Quote from: ivanst776 on November 12, 2014, 03:10:56 PM

Nolan only uses the science to convey a sense of reality of interstellar travel so that we may become more involved in the story

Nolan raises some important points though. In most science fiction eg. Mass Effect people are flying all over the galaxy and somehow everyone has the same "clock".

Any major interstellar travel would mean a lot of time dilation because Mass Effect etc. has fixed timelines for everyone in the galaxy, but Einstein theorised and it is proven now that time is linked with space in this 4D "glue". Even if you fold spacetime to instantly go from one point in 4D to another point, in 4D there are different "timespeeds" at different points in 4D.

So just like Space Odyssey 2001 expanded our consciousness of space travel beyond tabloid sci-fi of that generation, so does Interstellar expand our consciousness beyond the Star Trek/ video game idea of space travel.

Nolan presents both a scientific, spiritual and socioeconomic case of what interstellar travel for humans really would mean.

I still love Mass Effect 1,2,3 though, best sci-fi games ever. Deus Ex HR comes second.