Getting the science right in movies requires a consultant who actually know the science, and writers with the skill to work around plot constraints. Few Hollywood writers impress me as able to more than regurgitate formula or adapt an existing storyline. If they have that much talent.
“Interstellar” might have good science. The following is from a recent interview with Kip Thorne : ” What are you working on now that you are retired?
I’m an executive producer of the film Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan and based in part on the science I’ve done during my Caltech career. Greater secrecy surrounds Interstellar than most any movie that’s been done in Hollywood. I’m not allowed to talk about it, but let’s just say that I’ve been spending a lot of my time on it in the last year. And I’ve recently finished writing a book about the science in Interstellar.”
It does happen occasionally. I’ll make a plug for the BBC America series “Orphan Black.” They have a geneticist on staff, and with a single minor exception for a plot point, they get it right, from genetics, to the nature-nurture debate, to the history of genetic research and development, to the legal issues surrounding genetics and intellectual property. Plus, you get to watch some truly amazing acting performances.
On the other hand, their production is in Toronto, not Hollywood.
Getting the science right in movies requires a consultant who actually know the science, and writers with the skill to work around plot constraints. Few Hollywood writers impress me as able to more than regurgitate formula or adapt an existing storyline. If they have that much talent.
“Interstellar” might have good science. The following is from a recent interview with Kip Thorne : ” What are you working on now that you are retired?
I’m an executive producer of the film Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan and based in part on the science I’ve done during my Caltech career. Greater secrecy surrounds Interstellar than most any movie that’s been done in Hollywood. I’m not allowed to talk about it, but let’s just say that I’ve been spending a lot of my time on it in the last year. And I’ve recently finished writing a book about the science in Interstellar.”
– the whole interview is at: http://m.caltech.edu/content/kip-thorne-discusses-first-discovery-thorne-ytkow-object#sthash.v0QKh76y.dpuf
It does happen occasionally. I’ll make a plug for the BBC America series “Orphan Black.” They have a geneticist on staff, and with a single minor exception for a plot point, they get it right, from genetics, to the nature-nurture debate, to the history of genetic research and development, to the legal issues surrounding genetics and intellectual property. Plus, you get to watch some truly amazing acting performances.
On the other hand, their production is in Toronto, not Hollywood.