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Okay, here we go, everyone. Let's stay sharp.Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 14 / 25 章 · 2'37" · B1
Kate Gives the Launch Order, Explained：go for launch
The control room runs the countdown like a show, with a foul-mouthed astronaut demanding whiskey and a wealthy donor walking in with full clearance. When the honor of giving the order goes to the scientist who found the comet, her speech is earnest: "everything is theoretically impossible until it is done," then, "we are go for launch."
あらすじ
At mission control, all indicators are green, but Commander Drask, waiting in the shuttle, is already cursing at the crew and demanding a shot of Jack Daniels. President Orlean thanks him and then gives the honor of launching to Kate, whose discovery started the mission. Kate speaks about impossibility and says, "we are go for launch." Peter Isherwell joins as a campaign donor, and the countdown begins.
注目の表現
holdupa shot ofgo for launchmind if I join
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このシーンの表現
go for launch
cleared to start
Drask ends his speech with we are go for launch, the formal phrase that starts the countdown.
Everything is ready, so we go for launch at dawn.
このシーンの他の表現
- holdup
a delay
- a shot of
a small serving of
- mind if I join
may I join you
- kicking in
starting to take effect
- shit
stuff (vulgar)
このシーンのメモ一覧
36 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
the biggest thing in my life
I just want you to know, this is the most propulsive thing that's ever happened to me. Thank you.relative clause: The that-clause narrows which thing he means across his whole life.
I just want you to know, this is the most propulsive thing that's ever happened to me. Thank you.waiting for something
What's the holdup, you guys? What are you waiting on?Waiting on links into waitin-on with a weak on.
What's the holdup, you guys? What are you waiting on?a heavy insult — About as vulgar as English gets; never use it.
Come on, motherfuckers, let's light this fucking firecracker, huh?the whole day
Think I got all day?Got all links into go-dall with a soft flap.
Think I got all day?disappear
-[laughter] -And a couple DUIs to magically go away.last warning
This is a final warning to control the launchpad.result in
Your discovery led to this mission and our chance to save Earth.people of a place
Citizens of planet Earth,impossible in theory
everything is theoretically impossible until it is done.time clause: Until marks the point when the supposed impossibility ends.
everything is theoretically impossible until it is done.Go for links into go-fer with a weak for.
And with that, we are go for launch.that's awesome — Youth slang for something great; keep it casual.
-[Jason] That's fire. -Thank you.exciting, awesome — Internet slang for something exciting; casual only.
It was lit.permission question: The opening do you is dropped, leaving a soft request for permission.
Hey, everyone, mind if I join?look great
Hi. Oh, Brie, you look fabulous.have full access
Yeah, he's a Platinum Eagle level donor to the campaign. He has full clearance.a contributor to
Yeah, he's a Platinum Eagle level donor to the campaign. He has full clearance.「Kate Gives the Launch Order」を読み解く
What's really going on
The launch is treated less like a last hope than like a broadcast, and everyone in the room seems to be performing. Drask, the hero chosen for the cameras, swears at the ground crew and jokes that all he wants is whiskey and a few DUIs erased — hardly the tone of a man about to save the planet. Access is granted by money, not expertise: the question "Is he allowed to be in here?" is answered by pointing out that the visitor is a Platinum Eagle donor with full clearance. Only Kate, the scientist whose discovery set it all up, sounds sincere, borrowing a line about impossibility and ending with "we are go for launch." Even the countdown is partly a party — one character notes his Molly kicking in — so the film keeps the apocalypse and the celebration in the same frame, and lets the audience decide which one is actually running the room.
Theme
PowerThe launch is staged as a patriotic show, with a donor in the control room and a president handing out honors.
SatireThe crew launching a comet mission includes an impatient drunk and a man high on Molly while the world watches.
このチャプターで学べること
- A single go can launch a whole mission.
- Drask hides nerves behind crude jokes.
- Access and money buy a seat in the room.
- Short questions push people hardest.
発音のポイント
- waiting on — Waiting on links into waitin-on with a weak on.
- got all — Got all links into go-dall with a soft flap.
- go for — Go for links into go-fer with a weak for.
I just want you to know, this is the most propulsive thing that's ever happened to me. Thank you.A gushing line about the launch, played for laughs: the most "propulsive" thing in his life is a rocket — the double meaning is the joke.
Think I got all day?Drask's impatience in one line: he is not moved by the ceremony and wants the launch to get moving.
Listen, the only thanks I need is a shot of Jack Daniels.His idea of a reward: instead of medals, the astronaut asks for whiskey and for his old drunk-driving charges to vanish.
everything is theoretically impossible until it is done.Kate's speech turns a cliché into a mission statement: nothing is truly impossible until someone actually does it.
And with that, we are go for launch.The official green light: after the speech, the launch is cleared and the countdown can begin.
Is he allowed to be in here?A blunt question about access: someone wonders why a wealthy donor is standing in mission control at all.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Kate get to give the launch order?
The president frames it as returning the honor: Kate's discovery is what led to the mission, so Orlean hands her the moment and lets her announce the launch.
Why is Drask so impatient before the launch?
He treats the whole thing as a stunt. He curses at the ground crew, jokes that he only wants a shot of Jack Daniels and a few DUIs to disappear, and does not seem to grasp that the mission is real.
Why is Peter Isherwell allowed in Mission Control?
Because of money. A character explains he is a Platinum Eagle level donor to the campaign and therefore has full clearance, even though someone asks whether he should be there at all.
What is Jason on during the countdown?
He says his Molly is kicking in right as the launch begins, which fits his running joke of treating the end of the world as a party.
What does 'go for launch' mean?
It is launch-pad jargon meaning everything is cleared and the rocket may fire. In the scene it is the final line before the countdown and lift-off.
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