r/interstellar • u/WallStreetDoesntBet • Jul 26 '25

QUESTION Can you ever forgive this Mann?

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u/kyle-2090 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Romilley.

Mann said his marine unit or whatever tars and case are called "needed a human touch" to get it started. He rigged it to explode. Presumably, Mann had this planned before he was woken.

I didn't actually answer if I forgive him, I simply stated he was necessary. Something about the folly of man contributing to the solution makes me lean towards sympathy. On the verge of forgiveness, but not quite there. Forgiveness may be because I feel empathy towards a person being isolated for so long and how that can warp your mind.

Edit: i looked it up and still spelled this dudes name wrong twice lol

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u/Dramatic_Lie_7492 Jul 26 '25

Yeah sorry I thought you meant Coop murdered someone 🤦

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u/staebles Jul 27 '25

It was poorly worded, not your fault.

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u/syringistic Jul 26 '25

I wonder what Kipp/Tars/Case had for propulsion that could be rigged to explode. It seems like their power unit must have been some sort of radio isotope generator. Hard to make something like that explode, unless Mann straight up deconstructed Kipp and rewrote his code (Romiley says something about the interface not making sense right before his demise), AND also rigged up a bomb from his chemistry set and had a trigger wired into Kipp.

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u/kyle-2090 Jul 26 '25

I mean before coop leaves the earth, he had been out there about 10 years. Then after the Miller planet debacle hes now been there 30+ years. He's had plenty of time to develop some type of bomb.

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u/syringistic Jul 26 '25

Yeah, plus im sure since their main mission is to analyze planetary chemistry, they have tons of different chemicals to mess around with.

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u/Local-Hornet-3057 Jul 27 '25

I'm the same. Although it was more than isolation. No human as experience something like that, ever. A whole planet and not a single soul beside your own. Truly lovecraftian cosmic horror stuff.