Passengers the Movie : Space Journey to Another Planet


On Christmas day, I watched a movie that I really like. The movie was titled Passengers. It was a drama science fiction movie about a journey of a spacecraft called Avalon to an Earth-like planet named Homestead 2. Since the trip took 120 years, all the 5000 people aboard must be put into cryonic sleep. The sleeping pod would awaken automatically just before they arrived in destination planet. The idea is mind blowing and I wouldn’t mind to be involved in such a quest.


But at thirty years, a giant asteroid crashed and destroyed the spaceship’s bow shock. Most of the equipment has been auto repaired but one cryonics capsule is still malfunctioned and the person inside awoke. At first he was confused because nobody else was awake. A robot introduced him everywhere. Then he went into the planetarium.

He asked the computer: “where is homestead 2?” the computer replied:  “90 light years away” it was then he realized that he woke up too early! He lived alone for 1 year and he even once tried to suicide but he was too afraid. He then met an android named Arthur. He is a bartender that gives drinks for free.  Sadly, he is an android, so he doesn’t even have any feelings of emotions. So, the lone man decided to wake up someone else...

Ooops! 

Sorry, but I have to stop here. This is a spoiler if I talk about the rest. Somewhere in there, they said that they are going to slingshot around Arcturus. BUT, that can’t be possible. The spaceship is moving at only 50% the speed of light, but it only traveled for 30 years. That means it supposed to be at 15 light years, but Arcturus is 37 light years away!


There are a few parts that are true, but some are false too like the one I explained in the last paragraph. Somehow, however it is still fun to watch. I think you might want to watch it too and there are a lot of other movies that I might talk about in the future.


Thank you! - Nat

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