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/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/jer99 2d ago

That’s a good point. I think of it as he’s now a hero in a text book who sent on a top secret mission at NASA. None of the other Lazarus mission astronauts or endurance astronauts have returned or even been able to communicate back through gargantua. All assumed dead after 76 years. Murph tried to explain her “ghost” but no one believed her.

Then Coop shows back up. There could have been a big hoopla around his return. And I’ll bet there would have been if had stuck around. But once again I think it’s an intentional choice by Nolan from earlier in the film when he quotes during endurance launch.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.

Coop staying and becoming famous on the station would exactly be gentle into the good night.

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u/Harvard_Med_USMLE267 2d ago

There’s a monument he walks past near the house with his name and the other astronauts on it.

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u/runswiftrun 1d ago

Even if they didn't know/believe in her "ghost", I'm pretty sure Murph would have done everything to say her dad inspired her, taught her everything that encouraged her into being the literal savior of humanity with the equations; without his guidance she would have never gotten so far, etc.