In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun – and prevent a collision with Jupiter. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-earth-rocket-scientist-planet.html…
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What Western Media Got Wrong About China’s Blockbuster ‘The Wandering Earth’
Last month during Lunar New Year, I watched China’s sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth in a packed theater in Beijing. The film is a post-apocalyptic tale set in the future about Earth’s imminent crash into another planet and a group of family members and soldiers’ efforts to save it. Directed by Frank Gwo and based… Continue reading What Western Media Got Wrong About China’s Blockbuster ‘The Wandering Earth’