News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth. Parent comment

Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by personlurking on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @01:54PM (#13708107)
> If a person was standing on one of the planet’s surface, they could gaze up and potentially see geological features or clouds of neighboring worlds...

Makes me think of the film Another Earth

http://imgur.com/a/01xlN

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by pcrh on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:09PM (#13708248)
Melancholia by Lars von Trier is another great movie about the earth colliding with another planet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by hackuser on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:41PM (#13708958)
An excellent, incredibly beautiful film, beyond the topical plot point.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by pmoriarty on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @05:42PM (#13709953)
Beautiful, but super, super, boring -- with an extra helping of boring on top.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:22PM (#13710222)
The challenging thing about Melancholia isn't "boredom" but the shaky camera work in the first half of the movie. I turned it off in disgust after 30 minutes or so. No idea why I went back and watched the rest of it, but I'm glad I did. One of those films that sticks with you.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by hackuser on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:10PM (#13710487)
> Beautiful, but super, super, boring

Let's just say that it's definitely an art-house film. Some find that sort of thing boring, but not everyone.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Confusion on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:51AM (#13712146)
You obviously haven't seen The Turin Horse. Melancholia was action packed compared to that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by ttam on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:26PM (#13708852)
Yeah, but Another Earth's main character is fascinated by astronomy and gets accepted to MIT
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by e40 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:39PM (#13709406)
Which is on Netflix for streaming. Thanks for the tip.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by bcaulfield on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:03PM (#13709127)
Except with multiple planets?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by ttam on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:25PM (#13708844)
I was gonna say this.
[ Parent | on HN ]