What’s Aged the Worst?
U.S.–China cooperation, Golden Globes category fraud, some casting choices, government transparency, public attention, unchanged cable news, and Teddy’s press manner were questioned.
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- U.S.–China cooperation felt newly implausible to the panel in 2020.
- The film’s Golden Globe win as a Musical or Comedy was cited as category fraud that helped force rule changes.
- Sebastian Stan’s tiny role was criticized as a waste of an actor who became more prominent later.
- Kristen Wiig’s comic screen persona made her difficult for some hosts to accept as the NASA press official.
- NASA and the government appeared implausibly candid about bad news and internal decisions.
- The world’s sustained public attention to one astronaut seemed optimistic.
- Cable news appearing unchanged in 2035 felt implausible.
- Teddy’s blunt press conferences felt oddly cold.