Fox Searchlight's sci-fi space movie SUNSHINE, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy and Chris Evans, opens on July 20th in select theaters in the U.S.

So, naturally and as we like to do, we asked Searchlight employees a couple of questions relevant to the film. And at the bottom of this post, in the comments section, we encourage YOU to do the same.

Name an invention you look forward to in the future.

  • "Teleporting"
  • "A robot that grocery shops"
  • "Self-curbing trash cans -- they get themselves to and from the curb on trash day"
  • "Teleporting -- I hate driving/flying. Beam me up Scotty!"
  • "The lazy-boy crapper from IDIOCRACY"
  • "Silence"
  • "Electric cars. Oh wait, we already have that technology -- then why aren't we using it??? (Mini-tirade.)"
  • "A transporter like on STAR TREK"
  • "Time machine"
  • "The universal wireless charger (for all electronics)"
  • "Transporters -- I hate driving short distances. Or, for LA, a decent subway system."
  • "The Orgasmitron from SLEEPER"
  • "I would like to travel without traveling, like in CONTACT."
  • "One machine to sort, wash, dry and fold laundry"
  • "Hydrogen-powered cars that run on water"
  • "Flying cars"
  • "Time travel"
  • "Teleporters: It would be so much easier to be beamed up then fly cross-country to see my parents."

Would you volunteer for a mission to save the sun, if your help was welcome? (Yes/No)

  • "How is HELL NO for an answer?"
  • "Only if I could be part of the ground control"
  • "No"
  • "Umm... I think I would be too scared. But if there was no one else, surely."
  • "Sure"
  • "No. Spaceships are too claustrophobic and I don't know seven people I want to be locked away with for seven years and then maybe die with them."
  • "No, I don't think so."
  • "No"
  • "No"
  • "Only if there are no bad guys to contend with"
  • "Yes"
  • "I sunburn way too easily, no."
  • "I have a feeling I'd let someone else play hero."
  • "Yes"
  • "Nah"
  • "No! I would open a chain of winter wear outlets though."
  • "No, I wouldn't want to die like that: burnt."
  • "No"
  • "No"
  • "Yes, I think so."

I think the No's have it. I'm afraid if it were up to most of my coworkers the end of mankind would soon be upon us. :)

Now, what are YOUR answers to the above two questions? (And remember to see SUNSHINE starting July 20th!)

An invention? I would invent

An invention? I would invent a "High School Physics Teacher" so that movies with such preposterous plot holes based on magical thinking would never be made. This movie could have been made with plausible scientific theories. It is even possible to stretch or break the rules of physics and still make a science fiction film. What you can NOT do is pick and choose which aspects of reality you want to obey or ignore based on how they serve dramatic monologues or cool blue screen shots of models in front of fans.

Also, out of billions of people, they pick these eight IDIOTS to go on this mission? We couldn't find 8 people with half a brain between them to fly to the sun?

If you are on a ship with the mass of Manhattan and you are flying at the sun at 29,000 kilometers per hour...

If being 1.1 degrees out of alignment damages the shields, then how do you figure turning the shield 30 degrees out of alignment...

They put handkerchiefs over their face before going onto the ship that has been dead in space for seven years? No one brought a frickin' SPACE SUIT along? After it has been established that they HAD SPACESUITS? No one brought a gun? No one watched the door? No one scanned for bacteria? No one tried to establish radio contact? They didn't even try to shine a flashlight in Morse Code... Preposterous! These are supposed to be Astronauts for Goodness sake! My Grandmother has more sense than these people, and she believed in Faeries... I mean BELIEVED! and she would've had the sense to WATCH THE DOOR.

Seriously! Who wrote this? Did they ever take a science class? It's not science fiction without at least a little science. And it's not even the science part with the biggest plot holes. The psychology... It is preposterous.

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Despite everything else, the

Despite everything else, the most powerful thing I take from Sunshine is the message:
"Religious fanatacism is the most potentially dangerous and destructive force faced by mankind. Through using our minds we can survive. Through blind submission to a higher force we are doomed."

What does Alex G say about this?

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That's based on the

That's based on the assumption that there is no God. Now let's assume there is a God, not necessarily the Abrahamic God or the Hindu God, or any God, just a God that is omnipotent. If this is the that God spoke to Pinbacker, then there is no message in the movie. The God could easily have stoped Icarus 2. So it's just a movie.

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An invention, and would I go

An invention, and would I go to the sun...

I think we need sunglasses that project movies and tv shows in front of only us, and they also play music, by reading your mood so you can always watch or listen to something without having to search for it yourself.

And would I go to the sun? If I got to be anywhere near Mace, hell the fuck yes!

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An invention: A blog for

An invention: A blog for this movie on this site.

Go to the Sun: With Capa, yes!

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Why the hell is this STILL

Why the hell is this STILL in limited release? Why the hell don't you put that on the FRONT page, and tell others when and if it'll "actually" be in wide release?

This movie looks awesome, but how FREAKING AGGRAVATING it is to not be able to find out when it's coming out in my town. (state capital, East coast, for pete's sake)

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I think we need the

I think we need the technology from Stargate, They had FTL ships and controlable worm holes, ring transporters, staff weapons, and zatnicotels. Lets make friends with the ascended or at least Thor, in the end he gave us the whole ball of wax, free of charge. If we are to survive the death of the sun we had better get off our collective asses and get out into other solar systems. In star Trek we saw several trips to the sun that were successfull, but the gravity kind of played hob with time. I think the sunshine cast would have been crushed before they fried!

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An invention I look forward

An invention I look forward to is the FOX movie that is released on time in all markets, or at least ALL major cities (the step-child, Phoenix for example).

Would I go to the sun? Only if the in-flight movie was Sunshine.

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