UP tells the story of two low-level astronomers who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth. Written and directed by Adam McKay.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Chiklis, Tomer Sisley with Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep.
Watch DON'T LOOK UP on December 24 only on Netflix.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47696 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-17-2021 11:44 AM
New trailer
Based on real events that haven’t happened - yet. "Don't Look Up" in select theaters December 10 and on Netflix December 24.
SpaceAholic Member
Posts: 4986 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-17-2021 07:14 PM
Apparently today's writers are insufficiently creative to come up with an alternative to using the Shuttle to interdict comets and asteroids.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47696 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-17-2021 08:05 PM
From what I understand, the shuttle's use does have a reason and explanation, though it may also contribute to the overall satire.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47696 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
"Talking about your office, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, you've got the patch there. In fact, I was observing a little Latin phrase at the bottom, what does that say?"
"'Hic Servare Diem,' which means 'Here to save the day.'"
That exchange, between a NASA commentator and a scientist in the agency's planetary science division, took place during a live broadcast leading up to the launch of NASA's first mission to deflect an asteroid. But it could have easily fit into the new, satirical science fiction film, "Don't Look Up," which lands on Netflix on Friday (Dec. 24).
Cliff Lentz Member
Posts: 663 From: Philadelphia, PA USA Registered: Mar 2002
posted 12-24-2021 07:54 AM
So I just watched it. It's a very Dark comedy so I tried to put aside the science. I was pretty positive that standard rocketry practices and basic science are not what this is about. It's more like there was this bad virus affecting the whole world and some people, for political reasons, don't trust the science. Where have I heard this before?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47696 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-24-2021 09:22 AM
Ironically, the script was written before the pandemic and the reaction to it made director Adam McKay question making the film.
When the pandemic hit, it was probably the strangest six months of my life, seeing an actual disaster unfolding across the world and seeing beat after beat in the script come true. I started wondering, "Do we need to even make this anymore?" But I remember turning off the news one night and re-reading the script, and my very first thought was, "It's not crazy enough." It actually read a bit dry compared to what was actually happening. So I tweaked everything to be 15 percent crazier than it was before.
We went back out to all the actors and miraculously, they were still on board. In fact, they wanted to do this movie more than ever, quarantine bubbles and all. One right after another, the answer was still yes, and in fact, the break gave us more time to kick around some other ideas for everyone's characters. I started realizing that people wanted to do something that reflected what we were all living through. You could feel it. They wanted to laugh. You could tell everyone was hungry for a healthy, positive, joyful way to process the pothole-ridden road we've been driving down 100 miles an hour.
McKay's original inspiration for "Don't Look Up" was the 2019 book "The Uninhabitable Earth."
It depicts the ways in which global warming will wreak havoc on the planet if nothing is done to combat the climate crisis. And, it all boiled down to this idea I just couldn't shake: We all know how to react when there is a killer with an ax, or when your house is on fire, but what the author David Wallace-Wells was writing about was a million times worse. How do we get people to realize this is a clear and present danger? How close does that danger have to be for us to have the proper response? I felt like I needed to write this script.
Then over the course of the next few weeks, this great little analogy kept popping up in all my conversations, including one with David Sirota, a journalist I've known for years: It's like a comet is going to hit Earth and no one cares. And at one point, I said, "That's it. That's the movie." Sometimes it's as simple as that.
Cliff Lentz Member
Posts: 663 From: Philadelphia, PA USA Registered: Mar 2002
posted 12-25-2021 06:46 AM
That's interesting! It says a lot too about social media and what news outlets consider news that will give them ratings and not necessary vital information.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47696 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-25-2021 07:26 AM
With regards to the Planetary Defense Coordination Office patch that appears in the film, I learned after publishing the article (linked above) that the artist was Michael Okuda.
perineau Member
Posts: 315 From: FRANCE Registered: Jul 2007
posted 12-26-2021 04:07 AM
I haven't laughed so hard since I saw "Dr. Strangelove"!
garymilgrom Member
Posts: 2068 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
posted 12-26-2021 11:02 AM
I echo what Cliff said. As a dark comedy it was half good and half annoying, but as social and political commentary it hit the mark. I found it entertaining and worth the time.
Gilbert Member
Posts: 1427 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003
posted 01-11-2022 02:29 PM
I really enjoyed the film. It's much more entertaining than Deep Impact, Armageddon, Meteor, etc.