The Martian

[tyven]

havent seen it yet. was don glover a character that wasnt in the book?

[Zetanio]

Yep.

[Jaybar]

No, he was a character in the book. A very important character that could have been cast by anyone in their 20 somethings.

[Zetanio]

No, he was a character in the book. A very important character that could have been cast by anyone in their 20 somethings.

Yeah. I fucked up. He was in the book. I still don't like the casting for it. Not enough autist for me.

[BerenTebogo]

It seems like they tried to take a character who was supposed to be introvert-autist physicist and make him quirky but amusing and charming.

One thing autistic physicists are not is charming.

[Zetanio]

It seems like they tried to take a character who was supposed to be introvert-autist physicist and make him quirky but amusing and charming.

One thing autistic physicists are not is charming.

IMO they could have just rolled that whole character into

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the chick who finds Matt Damon alive via satellite

[Mythe_Seraph]

I loved how he thought that director of NASA needed a scientific model and used a stapler to explain something that's been used countless times in science fiction and non fiction films. that was pretty autistic if you ask me.

[RKenshin]

Yeah, that part was a little painful... isn't exactly a new or unheard of concept, particularly not in movies/TV.

I still remember Farscape episodes from ~'99 that were cheesing up the whole 'zomg, we're gonna slingshot ourselves with the gravity of the planet!' bit. Not that I disliked the use of the concept in The Martian (particularly in the way the book handled it), but that whole stapler thing was a bit much.

[BerenTebogo]

Or in, you know, basic college level mechanics class.

A class that one would hope the director of NASA has taken at some point in their life.

[tyven]

bruce willy used the moon to slingshot at the meteor so affleck could drill a nuke into it. Armageddon forever you guys

[Xantavia]

bruce willy used the moon to slingshot at the meteor so affleck could drill a nuke into it. Armageddon forever you guys

That ain't shit. Kirk and crew used it to travel through time and save the whales.

[Gabai]

Just got home from watching it. It's the first movie I've ever watched where the 3D did not feel like an obnoxious gimmick. Instead, I felt immersed in the experience of being in the hab with matt damon starring matt damon featuring matt damon in matt damon matt damon. Seriously though, I was taken back with how well the 3D was implemented here and would certainly recommend watching it in the format.

[Meresgi]

Yeah. I fucked up. He was in the book. I still don't like the casting for it. Not enough autist for me.

I don't know, guy was plenty autistic and pretty much how some of those people act. They could have rolled that into another character, but the others had their own parts to play and they probably didn't want people going "Oh sure sure, this ONE person has all these answers and observations"

[macross]

I was fully expecting some random meteor to fly by and hit someone in the head during that final rescue scene.

[Waraji]

Just caught this, packed theater godamn. So good.

[notorious bum]

Jessica Chastain: "I made less than a quarter" of what was reported for 'The Martian' http://huff.lv/1VWTh46

[macross]

yeah, she was a supporting cast...
if it was sandra bullock as the martian then maybe

[Anakron]

Spoilering my question, just to be safe.

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What was the reasoning behind his not being able to grow potatoes again after the freeze? I can understand that batch going bad, but as long as he had some that weren't, why can't he start again? I heard something about bacteria.

[Jaybar]

Spoilering my question, just to be safe.

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What was the reasoning behind his not being able to grow potatoes again after the freeze? I can understand that batch going bad, but as long as he had some that weren't, why can't he start again? I heard something about bacteria.

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It wasn't mentioned in the movie but he had exhausted all his fertilizer resources (the crap pouches) to create his potato farm, and simply using any future poop wasn't enough to start a new garden.

[ronin sparthos]

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I feel like I wasn't supposed to be laughing when the potato farm blew up but the previous scenes just lent themselves to it. Watney was just a bit too upbeat about being stuck on Mars.

Fantastic movie overall. About time we get something that isn't an exercise in depression.

Also +1 for "I'm going to have to science the shit out of this." lmao.