I think this movie is pretty cool. Danny Boyle directed it (train spotting, 28 days). The sun is dying and a team of astronauts are sent out on the long voyage to shoot a hydrogen bomb the size of Manhattan into the center of the sun re-igniting it, or creating a star within a star. Certain parts are unrealistic. Like launching yourself from one space ship to another with no suit on is ridiculous. The last thirty minutes didn't make sense, but I enjoyed. Out of ten stars, I give it a seven.

As far as bad astronomy, I'm not smart enough to speak on that intelligently. Perhaps some of you who are avid star gazers will provide us with some insight.

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I liked it, too, in spite of the absurdities.

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If you do a search for "Sunshine" in thread titles you will find at least eight threads that have discussed this movie, bad science and all. Most of the threads are in the "Small media at large" subforum.

Here's one discussing the bad science: Bad Astronomy ALert: Movie "Sunshine"

Like the entire premise??

good point, Robot! It is an interesting premise though. The acting was decent, the cinematography is good, and even the CGI during the EVAs looks good, considering their budget. The ending sucked.

At some point our sun will die, but that's so far away who knows if humans will even be around on earth to witness it.


I'm curious. do you not agree with the premise because of the sun dying, or do you not agree with earth sending humans that far out to detonate a bomb?

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I guess I disagree that a big bomb can "restart" the Sun. But, I do admit that I haven't seen the movie, so I haven't heard what kind of "scientific explanation" they give. It just seems like when you consider the fusion rate in the sun, there's no bomb big enough to compare. It's like finding that Lake Michigan is losing water and trying to refill it with a bucket.

I agree. The whole idea of an H-bomb the size of manhattan (with a mass as big as the moon) re-igniting the sun is a little much. That doesn't compare to path of absurdity the story takes towards the end.

I did a search for Sunshine.. It looks like a lot of people dissected this film two years ago. good posts.

check'em out.

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Not to mention that it seems to violate the principles of solar fusion. The Sun isn't a Harley with a Twin Cam 88 1450cc engine and a dead battery which just needs a big enough leg to kick start it. Unless Smokey the Bear was hiding behind the Sun trying to put it out, the only thing which would cause a star to die would be a lack of fuel. Please correct me if I am wrong.

An H-bomb with the mass of the moon??

Well according to Wikipedia the Sun has the mass of 333,000 Earths,
while the Moon has a mass of just over 1% of the Earth.

...I'm thinking that bomb wouldn't even kickstart a small sunspot....


Hmmmm. imdb says that the movie is set 50years in the future.
Wow, they can build a Moon-sized H-bomb AND a ship to go to the Sun in only 50 years?
(I hate it when sci-fi leaps too far too fast to be even remotely realistic... at least give us several centuries to get that far!)

What model of the HD big twins has a kickstarter?

A line from the movie said, "They were creating a star within a star."

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I rather enjoyed kinder reminded me 2001 in the sense it was slow not over slow or long as 2001 is. The performances I liked. The visual effects that served the storytelling was also nicely crated.

The sound was amazing in six-track Dolby stereo digital via the JBL sound system.

The ending I rather liked it was sad in some ways yes I enjoyed this good buy on region 2 DVD.

9/10

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