Thanks for the kind words -- glad so many people liked the video! Here's a little more background. We filmed much more than was shown in the video -- I had extended rants about Armageddon and ET for example, that were cut down. I talked lots more about planets in movies, and why it is important to get the science right. Still, they did a good job of editing the video and keeping the pace up. I'm also a film critic at Film Threat. As briefly alluded to, I sometimes also consult about science for books, TV shows, and movies. If you'd like to see more like this, check out Science Vs. Cinema, where I go way more in-depth about the science in movies. kzfaq.info/love/ZfMYYTpI3mk3eNt8blOpIw

Love how enthusiastics about these movies! Like realism matters (or how he addressed scientists stereotypes), but he also just want to see the cool stuffs that movies can bring.

My problem with the twin suns was simply that there were always _single shadows._ There should have been double shadows on Tatooine, even if they were faint. But that never happened, belying the idea of two suns.

I absolutely love how passionate everyone in these videos is. Thank you, Dr. Howell for this awesome interpretation of all these scenes. Your enthusiasm and excitement was contagious and so engaging to witness.

When he talked about "a planet melting away cause is too close to the sun", I immediately recalled Riddick's Crematoria prison/planet.

VF, There is no need for “background” music that fights for center stage. Dr. Howell is superb!

I really like his comments on Black Panther and colonialism, and how he called them Inuits instead of Eskimos.

The guy was so pressed about the bad scientists on ET 😂😂😂😂 lol

I'd like to have seen an look at Pitch Black where there were 3 Suns, constant daylight, with a small period of complete darkness.

I love this one! He seems like an awesome guy.

Shuri is an absolute bae 😌 He gets it bang on

Great video. But I'd love to see Dr. Howell talking about the final (and psychedelic) scenes in 2001: A Space Odyssey where Dave Bowman passes through the stargate. Actually, the description made by Dr. Howell about what Matthew McConaughey should have been saw inside the black hole is very similar to what Kubrick made in that sequence near the end of the movie.

The shrouded planet concept he mentions for Rogue One is very similar to how Douglas Adams wrote the planet Krikkit in Life, The Universe, and Everything

Just kinda wondering if anyone else is curious why they disabled comments for the Seth Green video?

When people ask me why I love science fiction and space so much, this is why

This man was so pleasant to watch and listen to and he really did a good job allowing the movie to breathe and appreciating it while still explaining the science and his opinions. Best of these videos I’ve seen in a while!

20:06 "I'm losing control of the stick" Isn't that more of an "I'm taking an early 1950's F-86 Sabre jet supersonic" thing than an "I'm flying a spaceship into a black hole" thing?

Black Panter.... I can't get over the thumbnail. 😂

Dude the scientists in ET wanted to dissect him.

Dr. Howell: praises black women, criticizes colonialism. Angry white guys: leave politics out of it, bro. *dislikes video Come on my hetero white male friends, don't be so offended! He's not criticizing you personally, just aspects of cultural history. No need to be defensive.

Vanity fair video editor: the background music that plays while the expert talks has been too loud on all these recent videos, it’s distracting

The history about meteorites was a fascinating addition

Anybody has any idea why the Seth Green career video has had its commentaries disabled?

I’m a simple girl... I see star wars I click!

"you get this sense of humour..." >introduced with a *what are those* meme

He's so wholesome! I would love to see more videos with this guy in them!

Why doesn't everyone in space have vibrianium? Why didn't Thanos have all those vibrianium weapons?

I doubt ET would have much knowledge about anything. If he's a pilot a or a crew member, I don't think he'd knew (or care) how the spaceship flies.

really wish we could get one of these on the expanse

Floating mountains as seen in fantasy films like avatar are called "earthmotes" ;)

I enjoyed this a lot Andy, great seeing you.

This man could totally play a character in Star Wars

Speaking of the binary suns on Tattoine, in the books Tattoine is so hot that life can only survive at the poles

Interesting video. But I disagree with his take on E.T. :) Elliott was right to protect him.

he's assuming that George Lucas had an idea about astronomy and physics when he created his universe - I'm doubtful

21:41 There's a planet like that in The Chronicles of Riddick (the prison planet). Woulda been cool to see him talk about that series.

Doing my damnedest to read the titles of the books on his shelves :D

Hi Andy, in your segment about the Star Wars planet, Robani, you memtioned that you'd not seen stories about planets hidden in dust clouds. Douglas Adams did include such a planet in his 1982 sequel book, "Life, The Universe and Everything". hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Krikkit

The cloudy planet reminds me of one of the Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy books.

Dr. Andy Howell, you are a cool dude!

Ugh I felt the same way about the radio tower. What a brutal way to start a hard sci fi film. It's like they forget who their audience is.

Space and movies, my two biggest interests

Bring this guy back all the time. He’s great! Loved his insights

You're here because the Seth Green vid has the comments are turned off

I am really impressed by the amount of anthropological knowledge he has.

Anyone else upset that the scene Dr. Howell assisted with not show up in Rogue One??

Michael Bay filmed an unrealistic scene...now I've heard it all

Would anyone be able to explain why is the camera focus constantly switched on and slightly off the person talking?

Ok.....Didn't know Black Panther was a space movie. Lol

2:50 when your fantasy movie is more scientifically accurate than a movie sponsored by lockheed martin

Rather than yellow and orange, color of those two suns are more sort of white and red to me, but I probably have color blind.

I wonder about the astronomical take on the twin sun orbital pattern in Pitch Black

More please!

Hey vanity, why are the comments disabled for the Seth Green interview?

I have that same Harvard edition of Persuasion! It has so much useful info on the Navy, Bath, etc. Also, great video. Interesting to hear about the stars. I don't know much about that topic.

the moment he started talking about how colonization has affected science and discovery i was HOOKED thank you!

I attended the premier of Star Wars in 1977 at age 14 & even then I thought to myself that's not how twin suns would look unless under extremely precise & very unlikely conditions. You'd need the further sun to be extremely large (as stars go) & the closer sun to very small (as stars go) AND just happen to have them & Tatooine in just the right configuration in space not to mention a myriad of other exacting circumstances all come together just perfectly & that's not gonna happen. Still, love the flick (well, the theatrical version anyway) & it looks cool.

The way he talks about using ET without any regard for ET's autonomy or agency is exactly why the scientists were the villains in the movie. I'm a big fan of science but that was a chilling validation of Speilberg's take

9:55 sounds like something an evil astronaut would say

This guy is amazing! I really enjoyed this and his voice sounds so pleasant 🥰♥️

It's just a movie, We do not need to find out if it could really happen, It's entertainment, We are supposed to leave our logic at the door and just enjoy the film

This is a really fun video for all us want to be, science nerds, who would be, but for math.

This guy ROCKS!

I always wondered, if the meteor of Vibranium impacted the Earth and Vibranium is this material that absorbs vibration and deflects kinetic energy, then why didn’t those properties either destroy the Earth on impact or shoot back into space? With that large of a mass of Vibranium you would think it would’ve had an incredibly massive effect when it impacted Earth, but instead it acted like any other meteor.

Well, true that the magnetism would rip the blood out their veins IF they used hemoglobin for blood. HOWEVER, not ALL creatures use hemoglobin for blood. Blue creatures could quite easily use copper for blood. Some animals on earth do.

22:00 to 22:20 Didn´t Douglas Adams explore this idea in one of his books?

The fact that y’all spelled it wrong on the thumbnail

In E T they probably want to dissect him This guy: wouldn't you want to study extraterrestrial life?

How we gonna skip Contact (1997)😭😭

He is one of the Jerry's ..DBH

Love Andy, he's brilliant and a lot of fun. Bring him back. Also, Vanity Fair, please stop putting awful background music that makes it harder to hear the speaker for people with hearing disabilities. It's really unnecessary.

Hidden Figures is a decent movie, but I wouldn't call it science fiction... nor would I call Black Panther a space movie. I think we can do a little better with categorizing things, Vanity Fair, and not conflate "space" and "science fiction". There is science fiction without any mention of space and there are space movies (which Hidden Figures is only very slightly, it's really more about people in the space race--Apollo 13 would be a better example) that aren't fictional. I appreciate the series and hope that as producers asking experts for their opinion, you too can get just a little more rigorous about how you organize the material you ask your experts for their opinions on and also just not add to the misunderstanding out there.

LOL, Lego storm troopers. :D

Will Ferrell really tryna be the new Bill Nye

I would totally get a beer with this dude. 🍻

18:16. What they do well here is explain WHY the planet would not be scientifically accurate, i.e. it is in essence an artificial planet.

I like this guy. he's delightfully nerdy

When the U.S. is on fire and the smoke makes our sun looks like the orange starwars sun...

I know you do movies, but do you know Three Body Problem by Chinese author CiXin Liu? I'll let you check it out but it was on bill gates reading list and is full of physics problems and ideas (and chinese cultural revolution...). would love to see that on your channel

This dude makes me think of what would happen if Rodney Mullen never picked up a skateboard

It's confirmed. STAR WARS is real.

Please do interstellar!

Thank you for uploading. I got the chance to view a rocket launch in 2018. Incredible experience. I uploaded a pretty fun montage of the journey to my channel.

"I didn't know this story and why didn't I?" Systemic racism.

He looks and sounds a lot like Rodney Mullen.

Excellent video! He looks and sounds a *little bit* like Will Ferrell

He should just do regular movie reviews.

Science Rodney Mullen is fun to listen to.

When talking about "ET" you say that all the scientist want to do is study him. Realistically, what would you think would really happen to him. Do you think they would throw him a party or would they start probing and prodding him? Holding him against his will in a prison of some kind. The way you were talking, you sound like you are saying that it is our Right to hold and imprison any living intelligent being against their will to be studied. Just Saying.

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How about Physicists Reviews The Fast And The Furious movies??

Her line in Black Panther also means she watches videos on the internet!

This guy kind of looks like Will Ferrell to me

SW favourite movie.. «shocking». Great dude!

I am super distracted by the jumpiness of the editing. every like 4-7 seconds there's a cut - making me sick

Lmao, you only disabled comments on Seth Greens video 😂😂😂 #savethechildren

Big mistake found, is there any reward?

He should review better space movies

E.T. is so creepy, and the chosen scene is just one of any random ones which illustrate this perfectly. I think E.T. is objectively one of the creepiest aliens or horror monsters in film history.

Well, to be fair (SPOILERS) The black hole in Interstellar is artificial and is meant to be docked with/into; in real life a black hole small enough for those planets to be orbiting around like it was our sun would just rip you to pieces, right? Even a supermassive black hole would be about as dense and turbulant as an ocean, but the construct is just space, but different.