Astronaut Chris Hadfield Breaks Down Space Movies | Vanity Fair

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Published 2020-03-24
Retired astronaut and engineer Chris Hadfield fact checks notable space movies using his NASA experience and vast knowledge of outer space, including ’Gravity,’ ‘Passengers,’ ‘Armageddon,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘First Man,’ ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ 'Sunshine' and ‘WALL-E.’

Chris Hadfield's New York Times bestseller 'An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth' has been translated into 25 different languages. Visit chrishadfield.ca for more information.

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All Comments (21)
  • @BM-wf9uf
    I love how offended Chris is with Gravity.
  • @SiyabongaAfrica
    When Wall-E is more scientifically accurate than Armageddon
  • Chris is the perfect example of "Space for Dummies". The way he can "dumb it down" for people that knows nothing on space stuff is amazing. Not a lot of people can do that even lecturers on universities.
  • The scene in interstellar when they see their crew member and family’s age significantly is so terrifying to know you’ve missed years and decades of life without knowing it.
  • Imagine watching a space film in the cinema and you see Chris hadfield angrily leave the cinema
  • @Mswordx23
    "We're coming in hot? Relative to what?" is the most astronaut thing I've ever heard.
  • @TwoGirlsOneMUP
    "I've been around the world 2650 times or so, and I never once could see enough of it". This guy talks sleek and smart about all of the engineering, mechanics, and scientifically complex stuff for a moment; and then hits you with a sucker punch of profound poetic brilliance. What a guy. What a storyteller.
  • @Poshriel
    17:33 "No where in mathematical equation is there a symbol for love." What a great line, delivered perfectly.
  • @ariestheram5693
    "I surfed the northern lights" is probably the hardest flex in human history
  • @danidandans
    "Houston? What's Houston gonna do?" i'm wheeezinggggggg
  • I love how he was extremely honest and unbotheredly destroy some of these space movies. Dude found an opportunity and went ahead, venting out his inner, well hidden, long-time anger for these films. No remorse at all. 😂💀
  • I love this guy. He seems to take bad science almost personally. Also, I got really jealous when he talked about surfing through the aurora. That must have been the most amazing thing ever.
  • @Flyboy_
    This video should be title: "Chris Hadfield Roasting Science Fiction Movies"
  • @mint7442
    I think the strangest thing about sound in space movies is that the silence could be so impactful if they used it
  • @F_L_U_X
    35:00 made me tear up a little. I haven't felt the magic of our world since I was a kid.
  • @KyleJamesFrazer
    Props to Vanity Fair for letting him just talk and story-tell. Too many channels love to cut and speed through an interview or feature.
  • @shaydanny9642
    “I’ve been around the world 2650 times or so” Just a casual flex
  • @Anaazawan
    Interstellar is the peak of any space movies for me, the way they match kip thorne's math and the theory of relativity. Whoa just whoa!
  • @yodajuana2445
    His last bit here made me tear up. Both because his explanation of the feeling is beautifully articulated, but because I was born too early and will never have enough money to afford a trip to space to see it for myself. I imagine the beauty would be overwhelming.