Interstellar

Editor’s Note: This entry contain spoilers.

About

Interstellar is a 2014 science fiction movie directed by Christopher Nolan and Starring Matthew McConaughey.

Premise

The story takes place in the near future where due to global famine and climate change, humanity is in danger of becoming extinct. Meanwhile, a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum is discovered near Saturn which is seen as an opportunity by NASA to travel beyond the solar system and search for a new habitable planet so that the human race can survive.

History

On December 14th, 2013, the official Interstellar Youtube channel uploaded a teaser for the movie, which gained over 5.2 million views and 3.300 comments within a year (shown below, left). On May 16th. 2014, the first official trailer was uploaded, which gained over 1.5 million views and 1.100 comments within a year (shown below, right).

On November 4th, 2014, Interstellar was released across theaters in the USA. The movie grossed over 47,5 million dollars on its opening weekend.

Reception

As of May, 2015, Interstellar holds a score of 74 on Metacritic^[1], a 72% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes^[2], and an 8.7 user rating on IMDb^[3]. Interstellar was nominated for over a hundred awards, including an Oscar win for best achievement in visual effects^[4].

Online Presence

On April, 2013, the Interstellar Twitter account was launched and within 2 years gathered over 55.180 followers^[5]. On December, 2013, the Interstellar Facebook page was launched which gathered over 1.3 million likes within a year^[6]. On June 6th, 2014, the Interstellar Wiki was created and currently holds 110 pages regarding the movie as of May, 2015^[7]. The Interstellar subreddit which was launched to discuss about the movie currently has over 10.600 readers as of May, 2015^[8].
On November 13th, 2014, the Business Insider Youtube channel uploaded a video in which fame Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the ending of Interstellar (shown below, left). In 5 months, the video gained more than 1.1 million views and 1.998 comments. On November 18th, 2014, the Fox 5 NY Youtube channel uploaded a video which Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about his views on the movie, remarking how realistic the science behind the movie compared to real life (shown below, right). In 5 months, the video gained over 1.1 million views and 4.669 comments.

Related Memes

Interstellar Docking Parodies

Interstellar Docking Parodies are a series of YouTube spoof videos featuring the climactic docking scene in the movie.

Matthew McConaughey Reaction Videos

Matthew McConaughey Reaction Videos refers to a series of parody videos based on a scene wherein the main protagonist Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey) reacts emotionally while watching a backlog of video messages sent from his family over the course of decades.

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