No villain, no bad guy, just a simple "man vs nature" story. Excellent movie. it shows the nature of man so well. Our creativity and inventiveness. Our need for communication and being a social creature. This and "Castaway" are in a category all of their own.
The story of how the book got written is just as interesting as the book itself and the film based on it. Andy Weir wrote it as a serial, publishing each chapter online one at a time. He consulted with NASA scientists, Mars experts, botanists, the whole nine yards in order to write as accurate a story as he could. When he put it together for the book, he edited some minor scientific errors, but in the end nailed all but one thing. The storm at the beginning is the only unrealistic part of the book/movie. While Mars does have powerful storms, the thin atmosphere reduces them to what would be just a windy day here on Earth. The MAV never would have been in danger of tipping in the first place. But without that element, nothing that came after could happen, so it's the one liberty he took.
It is not the only liberty actually You can not survive on potatoes with your own poop as fertilizer. Watch the episode of ‘star talk’ with a nasa scientist who talks about the toxins that would have doomed him without extra treatment
@@MatthewStephensAU From a story telling standpoint it's also cool to see just engineers coming together to solve problems. The conflicts between people feel real for people doing their jobs, there is no over the top drama.
@@TheBronzeTurkey Well since we're all being unnecessarily honest, I can't stand people who feel the need to comment like you have instead of just letting people feel and express themselves. Believe it or not, even though it is the internet, it's okay to just not comment and move on. I normally would do the same, but your comment inspired me.
@@TheBronzeTurkey So do I. "Absolute greatest of all time-ed movie." What does that mean? Language - our vehicle of transport for knowledge - is deteriorating.
Ridley Scott made Matt Damon have no contact with the other actors who played the astronauts. So when he finally hears Johansson on the radio, the emotions were real. He really nailed that!
This and Arrival set new standards for what I expect in a modern Sci-Fi classic. There are very few movies where the airtime is 80% one person. Castaway, Phone Booth and Room (2) comes to mind. I can't imagine anything more demanding as an actor. Damon nailed this.
@@Fish-bw9yh No. Great spacewalk visualizer, absolutely horrible in how the astronauts behave. I'm on the side of Chris Hadfield regarding that movie.
The Martian's Mars scenes were filmed in Wadi Rum, Jordan. Wadi Rum is a valley in the southwestern part of the country, and its desert makes an ideal backdrop for films set in space.
I got to meet the writer of the Martian, Andy Weir, a few times. He did a lot of research and tried to make the book as accurate as possible to what could be achieved.
Funfact: "He is a steely eyed missile man" is the highest compliment you can give someone in the field of space travel...I strongly recommend looking up where that comes from , it is great
it's also a reference to "Apollo 13"...where the Rep from the engine company is called a steely eyed missile man when the engines work after being iced over for so long.
The amount of star power of this movie is awesome. Also, the number of actors in this single movie, who have also been in at least one MCU movie, is astonishing. (7 total, btw, including Matt Damon, who played Thor in the "play" during the last two Thor movies!!!)
I imagine someone has already said the book was better, I would go a step further and listed to the audio book. There is a lot more content and story and the narration really adds to the experience.
Different strengths to different mediums. For example: I overall prefer the book to the movie but I LOVE how the "Pathfinder" reveal and staging are conducted in the movie. It turns it from something interesting to something that's so inspirational and almost sacred in how it honors what has gone on before and what our predecessors have left for us.
I have to agree with y'all. I'd have eaten up that food the first week and died on the toilet of a massive coronary. (At least I'd have gone out like Elvis.)
Comedies aside the commander "I left him behind" and Mark's sobs inside the MAV when he stablished voice comms with the crew damm it hits hard. Then the whole world cheering when they got him.
One of the greatest movies of the last 10 years. He couldn't contact anybody because the communication satellite is the thing that struck and impaled him.
Also just realized that was Michael Pena.... And just so happens he has a movie on prime called "a million Miles away" where he's working a low-level job at nasa trying to be an astronaut
Matt Damon has done amazing work in his career, starting with Good Will Hunting. This movie was above and beyond. He carried this amazing movie, which had an all-star cast. I credit that to the writing of his character. The comedy in such an intense movie was superb.
There are flying phobias, but as far space goes, the best example (if you haven’t seen it) might be “Apollo 13” based on the true story starring Tom Hanks. Great film!
Maybe someone already commented on this, but Matt Damon didn't lose the weight for this. They used a body double. I guess he volunteered to do it, but they said no. He had some health problems from losing weight for Courage Under Fire.
33:20 that’s actually what they do all the time to get resources and people to the international space station, since the station is constantly moving around 17,000 miles and hour and fun fact it revolves around the earth once every 90 minutes
His newest book project hail Mary is also being made into a movie starring Ryan gosling. Filming is already finished but it's going to be a little while. If they do the book justice like they did with the Martian it's going to be amazing, it's one of my favorite books ever. Way better than the Martian for one big reason, if you know you know, no spoilers.
When I first saw this movie I was pleasantly surprised how funny it was! I didn’t expect that. I guess I went in comparing it to Interstellar and Arrival (which I highly recommend). Matt Damon’s character was great! To keep it funny in the darkest of times is what did it for me!
24:40 NASA already have potential Mars astronauts in isolation testing and training - where the candidates are spending literally 2-years+ in pods alone or with a colleague, to simulate the time it takes to travel there and the potential psychological pressure and issues that might arise from it.
Yeah I was impressed he literally called that as soon as Mark sat down for his first video haha. The only thing he didn't know yet was where Mark would find a rover :)
The funny part about the duct tape is that nasa genuinely uses it. And besides all the special ecuipment they had to redesign for a low to no gravity invironment they did nothing to the duct tape. It is simply at its peak, there is no need for improvements
People also forget Duct tape was made for the militery as they need it. We use it but it was not a joke item. Just like Velco was made for space and we just use it for so many things now.
“4-1/2 billion years. Nobody here. I’m the first person to be alone on an entire PLANET”. The profound gravity of those words hits me like a sledgehammer every single time.
23:55 I teach Astronomy. Astronauts have had this realization since an early age. It’s one of the primary factors that drove a lot of the Apollo astronauts to wanting to go to the Moon. Being on Mars wouldn’t feel terribly different than a desert on Earth, but if the spaceship had no artificial gravity, it would feel the most different, but again, they train for that for years in simulations. And I’m not sure if the term is official, but the movie Armageddon called it “Space Madness”
The biggest message of this movie is survive the day. If you fight and win small victories, win the moment, the minute, the hour the day. If you live to fight another day you check it off and plan to win the next day. If you win enough days your life is successful.
This movie is most peoples favorite and love your reaction and channel. Wadi Rum in Jordan was used for external scenes on Mars in filming The Martian. Korda Studios, a location 16 mi west of Budapest, Hungary, in the wine-making village of Etyek, was chosen for filming interior scenes of The Martian. It had one of the largest sound stages in the world
Proof that Ridley Scott can still make iconic sci-fi movies. One of the best things about the movie is how it balances out the dread of the nearly hopeless situation Watney is in with its humor.
There are places on earth that are not made for human life, such as deserts and el amazonas, You have to know the terrain and adapt, But life itself is not made to survive in space literally everything is hostile... massive respect for astronauts
"What does a straight potato diet do to your body" Chris Voigt, the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, ate only potatoes for 60 days in 2010 to raise awareness of potatoes' nutritional value. He lost some weight but cholesterol and blood sugars improved. I was super interested in the 2010 as a potato lover whom eats a baked potatoS plain. No salt no butter no KETCHUP 😛. There was also a guy who claimed to eat nothing but potatoes for a year and lost a bunch of weight. There are some health concerns of doing something like this for a prolonged time for sure. a potato does not have all the necessary vitamins and minerals you need.
I believe both Kevin Smith and Penn Jillette did the only potato diet. They both lost a ton of weight and they claim it resets your taste buds so that everything tastes better.
In the early- to mid-1800s, the Irish subsisted on a largely potato diet. That's why the Irish Potato Famine from 1845-1851 was so devastating. The famine drove a lot of Irish to risk the voyage to America, to try their luck here.
Sorry if someone already said this, but the book explains it so much better. The ship that the crew left in, had the antenna needed to transmit messages to relay satellites and back to Earth. Once that ship was gone, there was no technology in his housing unit that would allow him to send messages back
i agree one of the best space movie to date.. i would recommend THE ACCOUNTANT if you haven't watched it yet.. not a space movie for sure but one of the best under rated action movie.. cool movie cool reaction guys.. 😊😊👍
I mean to be 100% honest its a great film, deffs rewatchable, myself with this reaction is probs bout the 10th time but for a movie that has only been out 9 years.....I ponder how many movies have you actually seen cause there are most certainly better films to have as a "one watch for the rest of life"
@@OverWims You sound like me with my DVD wall....legit an entire living room wall to wall across.....last count was in the 6000's of both movies & TV series
33:11 That's how it works in space. When they were figuring out Apollo, they described a Rendezvous as 'me in my backyard, you in the front yard. You throw a baseball over my roof and I'll try and hit it with a tennis ball as it comes over.' Except if you don't get it on the first try, everyone dies. In the book there was a contingency plan. Most of the Crew would kill themselves and Johanssen would use them for food until she came back around to Earth. When the resupply docked safely, the first thing Martinez did was ask who she'd have eaten first.
Enjoyed the movie; a combo of Castaway and Apollo 13. Great casting. Should have stuck around for the song during the end credits, after Ridley Scott’s name popped up
The Martian atmosphere is so thin that its strongest windstorm could barely rustle a piece of paper, much less blow a lander over. (A fact freely admitted to by author Andy Weir.) Other than that, The Martian (book and movie) did a sensational job of getting the science right. Love this movie!
The reason why - after the decompression of the Hab - Watney can't start up the farm again is covered in the book more thoroughly. The soil needed the fertilizer - the fertilizer plus the human feces produced BACTERIA. Bacteria is what turns DIRT - in ARABLE SOIL. That provides the nutrients the plants need. It isn't just that the potato plants got killed by the decompression and the freezing - the SOIL got killed too! And he's got nothing left for that anymore. His reaction in the rover afterwards - totally justified and you really FEEL it. Monumental frustration at losing everything he built up to that point. He just hit the "Despair event horizon".
You know, the last time I rewatched this I wondered about that, because he's been continuing to poop this whole time. Couldn't he mix up some new soil with his more recent leavings? Is it an issue of supply?
@@jerodast I had a nicely detailed post about this. And EFFING UA-cam ATE IT. So fine - you get the TLDR version. Plants all gone. Nothing left to replant. Boom. Done. Is THAT short enough for you, UA-cam? You censorious FUCKWITS???
@@jerodast I have tried to reply to this twice now. The (SARCASM) Glorious BENEFICIAL KIND PEOPLE (/SARCASM) running this site have deemed my long form reply - which was scientifically accurate and non-political, to be unworthy. My second attempt - slightly less polite to our ever so kind overlords. Was also removed. One more try - *Plants all gone. Nothing left to replant.*
@jerodast I have tried to reply to this twice now. The (SARCASM) Glorious BENEFICIAL KIND PEOPLE (/SARCASM) running this site have deemed my long form reply - which was scientifically accurate and non-political, to be unworthy. My second attempt - slightly less polite to our ever so kind overlords. Was also removed. One more try - Plants all gone. Nothing left to replant.
Not sure why this movie inspires me so much. Maybe it's because I've enjoyed this level of isolation and alone time since the pandemic and my retirement. Regardless, it is a testament to the human spirit and the will to survive.
2:35 You could always get the "Oxygen level critical!" announcement as your morning alarm - motivational start of the day. Up and at it, with an edge :)
What a fantastic sci-fi movie; excellent script & writing…great casting & cinematography was spot on. The science kept us engaged by breaking the problems down & related to each one of us who has ever overcome obstacles. Oooh, have y’all seen “Oblivion” & “Passenger” yet? Give them a shot, they’re pretty good in their own. Great reaction!
23:35 wow. That's one of the best questions I've ever heard! Maaaan, I never thought of something like that before... It would be like claustrobia, but reversed. It probably exists. Great thought, bro!
I don't think you've done Apollo 13. A story that really happened and the graphics hold up today. It's my first recommendation when it comes to space movies. I also love learning about the universe, space and the space program.
18:57 you’re exactly correct. In theory, they COULD turn around and go back, but the specific design of Hermes is to constantly accelerate through its journey. Pretty much every ship we’ve actually built uses chemical reactions to produce thrust, the longest burn times last maybe a few minutes at most. Hermes uses a nuclear reactor to throw argon out the back for months at a time. It doesn’t accelerate the ship much, but it’s always happening and that adds up. In order to turn around, they’d have to spend as much time as they spent accelerating away from Mars slowing down, then that same amount of time again accelerating towards Mars to go back, getting Mark, and then going back to Earth. All of them would starve to death doing that.
For a non-fiction story along these lines, “Apollo 13” has Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, and Bill Paxton, and the characters include one guy who was actually given the accolade “steely-eyed missile man” at NASA. For a fictional story, “Gravity” with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is a real nail-biter; Bullock *should* have won Best Actress for it.
When we go into space, we have to remember to take our humanity with us. Risk it all to save one, and they will do the same for you. The only prejudice is what we bring with us.
Ridley Scott is a very talented director, even with a rough patch he has hit of late. That being said, early reactions for GLADIATOR 2 do look promising (can’t wait to check it out) with a potential record-tying 10th acting nomination incoming for Denzel Washington (if nominated, he would tie Laurence Olivier as the 2nd most nominated male actor ever and put him only behind 12-time nominee Jack Nicholson).
I recommend to watch on your own time the two extra scenes used to promote the movie: Ares 3 The Right Stuff (crew interview after isolation training) Ares 3 Farewell (Mark Watney vlog while in orbit over Earth before the Hermes leaves for Mars)
The thing about potatoes is that you can always make more out of them so he still could have grown more just like he did with the original vacuum sealed potatoes he started with
The most amazing thing with this movie, and even more with the book it's adapted from, is that the science behind it all is almost all accurate. The only thing that does not work out is that Mars' atmosphere is not thick enough to create storms with the kind of wind forces described, that was a liberty they took to make the story work, both in the book and the movie. But other than that, all of it is scientifically accurate.
The exterior views were filmed in the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan. It's natural, red sands made it the perfect location. I love this movie, not only for its great storytelling, but for how well it adhers to the rules of future deep space exploration and the technology required to achieve it.
They actually talk about the potato diet in the book a little bit, the upshot is that he had enough vitamins and whatnot that he wasn't going to die of a deficiency, but its basically pure starch and nothing else, so it wasn't something you'd want to do in any other situation.
If you weren't aware, Kate Mara (Johansson) is part of Football royalty; her mother's family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers, and her father's family owns the New York Giants.
First Mars' atmosphere is approx 1% the density of Earths' so your average Fart has more pressure than any Martian wind. Anyway, I had the book about a year before the movie came out. There is way more humor and smartass quips and other things left out of the movie or it would have been about 4hrs long. Spoiler Alert! Mark did not do the Iron Man thing in the book. Martinez went and got Mark out of the MAV and brought him back. Best Mark quote "Duct Tape works anywhere, it is Magic and should be Worshipped!". When the guys at NASA were telling where the quote about Elrond came from Lord of the Rings, that woman said "None of you ever got Laid in School! " The book had all kinds of stuff like that.
It was crazy in the movie but his effort to get it all together was waaay harder in the book. What he does almost passively in the film has a lot of thought/trial and error in the book, especially with crops and getting the rover ready for the long trip. It is science but the book makes it relatively easy to understand
So the same author who wrote this also wrote another book called Project Hail Mary. It's my favorite book of all time and they greenlit a movie about it starring Ryan Gosling that's set to come out in 2026. I expect a reaction!
I like that one of the most incredible things you commented on was the supply rendezvous, but we do that all the time with the International Space Station.
Have you noticed that the German astronaut Vogel in the movie and the real German astronaut Alexander Gerst look very similar? They even come from the same city :D
One of the things brought up in the book that is actually true is NASA's use of Duct tape. Like regular, name brand duct tape that you would get from the hardware store. Apparently, even NASA can't improve duct tape - it even works in the vacuum of space!
Oh, by the way, duct tape is the only thing that isn’t on the manifest of the Space Shuttles or missions into space′ They just bring it with them because you can use it for almost anything, and you never know.
No villain, no bad guy, just a simple "man vs nature" story. Excellent movie. it shows the nature of man so well. Our creativity and inventiveness. Our need for communication and being a social creature. This and "Castaway" are in a category all of their own.
Never looked at it that way but its true and a great story on top
Well said.
In the real life mission Apollo 13
The story of how the book got written is just as interesting as the book itself and the film based on it. Andy Weir wrote it as a serial, publishing each chapter online one at a time. He consulted with NASA scientists, Mars experts, botanists, the whole nine yards in order to write as accurate a story as he could. When he put it together for the book, he edited some minor scientific errors, but in the end nailed all but one thing. The storm at the beginning is the only unrealistic part of the book/movie. While Mars does have powerful storms, the thin atmosphere reduces them to what would be just a windy day here on Earth. The MAV never would have been in danger of tipping in the first place. But without that element, nothing that came after could happen, so it's the one liberty he took.
Came here to say this. The power of the Martian is that it's all real science and real math, except for the first five minutes.
the 'ironman stunt' would never have worked either tbh.
@@gibsonmunyi7225 he didnt do that in the book, so it's still realistic. Though I agree that it looks really cool in the movie.
It is not the only liberty actually
You can not survive on potatoes with your own poop as fertilizer.
Watch the episode of ‘star talk’ with a nasa scientist who talks about the toxins that would have doomed him without extra treatment
@@MatthewStephensAU From a story telling standpoint it's also cool to see just engineers coming together to solve problems. The conflicts between people feel real for people doing their jobs, there is no over the top drama.
Absolute GOATed movie 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I hate people who say stupid shit like that.
@@TheBronzeTurkey Well since we're all being unnecessarily honest, I can't stand people who feel the need to comment like you have instead of just letting people feel and express themselves. Believe it or not, even though it is the internet, it's okay to just not comment and move on. I normally would do the same, but your comment inspired me.
@@Smokie_666well if we’re being honest, I still can’t believe it’s not butter.
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@@TheBronzeTurkey So do I. "Absolute greatest of all time-ed movie." What does that mean? Language - our vehicle of transport for knowledge - is deteriorating.
Ridley Scott made Matt Damon have no contact with the other actors who played the astronauts. So when he finally hears Johansson on the radio, the emotions were real. He really nailed that!
This and Arrival set new standards for what I expect in a modern Sci-Fi classic.
There are very few movies where the airtime is 80% one person. Castaway, Phone Booth and Room (2) comes to mind. I can't imagine anything more demanding as an actor. Damon nailed this.
You forgot "Gravity" which after this I think they'd really enjoy.
Locke. With Tom Hardy driving the car.
@@Fish-bw9yh gravity is not comparable
@@lkf8799 Yes! I was going to mention Locke.
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No. Great spacewalk visualizer, absolutely horrible in how the astronauts behave. I'm on the side of Chris Hadfield regarding that movie.
This is one of my all time favorite films. I've seen about a dozen reactions. I enjoy it every time.
Exactly, it's amazing!
Ditto! Watching reactions & interacting with other viewers is my new favorite way to re-watch movies and listen to 9ld songs.
The Martian's Mars scenes were filmed in Wadi Rum, Jordan. Wadi Rum is a valley in the southwestern part of the country, and its desert makes an ideal backdrop for films set in space.
I lived in Moab, Utah, for a time. I'm surprised they didn't film near here. Looks a lot like Wadi Rum and Mars.
As much as I enjoy Kristen Wiig's comedy, I really think she nailed the part in this film and would love to see her do more roles like this character.
I pooted
Yeah, she's so underrated. Perfect for both types of roles. 💯
I got to meet the writer of the Martian, Andy Weir, a few times. He did a lot of research and tried to make the book as accurate as possible to what could be achieved.
Matt Damon is one of my favorite actors and this movie is so moving and one of his best films
Funfact: "He is a steely eyed missile man" is the highest compliment you can give someone in the field of space travel...I strongly recommend looking up where that comes from , it is great
it's also a reference to "Apollo 13"...where the Rep from the engine company is called a steely eyed missile man when the engines work after being iced over for so long.
Switch SCE to Aux :)
The amount of star power of this movie is awesome.
Also, the number of actors in this single movie, who have also been in at least one MCU movie, is astonishing. (7 total, btw, including Matt Damon, who played Thor in the "play" during the last two Thor movies!!!)
No, he was Loki! Luke Hemsworth was Thor.
@@kayshinae9023 point to you. Thanks for the save
I imagine someone has already said the book was better, I would go a step further and listed to the audio book. There is a lot more content and story and the narration really adds to the experience.
I love the book but cannot imagine a better film adaptation.
Different strengths to different mediums. For example: I overall prefer the book to the movie but I LOVE how the "Pathfinder" reveal and staging are conducted in the movie. It turns it from something interesting to something that's so inspirational and almost sacred in how it honors what has gone on before and what our predecessors have left for us.
I have to agree with y'all. I'd have eaten up that food the first week and died on the toilet of a massive coronary. (At least I'd have gone out like Elvis.)
Comedies aside the commander "I left him behind" and Mark's sobs inside the MAV when he stablished voice comms with the crew damm it hits hard. Then the whole world cheering when they got him.
One of the greatest movies of the last 10 years.
He couldn't contact anybody because the communication satellite is the thing that struck and impaled him.
Satcom Antenna, not Satellite.
@Ryan_Christopher oh true. That's what i meant. Satellite dish. Not an actual satellite.
Also just realized that was Michael Pena.... And just so happens he has a movie on prime called "a million Miles away" where he's working a low-level job at nasa trying to be an astronaut
The real guy the movie is based on spoke at our company recently. It was inspiring to meet him.
Matt Damon has done amazing work in his career, starting with Good Will Hunting. This movie was above and beyond. He carried this amazing movie, which had an all-star cast. I credit that to the writing of his character. The comedy in such an intense movie was superb.
There are flying phobias, but as far space goes, the best example (if you haven’t seen it) might be “Apollo 13” based on the true story starring Tom Hanks. Great film!
Maybe someone already commented on this, but Matt Damon didn't lose the weight for this. They used a body double. I guess he volunteered to do it, but they said no. He had some health problems from losing weight for Courage Under Fire.
I just love how humorous this film is. Also enjoy these kind of one man survival films like Castaway
33:20 that’s actually what they do all the time to get resources and people to the international space station, since the station is constantly moving around 17,000 miles and hour and fun fact it revolves around the earth once every 90 minutes
I like to look for it going overhead when it's visible. ISS detector app will show you when you can see it locally.
“And that assumes nothing goes wrong.” Foreshadowing!
His newest book project hail Mary is also being made into a movie starring Ryan gosling. Filming is already finished but it's going to be a little while. If they do the book justice like they did with the Martian it's going to be amazing, it's one of my favorite books ever. Way better than the Martian for one big reason, if you know you know, no spoilers.
My all time favorite movie. It’s such a gem of a film.
When I first saw this movie I was pleasantly surprised how funny it was! I didn’t expect that. I guess I went in comparing it to Interstellar and Arrival (which I highly recommend). Matt Damon’s character was great! To keep it funny in the darkest of times is what did it for me!
24:40 NASA already have potential Mars astronauts in isolation testing and training - where the candidates are spending literally 2-years+ in pods alone or with a colleague, to simulate the time it takes to travel there and the potential psychological pressure and issues that might arise from it.
I’m doing something similar in my apartment
Damn Vince is smart as hell thinking about the robots sending pics
Yeah I was impressed he literally called that as soon as Mark sat down for his first video haha. The only thing he didn't know yet was where Mark would find a rover :)
@@jerodastI second you both. He made a couple statements/observations during the film that convinced me he’s sharp as a razor blade.
The funny part about the duct tape is that nasa genuinely uses it. And besides all the special ecuipment they had to redesign for a low to no gravity invironment they did nothing to the duct tape. It is simply at its peak, there is no need for improvements
People also forget Duct tape was made for the militery as they need it. We use it but it was not a joke item. Just like Velco was made for space and we just use it for so many things now.
Also paracord.
The one problem with duct tape is how it gets gooey on the side of the tape roll. If they fixed that it's a perfect human invention :)
“4-1/2 billion years. Nobody here. I’m the first person to be alone on an entire PLANET”.
The profound gravity of those words hits me like a sledgehammer every single time.
23:55 I teach Astronomy. Astronauts have had this realization since an early age. It’s one of the primary factors that drove a lot of the Apollo astronauts to wanting to go to the Moon. Being on Mars wouldn’t feel terribly different than a desert on Earth, but if the spaceship had no artificial gravity, it would feel the most different, but again, they train for that for years in simulations. And I’m not sure if the term is official, but the movie Armageddon called it “Space Madness”
The biggest message of this movie is survive the day. If you fight and win small victories, win the moment, the minute, the hour the day. If you live to fight another day you check it off and plan to win the next day. If you win enough days your life is successful.
This movie is most peoples favorite and love your reaction and channel. Wadi Rum in Jordan was used for external scenes on Mars in filming The Martian. Korda Studios, a location 16 mi west of Budapest, Hungary, in the wine-making village of Etyek, was chosen for filming interior scenes of The Martian. It had one of the largest sound stages in the world
Proof that Ridley Scott can still make iconic sci-fi movies. One of the best things about the movie is how it balances out the dread of the nearly hopeless situation Watney is in with its humor.
There are places on earth that are not made for human life, such as deserts and el amazonas, You have to know the terrain and adapt, But life itself is not made to survive in space literally everything is hostile... massive respect for astronauts
"What does a straight potato diet do to your body"
Chris Voigt, the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, ate only potatoes for 60 days in 2010 to raise awareness of potatoes' nutritional value. He lost some weight but cholesterol and blood sugars improved. I was super interested in the 2010 as a potato lover whom eats a baked potatoS plain. No salt no butter no KETCHUP 😛.
There was also a guy who claimed to eat nothing but potatoes for a year and lost a bunch of weight.
There are some health concerns of doing something like this for a prolonged time for sure. a potato does not have all the necessary vitamins and minerals you need.
In the book, Watney mentions that he has vitamin supplements.
I believe both Kevin Smith and Penn Jillette did the only potato diet. They both lost a ton of weight and they claim it resets your taste buds so that everything tastes better.
In the early- to mid-1800s, the Irish subsisted on a largely potato diet. That's why the Irish Potato Famine from 1845-1851 was so devastating. The famine drove a lot of Irish to risk the voyage to America, to try their luck here.
It was shot on location in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. You can visit there, Jordan is a small country. The landscape is stunning.
I went into this blind when I first watched it too. Now one of my favourite movies. Just an all around well done movie.
phenomenal ass movie I'm so glad you guys checked this one out!! Can't wait to dive into this reaction!
Sorry if someone already said this, but the book explains it so much better. The ship that the crew left in, had the antenna needed to transmit messages to relay satellites and back to Earth. Once that ship was gone, there was no technology in his housing unit that would allow him to send messages back
Guys, I recommend Matt Damon again in Broune movies. It's totally worth it 👌.
Bourne*
But yeah, fantastic series and exceptional role for Matt Damon. I hope they watch them
Wait they haven't seen the Bourne movies???
i agree one of the best space movie to date.. i would recommend THE ACCOUNTANT if you haven't watched it yet.. not a space movie for sure but one of the best under rated action movie.. cool movie cool reaction guys.. 😊😊👍
This is my all time favourite movie. If I could only watch one for the rest of my life, this would be it.
I mean to be 100% honest its a great film, deffs rewatchable, myself with this reaction is probs bout the 10th time but for a movie that has only been out 9 years.....I ponder how many movies have you actually seen cause there are most certainly better films to have as a "one watch for the rest of life"
@@Thedude8450 a lot...I have over 1000 DVDs/Blu-rays lol. I mostly watch TV shows rather than movies though
@@OverWims You sound like me with my DVD wall....legit an entire living room wall to wall across.....last count was in the 6000's of both movies & TV series
@@Thedude8450 wow thats a lot.
@@Thedude8450 Very curious now what movies you would rate highest!
33:11 That's how it works in space. When they were figuring out Apollo, they described a Rendezvous as 'me in my backyard, you in the front yard. You throw a baseball over my roof and I'll try and hit it with a tennis ball as it comes over.' Except if you don't get it on the first try, everyone dies.
In the book there was a contingency plan. Most of the Crew would kill themselves and Johanssen would use them for food until she came back around to Earth. When the resupply docked safely, the first thing Martinez did was ask who she'd have eaten first.
He even makes the joke that he'd be the most tasty cause "Hey! Who doesn't like Mexican? eh?" 🤣🤣
One of the most positive and uplifting films ever made!! A real feel good movie!! A truly beautiful masterpiece of a film!!💪👏🙌🙏👍❤🎉
Enjoyed the movie; a combo of Castaway and Apollo 13. Great casting. Should have stuck around for the song during the end credits, after Ridley Scott’s name popped up
Love the Lord of The Rings reference, especially with Boromir standing RIGHT THERE!
I'm more impressed that Teddy knows about Glorfindel, who was in the books but not the movie.
@GamerKatz_1971 true, that is the more impressive reference
Matt Damon is being saved in so many movies. It's like he's being cast in those specific roles, almost just like Sean Bean.
The Martian atmosphere is so thin that its strongest windstorm could barely rustle a piece of paper, much less blow a lander over. (A fact freely admitted to by author Andy Weir.) Other than that, The Martian (book and movie) did a sensational job of getting the science right. Love this movie!
The reason why - after the decompression of the Hab - Watney can't start up the farm again is covered in the book more thoroughly. The soil needed the fertilizer - the fertilizer plus the human feces produced BACTERIA. Bacteria is what turns DIRT - in ARABLE SOIL. That provides the nutrients the plants need. It isn't just that the potato plants got killed by the decompression and the freezing - the SOIL got killed too! And he's got nothing left for that anymore. His reaction in the rover afterwards - totally justified and you really FEEL it. Monumental frustration at losing everything he built up to that point. He just hit the "Despair event horizon".
You know, the last time I rewatched this I wondered about that, because he's been continuing to poop this whole time. Couldn't he mix up some new soil with his more recent leavings? Is it an issue of supply?
@@jerodast I had a nicely detailed post about this. And EFFING UA-cam ATE IT.
So fine - you get the TLDR version.
Plants all gone. Nothing left to replant. Boom. Done.
Is THAT short enough for you, UA-cam? You censorious FUCKWITS???
@@jerodast I have tried to reply to this twice now. The (SARCASM) Glorious BENEFICIAL KIND PEOPLE (/SARCASM) running this site have deemed my long form reply - which was scientifically accurate and non-political, to be unworthy.
My second attempt - slightly less polite to our ever so kind overlords. Was also removed.
One more try -
*Plants all gone. Nothing left to replant.*
@jerodast I have tried to reply to this twice now. The (SARCASM) Glorious BENEFICIAL KIND PEOPLE (/SARCASM) running this site have deemed my long form reply - which was scientifically accurate and non-political, to be unworthy.
My second attempt - slightly less polite to our ever so kind overlords. Was also removed.
One more try -
Plants all gone. Nothing left to replant.
I think you two would like the show For All Mankind. It's so good.
hell yeah, this is one of my favorite movies, i always watch people react to it when i see a new chanel watch it 😂
One of my top 5 movies.
Not sure why this movie inspires me so much. Maybe it's because I've enjoyed this level of isolation and alone time since the pandemic and my retirement. Regardless, it is a testament to the human spirit and the will to survive.
2:35 You could always get the "Oxygen level critical!" announcement as your morning alarm - motivational start of the day. Up and at it, with an edge :)
What a fantastic sci-fi movie; excellent script & writing…great casting & cinematography was spot on. The science kept us engaged by breaking the problems down & related to each one of us who has ever overcome obstacles. Oooh, have y’all seen “Oblivion” & “Passenger” yet? Give them a shot, they’re pretty good in their own. Great reaction!
23:35 wow. That's one of the best questions I've ever heard! Maaaan, I never thought of something like that before... It would be like claustrobia, but reversed. It probably exists. Great thought, bro!
Agoraphobia?
@@catprog yes exactly, but for space specifically, maybe? Agoraphobia still fits very well!
I don't think you've done Apollo 13. A story that really happened and the graphics hold up today. It's my first recommendation when it comes to space movies. I also love learning about the universe, space and the space program.
Appreciated your intelligence and space knowledge!
18:57 you’re exactly correct. In theory, they COULD turn around and go back, but the specific design of Hermes is to constantly accelerate through its journey. Pretty much every ship we’ve actually built uses chemical reactions to produce thrust, the longest burn times last maybe a few minutes at most. Hermes uses a nuclear reactor to throw argon out the back for months at a time. It doesn’t accelerate the ship much, but it’s always happening and that adds up. In order to turn around, they’d have to spend as much time as they spent accelerating away from Mars slowing down, then that same amount of time again accelerating towards Mars to go back, getting Mark, and then going back to Earth. All of them would starve to death doing that.
Great movie. The book was even better (Audiobook is amazing)
good job you two was fun watching y'all
Good 1!
The crow with Brendan Lee and big trouble in little china are great also
For a non-fiction story along these lines, “Apollo 13” has Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, and Bill Paxton, and the characters include one guy who was actually given the accolade “steely-eyed missile man” at NASA.
For a fictional story, “Gravity” with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is a real nail-biter; Bullock *should* have won Best Actress for it.
Steely eyed missile man is the biggest compliment that can be given.
When we go into space, we have to remember to take our humanity with us. Risk it all to save one, and they will do the same for you. The only prejudice is what we bring with us.
Bravo.
Excellent choice guys 💯
There is also an old film called "Robinson Crusoe On Mars" made back in 1964.
Finally someone react on this movie.
You would think going into that movie it's a true story but it's not and that's why I love this movie cuz it's filmed like a true story
Ridley Scott is a very talented director, even with a rough patch he has hit of late. That being said, early reactions for GLADIATOR 2 do look promising (can’t wait to check it out) with a potential record-tying 10th acting nomination incoming for Denzel Washington (if nominated, he would tie Laurence Olivier as the 2nd most nominated male actor ever and put him only behind 12-time nominee Jack Nicholson).
Absolute awesome movie
Childish Gambino. Yall ever seen the show Atlanta? That shit be funny, great show.
I recommend to watch on your own time the two extra scenes used to promote the movie:
Ares 3 The Right Stuff (crew interview after isolation training)
Ares 3 Farewell (Mark Watney vlog while in orbit over Earth before the Hermes leaves for Mars)
For me this was the best movie of 2015.
"He looks looks like Leonardo Dicaprio" well funny that, go watch The Departed haha
the old saying; "if you can't duct it, fuct it....."
The thing about potatoes is that you can always make more out of them so he still could have grown more just like he did with the original vacuum sealed potatoes he started with
The most amazing thing with this movie, and even more with the book it's adapted from, is that the science behind it all is almost all accurate. The only thing that does not work out is that Mars' atmosphere is not thick enough to create storms with the kind of wind forces described, that was a liberty they took to make the story work, both in the book and the movie. But other than that, all of it is scientifically accurate.
The exterior views were filmed in the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan. It's natural, red sands made it the perfect location. I love this movie, not only for its great storytelling, but for how well it adhers to the rules of future deep space exploration and the technology required to achieve it.
Yes 👍🏾 Awesome Movie Perfect Mix ❤️
They actually talk about the potato diet in the book a little bit, the upshot is that he had enough vitamins and whatnot that he wasn't going to die of a deficiency, but its basically pure starch and nothing else, so it wasn't something you'd want to do in any other situation.
Wow, I never get to see thesw so early, yay
good show!
If you haven’t already seen them, you should definitely check out ‘Arrival’ and ‘Moon’, both really good sci-fi movies.
I have “SOL 97” tatted on me.. the day mark made contact with earth.. as a reminder that even when you feel the most alone you’re never truly alone
If you weren't aware, Kate Mara (Johansson) is part of Football royalty; her mother's family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers, and her father's family owns the New York Giants.
Definitely would be interested in traveling to Mars someday if possible and explore the Geology there too! 🤠👏🏻
First Mars' atmosphere is approx 1% the density of Earths' so your average Fart has more pressure than any Martian wind. Anyway, I had the book about a year before the movie came out. There is way more humor and smartass quips and other things left out of the movie or it would have been about 4hrs long. Spoiler Alert! Mark did not do the Iron Man thing in the book. Martinez went and got Mark out of the MAV and brought him back. Best Mark quote "Duct Tape works anywhere, it is Magic and should be Worshipped!". When the guys at NASA were telling where the quote about Elrond came from Lord of the Rings, that woman said "None of you ever got Laid in School! " The book had all kinds of stuff like that.
Apparently it takes a radio signal 4-24 minutes to get from mars to earth, 4 when earth and mars are closest to each other and 24 when at the farthest
Apollo 13 has a similar theme with the Moon and it really happened. Or very close to real events. Great reaction. Thanks.
It was crazy in the movie but his effort to get it all together was waaay harder in the book. What he does almost passively in the film has a lot of thought/trial and error in the book, especially with crops and getting the rover ready for the long trip. It is science but the book makes it relatively easy to understand
So the same author who wrote this also wrote another book called Project Hail Mary. It's my favorite book of all time and they greenlit a movie about it starring Ryan Gosling that's set to come out in 2026.
I expect a reaction!
I like that one of the most incredible things you commented on was the supply rendezvous, but we do that all the time with the International Space Station.
I was in a similar situation so I can relate
Have you noticed that the German astronaut Vogel in the movie and the real German astronaut Alexander Gerst look very similar? They even come from the same city :D
That reminds me - Goodbye Lenin (2003) would make for a good reaction :)
Great commentary on recycling
Congrats on completing the "Let's save Matt Damon" trilogy
One of the things brought up in the book that is actually true is NASA's use of Duct tape. Like regular, name brand duct tape that you would get from the hardware store. Apparently, even NASA can't improve duct tape - it even works in the vacuum of space!
I absolutely cannot watch Armageddon again, it makes me bawl my eyes out
Oh, by the way, duct tape is the only thing that isn’t on the manifest of the Space Shuttles or missions into space′ They just bring it with them because you can use it for almost anything, and you never know.