Astronaut Chris Hadfield Breaks Down Space Movies | Vanity Fair

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.’




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[KyleJamesFrazer]

Props to Vanity Fair for letting him just talk and story-tell. Too many channels love to cut and speed through an interview or feature.

[Moohasha]

"I've been around the world 2650 times or so, and...I never once could see enough of it." That gave me goosebumps.

[danwellsanddangmtb]

Imagine watching a space film in the cinema and you see Chris hadfield angrily leave the cinema

[dhaniluvkakashi]

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.

[RK-bzhb]

This dude is so badass, they didn’t even invite him, he just showed up and started reviewing movies

[josephineemarch]

“I’ve been around the world 2650 times or so. And I never once could see enough of it” now that actually put a tears in my eyes

[vermillion]

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

[DivineKnight_]

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.

[BM-wfuf]

I love how offended Chris is with Gravity.

[jonathaningravalle]

This guy is like the peak of humanity. Master's degree in aviation systems, fighter pilot for 25 years, became an engineer and astronaut, went on 2 space shuttle missions (including making videos on them), installed the Canadarm 2, and commanded the entire ISS for a short time. Like, you're done. You're basically overqualified for almost any other job on earth after that. He earned his retirement with flying colors.

[almostdunn]

The way he can express himself so clearly and make what he's criticising, and why, so understandable is very impressive.

[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.

[chrisburke]

I met Chris Hadfield at an airshow once, when I was a kid. He had a picture in the back of the program, and autographed it for me. In it, he wrote "The Sky Is Not The Limit". I had no idea then, that he would end up commanding the International Space Station & being so accomplished...I was just stoked to get a pilot's autograph at the time. Cool guy for sure :)

[ariestheram]

"I surfed the northern lights" is probably the hardest flex in human history

[james]

I like how he doesn’t just say it’s bad, he says it’s inaccurate but still understands the filmmaker has to make it interesting and engaging for the viewer.

[Poshriel]

17:33 "No where in mathematical equation is there a symbol for love." What a great line, delivered perfectly.

[Calthecool]

I love how he said:
“That’s a very compelling and accurate scene, assuming there is a swimming pool on a spaceship.”

[shaydanny]

“I’ve been around the world 2650 times or so”
Just a casual flex

[marcballesteros]

this man hasn’t only had one of the coolest life the world has seen, but explains such complex things in such an easy way. 11/10

[mint]

I think the strangest thing about sound in space movies is that the silence could be so impactful if they used it