# Passengers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers/775508 "2016-12-24T03:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 71
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers/775508/71 "2017-01-04T20:15:44Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Had he not chosen to wake someone else up, \*everyone \*on the ship would have died… > [@Coworkers selling crap at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworkers-selling-crap-at-work/622353/1): > > Did he know that at the time? Was that part of his planning process? No, it wasn’t, and I think that adding the crisis at the end in which two people just happened to be needed was a transparent attempt by the scriptwriters to whitewash Chris Pratt’s actions. That said, within the framework of the story, it was essentially a lucky break for Chris Pratt’s character that does end up justifying his actions, even though he had no way of knowing this in advance. > [@Coworkers selling crap at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworkers-selling-crap-at-work/622353/1): > > You seem mostly to be disagreeing with\*\* ZPG Zealot\*\* than me. That’s probably true, but not only do I disagree with the characterization of Chris Pratt being a psychopath, I also disagree with him being characterized as “evil.” His actions were morally wrong, but not “quite evil,” in my opinion. > [@Coworkers selling crap at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworkers-selling-crap-at-work/622353/1): > > As to my point, I think the extent to which his isolation and “slowly going insane” plays a role here is negated by his planning and deliberate selection of Aurora. This wasn’t the act of someone who had a moment of weakness. The planning seemed to consist solely of pulling out the manual for the hibernation pods, and figuring out how to override the timer. (And I don’t recall the exact sequence, but he may have already pulled out the manual before when he tried to put himself back to sleep.) Most of the weeks or months of him agonizing was simply whether to do it or not. When he finally did it, it took less than a minute. This absolutely could have been the actions of a desperate person who had a moment of weakness. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers/775508)._