From: jack.bohn64@gmail.com   
      
   Among the things Paul S Person wrote:   
   > Some ruminations on two films I saw recently but have no intention of   
   > buying on disc.   
   >   
   > /The Wandering Earth II/   
   > When I saw this, I was surprised to see that it was a prequel and not   
   > a sequel. I was also disappointed at it.   
   >   
   > This basically documents how the Wandering Earth Project (and MOSS)   
   > came to be and traces it through several crises. Including some very   
   > well organized physical attacks. But it simply doesn't match the level   
   > of energy I remember from the first film, although reviewing the   
   > Wikipedia plot summary of the original suggests that seeing this first   
   > make make it more understandable.   
   >   
   > OTOH, if you are wondering about the science behind this endeavor, the   
   > film does go into more detail of how they planned to do it. I'm not   
   > sure how well it would actually work, but it isn't as simple as   
   > stopping the Earth and heading off directly away from the Sun. It's   
   > more like expanding the orbit, getting velocity boosts from gravity,   
   > and accelerating/coasting/decelerating to reach their destination.   
   > Whether the time said to be needed is realistic I have no idea.   
      
   I always wonder about movies like this: at what point can I blow up like McCoy   
   at getting conned, "There won't be any damn permits!  How can you get a damn   
   permit to do a damned illegal thing?!"   
      
   Can we compare it to a caper film?  Few people nowadays would expect one to be   
   a blueprint they can copy for a robbery.  The audience would grant the plan as   
   given, and watch the personality interactions as the mechanism goes forward.   
      
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   -Jack   
      
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