Interstellar Convinced Me To Dive Back Into Mass Effect

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I’m a slut for some hard sci-fi. The Expanse was keeping me going for a good while - I binged four seasons in one week to catch up with my housemate and have been up to date ever since. But, that’s come to an end and hasn’t been picked up again… yet. I remain hopeful. To fill the void I rewatched Interstellar, and oh boy, did it make me want to give Mass Effect another go.

Interstellar is full of stunning shots of astral bodies in space and vistas of alien worlds. Tying all these spectacular visual moments together is the heartfelt personal drama of a crew desperately trying to save humanity before time runs out. At its simplest, it’s very similar to Mass Effect and Shepard’s race to defeat the Reapers.

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I hear a lot of people riding Interstellar because of the narrative weight given to love, but I think it’s sweet and poignant. It’s the human element that connects us to the science. It’s also entirely vindicated by the end of the film. Love is what gives Matthew McConaughey’s Cooper and Anne Hathaway’s Brand the drive they need to travel across the cosmos and defy all the odds. Cooper’s love for his children is what makes his breakdown as he realises he’s missed them grow up so devastating. It’s one of my favourite performances of his career and it wouldn’t mean a thing without love.

Sci-fi is best when it’s telling us something about ourselves, here and now. Brand’s love for fellow scientist Edmunds is used against her, painting her as the stereotypical emotional woman, incapable of logic and reason. Yet, in the closing shots, we see her on Edmunds’ planet, one teeming with life and the beginnings of a colony. She was right to follow her heart. Cooper’s love for her