Watched Gravity last night

[mashman]

Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.

As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."

2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.

Not that I know fuck all about it like, but if you throw yourself in a straight line towards an object that's coming and curving towards you and you are travelling in a curve due to gravity, could you not meet in the same place and the right time?

I always remove my suspenders before entering the cinema... actually, there doesn't need to be a cinema for that to happen.

[bogan]

Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.

As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."

2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.

Point of correction, higher orbit means increasing vessel speed, but the further distance means the orbit duration is longer so the vessel in lower orbit can catch up. To do it efficiently requires one full orbit, which may not be as practical as just flying straight towards the target once close enough.

Not that I know fuck all about it like, but if you throw yourself in a straight line towards an object that's coming and curving towards you and you are travelling in a curve due to gravity, could you not meet in the same place and the right time?

I always remove my suspenders before entering the cinema... actually, there doesn't need to be a cinema for that to happen.

Depends on the relative scales, pretty much if you can see what you're going for (small space station etc), burning straight towards it will get you there with a minimum of course corrections.

[BuzzardNZ]

Good special effects and all, but I found it dragged on and was fucking boring.

[James Deuce]

Hmm. Obviously too counter intuitive.


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[MD]

We enjoyed it although (not sure how to phrase this without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it), let's just say the credibility of all those "just in time" moments got very stretched. Having said that, I'm sure that credibility was probably not too high on the agenda anyway.
I think Sandra Bullock is a great actress and her legs in the final scene were much more spectacular than her boobs (since they've already been mentioned).

Same here. They played that scene over and over 'will she grab hold at the last second or overshoot and sail an eternity into open space'. Became quite irritating after several 'oh wow she just made it!

I'm no Bullock fan but she did a good job of the role asked of her. Nice bum and legs, tits a bit small for my taste.

I liked the scene where the second space station gets hit by debris, that was impressive stuff.

[Banditbandit]

OK OK .. here's legs and bum ...



Tits too small ??? You only need One SBM ... unless you're from the other side of the Atlantic and then it's the slightly larger SUSH.

[EJK]

For those who haven't seen it yet, this is a parallel scene to Sandra Bullock's "woof woof" or "Will you pray for me until ghost Clooney jumps into my ship?" scene.



Eventhough I too found Gravity a bit of a drag, in Gravity's defence, I did liked the final scene where Bullock gets up on her feet. It was the first and the last scene which actually "had" gravity. Nice touch to the film I thought.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.

As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."

2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.

Everything I know about that stuff I learned from Larry Niven's book "The Smoke Ring" and its sequel.