to stop believing in someone or something
Brand gave up on us. I'm still trying to solve this.Interstellar · 2014 — Chapter 11 of 13 · 4'30" · B2
Cooper Chooses Home Over the Mission, Explained: one last crack at
The mission is ending and everyone is negotiating what comes next. One voice wants to drop a probe into the black hole for "one last crack"; another answers flatly, "I'm going home." On Mann's planet the talk turns to why leaving people behind is so hard.
What happens
With the mission falling apart, one crew member pushes "one last crack" at the black hole to send back data, while another insists on going home. On Mann's planet, the conversation widens: the wish to be with other people is named as the foundation of what makes us human.
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gave up on usrun out of timenot to be taken lightlyblow over
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gave up on us
to stop believing in someone or something
墨菲说布兰德教授已经放弃了人类，而她自己还在继续求解那个方程。
Do not give up on the project just because of one failure.
Also in this scene
- run out of time
to have no time left
- not to be taken lightly
too important to be treated casually
- blow over
to pass or settle down
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Brand gave up on us. I'm still trying to solve this.I told you about my ghost.But I was never scared of it.It felt like a person.elision
It felt like a person.to have no time left
We're running out of time.- Yeah, what's that? - Have one last crack at the black hole.Yeah, I know. This isn't going to cost you any time.So, what's to say there isn't some way that the probe...TARS is the obvious candidate.liaison
TARS is the obvious candidate.Before you get all teary, remember that as a robot I have to do anything you say.flap
Before you get all teary, remember that as a robot I have to do anything you say....these conditions will hold. I think we should wait.CASE is headed down with the rest of the distillery equipment.I'd really like to secure those sites by nightfall.to pass or settle down
Well, these squalls do usually blow over.hypothetical with if
But I'd be remiss if I didn't at least mention......that a mission such as ours could certainly use an extra engineer.I have to tell you, Dr. Mann, I'm honored to be a part of this....I can promise you that that yearning to be with other people is powerful.too important to be treated casually
...of what makes us human. It's not to be taken lightly.Cooper Chooses Home Over the Mission, explained
What's really going on
Everything here is about the pull between duty and home. One side argues for a last gamble on the black hole — "There's a chance for the people on Earth" — while the other keeps repeating a simpler line, "I'm going home." The scene does not make the stayer wrong and the leaver right; it just lets both sit. Then, on Mann's planet, the argument is given a name: the yearning to be with other people is not weakness but "the foundation of what makes us human," and "it's not to be taken lightly." The film keeps tying its biggest ideas to that one feeling.
Theme
Family loveCooper refuses to trade the chance to see his children again, choosing home over the mission.
FriendshipThe film calls the wish to be with other people the foundation of what makes us human.
What you'll learn
- Survival details create urgency.
- Short replies shift power.
- Technical terms can carry emotion.
Listen for
- felt like — elision
- the obvious candidate — liaison
- get all teary — flap
Brand gave up on us. I'm still trying to solve this.A refusal to quit: even as others lose faith, this speaker keeps working the problem.
You better slow down, turbo. Safety first, CASE, remember.A teasing reminder of the rules, calling the rushing robot "turbo."
It was trying to tell me something.The ghost, revisited: not a fear but a message someone still believes is real and meaningful.
Before you get all teary, remember that as a robot I have to do anything you say.TARS undercuts a noble offer with a joke, insisting its sacrifice is only obedience, not kindness.
Questions about this scene
What does the crew want to send into the black hole?
A probe — specifically TARS. The idea is that a probe crossing the horizon fast enough might survive and relay quantum data back, so they need the old optical transmitter off KIPP.
Why does Cooper refuse to stay on the mission?
He wants to go home to his children. He says flatly, "I'm going home," and someone notes it won't cost him any time because of the time slippage.
What does Mann say makes us human?
The yearning to be with other people. He calls it the foundation of what makes us human and says it is not to be taken lightly, whether or not someone has a family.
Why is the crew running out of time?
Their supplies and oxygen are limited, and the mission has already lost years. One line warns, "We're running out of time," as they sort out the oxygen scrubbers.
How will the probe send data back?
It has to be equipped to transmit every form of energy that can pulse. TARS is chosen as the obvious candidate and told what to look for.
Interstellar · 13 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 12resist the temptationCooper Confronts Mann's Lie
Chapter 1follow in my footstepsThe Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
Chapter 2the best-kept secret in the worldCooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
Chapter 3the ghost of your children's futureCooper Says Goodbye to Murph
Chapter 4Ninety percent it isCooper Leaves Earth with TARS
Chapter 5wasting your breathChoosing the Next Home for Humanity
Chapter 6pull it offThe Cost of Time
Chapter 7the stuff of lifeEscaping the Wave on Miller's Planet
Chapter 8let goCooper Watches Years of Messages
Chapter 9raise someone from the deadWaking Dr. Mann on a Frozen World
Chapter 10sorry for your lossThe Plan A Lie Is Revealed
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Chapter 12resist the temptationCooper Confronts Mann's Lie
Chapter 13home sweet homeCooper Wakes on Cooper StationChapter 11 of 13 · about 8 min to go