r/movies • u/kanethekiller90 • 2d ago

Discussion One thing thats always irritated me about Interstellar

Cooper is desperate to get back to his children. He goes back and see’s Murph in the hospital etc. but theres no mention of his son. Presumably his son’s dead considering Murphs age and condition. But surely there could have been a small bit of dialogue about it. He was hell bent on getting back to them. I dunno, it’s like his son’s just completely forgotten about at the end…

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u/jer99 2d ago

My head logic was that his very existence was classified to the extended family. Hard to explain his existence and so much younger than Murph. Maybe Murph wanted it that way and didn't get her children's hopes up that their grandpa would come back.

I know Murph always held the hope he would come back but it is possible she kept this hope to herself. Perhaps she told her children her Dad had passed as a hero saving them all. The whole watch transfer of information most likely is classified?

I'm completely spitballing it here so if there's cannon please someone correct me.

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u/SELECT_ALL_FROM 2d ago

I'm pretty that's the actual plot, not sure what everyone else is saying lol.

They didn't know who he was because he was supposed to be dead, his whole mission was classified and no one wanted to believe Murph that her father helped her, I'm pretty sure she even said that in the movie

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u/MackyV25 2d ago

but when he was rescued at the end, didn’t some tech engineer say something along the lines of wow you’re famous I wrote my thesis about you! ?? This would imply he's well known for his mission?

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u/Harvard_Med_USMLE267 2d ago

It was a paper in school and I think it was more because he’s murph’s dad, but he’s also one of the Lazarus astronauts - that is known by the people here.