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Why Werner Herzog Thinks Human Space Colonization “Will Inevitably Fail”

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 15 2022, @11:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the doomed-from-the-start? dept.

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/ars-talks-to-werner-herzog-about-space-colonization-its-poetry/

Last Exit: Space is a new documentary on Discovery+ that explores the possibility of humans colonizing planets beyond Earth. Since it is produced and narrated by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man, guest star on The Mandalorian) and written and directed by his son Rudolph, however, it goes in a different direction than your average space documentary. It's weird, beautiful, skeptical, and even a bit funny.

In light of the film's recent streaming launch, father and son Herzog spoke with Ars Technica from their respective homes about the film's otherworldly hopes, pessimistic conclusions, and that one part about space colonists having to drink their own urine.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by crafoo on Tuesday March 15 2022, @12:44PM (2 children)

    by crafoo (6639) on Tuesday March 15 2022, @12:44PM (#1229298)

    The thing about artists is that they do not know anything about anything important. They know their craft (maybe), and they know how to market their brand.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by bart9h on Tuesday March 15 2022, @03:08PM

    by bart9h (767) on Tuesday March 15 2022, @03:08PM (#1229337)

    "Am I a joke to you?"

    -- Brian May, probably

  • (Score: 4, Touché) by ikanreed on Tuesday March 15 2022, @04:58PM

    by ikanreed (3164) on Tuesday March 15 2022, @04:58PM (#1229368) Journal

    Hot take: Fame and money are the only remaining enforced criteria of public expertise in the United States.

    Your desire to hear from someone who knows what the fuck they're talking about is admirable, but doomed.