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)
  • @ariestheram5693
    "I surfed the northern lights" is probably the hardest flex in human history
  • @shaydanny9642
    “I’ve been around the world 2650 times or so” Just a casual flex
  • 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.
  • @vermillion8521
    I like how he said he was a representative of 7.8 billion people, not America, not Russia or Japan or Canada, he knows he is a representative of the human race
  • @Flyboy_
    This video should be title: "Chris Hadfield Roasting Science Fiction Movies"
  • @Poshriel
    17:33 "No where in mathematical equation is there a symbol for love." What a great line, delivered perfectly.
  • @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.
  • Imagine watching a space film in the cinema and you see Chris hadfield angrily leave the cinema
  • @Topperfalkon
    Never thought I'd see Chris angry, but Gravity got him there
  • 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.
  • @danidandans
    "Houston? What's Houston gonna do?" i'm wheeezinggggggg
  • @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.
  • @SiyabongaAfrica
    When Wall-E is more scientifically accurate than Armageddon
  • @thePhished
    "I surfed on the northern lights" talk about a flex
  • @maxjelley4055
    I could listen to Chris for days. It’s rare that someone has experienced so much of life and what it is to be a human being, in a literally cosmic sense, and yet remain so relatable. The way he describes seeing the earth, the tone of his voice when recalling a space walk, these things are too profound for words, but he still manages to give some small piece of it to us
  • @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.