2001: A Space Odyssey for the Modern Individual

Rating: 4/10 (27 November 2014)

I liked it. It was fairly smooth and put me through enough mental gymnastics that two days later I am still in recovery. It was a nice remake of the Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and keyed in on some of the problems homo sapiens sapiens could potentially face in this ever- changing world and universe.
I really like the human feel: the idea that love, as a physical trait, might manifest itself across space-time is a fun philosophical speculative fiction.
The use of theoretical physical models - anything can be done with mathematics and some computational power - adds an element of believability to the physical structure of the show.
I am leaving off the three stars because Interstellar has some 'splainin' to do: ---plausibility is inconsistent. We can deal with the biological necessity of food in space, but can't deal with it on the easiest place for us to live in space? Maybe they should have hired a biologist and/or a chemist as well as a physicist for consulting purposes.
---time is inconsistent. Yep, relativity. The Gargantua scene is done magnificently and really gives a great visualization of Einstein's theories as they relate to us as people. Again, when Cooper sees his daughter on her death-bed. However, Cooper fell into Gargantua. If one hour was the equivalent of ten years in the orbit he and Brandt were in on tidal wave planet then Cooper's clock must have been running ever slower relative to Earth's clocks as he fell towards the gravitational center of Gargantua.
---what happened to all of the non-white folks on Earth. Were they eaten? Did they succumb to the blight? Just what is up with that? Maybe this should be under plausibility? This is probably just a United State problem.
---making the sound-track louder and making things shake a bunch shouldn't be used to cover excursions into the fiction part of sci-fi. I am sure it is hard to move between the factual and the speculative, but a smoother transition would be much appreciated. I don't need the director to scream at me "Suspend...belief...NOW!"