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Could she have done it without Clooney's help?

posted 8 years ago by SaladFlower
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Could she have made it?

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Obviously not. I suppose you're referring to the scene where she's in the soyuz capsule, giving up all hope and suddenly Matt appears (or rather: his ghost). It's a key scene and without him she would have given up.

[–] CGSailor 8 years ago

It's a key scene and without him she would have given up.

She was without him. He was never there. It wasn't his ghost.

It was her talking to herself, her Hallucination taking the form of Kowalski.

So yes... She DID do it without his help.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

[–] avalonsutra-18976 8 years ago

It wasn't his ghost.

How do you know?

[–] CGSailor 8 years ago

Ghosts don't need to open a hatch to get in. Nor could she have survived to hatch opening and repressurization.

She had turned off the oxygen supply. she was fading out, losing conciousness and was hallucinating. Everything from the knocking on the hatch, to her realizing he was gone... was her own mind talking with herself in a hypoxia induced hallucination.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

[–] CGSailor 8 years ago

Given that she had no MMU, and was completely reliant upon Clooney with his MMU rescuing her... the obvious answer is no.

She would have just continued spinning off in her own orbit about Earth until she ran out of life support. Helpless even to do so much as stop her own spin.

If you're talking about the pep talk in the Soyuz Capsule, then the answer is yes because she DID bring herself around without his help. He was never there. It was not his "ghost" It was her halucination. It was her own internal dialog, her subconcious soeaking to her and taking the outward look of Clooney in her imagining.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!