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Another Earth
2011 · Film · 92 min
Directed by Mike Cahill
On the night a duplicate Earth is discovered in the solar system, the lives of a young woman and an accomplished composer become tragically connected after a fatal accident.
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There was. I think it was titled "Moonfall", or maybe "Another Earth". There is also "Oblivion" in which the Moon was partially destroyed. There are probably other ones, too, but I think "Moonfall" is the one to which you are referring. I might just give it a watch in a bit!
But yeah, it would not be a good thing, according to the movie at least.
Have you seen the movie Another Earth (2011)?
That’s the exact plot.
It’s not realistic (space probes would have “seen” the other earth), but does make for an interesting film.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Earth
“Another Earth” was a pretty good quiet sci-fi movie. (Not trying to be pedantic, but your phrasing just immediately put my brain to work on trying to think of counterexamples)
Gattaca, Moon, Gravity, Contact, Space Camp, Andromeda Strain, the original Westworld (1973), the first two Star Trek movies. The STTNG TV series, Another Earth (2011, PG-13), The Man from Earth.
> It's actually a pretty decent movie, but it's a drama, not sci-fi. It uses "science" purely as an aesthetic device without actually exploring any scientific effects.
Fair assessment, but I beg to differ on your definition of "sci-fi"; I find it quite restrictive. You can say the same for Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles". Mars might as well be Narnia as he just uses the notion of it being an alien planet to set-up tension and make a point about human behavior. It's more philosophical/psychological than scientific but I'd still call it sci-fi.
I guess you are entitled to expect a harder integration of science from a 2011 sci-fi film but I think "Another Earth" definitely takes from established, if outdated, cues in the genre.
But potaytos and potahtos. We can differ in opinion.
Another Earth is what I would call "fake sci-fi". The other Earth in the movie has almost no impact whatsoever on the story. It doesn't affect anything, the characters don't really react to it in any way, and the movie ends before anything actually happens.
It's actually a pretty decent movie, but it's a drama, not sci-fi. It uses "science" purely as an aesthetic device without actually exploring any scientific effects. If the film didn't have the other Earth in the sky the script would be identical. It would just be forgettable indie drama instead of on people's great sci-fi lists.
Love "Arrival" but I won't nominate it for this list. It's for "physics lovers" and "Arrival" is more for linguistics nerds; the central plot of the film hinges on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, after all.
In the same note of "sci-fi but not exclusively physics", I want to recommend "Another Earth"---very indie production, for better and for worse. Also, if you are a physics nerd, a certain plot point might irritate you. But, on behalf of the film, I ask you to grant it a bit more patience and suspension of disbelief. For me it hits the same dramatic notes as "Interstellar". Good quality intellectual entertainment.
Reminded me of the movie Another Earth. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it
FYI Another Earth is directed by Tim Cahill not Zal. From what I can tell Brit Marling is the main common thread between that movie, The OA, The Sound of Her Voice.
These three I've seen personally are all good and have a lot of overlapping themes and premises, like mysterious charismatic figures in a slightly off kilter, ambiguously fantastical world convincing people to believe and follow them and their reality.
It's almost comforting to know that The OA is a third or fourth shot at that kind of premise by Brit and her collaborators. Maybe that's why it felt so beautiful and out of nowhere and perfectly formed.
Anything from Zal Batmanglij is out of this world. You should check his early films. I've watched "Another Earth" back in the day for instance and while maybe right now, there is more popular stuff that followed, it was very different back when it appeared.
I guess it was before things like "Melancholia" and "Interstellar".
This guys is a genius.
The description of your dream made me think of the movie Another Earth. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/
Mostly music with no lyrics. That’s key.
I’m currently enjoying brain.fm set to 30 minutes and synced with a 30 minute pomodoro timer. I enjoyed the trial enough to purchase a lifetime membership (using a discount code) as I feel much more productive, especially when combined with some Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I’ve spent more money on less productive things so I figured “why the hell not?”. It may just pay for itself.
If not brain.fm, then I’d prefer to listen to movie soundtracks, such as Another Earth, I Origins, Manglehorn, or The Wilderness.
Some artists I’ve enjoyed while coding:
Piano: Ludovico Einaudi, Dirk Maassen, Johann Johannssen, Olafur Arnolds, Joep Beving
Electronic: Tricky, Moderat (particularly the instrumental album).
Heavy Rock: Earthless, Russian Circles
Post Rock: Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You
That's exactly the premise of the (good) movie Another Earth: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572
> If a person was standing on one of the planet’s surface, they could gaze up and potentially see geological features or clouds of neighboring worlds...
Makes me think of the film Another Earth
http://imgur.com/a/01xlN
The Thing (1982), Slither, Dark Skies, Intacto (spanish), Another Earth, Coherence
Primer is on here a bunch, but really worth watching if you like time travel conundrums.
Can anyone recommend documentaries or non-fiction shows that explore the what-ifs of finding other earth-like planets?
In the previous thread on the discovery of this other Earth, an HNer commented that since the other Earth is older, they could have sent probes over which would have filmed the dinosaurs in HD, and that maybe we could request that data from them. Here's another related thought https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9937353
Here's another what-if, in the form of a sci-fi film called Another Earth (a personal drama wrapped around the idea of a twin Earth) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8hEwMMDtFY