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Director: Ridley Scott Writer: Screenplay by Drew Goddard, based on the 2011 novel The Martian by Andy Weir. Starring: Matt Damon, with Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, and Donald Glover in supporting roles. Release: September 30, 2015 (Aus/UK); October 2, 2015 (US) Official Website | IMDB | Facebook | Twitter | Buy the book Wikipedia (Film) | Wikipedia (Novel) Synopsis posted:NASA astronaut Mark Watney, a botanist and mechanical engineer, is presumed dead and left stranded on Mars when the crew of the Ares 3 - the third manned Mars mission - are forced to abort and head back to Earth during a fierce storm. Watney finds himself stranded and alone, with only meager supplies and his ingenuity, wit, and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal home, despite knowing that even if his survival is made known there is no prospect of a rescue. Trailers: Teaser Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4PCI0NamI Official Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej3ioOneTy8 (spoilery) Ares 3: Farewell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CumZP6_9sHU (in universe) Ares 3: The Right Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wygmxzp6VzY (in universe | character introduction) Ares: Our Greatest Adventure - Presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fdKyszL1Zo (in universe) Bring Him Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOXVVvBAl1o (in universe) Clips/Scenes: Storm Report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0V-kqIe4pw Do The Math - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KsVojEaoms Checks Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcyfDRYKDJM Videos: Interview between Andy Weir (Author) and Adam Savage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SemyzKgaUU (proclick) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cast & Filmmaker Q&A Highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlElPBaymw Science Vs Cinema: The Martian Sneak Preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2COiezJZR28 (review/initial impressions & writeup from aintitcool.com) Other: Ares 3: The Complete Mission Guide (in universe booklet | crew profiles etc) Photos: Book Quotes: (Also the one in the thread title) quote:“Everything went great right up to the explosion.” quote:“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".” quote:“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.” quote:“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.” I'm making this thread early so people can discuss the book and the upcoming film someplace that doesn't clutter up the Spaceflight Thread (pro click btw) although I would like people discussing the book to use spoiler tags for major plot points, it looks like this film adaptation will run pretty close to the source material. You should check out the book, it is very good and a fun read. You can easily knock it out in a day or two. drunkill fucked around with this message at 17:16 on Sep 22, 2015 |
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Reserved post. And some promo comic strips: Expedition 45 to the International Space Station watched an advance screening of the movie while in orbit: https://twitter.com/astro_kjell/status/645619673753477120 quote:Kjell Lindgren Verified account @astro_kjell Reviews: Currently sitting at 97% on Rotten Tomato with 34 reviews. New York Post posted:The best thing that either Matt Damon and director Ridley Scott have done in years. 3.5/4 Variety posted:"The Martian" should do far more than just make Fox a ton of money; it could conceivably rekindle interest in the space program and inspire a new generation of future astronauts. BBC.com posted:The Martian is like Gravity without the floating, Apollo 13 without the documentary intrigue and 127 Hours without the mental breakdown. It's not nearly as exciting as you wished it was. 3/5 Aint it cool.com posted:http://www.aintitcool.com/node/73045 [Cinema Vs Science writeup] Other poster: drunkill fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Sep 27, 2015 |
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I don't know if I'm fully convinced that Matt Damon is the right guy to portray Watney's sense of humor, but I kind of don't care because The Martian owns incredibly hard. It's like Hatchet for adults and in space. It'a also kind of hilarious that Matt Damon is the lead after his role in Interstellar.
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# ? Aug 20, 2015 13:19 |
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The official trailer is fuckin awesome - too bad it's very spoilery. But I really the one-liners
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# ? Aug 20, 2015 13:19 |
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I'm super jazzed for this film.
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# ? Aug 20, 2015 18:13 |
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Good GOD is the "big words over face" poster style played out.
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# ? Aug 20, 2015 18:17 |
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The wheels on the rover have that same spiral thing going on as the wheels on Spirit and Opportunity. This makes me happy.
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Powered Descent posted:The wheels on the rover have that same spiral thing going on as the wheels on Spirit and Opportunity. This makes me happy. What purpose does the spiral serve? At first glance, it looks like some sort of torsion spring mechanism that would only work one way.
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I love that Ridley Scott seems to be in a period of his career where he wants to work constantly, I guess maybe it could be due to tragic circumstances though. Anyway I'm really excited that I'm getting two new Scott sci-fi films in back-to-back years. The Martian will hold me over until Prometheus 2. Its probably too much to hope for that his next project after that will be a Blade Runner sequel.
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I read in the "Who Greenlighted" thread some people talking trash about how horrible the book was written. It's by no means a masterpiece, and clearly written by somebody who comes from a more technical background than a person who went to school for writing, but I really enjoyed it. From the view of somebody who enjoys some nitty-gritty tech stuff, it scratched the right itch for me, and I found the main character to be very likable. Although the trailer does provide some spoilers, I don't think it's that crazy. It really only touches on things that happen in the first half of the book, it's not that bad.
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# ? Aug 20, 2015 19:54 |
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I'm really hyped for this movie, the book is fantastic and I can't wait to see the film treatment. I hope it doesn't stray too far from the novel though!
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zandert33 posted:I read in the "Who Greenlighted" thread some people talking trash about how horrible the book was written. It's by no means a masterpiece, and clearly written by somebody who comes from a more technical background than a person who went to school for writing, but I really enjoyed it. The audiobook for The Martian, BTW, is excellent, probably one of the best that I've ever heard.
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zandert33 posted:Although the trailer does provide some spoilers, I don't think it's that crazy. It really only touches on things that happen in the first half of the book, it's not that bad. Yeah, I agree. Even though those who've read the book will recognize scenes from throughout the entire book, to anyone else they're context-less "Explosions! Rockets! Drama!" Those cuts which are obviously spoilers (Pathfinder, Hermes' mutiny and rescue ) are actually misleadingly edited so don't actually spoil anything that much of importance. Even then, I can't wait to see the movie in all its glory.
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# ? Aug 20, 2015 22:34 |
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I really hope the first line of dialogue in the movie is "I'm pretty much hosed."
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sticklefifer posted:I really hope the first line of dialogue in the movie is "I'm pretty much hosed." You mean monologue, don't you?
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Basebf555 posted:I love that Ridley Scott seems to be in a period of his career where he wants to work constantly, I guess maybe it could be due to tragic circumstances though. Basically, after his brother died, Scott just started working nonstop. It's not dissimilar to Liam Neeson. As for Blade Runner 2, Scott's producing it. Denis Villeneuve is directing.
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# ? Aug 21, 2015 00:12 |
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Trailer looks great, seems like they're going to be pretty faithful to the book. Minor annoyance: IIRC Watney's family is his mom and dad, and he bitches in his logs about not finding a girl to settle down with. Yet the movie has him with a wife and kids. The story really doesn't need that addition to build the drama of his survival/rescue.
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sticklefifer posted:I really hope the first line of dialogue in the movie is "I'm pretty much hosed." In an interview with Adam Savage, Andy said the single alloted PG-13 "gently caress" is used very early on. CommanderApaul posted:Trailer looks great, seems like they're going to be pretty faithful to the book. This was addressed in the spaceflight thread kippa posted:They haven't, it's sneaky editing making it seem that way but the wife/kid is Martinez's. Also that first "meet the crew" style video they made has him explicitly only saying goodbye to his parents, absolutely no mention of anyone else.
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TerminalSaint posted:In an interview with Adam Savage, Andy said the single alloted PG-13 "gently caress" is used very early on. Excellent! I need to get caught up on the spaceflight thread.
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Nth Doctor posted:What purpose does the spiral serve? At first glance, it looks like some sort of torsion spring mechanism that would only work one way. I don't know if it serves a particular purpose at all; as far as I know the wheel is just a rigid structure. For all I know they picked that design purely because hey, it had to be shaped like something, and the spiral looked cool.
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# ? Aug 21, 2015 03:43 |
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Why we got so many space films these days
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The spiral wheels are engineered to be mild shock absorbers and also be lightweight and milled from a single block afaik.
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zandert33 posted:I read in the "Who Greenlighted" thread some people talking trash about how horrible the book was written. It's by no means a masterpiece, and clearly written by somebody who comes from a more technical background than a person who went to school for writing, but I really enjoyed it. Fortunately the screenplay isn't being written by Weir, so I'm optimistic.
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Strange Matter posted:I don't know if I'm fully convinced that Matt Damon is the right guy to portray Watney's sense of humor, but I kind of don't care because The Martian owns incredibly hard. It's like Hatchet for adults and in space. Honestly this is probably for the best, Matt Damon is much funnier And yeah I'm pretty sure you, me, and millions of other people had the exact same thought re: Interstellar
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Vegetable posted:Why we got so many space films these days
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Vegetable posted:Why we got so many space films these days
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Timby posted:As for Blade Runner 2, Scott's producing it. Denis Villeneuve is directing. Holy poo poo. I loved Enemy. I'm pumped for this even more than I was just from hearing the phrase "Blade Runner sequel".
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Basebf555 posted:I love that Ridley Scott seems to be in a period of his career where he wants to work constantly, I guess maybe it could be due to tragic circumstances though. Prometheus II has been confirmed to begin filming in January and Scott wants it released before Alien 5.
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iJay posted:The official trailer is fuckin awesome - too bad it's very spoilery. But I really the one-liners This is like all trailers these days and it sucks. I'm pretty hyped for the movie. I love Matt Damon but I'm not sure if he was the best choice. I think he's good enough to make it work though.
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Immortan posted:Prometheus II has been confirmed to begin filming in January and Scott wants it released before Alien 5. Oh wow, that's great news, Ridley Scott has been associated with so many ambitious upcoming films I didn't know what to think, the dude is certainly industrious.
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ViggyNash posted:This is like all trailers these days and it sucks. Trailers have been loaded with spoilers since trailers were thing. I haven't read the book and the trailer does not seem spoiler-y to me at all. I think it's just people who have read the book are picking out glimpses of "big" or "important" scenes. Periodiko posted:Oh wow, that's great news, Ridley Scott has been associated with so many ambitious upcoming films I didn't know what to think, the dude is certainly industrious. Yeah, the guy's been a workhorse since the beginning of the millennium.
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Going from the vibe of the trailers, he grows lots of vegetables and doesn't marstubate at all.
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osietra posted:Going from the vibe of the trailers, he grows lots of vegetables and doesn't marstubate at all. theres prob very little room to store his vegetable smelling semen
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LesterGroans posted:Trailers have been loaded with spoilers since trailers were thing. Fortunately they aren't spoilers if you haven't read the book, mainly because you have no context.
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osietra posted:Going from the vibe of the trailers, he grows lots of vegetables and doesn't marstubate at all. How do you think he grows the vegetables???
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This is the best prerelease marketing ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fdKyszL1Zo
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CLAM DOWN posted:This is the best prerelease marketing ever BLACK SCIENCE MAN! But seriously, that is some genius marketing. I love that it's presented as a special segment on StarTalk.
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# ? Aug 27, 2015 20:04 |
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I'm a little annoyed at the casting of a a black man to play a character named Kapoor (because all minorities are the same!) and a white woman to play a character named Park (because we have enough minorities now).
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Wendell posted:I'm a little annoyed at the casting of a a black man to play a character named Kapoor (because all minorities are the same!) and a white woman to play a character named Park (because we have enough minorities now). This does suck, but it's not all terrible; they got Donald Glover as Rich Purnell, I cannot wait to see that. It will be amazing.
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Wendell posted:I'm a little annoyed at the casting of a a black man to play a character named Kapoor (because all minorities are the same!) and a white woman to play a character named Park (because we have enough minorities now). Someone's gotta look out for the struggling white actresses out there, it's just so hard for them to get roles in Hollywood movies! Aside from the whitewashing issue though, I am looking forward to this. I have to wonder how much of the engineering aspects from the book will make it into the movie. Conveying Watney's thought process without heavy use of narration may be tough.
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