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Astronomer Reviews Sci-Fi Movies, from ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ | Vanity Fair

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July 23, 2020

Astronomer Dr. Andy Howell fact checks space movies, including ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘E.T. the Extra Terrestrial,’ ‘Avatar,’ ‘Armageddon,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,’ ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ and analyzes their probability, craft, and execution.

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30 Comments

Lady G Unicorn

July 23, 2020 at 4:07 pm

Yeah

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janelley2008

July 23, 2020 at 4:07 pm

Black Panter…. I can’t get over the thumbnail. ????

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Jessica Davis

July 23, 2020 at 4:08 pm

Shuri is an absolute bae ???? He gets it bang on

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Just A Dio Who's A Hero For Fun

July 23, 2020 at 4:13 pm

How is uh… Black Panther a space movie? Was it the vibranium meteor?

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Mad Max

July 23, 2020 at 4:13 pm

He should review better space movies

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- #Zuhayr Roha#
  
  July 23, 2020 at 6:34 pm
  
  He has a channel called ‘science v cinema’ on youtube
  
  I was inspired by him to make a twitter page myself Daily Science in Movies – https://twitter.com/science_movies?s=09
  
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Tom Morgan

July 23, 2020 at 4:17 pm

Ah yes, classic space film ‘Black Panther’.

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- cqtaylor
  
  July 23, 2020 at 4:23 pm
  
  He said “space and science scenes” 00:22. Black Panther has science scenes.
  
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- Tom Morgan
  
  July 23, 2020 at 5:56 pm
  
  cqtaylor ‘Astronomer Reviews Space Movies’ sets a certain expectation ????
  
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- cqtaylor
  
  July 23, 2020 at 6:24 pm
  
  @Tom Morgan Interesting. I just go by what the man said.
  
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torturedparadox

July 23, 2020 at 4:28 pm

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

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Twitch Tamilan

July 23, 2020 at 4:41 pm

Big mistake found, is there any reward?

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MrAuberyII GODs Earth is FLAT and NASA is FAKE

July 23, 2020 at 4:47 pm

tard wars….. the earth is FLAT, NOT heliocentric at all

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Ian panthera

July 23, 2020 at 4:48 pm

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

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- TXG: T a c c o
  
  July 23, 2020 at 4:51 pm
  
  “Space and science scenes” try to keep up
  
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2nd Round

July 23, 2020 at 4:54 pm

This guy ROCKS!

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Vivek Kumar

July 23, 2020 at 5:20 pm

Please upload more on your channel. I miss it. ????

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Andrea Witter

July 23, 2020 at 5:26 pm

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

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Spaz5991

July 23, 2020 at 5:29 pm

Is Black Panther a space movie?

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Spencer Keating

July 23, 2020 at 5:39 pm

How we gonna skip Contact (1997)????????

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Den

July 23, 2020 at 5:42 pm

This type of videos is the only reason I’m subscribed

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TeamRainbow

July 23, 2020 at 5:49 pm

Space and movies, my two biggest interests

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Sean Brown

July 23, 2020 at 5:52 pm

Thumbs down for not having seen Black Panther.

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Fatpanda

July 23, 2020 at 5:53 pm

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

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#Zuhayr Roha#

July 23, 2020 at 6:29 pm

Follow me at twitter @science_movie https://twitter.com/science_movies?s=09
I post daily content about Science on Movies

I followed this guy for a long time.

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CaptainALI

July 23, 2020 at 6:47 pm

6:09 lost me what does this have to do with science?

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Nolan Friedline

July 23, 2020 at 6:51 pm

Black Panther… really? How about “Pitch Black” “2001: A SPACE Odyssey” “Alien”… come on guys!

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Gilly

July 23, 2020 at 7:13 pm

He is one of the Jerry’s ..DBH

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Victoria Nigro

July 23, 2020 at 7:16 pm

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

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Joe - Bang

July 23, 2020 at 7:17 pm

Michael Bay filmed an unrealistic scene…now I’ve heard it all

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