The trailers for Interstellar thus far have done a remarkably good job of tantalizing fans without spoiling too many of the movie’s biggest set pieces. That is, perhaps, until now. The first half of the new trailer focuses on what appears to be the movie’s environmental message: Matthew McConaughey talks about the importance of adapting on the movie’s climate-change-wrecked Earth. But the second half takes us deep into the movie’s space travel sequences, and shows us a number of striking new images.
Some fans, if they’ve already committed to seeing the movie as fresh as possible, may prefer not to watch. But for the rest the new footage shows a mysterious walking hunk of metal that resembles the hammers from The Wall and a “mountain” that turns out to be, well, something else. The closing sequence is pretty intense, and suggests that Christopher Nolan should once again be able to deliver the thrills promised by all this teasing.
Older trailer here.
Is there a list of cli-fi’s somewhere? Also would be interesting to see around what year the message surfaced to replace old style nuclear war as the humanity’s preferred demise
Would The Road Warrior count as Cli-Fi???
most definitely
You seem to have created a false dichotomy omno.Who says that we can’t have both?
Looking ahead decades into an uncertain future,where climate changes have displaced millions of our poorest people,can massive unrest be far behind as they seek their survival,while competing with other desperate people for dwindling supplies of food , fresh water and a safe place to live?
Imagine Middle East countries with nuclear arms,alongside arms dealers,sellers of stolen fissionable material,and others with a beef against the western nations (and also maybe China and India),coalescing to mount a scapegoat war to even the score.
Any nation, in the future, that blithely stood by doing nothing to curb their unchecked co2 emissions,will be seen to be as much of a criminal against mankind,as any evil force that has ever graced the pages of history,like it or not.
And how do you think those nations under attack will respond?
Good points. (And creating false dichotomies is one of Omno’s many talents—he specializes in the field of failed logic).
You left out Pakistan—-combined with China and India, that’s ~500+ warheads to throw around. If anyone sends one Israel’s way or if the Arab states push Israel to the brink with a conventional attack, there will be maybe another 200 thrown in.
It may not be the “revenge” war you suggest, and centered more on conflict over resources, but it will be war nonetheless. A very credible script.
skepticmac – your stupid prejudice shows.
I have created no dichotomy. I have asked about movies already made. I am not aware of any movie that shows a nuclear war in a world devastated already by climate change. If you know of a title or two, please post them here. Stuff that is in production or even pre-production included.
“Also would be interesting to see around what year the message surfaced to replace old style nuclear war as the humanity’s preferred demise”
I think it was clear to everyone what you were insinuating Omno.
Thanks for the gratuitous ad hominem though 🙂
Stay classy!
there is nothing gratuitous in observing how you try to infiltrate a question of mine with some evil thoughts that only appeared in yours.
Years ago, nuclear war was the preferred Hollywood way to justify post-apocalyptic stories. Nowadays, they use climate change for the same reasons. AFAIK no movie has ever used climate change to justify a nuclear war story (obviously most nuclear war movies ended up in a climate change scenario).
In what year did the number of cli-fi’s surpass the number of nuclear war films?
It’s a request for a data point, not some absurdly contrived point.
Here’s an ad hominem for Omno, and it’s NOT gratuitous by any definition but well deserved and earned.
Omno is a moron! (although that may be a compliment, since he often sounds like an imbecile or an idiot—look them up, Omno)
Get a room already!
Perhaps you haven’t visited Crock often and so don’t know Omno’s history here.
Many of us do seem to have a sort of perverse “affection” for Omno, similar to what one would feel towards a somewhat cute but very stupid dog who was not housebroken or a low-IQ uncle who farts in church. That does not mean any of us will ever “get a room” with Omno—-the thought is nauseating. You need to pay better attention, and if you want to concentrate on the “meat” in Crock postings, you should skip over anything Omno says as well as most of our responses to him—-they are mostly “for entertainment only”.
Dumbo -considering you’d post 100 times less often if I didn’t, it’s easy to spot the moron among us
Yes, it IS easy to spot the moron among us. The moron is the one who would mindlessly pluck an absurd number like “100 times less often” out of thin air and so proudly post it.
(And has Omno noticed that no one is paying any attention to him BUT me? And that I do it only for fun? I guess when you are an attention seeker like Omno, any kind of attention is better than none at all)
Honestly, both of you. Get a room.
Reread my 8:10 AM comment.
There IS a list of cli fi’s here and all over the Net. See TIME magazine on CLI FI in the
May 19, 2014 issue here:
http://time.com/92065/godzilla-into-the-storm-and-more-summer-cli-fi-thrillers/
and see WIKIPEDIA on ”CLI FI”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cli_fi
In addition, a new awards event called THE CLI FI MOVIE AWARDS and dubbed the CLIFFIES is set to launch on Feb. 15, 2015 to honor and recogzine best cli fi movies of 2014 and then on an annual basis and INTERSTELLAR is in major running as nomination for BEST MOVIE. see
The Cli-Fi Movie Awards will launch online in early 2015 with ten categories, including best movie, best marketing campaign, and most in tune with current affairs. explains the scoop
http://www.thewrap.com/hollywoods-climate-themed-movies-getting-own-awards-show-guest-blog/
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood has a calendar full of movie and TV awards shows, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes, and with a dozen other awards on tap as well. There’s even the Razzies — The Golden Raspberry Awards – for the worst movies in each year’s hefty bag of cinema surprises. Now a curtain is about to open on a new movie awards event, this one called The Cliffies, and honoring the best climate-themed movies of the previous year. The Cli Fi Movie Awards, as the event is formally called, will shine a serious spotlight on important cli fi movies of the year. Dubbed ”the Cliffies,” to give the awards program a semi-goffy nickname as a PR shout out, the event will launch online in early 2015 with nominations in ten categories being sent in now by movie fans and climate activists worldwide.
Thank you Bloom Dan
been promoting this film on Face Book for weeks
thanks Peter.
Peter
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‘Interstellar’s’ 3rd installment of a movie trailer starring Matthew McConaugheyPlay
Interstellar Movie
According to CNet on Wednesday, the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” movie trailer was released. The film is quite in sync with Earth’s current climate change and other issues in regards to resource depletion. In the trailer, there is evidence that is speculative in nature of the current reality of food and water depletion.
Actor Matthew McConaughey speaks onstage at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Nolan’s film introduces Matthew McConaughey’s character, Cooper, as he joins others in a space science fiction epic based on a realistic situation. They leave Earth to save it by leaving the current solar system/galaxy to find an inhabitable planet in order to continue the human race and keep it from extinction.
It releases around a time where the media is constantly bringing awareness to Earth’s environment and this film will likely reinforce concerns for those who populate the planet. It may even adjust the level of cognitive dissonance where a teetering point could change from an area of not caring to a viable concern. Lakes and large bodies of water are drying up and an issue of water quality is at stake. Petroleum products are also at a risk for depletion as alternative forms of energy are being pursued.
Can ‘cli-fi’ movies save the planet? (Maybe ‘Cliffies’ can help)
http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/10/23/climate-fiction-cliffies-awards-movies/
finally came around to watch Interstellar. Climate change is hardly topical…we’re told something very bad happened 10 years before, and there is a “blight” consuming all food. People look remarkably healthy and society functions very well. Not even when the sandstorms get worse do we see any breakdown among the crowds.
The movie maker seem to have a grudge against a Dr Mann, portrayed as ruthless, murderous and ready to cause suffering for some Superior Good only he and another scientist understand. If my family name were Mann I’d feel quite bad about such a character.
Of course all climate-interested will see Dr Mann’s first name (not revealed in the movie AFAIK) to be Michael. And likewise the old scientist who condemns the world all by himself back home (Michael Caine) is very much resembling Stephen Schneider.
I am sure those are all coincidences. In the meanwhile, technology, hope and love save the day, and humanity. That’s everything one renounces to, when becoming a climate alarmist.