Brian Cox Breaks Down The Science Behind Don’t Look Up - SPOILERS! | Netflix
Physicist Professor Brian Cox breaks down what would ACTUALLY happen if a gigantic comet really was hurtling towards planet Earth. Don’t Look Up is now streaming on Netflix: head to count-us-in.com/dontlookup. Don't Look Up has partnered with Count Us In to bring together the steps we can take towards a safer planet.
0:00 - The Science Behind Don't Look Up
1:05 - Do impacts really happen?
1:41 - What is a comet?
2:51 - What protocols are in place to protect against impact events?
6:28 - Has society's trust in science eroded?
9:47 - Do asteroids have any benefit on Earth?
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Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
I don't know which was more intriguing; the entire movie, or this breakdown and explanation. Bravo!
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I learned everything’s a probability until it’s a certainty. The likely hood of America falling to Marxists is a probability and when it’s a certainty it’s too late.
We currently have Tiamat a Fractured Planet in Close Proximity to Earth. Hush Puppy chan.,..Even has a Sculpture on her....ALOT of ppl to wake up.
@@quantumtechcrypto7080 haha... you nitwit, in the movie, it was the capitalists and their greed ( trying to make a fortune out of the comet) ,that does the earth in then they flee.... because they can . Trump bought and sold you ,you have learnt nothing .
Wow another Trumpanzee. Biden and Trump are both zionists but trumps kids are successful not crack smoking child rapers like Joe Biden so moron leftists like you have to point at the other idiot trump because Biden is fifty times worse and stupid is hell. You’re good Biden supporter for sure just because you can’t even focus on how bad Biden is NOW…oops NWO. Funny how so many bash trump but support a pedophile creep dumb ass putting out children’s children in trillions of debt and nothin lag. Bwaaahahahaha moron.
I love how the movie got bad reviews for being too "preachy" about climate change, which literally proves the movies point
I made the exact point yesterday, I loved the idea that any issue no matter how crucial in the US politics will be bipartasianed to serve the interest of a failed 2 party system and media cooperation uninterested in the truth, no mater how it affects humanity. Ironically even the reception of the movie will be governed by this mentality, I can already see of the comments in here are like that 😂
So many mainstream media outlets are salty because they got called out lmao
It wasn't even about climate change though!
The problem is with movies that are about climate change have to use metaphors or go OTT because if they made them with actual climate change in mind it would be a groundhog style movie where some guy keeps saying how an area will be underwater in 20 years and its our last chance to stop it. Every 20 years he would come back and say another 20 years and its definitely our last chance... Before eventually being buried in the same ground he said would be underwater. And that doesn't make people worried and hysterical does it
Not preachy . Just over did it and digressed over and over. Never got to a point until like the end of the movie
By halfway through this movie I was rooting for the comet.
Same here.... I was like... please comet come faster as humanity is too painful to watch
@@djknox2 with most people in real life beeing as least as scary as depicted in the movie your wish in a form or other might just come true
@@djknox2 If that happened everyone would be wiped out all the same. And you would still get what you deserve.
to be fair, when I watched Deep Impact, after listening to the whiny girl in that film (Elijah woods girlfriend) I was rooting for the the asteroid in that film too!
same here
Brian Cox is the most sane, sober, cogent, yet soothing voice I've ever heard on this subject. I was mesmerized throughout the video just listening to him.
Not sure about that. Until recently he was of the school of thought "there are so many stars out there, there MUST be more civilisations out there". Now he seems to have changed his tune..
Before he was a scientist he was in the 90s pop rock band D Ream.
@@hollo500 our milky way is one galaxy among billions in the known universe. He was referring to just our galaxy.
Have you seen Wonders of the Solar System / Universe? He hosts/narrates and I consider it on par w the Plant Earth docuseries, they're soooo good
@@hollys6299 No, I'll have to look them up! He is such a great educator.
When I was younger the future was supposed to be an intelligent, enlightened place. Since arriving at the future I find that outlook was unfortunately wrong in the most disastrous ways. At least it is populated by people like Professor Cox and that gives me a slim, shred of hope.
I also thought about the future in very idealistic ways. I was inspired by a future of humanity that Gene Rodenberry would portray. Humanity could learn from it's mistakes, mature, grow , develop and prosper. I had no idea of the human capacity that we have to lie to ourselves. "We have met the enemy and he is us"! Pogo
Mike Judge. Idiocracy. He was spot on.
You're just as gullible as you were when you were younger! lol
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The most depressing part about this movie is that while some other satire films are outlandish and unbelieveable, I fail to see how we arent already living in a version of dont look up
The movie was a metaphor. A GIANT ONE. That is why it was brilliant. Trump / COVID / Fauci .... it was obvious from the start that the comet represented death... a foreseeable and preventable death. The astronomer was trying to tell everyone of the doom... aka Fauci. The political world blocked the truth and worked only for personal and political gain... aka Trump. .... all of this went over your head?
@@HappyBuddhaBoyd we can do the same metaphor for climate change with this movie. They even use Kate Debiaky to do a raging meme like Greta Thunberg. Yule arrive to talk with her and he can't believe that she is now working for a cornerstore in his city after being on tv talking about the biggest problem in the world. Rendall Mindy is like any scientist talking about climate change in any ''good morning'' show on the tv. Thank you for coming but social media was more happy to see Riley Bina story. Janie Orlean is the Donald Trump. // By the way, have you miss the end of the video? '' Let's stop this climate crisis '' ! =D The comet can represent that slowly crisis that government don't care and say ''NET ZERO by 2050!!''
@@HappyBuddhaBoyd If you really think it's that one-sided, you're forever stuck in the matrix.
We have been for decades. This movie was already done 20yrs ago. It was called Idiocracy.
@@HappyBuddhaBoyd This would be accurate if Fauci funded the comet like he funded SARS gain of function research.
If Netflix doesn't commission a space documentary with Brian Cox I'll be disappointed. He's a treasure that needs to be used to inspire the next generation, it's our generation Carl Sagan!
Completely agree. Sir Richard Attenborough said once, that he would love for Brian to be his replacement.
The interesting thing about this guy is that he has been famous outside of science too ( he was in a band that has number1 hits a long time ago ) so he's potentially one of the best scientists to talk about " don't look up " that you could have too
He's done quite a few for the BBC
He has already made several series, all beautifully filmed and easily accessible, for the BBC. They are also available on Amazon Prime.
Helen’s right, there are lots of Brian Cox space documentaries on the BBC.
For me Brian Cox is to space as David Attenborough is to nature, he's easy to understand and good to watch, im never bored watching or listening to him and the subjects he talks about have me going away after and trying to learn more, no easy feat there tbh, just like Attenborough i wish he was on more
He's such a fascinating human being. I could listen to Brian talk about anything.
Except Love, and/or God
@@DanielBrown-sn9op true I dont want to hear him talk about that either
I reckon Brian would make a great primary school teacher as I find his orations are more suited towards children.
Yeah, but he is basically just bullshiting. Thats the problem.
@@MrStr8den Certainly the people who swallow his bullshit are quite childlike!
The movie showed that even facing the ultimate disaster we no longer can unite and act together as we are too divided, distracted by social media noise and abused by corporations. This is terrifying.
It was a movie. A trash one
Is it terrifying, or funny ? Is humanity even worth saving ?
@@deant3980 Siskel and Ebert level of critique there, buddy.
@@deant3980 Yeah, for trash people
@@deant3980 Thanks for proving the point.
I think this was the first movie I ever watch in my life that mankind actually lost to meteor or comet. I love the movie, it taught us how delusional and ignorant we are.
The irony is that humanity essentially didn't "lose" it forfeited due to greed lol
There's Melancholia too, but the approach is more sinister.
@@sotiriapapadopoulou8945 Yeah "Spoiler :-( "... It's written in capital letters in the *title* of the freaking video ! What are you doing here ?!
Didn't deep impact have the comet impact as well? I believe in that movie the govts of the world act responsibly but the mission just goes to shit. Which is a real possibility.
Look up 'These final hours'! It's an Australian movie but the premise is something I had never seen done in a movie. I remember it was pretty decent as well.
“Low probability events happen.” Love that! It’s like when people say it “is a one in a million chance!” Umm, yeah, things with a one in a million chance of happening happen all time. The Earth is a big place with lots of things happening over and over again.
I mean if Joe Biden truly won the US election, that was an extremely low probabilty event.
Years ago, I saw this guy explain ‘Entropy’ by building sand castle in the desert. His explanation made perfect sense. I now know him as Brian Cox and he’s in my top ten list of living legends
That was one of his best documentaries you can find in in here to this day
To me, this movie is about how governments and society are dealing with problems like COVID, climate change and so more. The comet is just a way to represent our problems that we need to deal with but we choose not to until it is close to us and it's too late.
Very allegorical.
Ah yes nothing says deadly like a 99.997% survival rate
@@JohnWick-vh2qy what are you talking about? LoL
US politicians are incapable of dealing with anything unless it involves helping big pharma, oil, tobacco, Wall Street, defence contractors or starting wars around the world. Climate change, homelessness, unemployment, education, healthcare, wages or even a fucking pandemic is all in the 'too difficult pile' and no one will tackle it, because it might upset corporate crooks and donors.
@@JohnWick-vh2qy It's not about the death rate. It's about the effect on health and society. And if it is so trivial why are north of 845,673 (Dec 31st, 0013hrs) Americans dead from it? You are a ghoul who worships death, clearly.
Astounding how many people tried to watch the movie and said ‘oh, it’s so boring I turned it off after 20 minutes’. How can anyone not be interested to understand the science behind our existence and our place within the universe? This movie depicts how the majority of the global population is ignorant to what the scientists are trying to communicate, albeit slightly exaggerated with a few LOL moments. I thought it was a great movie. Interesting, entertaining and the acting is superb!
This movie is a documentary just like Idiocracy I was not shocked from how politics, political correctness, human relationships, conspiracy theories and the rest was shown and its exactly how it is on what we are dealing with. So to the people that said this movie was boring, shows how accurate this movie is. Just like what Carlin said. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that"
People who turn anything off after twenty minutes have no right to have an opinion. You can argue that films/books/etc should capture its audience straight away but that is so vanilla. Also, as it’s a Netflix film people will have other distractions which makes it easier to turn it off. Guarantee these people wouldn’t leave the cinema twenty minutes in, and if they did would be smaller percentage than the ones claiming they turned it off
I loved the portrayal of people. It showed us at our best at being manipulated. We are like sheep. We look for any reason not to discover our true environment. We would rather give the few our libity to discover it for us and by doing so, indirectly control and manipulate us. Indeed The Lord must so love the world. 🙏
@@imthebestthingsinceslicedr5400 You're so spot on, it's painful.
The standards we use to share on average about opinion, no longer exists. People believe there opinion is just as valid as anyone else, even if they know nothing about the topic at hand.
Once upon a time a movie called 'Idiocracy', while entertaining and funny to watch, scared the shit out me seeing how we as a civilisation ARE progressing. This movie paints the same picture in finer detail and much much more revelvance. Critics be dammed this movie is a great satirical refelction of what we have become.
Now read 1984 if you really want to have nightmares.
Daz i had exactly the same thought...don't look up is the unloved grandchild of idiocrazy. Get practising your shape sorter...
i thought the very same thing. In fact, had the comet actually not hit earth in the movie, i would consider it to be a prequel to it
its a modern day dr strangelove.
@White Fox A book.
I could listen to him talk for hours. He’s brilliant 👏
I think professor Cox is my favorite astrophysicist ever. Easy to understand, calm, and brilliant.
He isn’t an astrophysicist. He is a Particle Physicist. His astronomy knowledge isn’t academic, that’s not to say he doesn’t know his stuff.
I think you mean Brian May…
He is more like celebrity this days.
plenty to choose from. I love my physicists and theoretical physicist aswell..
And he wrote that song for Tony Blairs campaign back in 97. Things could apparently only get better. If you define better as a million Iraqis gone and mass immigration to Britain.
This movie was really fun and incredibly entertaining, yet so distressing to watch. A true metaphor of how our own ignorance will eventually destroy us.
more than ignrance it is our reliance on fake social media to sway our opinions
I swear there should be a law to turn off the internet during a crisis
I know I was so frustrated with the ignorance the scientists were dealing with trying to wake up these dumbazz humans! 🤦🏽♂️
Give me a break. This movie is a joke.
@@jamesn3513 Give us a better example of a type of film Esmeralda was talking about, James. On a public forum you just argued, but didnt provide any points - a waste of time.
First time I've heard someone else mention that meaning relies on intelligence, and that there can be no meaning without it. I wonder if there is another philosopher who has proposed this?
What we know about Socrates, we know thanks to one of his 'students' Plato. The ideas from one of the greatest minds have been distilled through the brain of another important 'thinker' of our species. Socrates is famous for encouraging people to doubt everything and everybody - even themselves. 'The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing!' One of the reasons why he was killed. Language is nothing but made up sounds and signs. Words have a meaning because we give them a meaning, ideas have power because we allow them to have power. It's true our species is superior in certain fields, but we aren't worth more than all the other Earthlings. At the end, we are nothing but cells, part of a bigger organism ... simply experiencing itself. Space travel is such a enticing fantasy, yet our bodies can only survive on this planet and only under certain circumstances.
Except, I don't think that's quite right. Rather, meaning depends on something having the capacity to feel - a property shared by a great deal of the animal kingdom.
The movie was really good imo and I love the fact Brian brought up that last line by Leonardo and touched on it.. it really was an important powerful statement and im glad it wasn't just me it reached
He is so chill he makes even terrifying statements and observations relaxing to listen to. It’s almost hypnotic.
He says right there towards the end, "Don't hide your head in the sand. You've got to look up at the terror and beauty of nature". I think we should be afraid because the world is a frightening place and always has been but I don't think we should panic.
yes so right. he is like the Bash ceo
just watch 2 of Joe Rogan podcasts featuring Brian Cox - so captivating to listen to both podcasts are over 2hours long
he’s the best scientist in media since Carl Sagan.
To me this movie was about the climate crisis and the struggle scientists have to to be heard. It felt like Leo channelled that frustration in the TV interview which was a fantastic scene.
I agree. To me, this was about climate change, BUT, the fact impact events are a possibility is also concerning and shouldn't we be prepared?
@@raynemichelle2996 This movie actually is about the stupidity of the climate crisis
@@InvalidUser_ I know.
@@InvalidUser_ more about the stupidity of people infront of climate change
@@filip8827 Yeah I see how that can be misread
I love how passionate he is and could probably talk for hours and hours about all the predictions in this film and the whole storyline in great detail. His voice to me is the new David Attenborough, his way of talking and the cadence of delivery is so soothing that it draws you in. I've seen him live talk about black holes and the universe and he really does engage with every member of the audience. Watch the film, watch this breakdown then rewatch the film and you'll see something you hadn't before. With a little insight this shines and you take away something else and want to talk to people about it. Keep up the fantastic work Brian and ill see you again in September in Sheffield!!!
There's one thing being that smart that you understand this stuff to the core and there's one thing where someone as inteligent like Brian Cox can explain it to us, in our words that effortlessly 😮
this is such a peaceful way of explaining how doomed we can be if something like this happens in real. but he has that certain level of comfort in his way of speaking that he makes you feel relaxed while he narrates the story of utter destruction... good one Brian Cox
I hate to break it to you but this is already happening. The only difference is that a comet impact is instant so there's much less suffering involved.
Ketan Astik I'm happy for you. Now that you are calm and relaxed you can go back to your chosen social media to watch funny cat videos.
@@xyrus345 so you say. The suffering happens before the impact. Can't get away from the suffering. But you could relieve the suffering if we humans worked together. But that won't happen because everyone thinks they are more important than the others. So we are doomed.
@@taltosalmos7067 sure if i have nothing to do, would enjoy the KZhead shorts
Ketan Astik • loved your comment about “such a peaceful way………..”. You are right about his voice. 👍😂👍
I could not tear my eyes away from this movie, or this breakdown by Professer Cox. It gave me chills how stark a contrast I could draw between the Covid pandemic and the narrative in the movie. So many dissonant voices crying out conspiracy, putting more faith in facebook and instagram updates than they are in scientific endevaours, politicians playing for popularity points as opposed to preserving human life. Halfway through the move I was rooting for the comet...and given the parallels between the film and real life, that is a terrifying revelation. Perhaps we deserve our doom?
And yet your covid narrative crumbles. How does that make you feel? Have you ever heard of Cognitive Dissonance?
@@charlesnelson5187 Can you elaborate a bit on how my covid narrative crumbles? I'm not sure I see it. (And yes, I have heard of cognitive dissonance, and cognitive bias and confirmation bias - I'm a scientist. I'm familiar with these things.)
@@serialsleuth2178 Well...lets see England abandoning restrictions? Denmark abandoning restrictions? (we already know about Texas Florida and other U.S. states) Falling uptake of vaccines after Pfizer CEO openly admits that two shots don't work? Uhm...UK u-turn on NHS staff vaccine mandates? Massive demonstrations across the globe? How am I doing? How's that cognitive dissonance?
@@serialsleuth2178 Oh...I forgot Joe Rogan, most popular podcast in English freely discussing the collapsing narrative with Dr Robert Malone, inventer of MRNA delivery system? I'll keep coming back to you as new ones occur to me.
Oh...totally forgot the revelations that the actual dead toll of people listed has having died of covid and no other cause was 17,000 and not 150, 000.
What's really terrifying are the meteors that we don't detect until they've already passed Earth, and the fact that large objects from the outter solar system and interstellar space could sneak up on us in our blind spot. We'll be lucky if we get any warning at all.
Tbh I think it would be better to not know at all. Imagine how terrifying it would be to know the whole world was ending.
@@angelgjr1999 and no doubt people would immediately start rioting and killing each other. Maybe it's for the best.
Sneak up on us? You can look at the sky and see it, I don't understand how a comet is ever going to sneak up on us.
@@softhands3394 if an unknown comet, or asteroid, comes from the general direction of the Sun we won't see it. Have you ever tried stargazing during the day? The Chelyabinsk meteor gave no warning because it came from the direction of the Sun. NASA is working on a space telescope that can spot asteroids coming from the Sun's direction, but it isn't expected to launch until 2026.
@@fedzalicious we already have instruments that see things via Ultraviolet, Infrared, microwave, and X-Rays...this is a curiously silly comment considering we have both the resources and technology to see nearly everything around us
This is the movie of the year for me. It hits the nail right on the head with where humanity currently is.
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the only thing is that, where humanity currently is, it means nothing to it that a movie hits the nail on the head.
awash in a torrent of endless digital feedback loops. but nobody dares unplug long enough to really look up.
@@ilicdjo and they will do the same as the west, just with more people.
@@ilicdjo were you not hugged enough as a kid? i'm well aware of how bad the majority of the east are going to have it even if you're ignorant to it.
I guess if this did happen, there would be plenty of KZhead live streamers filming the impact, so folks on the otherside of the planet could watch in real time ☄
hope they have the high speed internet and latest web browser to stream youtube or facebook
That would work as the signal would be bounced around the globe with satellites however it being an ELE would mean you would die wherever you lived, so you would probably want to spend that time with family instead of looking at videos on phones.
There are public streams of satellites. I followed a few of them because I know we'll need to keep an eye on it someday.
Well this kind of happens now with the Climate Change subject.
hmmmm well they would get about 30 seconds of it before they were instantly vaporised if they are extremely lucky… i doubt they would even get that due to violent sudden changes in all natural forces, gravity would be instantly screwed up across the globe
(Like Brian Cox said) The last line from Leonardo Di Caprio, "we really did have it all, didn't we", is so accurate and true. We do have everything, it just the fewest who actually appreciate it.
ive a breakdown for you: They didn't have the technology to land a few probes on an asteroid but they DID have the technology to build a cryo spaceship with power supply for 20000 years and land pods safely on another planet.
Well as the time is about now, approximately, clearly they/we don't have that technology but movie makers have learned that a movie where 'everyone' dies is bad box office. So they added this fantasy bit on. If you think about it the 'survivors' will all be eaten within about 15 minutes or so.
Well I mean they did land🤪😉💀
@@billgreen576 lol yea I figured they’d all get eaten too 😂😂
Another reason why it's a movie. That bit of the film was more of a joke than to be taken seriously. It showed the true gruesome fate of those trul evil villains that single-handedly murdered their own race
That's like comparing our ability for safe commercial trans Atlantic flights but questioning why we don't have the technology to safely and predictably fly through category 5 hurricanes, as opposed to avoiding them en route. Your comment, though entertaining and pithy, fails to acknowledge the complexity of those two situations. As a species we have the experience of successfully landing crafts to distant objects (and planets) with great accuracy. We have zero successful past experiences of thwarting extinction level Near Earth Objects threats.
What a brilliant and articulate man and speaker. He manages to present his whole argument with a smile making it so much more palatable. Kudos, well done.
He has made several documentaries and series in the UK, he has the enviable ability to make the most complex of theories understandable.
I can highly recommend Joe Rogan Podcasts featuring Brian Cox - there are 2 in total - so much information
He's a shill
@@mrwhite292 wiki says otherwise as does society: Brian Edward Cox CBE FRS (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist and former musician who is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester[2][3] and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science.[4] He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially the Wonders of... series[5][6] and for popular science books, such as Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe.
@@marvinratchford7913 says it all
"Think about our priorities as a civilization." A guaranteed recipe for clinical depression. Trust me.
I can listen to Brian talk all day! lol He’s so smart and comes across so approachable and humble
I have being waiting for Professor Cox to show up again !!! Thnx!!!
My god Brian Cox has a brilliant mind. He has a way of explaining extremely complex scientific things, in a way that most people can actually get a basic understanding of it. Not just in this short clip but in his other works.
If you're IQ is that of a 1st grade student. Sure. Are you even real? How many bots they got commenting on this crap? Are people really this blind to the show?
Yes but he’s always smiling in a dorky way
@SAUL deGAUL you do realise he worked at CERN in Geneva right? Seems like you’re the pundit!
@SAUL deGAUL no, he worked on the major experiment (ATLAS) at CERN if you’d bothered to research, which then when on to discover the Higgs Boson. But people like you, fuelled by negativity, won’t do the actual research. Enjoy the rest of your life dude, hope you find some more positivity and happiness, I certainly try to. It’s not easy, but you can do it!
@SAUL deGAUL when? Now? Or is it … now? Dude, you have probably 30-50 years left on this planet. Don’t waste it being ignorant and arrogant. All the best Saul.
I couldn’t understand while watching this movie, why everyone was saying how good it was… until the end. And to watch a movie where America didn’t swoop in and save the day was just brilliant 👏 ignorance does have consequences.
Huh? I thought it had the perfect ending. Anything less would have been a disappointment.
@@nikhilreddy8550 yeah it was a great ending . Not the normal shit ending 👍🏻
The fact that, spoilers, America actually prevented it from being blown up and therefore cause the destruction of earth was genius.
The whole movie was about the USA swooping in to make itself rich, the way they invade other counties to steal their oil, and effing everything and everyone in the process
@@johnny_eth Replace the comet with the virus you have a much better understanding of the movie.
There have been so many comparisons of the movie with Kubrik's "Dr. Strangelove", but after watching this video I can definitely say that Professor Cox with his constant smile sitting on a chair and talking about hypothetical catastrophic events is the one who actually look like Doctor Strangelove!
I bloody love you Brian. Keep being bloody wonderful. When you speak, you give me “meaning”. Thank you
This movie was amazing. Satire was on point. A disturbing reminder of even when specialists with expertise manage to get their points across (with wasted time), at the end of the day, money will do all the talking and decisions are made to fill the pockets of the ultra rich.
That is why the elections are a complete sham, an illusion of democracy.
@@after_midnight9592 totally! Corporate donors gotta get their return on investment. Buying a politician is expensive, but comes with 100% assurance of return. With the exception of a few, but they are immediately character assassinated by one magic word “socialist/communist” and sheep are ready to vote the crooks in again and again!
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@@pw3858 whataboutism argument? But then again, what kind of argument to expect when u dont have a simple mathematical comparison of nominal wealth values and what is annotated as ultra rich….actually
Even in crises, profit is more important than people (axiom: People like to fuck, there will ALWAYS be more people And if I'm wrong there will be no people left to criticize me...)
The whole movie felt like a more tuned-down, more realistic, and more contemporary version of Idiocracy.
It’s a nice movie with a nod to Trump’s administration 😂😂😂
I thought the same thing too.
My exact thoughts!
@@fez877 lol true
@@fez877 Uhhh, the president was a Hillary clone. The movie mocked all sides. Republicans, Democrats, Government officials, Mainstream media, Science etc...they mocked everyone. Did you notice how Leonardo Dicaprio and Jennifer Lawerence's characters only tried to get their "news" of this "catastrophic" event to the masses by using the mainstream media? Which is all controlled by liberals? The media is the enemy of the people.
Sometimes science can bore me but Brian cox always seems to intrigue me and I love hearing what he has to say about our wonderful universe
Thanks Mr Brian Cox . I am very glad that there are scientists like you in our society who are always trying to educate people. We need you very much.
that monologue scene where leo shows his frustration about the comet really gave me chills. The movie shows reality like what exactly is happening with covid... most don't take it seriously while millions of people died due to covid which is alarming.
i think it was also based on climate change, and would explain why Leo was so passionate about it
It has nothing to with COVID ..the elites politictions are using covid for more Power n control .keep thinking the government cares about your health
@@richardmartinez4429 It's about both, it started as a parody of climate change but then the pandemic hit during production and the level of ignorance from people was astonishing so they took inspiration of that as well. So in the end is about people denying science as a whole, it could be an asteroid, climate change, a pandemic, whatever, now days peopl have become stupid and the movie deals on how dumb humanity has become, we are all focused on politics, economy, technology, power and war that we just stopped listen to scientists, and the worst thing is that we don't even care. But I think the film is way more deeper than that, because it also has the message about what matter most and I got a sense that it is the people around us, our relationships and the animals who share this world with us, that's what matter most. And just being conscious about that, because one day this world is going to turn into shit and we just have to take a moment and appreciate that beauty as long as we are still here because is not going to last forever. And I love that, I love how the thinking normal people with education and common sense are the ones who died surrounded with the people they loved and the corporates and politicians died eaten by alien animals in a strange planet, I mean even the president forgot her own son and Karen's parents didn't want to take her back because they didn't want to hear politics. Those are the stupid ones, and that is a huge statement underneath the movie, I love that true message
If you haven’t noticed it was the government that was the villain in the movie not listening to the scientists who were treated as crazy conspiracy theorists. The government had other agendas that were deemed more important.
@@starkiss77 The main villain was the capitalist, the government and ‘politic-ing’ was the main point of parody.
Brian's clarity, moderation and total command of his discipline makes him uniquely enlightening! Bravo! More!
Not really, he often sounds not very scientific? More like a pure entertainer? He has big words, but is that supposed to baffle and mesmerize me? "The Universe... is beautiful... but violent!', yeah, ok, if you say so.
@@nenmaster5218Earth's many craters, Moons surface,Schumacher Levi ....etc.
@@davepowell7168 Yes, thse are Words. Words are Made of Letters. Letters form Words. You made Words out of letters just now, very good.
@@nenmaster5218 Doctor Brian Cox used words made of letters to write his PhD thesis. Now he uses words to make science understandable and accessible to millions whilst making it informative and educational. If you already know everything then you are not his target audience.
@@nenmaster5218 on the contrary, I think the unintelligent one here is you, Mr. Words are Made of Letters
We were talking at my job about this as everyone had seen it....everyone in the conversation was under 42 years old...and we realized that we weren't the ones that needed to see it....it was everyone above that age that needed to gain the perspective the movie provides....
Why is that then?
I love Brian Cox so much, been watching him since I was a kid (I'm 27 now). I could listen to him all day.
The movie perfectly expresses my frustration with society: the noise, as Brian said. Most people are very unintelligent and easily abused.
pretty sure that movie has some inspiration from the pandemic, especially the part where people on social media were denying the comet's existence
To be honest, I don't think it's about intelligence, plenty of highly intelligent people fall into the nothing to see here, nothing to worry about camp, IMHO it's about self interest or just not wanting to believe uncomfortable truths. The film captures that beautifully.
In 2019 when Covid-19 was already an endemic in China everyone are still engrossed over Trump’s memes and Kardashian’s antics. The world than knew it as the Wuhan Virus in 2019 and renamed it to Covid-19 in February next year… Xi variant was first detected in Nov 2021 and renamed it to Omicron variant in December 2021. All the renaming just to avoid explicit narratives and yet 6 million still die of it. 🤷♂️
@@iriyabran “pretty sure”? The whole movie is shitting on trump and Covid deniers……
@@angrygromit93 you’re right. It actually shows he smart/stupid people all get sucked into the same BS
I watched the film with my wife just last night. We both knew going in that it was supposed to be a comedic, satire-esque spin on a pending natural disaster. But as we watched we both sat in stunned silence for much of it. The parallels to today's real world were impossible to ignore. The countless swaths of people ignoring science, spouting insane conspiracy theories, and fostering division for their own personal gain are a perfect mirror of current events. It made us both sad and fearful for the future of humanity. We did enjoy the movie, but for a very different reason and from a different viewpoint than most.
I had the same response. I think people who didn't like the movie had this response too, but were too afraid to confront the sad truth of what's been happening. Maybe they choose willful ignorance because the truth is scary and they just got a candy crush push notification so...
The movie is definitely a warning.
@@Tms0211 it’s a cliche of the highest order at this point to say but, nobody will listen
I had the exact same feeling, this film is meant to be a satire/comedy but to me it was a Horror film of the highest caliber.
You got the message perfectly then. The filmmakers got it right
I dreamed about comet hitting Earth few months ago. It was a casual, sunny day and I was about to get into the car with some friends and when I looked up I saw the approaching fireball. It was striking last second when I realized the horror I'm looking at. I felt the panic of others, I felt great fear and heard huge rumbling noise and that was it I woke up. We humans should appreciate more what we have and focus more on important tasks which may help us avoid such disaster in the future. We'll never know exactly when it will appear in our sky but we can be sure it will one day and that should be enough.
Did ye aye
The only reason I stumbled on and watched this review was that Brian Cox was speaking. So refreshing to hear a calm, intelligent voice of reason speak. Now I’ll have to restart my overpriced Netflix subscription for a month to watch it.
Honestly can’t describe how refreshing it is to hear Brian cox ask whether or not we’re more interested in celebs than the preservation of our own plant, love that man
I find it really interesting. The reason trivial information or news is popular imo isn’t that it’s more interesting but that it’s easier. Stressing about the end of the universe is mentally taxing compared to celeb gossip. There’s a place for both of them (trivial stuff not celeb gossip) but currently the balance is out.
Of course he himself is a big celebrity and certainly enjoys his fame so there's that
@@katiecoollady that is irrelevant. I could repeat his words because I agree with how crazy it is where our priorities are at, but I´m not famous, so what´s your argument?
look at media lately, just speeding poison, is not common folks fault what last generation teaching children... only the worst(power hungry) of us get to the ''TOP'' and this is how it look like after...
I think the point he made about the Manchester United player's salaries sort of answers that question
My movie of the year, brought tears to my eyes at the end. The sheer stupidity of the human race and the ignorance of politicians.
I did not expect to get emotional at the end. For a movie like this to pull that out of nowhere means something in it's material and acting.
@@babyboi1119 I don’t know how old you are? In 80s and 90s, some celebrities and global mainstream used to focus on world peace, pollution, population control, environment and such. That helped a generation realize that world sources are limited and we should focus on our environment. Although there were so many subjects to force governments and companies to use clean technologies and energy sources to protect nature, nothing worked and the majority still kept going on their destructive lifestyle. However, some people got evolved and deeply concerned about it. However, in the last 20 years, there’s almost no global organization that is promoted by the mainstream media and reach billions of people. Instead of that, people got social media. Started consuming and demanding more and more. As a result, to see a totally natural area is almost impossible today. Even in a country like Turkey, every way you look around you see a mine, a factory, buildings, highways and such. It’s disturbing that majority still don’t realize that our lives depend on the nature. This makes me angry and most of the times sad. Yeah, the movie made me cry too 😢 Last year, Greece and Turkey had multiple wildfires. Turkish government claimed that they didn’t have fire planes while 12 of then laying in the capital city. The fires could be ended in a couple days but it lasted for 2 weeks! They just watched entire forests turned to dust. The temperatures jumped to 50 Celsius which has never been experienced in history. Eventually, it turned out that fire zones already determined as mining search areas🤦♂️ the fucking politics and some Canadian-Turkish company behind all this shit. This makes me emotional about the surroundings I guess 🤔
the word you are looking for is arrogance, not ignorance.
thank you for this great video!
I Love How he's explaining with a smile on face but Did you realize, his way of talk, style, voice & even his face resembles Dr Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) from The Flash Series? 😁
Honestly, the way this movie portrays society, media, both corp and social, government, etc is an allegory for today. With so many denying science for what some talking head is telling them. It reminds me of how I felt after I watched Idiocracy.
No man, clearly this whole movie was just a wrapper to address the real point of this movie, which was someone charging you money for free snacks from a snack bar. More people need to be made aware of that problem.
I want a bumper sticker that says, "Are those feathers?" Some scenes were absolutely hilarious, like when Meryl Streep (the president) gave a speech and it ended with a rousing number from the band and fireworks. I mean, seriously, isn't that _exactly_ what a ratings-driven politician would do? Other than that, most of the scenes were definitely art imitating life. My greatest distress came from watching the clips of animals, either when they were going about their lives near the end or when the end was directly upon them. And I'll never forget that innocent baby's face as long as I live. What an amazing movie.
I would not go out millon Years from suspended animation to be eaten by anything un muy birthday suit
"I mean, seriously, isn't that exactly what a ratings-driven politician would do?" - have you ever seen the US Democratic & Republican conventions lmao? They already do that insane BS lol
The most distressing moment for me was at a rally people chanting dont look up when literally if they would just look up they would see the meteor of death coming right at them. The ignorance is mind blowing. And it's where we are in the u.s right now, if an asteroid came at earth like that in 2020 I'd bet money that would be trump on stage, saying its fake... and people would listen. Its terrifying.
That's why this is one of my favorite movies. It's a commentary on so many aspects of our culture from our short attention spans, to how all of our institutions that claim to have our best interests at heart really only care about themselves. It's crazy how we think of ourselves as so much smarter than animals and yet we could still suffer the same fate of the dinosaurs.
Wonderfully explained. !! Great christmas treat !! Thank you
I like how he is always smiling while telling some scary shit
You like that? It is creepy as fuck. Never trust someone who smiles as they destroy you.
@@minbari73 right??? BillG does it too. 🤢
an accident of birth....he would be smiling if you told him his mother had just been eaten by pigs....
@@minbari73 what
@@mdocho4944 were you smiling when you typed that?
Brian Cox is simply brilliant, yes he’s obviously super intelligent but he explains things in a way that’s both interesting and understandable
How precise and concise one communicates is how to 'judge' your teachers
He’s a nice bloke who knows his stuff. However I can’t watch his programmes like Universe as it’s so incredibly dumbed down. He goes over and over the most basic stuff. I would like him to do a serious astronomy programme.
He is like Carl Segan in my opinion. His commentary is just awesome to listen to an I wish he was doing more of this now a days.
@@Wellorep He is no Carl Sagan. He got a D in maths and somehow got a place in university for being in a socialist pop band briefly. He became a professor - media (because on TV) and not physics - which is his field. Kind of an honourary position. His students rate him one of the worst at the uni department. He has done very little research and has not many papers published. None of it groundbreaking in any way, which is expected. To put him as one of the leaders in his field is wrong. He is also not an expert in climate.
He smiles too much
Cox is a phenomenal lecturer. Great video.
Great video. Love Brian! Cool you got him on to talk about it. Movie was clever, I enjoyed it. A sad and depressing look at a potential future that'd certainly go that way in that situation, with how things are.
The 55% score of this great movie on Rotten Tomatoes perfectly illustrates the apathy of the general public towards science that may literally "impact" them in a big way.
I mean, if a meteor were heading toward Earth, we'd know about it yeeeeeeeears in advance.
And still won't do many things tangible about it. We would perform as fuck about doing the same, though - Mr "@@TechnologicallyTechnical".
55% is Critic. User was 77% last I knew. (Extremely fair rating imo) Journos are too stuck up and they don't get it. They're complaining about it not converting anyone and being spiteful and pointless. That's the point. It's already too late and the director is spiteful about that. They didn't get it. Because they're too self involved to know it's too late. They think it's not and we'll save the day like the movie they wanted. But like this movie, they'll be no happy endings or likable characters and you'll still be alive to watch the credits roll. You weren't supposed to enjoy it. You were supposed to find it uncomfortable. For the record I say 7.5/10 It was good. Not great. I think the team has satirical greatness in them though and I hope they give it another shot with another subject. Including Leo and JL. Nice to see huge stars in satire. If we're all doomed (and we almost certainly are if you read the data) then let's go out making f••king great satire about it. It's all we can do. Who does everyone remember most from the Titanic? The band. They're just cool. 7.7 is also a very good score considering the right-wing cuckoo brigade will be review bombing it with climate denial and complaints of "wokeness". The stupid are thankfully very predictable. ✌🏽
@@TechnologicallyTechnical Extinction level events could happen tomorrow that we can't prevent. Even if not an asteroid (You're making bad assumptions though) plenty of other things. People get caught up on the literal in the arts when artists are rarely only literal, that's boring art. The asteroid is a metaphor for climate change. Please tell me you didn't miss that. It is not subtle.
@@Lost-io9ux I didn't make any assumptions.
Yes, Leonardo’s last line was the most poignant of the film and brought a tear to my eye
really? it made me laugh so loud in an absurd IT'S SO FUCKING ABSURD okay there it is, and now i yup no i' cry now too fuck. I did laugh bc i tried. I tried a little. I jhave tiny carbon footprint. I voted with me wallet. I voted at the ballot box.
@@burtan2000 but people like you are pushing for ge and big corporations getting government funding to make things that are destroying the earth. Terribly bad things for the planet like solar panels and wind turbines. Look at them burning the wind turbine wings as biofuel. You think biofuel is green?? You think wind turbines are carbon neutral? Open your eyes. The climate change groups ARE THE PROBLEM. They are promoting this earth destroying technology you are just too plugged into the narrative to open your eyes for a second
Really ?? Wow. He was corny and overreacting. It was shite.
Hes talking subjectively The majority of humans dont "have everything" and instead suffer and struggle throughout life just to survive
poignant .. Can you be more pretentious? SMH
I just love listening to Prof. Brian Cox. I could honestly listen to him get into much more deep, complex, physics and maths, even if half of it were going over my head. I would still Love to listen :-)
I’m glad it hit in the film. Just wish they would have really showcased the impact and the horrific chain of events that happen after.
Brian Cox is one to admire. Someone has to turn the noise off long enough for ppl to hear the rain. People wont do it on their own.
You're so enlightened...
One of the most striking movies I've ever watched! Please don't be fooled by the comedy. Take this literal one-in-a-life opportunity and be grateful. Respect our environment. Don't underestimate the climate crisis! There's no Planet B, and tomorrow is in all your hands!
Theres always a plan B, Protect Humanity whatever the cost.
Yes amen
Comedy? There wasn't a single funny thing in this entire movie.
I mean, technically there’s plenty of “planet b’s” so.. 🤷🏻♂️
@@devinmunroe6283 there needs to be a plan A first...
This guys have a way of speaking where it is eerily terrifying and bewilderingly calming at the same time.
I'd love to see the Robert Zubrin Brian Cox interview if available. Two of my favourite space scientist/engineers
What made the movie so good was that it felt so real in the context that with how social media dominates the majority of life and the perception of reality today, ppl would literally not look up or pay enough attention to the biggest threat to humanity in which the powers that be and corporations alike would simply follow suit from society and try to be as ignorant as to the current inevitability that we're just not prepared for the worst of the worst. But, in a lighter note, funny ass movie and eye-opening final scene at the dinner table. That would be so ideal in our final moments.
Absolutely APPRECIATE this video. Thank you
I have yet to see the film, but after witnessing what has gone on for the last sixty months or so.... One thing is for certain, I will never tire of listening to Brian explain science.
Brian Cox is a modern day Carl Sagan. I can listen to both of them all day long.
But I still miss Isaac Asimov, who was an excellent explainer...
I love how scientists even agree people who play football get payed way to much to just play a sport why can’t we put our focus on more important things
Football is entertaining, science for the most part, isn't. End of story.
@@kerrysmith1899 Dumb people like watching dumb people kick a ball
Don't get mad at the players. Get mad at the owners. If the players didn't demand those high paychecks to compensate for the damage they put on their bodies the owners would just pocket it all. I think tickets should be much cheaper, players should get paid more and owners make less to be honest. But that's not how capitalism works.
Wow this was really good 👍 more of this type of stuff
This guy is brilliant. Concise and clear. Really captivating video.
Absolutely love professor Brian Cox. Give this man his own Netflix series!
He has many already, even on free to air.
When at the end decaprio says "We had everything" gave me goosebumps.
Excellent commentary on the movie and life in general.
Thought he was going to calm my nerves after watching that movie, he just sat there and smiled as he told me i was going to die. Brian Savage Cox
Brian Cox is literally the physicist version of David Attenborough
David Shattenborough
@@mrwhite292 oh look one of the idiots the movie warns us about made it here with a contribution akin to a 2 year old's best effort.
Hes my lecturer at uni
@@ninjaman7123 you’re a lucky guy if true, enjoy it
i love listening to him talk. i hope he releases a new series soon. i have his old stuff on my dvr and i run through them all the time. he explains things in such an easy to understand way. I really think he's our generations Carl Sagan
Brian Cox is a brilliant, brilliant man. I wasn't going to watch the movie but after watching the first couple of minutes of this video and saw that there might be spoilers, I'll be watching it, then I'll come back to watch this in full.
that "destruction of meaning in this universe" concept is what made me cry at the end of the movie. It's just heartbreaking that humanity and its intelligence will just disappear in a snap.
If that kind of destruction of earth did happen, it would mean the end of humanity which means no more suffering, stupidity and savagery. I see that as a good thing.
"Idiocracy" came into my mind soon after I started to watch this movie. Eerily similar how it shows that ignorance, anti-science and sheer stupidity is the possible future of mankind.
Couldn't agree more.
The future is now
The Internet was meant to make us all more informed. All its done is gave nutcases a platform to spread ignorance.
We're already in it 🤣 Look how many climate deniers and Anti-vaxxers there are. Misinformation is everywhere and it's killing us.
the asteroid is a metaphor of climate change tho
The movie is at 50% roughly on rotten tomatoes. It is a mirror into our reality where half the masses are still responsive to stuff like this while the rest is busy with the Kardashians
Regardless of the subject, the movie itself is not great, many characters and dialogues are unbelievable or relatable.
@@DCDSG how so? Reality is precisely this embarrassing and pathetic in the face of climate change. We're all dead, especially you.
@@DCDSG twitter talks just like that tho lmfao
@@DCDSG It explores an interesting concept but the discussion is one sided and the 'villains' are down right retarded.
It is a parody, yes. I don't think any leaders in our world would be as inane as the ones in the movie. It could be considered a "popcorn movie" as they once say in the film.
Excellent work Brian!
The thing that got me was Chris Evans’ character where he agreed with both don’t look up and look up because his character basically didn’t want to get cancelled, which is so scary because it’s so true of how people would react 😭😭😭
In our current age of populist ideology and ignorance, Brian and his words are very wise indeed... 🤔⚛️🌌
In this age of ignorance and modern day book burning never has scientific dogma been so prevalent. Judge a man not by his answers but by his questions Voltaire.
@@derek9658 "Neeeeeerd" - Homer Simpson
@@derek9658 so just ignore epistemology. got it.
@@jerryfromtheblock6463 I didn't realise you suffered from dyslexia,
@@lordblazer your comment is so out of context and failing to follow the thread I can only assume that it belong in a different section. For that you are forgiven but for ignorance you are not.
It's probably the best thing that Netflix has made in years.
JUST WHAT I HAVE BEEN PREACHING PASSIONATELY ABOUT FOR A MANY MANY OF YEARS
Brian Cox is under rated. I forget how wise he is. Great delivery and the oddly boyish charm helps with that lol
@@walterlippmann4361 lol whatever dude. I'm not "interested" in boyish charm, I mean look at his hair. That's why I said oddly. Troll elsewhere idiot.
Planets with Brian Cox is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. We need something high budget out of Netflix with him ASAP.
The actors were brilliant in this one and the movie was probably the best i’ve seen in years. Jonah Hill is again hilarious 🤘
He pissed me off so much though which is basically what his character was meant to do. So props to him and his acting.
I love brian Cox I can listen to him.. All Day.. Thanks brother you doing great work
What a lovely human Brian Cox is! Great video
This film is painful. It hurts because the stupid sequences in the film are almost real. When there was a pandemic, there was a president who said that a shot of disinfectant would cure it. There were people who believed it. This president adopted nepotism. There's a social media that turns everything into a meme, and they've lost sight of what it's all about. People are more interested in celebrity gossip than politics or climate change. We have Hollywood and singers who are trying to turn the destruction of the planet into money. There are many tech CEOs who want to control everything with money. There are a lot of stupid characters and a lot of stupid things that happen in this movie, and it all shows how stupid America is today.
Not just America. Whole world I would say. Specially my country, India.
@@parvinderanoop5826 and the UK :(
THIS!!!
I think we have to face that ignorance has three heads, both sides of the government and the media, they all lie, they always have
Well said. Even with this movie, people will still act the same. This word is fucking mentally insane.