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@@johncampbell756That and the fact that Mars has gravity similar to the moon. Aside from the obvious visual cues of Watney not bouncing around (and no, the spacesuit excuse doesn't work, he's in plain clothes in the HAB), in the book, the gravity is mentioned a lot when he's performing manual labor and the fact that he's consuming considerably less calories because of it.
1:01:47 The accuracy of the science? Well... you could react to MatPat's The Film Theorists title: "Film Theory: Is the martian's poop science full of crap?" That'll be great. Please and Thanks.
My favorite random fact from the movie is that at the very end when everyone is celebrating in the airlock, it's actually a purposeful jab at the book! In the novel, Watney says something to the extent of "If this were a movie, we would all be celebrating in the airlock". Instead of course, he hadn't bathed properly in literal years and smelled absolutely abhorent. So in the movie, they made absolutely sure to have everyone celebrate in the airlock.
He did bathe in his radioactive decay powered field thub though. He only didn't get to wash himself for last few days/weeks he spend in the rover on the MAV site since he was turning water to hydrogen there, meaning no more sponge baths either. But between the general awfulness of it all and surviving 12G when he probably soiled himself (no help against that at those speeds - what goes out goes out)... Yeah, the boy STANK for sure. And he also didn't get to ironman himself around either, he got pulled out by Beck. But neither of those things look good in a movie, so they went a little off script there. Which i have no objections to, because it was dramatic enough. So. 5/5 for me as well
I watched this movie during a difficult time in my life, and that line completely shook me. It was what I needed in that moment, the knowledge that you can decide, “No, this is the way it’s going to be.” One of my favorite movies because of it.
I am freely gonna admit that I watch this movie way too often. It is just so well-made and wholesome and entertaining. It's one of my alltime favorite sick-day or "dont know what I wanna watch" movies
@@ct6852 To be honest, I find Cast Away too depressing to watch, tho I've seen it all, and some bits a few times. I don't think I've ever sat thru the entire The Martian from the begining, but have seen it multiple times, often channel surfing, see that its on and nothing else worth watching, so I'll watch it. I had never seen the extended version, so I guess I should get it and watch it.
I watched Interstellar way too often, i watched it many nights when i went to sleep. Overall i just love Sci Fi films and i love to sleep to them but i don't do that anymore because it's counter productive to my sleep. But i knew the minute they went into space and always skipped to that part and i always fall asleep after the poem.
My favourate thing about this movie/book isn't even in the movie/book. Weir (the author) had to calculate power usage per day so often that he sort of short-handed it. He realized Watley would have too calculate that as well, so he had him invent a unit of measurement in the book... the "Pirate-Ninja". Well... at JPL, they also have too calculate that all the time. So the Pirate-Ninja has made its way into actual usage. Engineers and managers alike use it in calculations and meetings.
Reminds me of how the spikes on a Stegosaurus tail got named. Scientists hadn't come up with one, but there's a Farside comic that called it a Thagomizer, and now that's the official technical term
In the book, he has to adjust for days being a different length on Mars. That’s why it’s always Sol. So he is calculating kilowatt hours per sol which becomes pirate ninjas. Also, Mindy has to adjust her sleeping pattern by an amount per day so she is in step with his sol. Just a bit of nerd-ness for you!
When I was in the 9th grade my teacher put this on for us and he told me this was based on a true story. He even went was far as to say there was a live stream on UA-cam that documented when he returns back to Earth. I fully believed this for like 4 years until I decided to look up the Wikipedia page. Now it makes so much sense why I could hear the rest of the class laughing as he told me this was a true story 😂
The opening lines to the book made me read the story and I wished it's how the movie opened. "I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked." Also instead of disco being what Mark is thinking about while alone up there, the book has this. "How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense."
It's so funny that he mentions Iron Man, considering bucky, Wong and Luiz are in the movie😂 Side note "we got him" and the explosion of cheers after will always make me tear up
One of my favorite subtle things in the film is when the Project Elrond meeting is beginning and they’re explaining the name to Annie, Teddy walks in and claims the codename Glorfindel, thus explaining that, for as much of a bureaucratic a-hole as he is, he is still a Tolkien geek at heart. Things like that really make the characters in this film so appealing to me!
And Glorfindel is an important character for the whole Elrond/Rivendell story in the book. I believe he is the character who Arwen took the role of in the Peter Jackson adaptation.
That was such a geek out moment. Love Annie's response too: "I hate you all." lol. Honestly, teddy has such a crap position. He has to deal with the shit from both ends... the engineers and teams actually DOING things, and the politicians and media expecting specific results. It's an impossible job to win at. He gets unfairly painted as a villain quite often, but honestly... he has to make the hard call and all he can base it on is risk vs reward. He doesn't have the benefit of emotion. It sucks. And he plays it so very well.
Literally all of the religions and political parties of the would have to disagree with you. Most homosapiens refuse to be human, they choose to be unthinking animals.
Matt crying was actually genuine. Because he did all of his sense alone and had no one to act with. He dedicated his performances because of ridely Scott’s choice to not have him act with the other actors of the Artemis crew. They played prerecorded lines through Matt’s helmet in the suit .
I love this movie. Glad to see you watched the extended version which has about 20 minutes not in the theatrical version. Some of the reasons Mark was on this mission in the first place was because he's good at solving problems, he's also an engineer in addition to being a botanist, and his personality helps the crew work well together. In NASA, calling someone a "steely-eyed missile man" is the highest compliment that can be given. It refers to someone who solves a crisis under extreme stress. Pathfinder and the little skateboard rover Sojourner really did land on Mars and the site is now known as the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. Look up the details of that mission. Lots of stuff is different in the book, which I highly recommend you read, than in the movie. For instance, they don't do the silly Iron Man stuff in the book. Mark suggests it but it is vetoed immediately. He stays put and Beck goes out and gets him as planned. He also has lots of crises in the book that they left out of the movie, otherwise it would have been about 12 hours long. As for duct tape, here are a couple quotes from Mark about it from the book: "Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape." "Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped."
I've seen this movie four or five times, and every time I watch it I forget for about half an hour that it's not actually based on a true story :') That's just how good it is at drawing you in and making you feel like the story is plausible
I remember watching this in high school and like halfway through i thought, wow, why don’t they teach us about this in school? Then I remembered, oh wait, we’ve never been to Mars, and their ship is only theoretical currently
I love this movie so much. My dad is a retired NASA aerospace engineer and the point of this film where they rush to send him supplies without going through the proper procedures always makes him cry and then he reflects back on the Challenger disaster (of which he was among those investigating just what went wrong).
@@ckelcro one of the pieces of the shuttle called an O-ring failed to perform the way it was meant to due to the cold weather (a record low for any space shuttle launch). NASA managers were warned about this by engineers who stressed the dangers of launching the shuttle in such cold temperatures and they ignored the warnings and pushed ahead with the launch.
@@ckelcro Someone else already explained it, but another reason they went forward with the launch despite never launching a shuttle in temperatures that cold, is that they had already cancelled the launch two or three times and everytime they have to postpone a launch, all the other shuttle missions get pushed back - and they wanted to hit their goal for however many missions they had lined up in that year. All just.. really stupid reasons in the grand scheme of things and with human's lives on the line.
Andy Weir (the author of The Martian) worked at the national lab in my home town :) I love how science is used not only as a tool, but Andy's writing showcases its beauty and spontaneity. Love Mark's speech at the end, that's how you gotta get by in science (and in life too!). I got to meet Andy my 1st year in college, and now I'm a scientist. Good stuff !
This movie was an excellent adaptation, and with the exception of a few additional problems that Watney had to solve it's pretty close to the book. I remember being worried when the movie was announced because I wasn't sure that Matt Damon could capture Watney's humor and resilience and personality. I can admit when I'm wrong and think he did a fantastic job. If you're so inclined I highly recommend the book as well. One thing the movie didn't show that I wish it had is when the crew decides to go back for Watney, they have video calls with their families before they go back. Johanssen tells her parents that the crew decided that she would be the one to live if things went wrong, since she was the smallest and would need the least amount of food. I see why they didn't put that scene in the movie because it's pretty dark, but I remember getting chills when I read it.
Matt Damon is a fantastic actor. I’m going to go ahead and say that he’s terribly underrated, because he doesn’t get the accolades that so many others do, but his resume is impressive; so versatile and believable in every genre and character. On a side note, his SNL performance as Brett Kavanaugh is my absolute favorite skit by them. He totally nailed it. It’s especially impressive, because Colin Jost said that flew into NY only on Friday night, so he had only one day to prepare for the entire thing!
@@priyaravindran6150 Definitely underrated. I've always liked Matt Damon, but I thought he'd hit his peak with the Bourne trilogy and his movies weren't on my radar--until The Martian. I think he's so natural onscreen that his understatedness makes us forget how good he really is.
@@melanie62954 He is def very natural. His performance in Invictus is one of my favorites, and I also liked the Adjustment Bureau and the Monuments Men. Loved his performance in Interstellar as well- very memorable for the few minutes he had. Really looking forward to watching him in Oppenheimer. The Bourne series is one of my faves, but I think the first three are the best.
When Mark raised his arms in triumph when he realized they were able to communicate it reminded me of Tom Hanks in Castaway with his “I have made fire” moment.😂
The use of the video log was perfect for converting the book, where you get to "hear" Mark's thoughts, into a movie. And Matt did a good job putting those thoughts onto video.
In the book, it's more like a text mission log type of scenario where he documents what had happened before. I love that kind of formating, because often times you don't get a perfect description of events in all detail, only the character'a POV, and that level of subjectivity is really adding to the whole thing in my opinion. Dracula was also written that way for example. It's an interesting format.
I love this movie and the way it expertly adapted the tone of the book! I'm only sad that my favorite part was cut from the adaptation, that being: Immediately after the hab depressurized, Watney throws a tantrum and records a short log basically saying "screw this, Mars wins! I'm done!" The log cuts, then he starts a new log after five minutes of cooling down and just continues solving problems. It was always my favorite portrayal of his frustration coupled with his ingenuity and tenacity. Also, fun fact, all the materials of the hab and supplies are space-grade, but the duct tape is literally just duct tape. Apparently, not even NASA can improve on duct tape.
They used duct tape to make the fix that allowed them to make it back to Earth on Apollo 13!!! The idea of having it handy on a space mission isn't fiction!
@@michaelhoerr2468 That was it. They came up with the fix groundside by working out how to use only the materials they knew to be on the spacecraft to make that filter fit. Having duct tape was definitely a lifesaver for them!
I read the book prior to the movie coming out. I was ABSOLUTELY excited when this movie came out and it did not disapoint. I remember when the one of the moments where something went wrong, I threw the book across the room, I was SO invested in Mark's story. The resiliency of this character was just *chef's kiss* I read this book over and over. If you ever get chance, READ THE BOOK! If you have another chance, read the author's most recent book: Hail Mary. I'm a huge fan. Loved your reactions!! Keep them coming!
Do you happen to know if the audiobook version from audible is good or not? If so, is the VO good? I’ve thought about getting it just because I listen to way more audiobooks than I actually read since I can put them on in the car or whenever I’m doing something else and can’t just sit and read.
@@CrippledMerc The audiobook is excellent. The original VA in RC Bray. (My favorite, though due to contractual conflicts with Audible his version has been replaced.) Wil Wheaton is the new Reader and has also proven to be an excellent VA.
@@christinar7900 The bit in the book that just absolutely *destroyed* me didn't make it into the movie. It's when he's driving the rover down the rim of the crater towards the next MAV, in the final stretch. He can literally see the destination. But the grade is a little too steep and the fucking rover *flips.* like, 2 days from the end. Even though I knew he was going to make it, I had to actually take a break from the audiobook it was just that damn stressful.
In the scene where he hears another human voice for the first time since the accident, they were supposed to shoot that without Jessica Chastain (Matt would just wait a few seconds between each line). Ridley Scott hooked up audio to the helmet without telling Matt, that’s why his surprise was so genuine and real when he heard her voice. Brilliant directing and an amazing film
30:46 The way they describe it in the book is great because it's just narration. Watney's mistake was that he kept using the same exit out of convenience so the fabric was being stretched in and out just a little over and over again causing microscopic tears which eventually broke. Also regarding the duct tape used, apparently it is just that because as stated by Mark Watney even to this day NASA has not found anything better than Duct Tape.
You're right that the Hermes couldn't turn around get Mark. A lot of reaction channels immediately go there, not realizing that it takes a tremendous amount of fuel to reverse direction when there's no atmosphere. Pretty much the only way to make a sharp turn in space is by using the gravity of a planet, moon, or other large body to propel the craft in the correct direction.
Yeah in Space with no air any acceleration just adds onto itself inifinitely. So to turn around you'd first have to spend time and fuel to decelerate back to 0, then time and fuel to make a massive turn, then time and fuel to negate your momentum from the turn and finally more time and fuel to accelerate back up. By that point you won't have the fuel to get back home and you die in space.
Yea, we aren't at the level of any sort of "high speed" turning when it comes to space travel. Like you said, even general turns at those speed require the gravitational aid of a moon or planet, and even then, we aren't exactly turning on rails lol. Stopping and turning around in open space just is not a thing, and it won't be for a good long while.
@@GamerGrovyleTechnically making a turn or flipping the ship is easy and barely costs fuel. And RCS system can do that. It's the deceleration and then acceleration in the opposite direction that cost tons of fuel. But flipping the ship is easy. It's just that it'll keep going in the direction it was going... And you can easily do minor course corrections in space then ending up millions of km off of where you were initially going. You just have to think of everything being constantly in relative motion to each other. When a ship/probe leaves earth orbit for example to head out into the solar system, it's already going at 100 000 km/h simply because it left from earth and that is going at 100 000 km/h around the sun. There is no real speed 0 in space. It's also impossible to go in a straight line in space, since gravity of the sun will always bend your path into a curve or orbit around the sun. Only if you're going incredibly fast (were talking a fraction of the speed of light here) would your path approach a straight line. Changing course is easy in space, but everything is so far apart it takes ages to get anywhere.
Movie that celebrates smart. So many times during the movie when I saw it in the theater, 'Yep, I would be dead here.' Also really liked the bit between the American and Chinese scientists working together to bypass government/political hiccups. Math and science really showed the practical value. One of my favorite movies.
The international cooperation was so satisfying to see portrayed! I remember being frustrated beyond belief when governments stepped in and cut themselves off during "Arrival" when all the scientists were working together 😡
I went to watch this in cinemas completely oblivious to the plot. It was such an amazing ride, I loved it and I remains one of my favorite movies, thank you guys for reacting to it!!!
For the record, the audio book is fantastic. The narrator does an amazing job. I listen to it about once a year. Edit: Also, as much as I enjoy this movie, it will forever piss me off that the commander goes out for Watney. Beck is the one who did all of the specialized training for space retrieval. This is literally what he trained to do, but to make the movie more dramatic, they have her do it.
It's my belief that she saw going out after mark as a kind of redemption - she left him behind, so it was up to her to bring him back.@@lesleybarklay798
What a surprisingly feel-good movie from Ridley Scott. Movie just makes you smile so many times. Shoutout to Diamond Dave! The joy you bring with these videos, well that just makes you the man!
Andy weir wrote this idea for a story, online edited it with the help of friends. And then sold it to Amazon at 99-cents a download per chapter. Eventually one of the agents at a publishing company read this, liked what they read and offered him a contract. At the same time that publishing House sent this to 20th century Fox, along with other studios the contract to publish and also buy the rights to make the film were received almost simultaneously. And this was his first book, which became a bestseller. It is considered by many in the aerospace community to be one of the most accurate films ever done on a manned mission to Mars
He's made another book "Hail Mary" which is another awesome work. I recently read it and I love it. It's similar to Martian but a lot bigger scale and intensity.
I love the Martian and I’m so glad you guys watched it! I read it in high school (by Andy Weir if anyone is interested) and always thought that it was such a great story. Thanks for always putting out great content guys! Keep up the amazing work ❤
I always thought it would be hilarious to imagine if NASA somehow never noticed Mark's movements on satellite, the HAB never blew up so Mark could eat potatoes indefinitely, and he figured out how to arrive at the Ares 4 landing site, like he originally planned. An unwitting team of astronauts departs their ship to set up *their* HAB for *their* mission on what they think is an uninhabited planet, and Mark is awkwardly standing there by his rover like, "Hi". Or they notice while landing that the HAB has already been set up and find a space squatter living in it.
Oh I'd love this as an AU story honestly. Can you imagine?? Whatley would have become a warning story, a legend in his own right about how better prepared they needed to be and then. Boom you find this guy alive!
i got emotional all over again... i just love that scene where johanssen announced that they got watney and the whole world cheered--so many people doing one mission to bring a man home, and they all accomplished it. thank you guys for reacting to this movie and i'm glad you liked it!
Them: DUCT TAPE! Watney in the book: "Yes, of COURSE Duct tape works in a near vacuum! Duct tape works ANYWHERE. Duct tape is ✨️magic✨️ and should be worshipped." Lol one of my favorite quotes!
Honestly one of my favourite movies, it's like you guys alluded to, it defies all your initial expectations and is actually surprisingly wholesome and funny despite the setting.
The thing that impressed me most about this is how well they conveyed how astronauts are picked to think and then trained even further to think. You need someone who can remain completely logical under circumstances potentially worse than we were capable of imagining. They may only have seconds to react. It's basically the most intense survival training course you could imagine, because it's not just "woodscraft" but extremely cutting edge high tech woodcraft in a forest that is 100% going to kill you if you let your guard down. As he says at the end. You pick one problem, you solve it, if you do it right, you get to solve the next problem, and the next. That's all it is. You see it when they interview astronauts going to the Space Station, etc. Their extremely calm, collected, logical and reasoned responses to everything. "Well we've trained etc" They also touch on humor as a defense mechanism. It's vital to survival as well in extremely high stress situations. There has to be a pressure outlet of some kind and humor, dark or sarcastic, etc is what it usually is. Astronauts are also all crosstrained. So while he may be a botanist, he has been through engineering courses and learned how to repair equipment and use everything. They all did. It's an intense crazy job.
Good choice! One of my favorite recent films. The book it’s based on is just as fantastic, btw. I highly recommend the original audiobook if you prefer that format-not the one read by Matt Damon, but the other one, that reader really gets into using all of the accents, even distinguishing the two East Indian characters’ voices.
I watched this in theatres and wasn't expecting too much, I mainly went because my dad wanted to see it after he read the book and it seemed interesting enough so I tagged along. And then WOW, it pulled me in so much. I loved it. I think I might've seen it a second time in theatres, which is very rare for me. Glad you all enjoyed it!
Every time I watch this I remember showing it to my cousin and his question part way through, “Did this actually happen?” It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard and also shows how good this movie is.
I LOVE this film i so wasn’t expecting it to be this good when i first watched it , now it’s one of my all time favourite astronaut films … Just imagine the sheer will and determination it takes to survive in space after being abandoned. Absolutely mind blowing.
I think you can only really do this movie with comedy, otherwise it's way too desolate. The attitude of a scientist and austronaut really shines- emotionally intelligent, resilient, positive-thinking, problem-solver- and Matt Damon gave such a great performance. Of course it looks gorgeous. And although filled with lots of A-list celebrity, every role actually felt entirely appropriate. Love this movie!
The scenes with Mark sobbing in his convertible is actually Matt last recording with all the actors have wrapped up and leave their recording, those words bring tears to his eyes as he realized he's all alone now.
The one lingering question I have is this.... Did Rich Purnell (played by Donald Glover) get a massive raise? Dude figured out the rescue plan by himself. There are many heroes in this story. But HE should be a legend... Respect!!
Utterly love this movie and the book. In response to your questions about scientific accuracy, it's extremely good with two major exceptions (that the author even has commented on). 1. That level of wind to tip the MAV is impossible, the atmosphere on Mars is so thin (essentially 1% of Earth) that there would not be any significant force to the wind regardless of how fast it is. 2. The equipment they use is also generally just a bit better than what currently exists, but the spacesuit that is very mobile and perfectly blocks radiation is also currently impossible, or as its phrased in the book: "With no magnetic field, Mars has no defense against harsh solar radiation. If I were exposed to it, I'd get so much cancer, the cancer would have cancer."
I had read the book before I saw the movie, so obviously knew the outcome, but was still incredibly stressed out. The movie was amazing. If you enjoyed it, Andy Weir's next book "Project Hail Mary" is just as suspenseful 😅
To be honest, i watched this every now and then, because of how good it is... all casts fits well and even if they have small roles, they contribute to the story very well! It's great that you enjoyed this film... Also at first, when i watched this for the first time, i thought it's gonna be a suspense/horror because when we talk about a movie in space, it always somewhat involvea aliens, disasters and stuff and this movie did not disappoint!
Fun Fact: The Martian atmosphere is so thin, it literally could not knock over the return vehicle. The planet-wide dust storms would be much more like what happens later in the movie where he only notices he's in one because the solar panels are getting less power than they should be. 18:42 "I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this." is an actual line from the book. 33:03 Even if they had the supplies to go back and get him at any point, they don't have the fuel to stop, turn around and go back, then do it again. They ahve to slingshot around Earth if they're gonna get back to him.
This is such an amazing movie and the book it's based on is even better! There's so much more that was left out of the movie. Watney's trip to MAV, the roles each of the Hermes crew takes to help Watney escape Mars at the end (he doesn't do the iron man maneuver by the way that's only in the movie), as well as smaller details like why the HAB malfunctioned. I cannot recommend the book enough!
Love the reference about the Steely-eyed-missile-man which amongst the people working at NASA is about the highest praise you can get. And of course the meta comment from Sean Bean explaing the Lord of the Rings reference when he was actually playing in it. As far as I know the science actually checks out hard except (as the author stated himself) the fact that Mers' atmosphere is so thin, even on the ground, that it would never have so much pressure in a wind to create anything near an issue as the storm that blew them away in the beginning.
"Steely-eyed missileman" is the highest compliment a person can be paid who is involved with NASA. One example is John Aaron, who saved Apollo 12 by telling the crew to flip one obscure switch. The rocket was struck by lightning shorting out the electronics. The crew were seconds away from aborting.
At the time of it's release, this movie was commonly referred to as 'the movie that proved that Matt Damon can, in fact, act'. The book that the movie is based off of (same name) is well worth reading. Spectacular book, lots of humor and suspense.
In rocketry and orbital dynamics it is ALL about something called "Delta V" which is engineer speak for how much you can change your current velocity. The only real way to do that is to burn fuel, and any extra fuel you bring in case of needing to do something you didn't plan for will cost fuel to move through the whole mission with no added benefit most of the time, so cutting your margins as close as safely possible is a major part of planning any mission. The mission has to get from the surface to Earth Orbit, escape Earth Orbit to a transfer orbit out to Mars Orbit, slow down to capture in orbit around Mars, some part of the vehicle has to counter its orbital velocity around Mars to descend to the surface, then another vehicle has to ascend back to Mars orbit, then they must escape Mars Orbit to a transfer orbit back to Earth, Capture in Earth Orbit, and then de-orbit at least part of the spacecraft to land on Earth. That's a lot of Delta V. Several legs can be pre-placed such as the Mission Abort Vehicle which was sent long before the people left Earth, but each leg only get the Delta V it strictly needs, plus a little bit. The cost of "turning around" to go back and get Mark Watney(Matt Damon) even very shortly after they leave Mars Orbit would be roughly equal to that ENTIRE Delta V requirement for the entire mission. They really can't just turn around and go back for him. That's not an option.
Thank you! I had a truly sh*tty day and am now looking forward to this movie and your reaction to it. Love the movie so much....the details are clearer in the book, but Matt truly makes Mark come to life 🤣😊
My partner was shocked when I said I never watched the movie, he made sure I watched it that very day …and I enjoyed every bit of it… your reaction was amazing as usual..but the movie wasn’t what I thought …it surprised me amazed me made me emotional…touched every emotions possible….thank you guys so much
This film was just so well done. Great story, science heavy and realistic, and the human condition laid bare. Ridley Scott at the helm. Gifted actors armed with a brilliant script. What's not to love? The first time I watched this I was completely enthralled. I loved your reaction, and moreover watching y'all watch it was entertaining as well. Kudos Bad Medicine!👍👍👍
I remember when this came out I had the choice to watch this or the second maze runner movie in theatres with my dad and I really wanted to watch maze runner because I liked the first one but my brother and my dad wanted to watch the Martian, me not know anything about the movie and knowing my little brother I thought it would be an animated children's movie about Martians, I relented and decided to watch this with them and it turned out to be one of the best descions I've ever made, this movie is almost perfect
Loved your commentary - agree, the humour really adds to this. On the theme of lost in space, would love to see you do a comparison to GRAVITY with Sandra Bullock from 2013.
Have to say this: The crew can’t turn just around. This isn’t Star Trek. If they tried, they’d get there _later_ then the next planned mission, even though you’d think they’d be closer. But they’re not, and they can’t move fast. The Hermes - their spaceship - is on a loooong trajectory going to Earth, having slowly accelerated a lot of the way with an ion engine (these exist and offer very little acceleration but over a very long time), and then it’ll have to brake for equally as long to slow down at Earth. And it’s not like they have Mars at their back and Earth in their windshield: they’re aiming for where Earth is going to be when they get there, and behind them, Mars has moved too. So to turn around for Mars, they’d be braking for weeks if not months just to “stop”, and then accelerate for months and months because it’s like swimming away from a boat, then regretting and trying to catch back up. That’s why the Purnell maneuver is clever, because they can keep aiming for Earth, but miss and slingshot toward where Mars will be.
When I saw the title talking about the unexpected amount of comedy I was like “oh, so they haven’t read the book”, cause Mark is even more hilarious in the book, for context, the first line in the book is “I’m pretty much fucked.”
I loved this movie from beginning to end, thwe comedy was on point, the story, the anxiety at the end was real for me, I was not breathing and my eyes watered when he was caught. Amazing movie! and I loved watching you love it as well.
Great reaction guys! 😊 I've been looking forward to this one all week! I love this movie so much! And I noticed that this was the extended edition that you all watched. And that made it even better! This movie was based on the book of the same name by author Andy Weir. One thing that I loved about the book was that it was more detailed. It touched more on Mark Watney, Rick Martinez, and Chris Beck' friendship. And throughout the book Watney kept making sure that the world knew that it wasn't Commander Lewis's fault that he was accidentally left behind. And if the people at NASA stated that it was, that Mark would publicly set the record straight. I highly recommend the to you three. This is one of my favorite Matt Damon movies. And just a movie that I always have to watch at least twice a week. Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
Fun fact! Apparently, not even NASA can improve on duct tape, so "space duct tape" is the exact same duct tape you'd buy at a hardware store, or steal from Walmart.
To this day this is the movie I think of when I think of "edge of your seat" 😂 I saw this in the theaters & was audibly groaning & clutching the arm rests when they were doing the interception maneuver & they had to catch Watney. My mom had to lean over & tell me to chill out because I was getting so physically anxious & other ppl were noticing 😅😅 for that reason (and bc the science in it checks out, which I just think is amazing) it's still one of my favorite movies 😂❤
The bit where the crew of the Hermes says, "Be advised that Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man" Is a tribute to Donald Glover's character. Calling someone a "steely eyed missile man" is considered the highest compliment you can give another person within NASA's astronaut culture. And it indicates a person who who quickly devises an ingenious solution to a tough problem while under extreme pressure. The last person to be labeled a steely eyed missile man in real life was a guy named John Aaron. If you ever watched "Apollo 13", he's the engineer who figured out the power rationing required to restart the command module with Mattingly. Before Aaron was Arturo Campos, a NASA engineer who figured out how to jury rig the CO2 scrubbera on Apollo 13. He was the man who said, "We have to figure out how to fit one of these (holds up a square filter) into a hole built for this (holds up a round filter), using nothing but that (points to a pile of stuff consisting of a copy of every loose object present on Apollo 13)" Purnell comes up with the plan that allows the Hermes to go back to Mars and rescue Watney, hence the crew laying the title "steely eyed missile man" on him.
I really wish they’d put this interaction from the book in the movie: “Mark, a couple of answers to your questions. No, we will not tell the botany team to go fuck themselves. They’re doing their job to try to keep you alive. The Cubs finished at the… bottom of the series. The bit rate is too small for music, even in its compressed form, so your request of ‘Anything, oh god, anything but disco’ is denied. Enjoy your boogie fever.”
I recommend reading or listening to The Martian audio book. The book really shows Watney's humor and cool attitude while being in such a highly stressful situation.. But where the book differs is that they really take the science stuff deep. He REALLY has to science the sh*t out of it. It was both very entertaining and also informative.
Seriously one of if not my favorites movies ever. Always have fun watching this and somehow always tear up at the end when Mark Whatney does and when he gets rescued. The jokes are always great too
Wasn’t expecting this reaction! The movie is fantastic, after reading the book it’s one of the few instances where I think the movie may be better than the book. Both are still fantastic!
As someone who had to get my appendix removed just over a month ago, I can confirm that even that, a minor surgery, took a huge toll out of me, so hard to function. So glad that they showed how it truly is to have a wound like that
The crazy thing is that 95% of the science in this movie is accurate, and it's not even a fraction of the science that Andy Wier himself did for the book this is adapted from. This is 100% my favorite movie these days.
This was fantastic! This movie basically had everything, drama, comedy etc. Everyone nailed it. What was your reaction? Did we miss anything?
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The biggest thing that was unbelievable was the opening storm. There isn't enough atmosphere to support it.
@@johncampbell756That and the fact that Mars has gravity similar to the moon. Aside from the obvious visual cues of Watney not bouncing around (and no, the spacesuit excuse doesn't work, he's in plain clothes in the HAB), in the book, the gravity is mentioned a lot when he's performing manual labor and the fact that he's consuming considerably less calories because of it.
There's a deleted scene for this movie. just in case you are interested.
1:01:47 The accuracy of the science? Well... you could react to MatPat's The Film Theorists title: "Film Theory: Is the martian's poop science full of crap?" That'll be great. Please and Thanks.
@@matthewpollock9685 I believe Mars actually has 0.6G while the Moon has 0.3G
I swear from Saving Private Ryan to Interstellar to The Martian, I can't believe how much money and manpower has been spent saving Matt Damon.
🤣🤣🤣 Facts! -Oak
God that's the truth. Would think onscreen Matt Damon would have a serious complex about that.
@@ct6852 He did in Saving Private Ryan
There's a tracker online how much money was spent getting him back from all his movies. The goal is a trillion, haven't quite got there yet.
😂😂😂
My favorite random fact from the movie is that at the very end when everyone is celebrating in the airlock, it's actually a purposeful jab at the book! In the novel, Watney says something to the extent of "If this were a movie, we would all be celebrating in the airlock". Instead of course, he hadn't bathed properly in literal years and smelled absolutely abhorent. So in the movie, they made absolutely sure to have everyone celebrate in the airlock.
He did bathe in his radioactive decay powered field thub though. He only didn't get to wash himself for last few days/weeks he spend in the rover on the MAV site since he was turning water to hydrogen there, meaning no more sponge baths either. But between the general awfulness of it all and surviving 12G when he probably soiled himself (no help against that at those speeds - what goes out goes out)... Yeah, the boy STANK for sure.
And he also didn't get to ironman himself around either, he got pulled out by Beck. But neither of those things look good in a movie, so they went a little off script there.
Which i have no objections to, because it was dramatic enough. So. 5/5 for me as well
I've always maintained that when Watney says "I'm not gonna die here", it's a mission statement.
also 'Fuck You Mars'.
I watched this movie during a difficult time in my life, and that line completely shook me. It was what I needed in that moment, the knowledge that you can decide, “No, this is the way it’s going to be.” One of my favorite movies because of it.
@@secondsea2 In a similar place in my life. It will get better, so I hope it has for you! Don't give up, there's always hope and the next step
A good throwback to Ed Harris' "Failure is not an option!" in Apollo 13
Sean Bean explaining Elrond as “a secret meeting” while also being in a “secret” meeting of sorts is just great. 😂
still surprised he was alive by the end of the movie 😂
@@jedvee his [character's] career is dead though
Which is a shame because it survives in the book
One could say he was there 3000 years ago.
@@E-Lykos I can say why it would be. Sure, there was a major incident, but Our Man didn't ever stop trying. At least in the movie.
I am freely gonna admit that I watch this movie way too often. It is just so well-made and wholesome and entertaining. It's one of my alltime favorite sick-day or "dont know what I wanna watch" movies
How do you feel about Cast Away with Tom Hanks?
Came here to post the same, lol! Some movies just have a "vibe" that I find relaxing.
I’m the exact same way!! Glad I’m not the only one
@@ct6852 To be honest, I find Cast Away too depressing to watch, tho I've seen it all, and some bits a few times.
I don't think I've ever sat thru the entire The Martian from the begining, but have seen it multiple times, often channel surfing, see that its on and nothing else worth watching, so I'll watch it.
I had never seen the extended version, so I guess I should get it and watch it.
I watched Interstellar way too often, i watched it many nights when i went to sleep. Overall i just love Sci Fi films and i love to sleep to them but i don't do that anymore because it's counter productive to my sleep. But i knew the minute they went into space and always skipped to that part and i always fall asleep after the poem.
My favourate thing about this movie/book isn't even in the movie/book.
Weir (the author) had to calculate power usage per day so often that he sort of short-handed it. He realized Watley would have too calculate that as well, so he had him invent a unit of measurement in the book... the "Pirate-Ninja". Well... at JPL, they also have too calculate that all the time. So the Pirate-Ninja has made its way into actual usage. Engineers and managers alike use it in calculations and meetings.
Reminds me of how the spikes on a Stegosaurus tail got named. Scientists hadn't come up with one, but there's a Farside comic that called it a Thagomizer, and now that's the official technical term
I love that trivia, too! Also remember it is "have to" not "have too"
So he has X amount of pirate-ninjas of power-usage a day? :P
In the book, he has to adjust for days being a different length on Mars. That’s why it’s always Sol. So he is calculating kilowatt hours per sol which becomes pirate ninjas. Also, Mindy has to adjust her sleeping pattern by an amount per day so she is in step with his sol. Just a bit of nerd-ness for you!
I agree that is the coolest thing about this book/movie.
When I was in the 9th grade my teacher put this on for us and he told me this was based on a true story. He even went was far as to say there was a live stream on UA-cam that documented when he returns back to Earth. I fully believed this for like 4 years until I decided to look up the Wikipedia page. Now it makes so much sense why I could hear the rest of the class laughing as he told me this was a true story 😂
😂😂😂 -Oak
Lol. Sounds like something I would've believed.
So you weren’t the best student
@@vb6548 you're right. Everyone knows, probably should know not a single human has stepped beyond the moon.
teacher been like stupid kids dont even know no1 been to mars
The opening lines to the book made me read the story and I wished it's how the movie opened.
"I’m pretty much fucked.
That’s my considered opinion.
Fucked."
Also instead of disco being what Mark is thinking about while alone up there, the book has this. "How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense."
It's so funny that he mentions Iron Man, considering bucky, Wong and Luiz are in the movie😂
Side note "we got him" and the explosion of cheers after will always make me tear up
Not to mention the Winter Soldier, Mordo, (non-MCU) Invisible Woman, Prowler, and Actor Loki.
Greatest Non-Marvel Marvel movie ever made.
@@gerstelb Kate Mara did play a US Marshall in Iron Man 2, plus you've got Donald Glover in Spider-man Homecoming.
@@myitbos1335 That was the Prowler reference I made - he was Miles Morales’ Uncle Aaron.
Not to mention Sean Bean bringing up the council of Elrond which he was a part of
The fact that both Jessica Castain and Matt Damon are in two of the greatest sci-fi films in the last 10 years.
And how many scenes are they actually in together between the two movies? 1? 😅
@@melanie62954lol like 5
One of my favorite subtle things in the film is when the Project Elrond meeting is beginning and they’re explaining the name to Annie, Teddy walks in and claims the codename Glorfindel, thus explaining that, for as much of a bureaucratic a-hole as he is, he is still a Tolkien geek at heart. Things like that really make the characters in this film so appealing to me!
absolutely. hes a bureaucrat but he still had to climb the corporate Nerd mountain to get there
And Glorfindel is an important character for the whole Elrond/Rivendell story in the book. I believe he is the character who Arwen took the role of in the Peter Jackson adaptation.
That was such a geek out moment. Love Annie's response too: "I hate you all." lol. Honestly, teddy has such a crap position. He has to deal with the shit from both ends... the engineers and teams actually DOING things, and the politicians and media expecting specific results. It's an impossible job to win at. He gets unfairly painted as a villain quite often, but honestly... he has to make the hard call and all he can base it on is risk vs reward. He doesn't have the benefit of emotion. It sucks. And he plays it so very well.
Yup
@@mycroft16 her response is even better in the book
"Wow, none of you got laid in highschool!"
"I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this" is the battle cry of the entire human race.
Having lived among the human race, I can tell you that's not the case for its entirety.
Literally all of the religions and political parties of the would have to disagree with you. Most homosapiens refuse to be human, they choose to be unthinking animals.
Well, if you have skilled survivalist-assassin who can kill with a pencil, and was also born as a math genius - ya know it is going to work.
@@peezieforestem5078 yeah a lot of us are morons
Matt crying was actually genuine. Because he did all of his sense alone and had no one to act with. He dedicated his performances because of ridely Scott’s choice to not have him act with the other actors of the Artemis crew. They played prerecorded lines through Matt’s helmet in the suit .
Lol oh come on. Some of these comments are just ridiculous.
@@TheCrazyCloon look it up.
@@TheCrazyCloon yo I was skeptical but I just saw the damn interview and I had to come back to tell you, he's kinda right just explained it badly.
@@mariakhan7986 🧂
@@mariakhan7986 what was it actually
I love this movie. Glad to see you watched the extended version which has about 20 minutes not in the theatrical version. Some of the reasons Mark was on this mission in the first place was because he's good at solving problems, he's also an engineer in addition to being a botanist, and his personality helps the crew work well together. In NASA, calling someone a "steely-eyed missile man" is the highest compliment that can be given. It refers to someone who solves a crisis under extreme stress. Pathfinder and the little skateboard rover Sojourner really did land on Mars and the site is now known as the Carl Sagan Memorial Station. Look up the details of that mission. Lots of stuff is different in the book, which I highly recommend you read, than in the movie. For instance, they don't do the silly Iron Man stuff in the book. Mark suggests it but it is vetoed immediately. He stays put and Beck goes out and gets him as planned. He also has lots of crises in the book that they left out of the movie, otherwise it would have been about 12 hours long. As for duct tape, here are a couple quotes from Mark about it from the book: "Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape." "Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped."
Works on everything but ducts.
I see you are yet another disciple of the Church of Duct Tape!
Magic indeed. Duct tape kept my '87 Dodge Ram running for many years!😝
I've seen this movie four or five times, and every time I watch it I forget for about half an hour that it's not actually based on a true story :') That's just how good it is at drawing you in and making you feel like the story is plausible
No matter how many times I watch this, I'm always expecting Sean Bean's character to sacrifice his life to get the Rich Purnell Maneuver to the crew.
I remember watching this in high school and like halfway through i thought, wow, why don’t they teach us about this in school? Then I remembered, oh wait, we’ve never been to Mars, and their ship is only theoretical currently
I love this movie so much. My dad is a retired NASA aerospace engineer and the point of this film where they rush to send him supplies without going through the proper procedures always makes him cry and then he reflects back on the Challenger disaster (of which he was among those investigating just what went wrong).
My friend's dad quit NASA because of Challenger. I still get second hand angry for him every time it comes up.
Is that what happened with Challenger?
@@ckelcro one of the pieces of the shuttle called an O-ring failed to perform the way it was meant to due to the cold weather (a record low for any space shuttle launch). NASA managers were warned about this by engineers who stressed the dangers of launching the shuttle in such cold temperatures and they ignored the warnings and pushed ahead with the launch.
@@ckelcro Someone else already explained it, but another reason they went forward with the launch despite never launching a shuttle in temperatures that cold, is that they had already cancelled the launch two or three times and everytime they have to postpone a launch, all the other shuttle missions get pushed back - and they wanted to hit their goal for however many missions they had lined up in that year. All just.. really stupid reasons in the grand scheme of things and with human's lives on the line.
Andy Weir (the author of The Martian) worked at the national lab in my home town :) I love how science is used not only as a tool, but Andy's writing showcases its beauty and spontaneity. Love Mark's speech at the end, that's how you gotta get by in science (and in life too!). I got to meet Andy my 1st year in college, and now I'm a scientist. Good stuff !
This movie was an excellent adaptation, and with the exception of a few additional problems that Watney had to solve it's pretty close to the book. I remember being worried when the movie was announced because I wasn't sure that Matt Damon could capture Watney's humor and resilience and personality. I can admit when I'm wrong and think he did a fantastic job. If you're so inclined I highly recommend the book as well.
One thing the movie didn't show that I wish it had is when the crew decides to go back for Watney, they have video calls with their families before they go back. Johanssen tells her parents that the crew decided that she would be the one to live if things went wrong, since she was the smallest and would need the least amount of food. I see why they didn't put that scene in the movie because it's pretty dark, but I remember getting chills when I read it.
Yeah I read the book after the movie and was pleasantly surprised how accurate the movie was!
Damn thats amazing. I've had the book on my read list for soo long, Now I gotta finish it.
Matt Damon is a fantastic actor. I’m going to go ahead and say that he’s terribly underrated, because he doesn’t get the accolades that so many others do, but his resume is impressive; so versatile and believable in every genre and character. On a side note, his SNL performance as Brett Kavanaugh is my absolute favorite skit by them. He totally nailed it. It’s especially impressive, because Colin Jost said that flew into NY only on Friday night, so he had only one day to prepare for the entire thing!
@@priyaravindran6150 Definitely underrated. I've always liked Matt Damon, but I thought he'd hit his peak with the Bourne trilogy and his movies weren't on my radar--until The Martian. I think he's so natural onscreen that his understatedness makes us forget how good he really is.
@@melanie62954 He is def very natural. His performance in Invictus is one of my favorites, and I also liked the Adjustment Bureau and the Monuments Men. Loved his performance in Interstellar as well- very memorable for the few minutes he had. Really looking forward to watching him in Oppenheimer. The Bourne series is one of my faves, but I think the first three are the best.
When Mark raised his arms in triumph when he realized they were able to communicate it reminded me of Tom Hanks in Castaway with his “I have made fire” moment.😂
The use of the video log was perfect for converting the book, where you get to "hear" Mark's thoughts, into a movie. And Matt did a good job putting those thoughts onto video.
In the book, it's more like a text mission log type of scenario where he documents what had happened before. I love that kind of formating, because often times you don't get a perfect description of events in all detail, only the character'a POV, and that level of subjectivity is really adding to the whole thing in my opinion. Dracula was also written that way for example. It's an interesting format.
I love this movie and the way it expertly adapted the tone of the book! I'm only sad that my favorite part was cut from the adaptation, that being:
Immediately after the hab depressurized, Watney throws a tantrum and records a short log basically saying "screw this, Mars wins! I'm done!" The log cuts, then he starts a new log after five minutes of cooling down and just continues solving problems. It was always my favorite portrayal of his frustration coupled with his ingenuity and tenacity.
Also, fun fact, all the materials of the hab and supplies are space-grade, but the duct tape is literally just duct tape. Apparently, not even NASA can improve on duct tape.
As Mark in the book puts it: "duct tape is magic should be worshiped"
If watching Mythbusters has taught me anything, duct tape is the one thing I would want to bring with me to Mars
They used duct tape to make the fix that allowed them to make it back to Earth on Apollo 13!!! The idea of having it handy on a space mission isn't fiction!
@@mirozen_ The improvised air filter, I'm guessing?
@@michaelhoerr2468 That was it. They came up with the fix groundside by working out how to use only the materials they knew to be on the spacecraft to make that filter fit. Having duct tape was definitely a lifesaver for them!
I cried laughing when Mason hit us with the "that's what I was thinking". You guys are great
I read the book prior to the movie coming out. I was ABSOLUTELY excited when this movie came out and it did not disapoint. I remember when the one of the moments where something went wrong, I threw the book across the room, I was SO invested in Mark's story. The resiliency of this character was just *chef's kiss* I read this book over and over. If you ever get chance, READ THE BOOK! If you have another chance, read the author's most recent book: Hail Mary. I'm a huge fan. Loved your reactions!! Keep them coming!
Do you happen to know if the audiobook version from audible is good or not? If so, is the VO good? I’ve thought about getting it just because I listen to way more audiobooks than I actually read since I can put them on in the car or whenever I’m doing something else and can’t just sit and read.
@@CrippledMerc The audiobook is excellent. The original VA in RC Bray. (My favorite, though due to contractual conflicts with Audible his version has been replaced.) Wil Wheaton is the new Reader and has also proven to be an excellent VA.
I remember being so heartbroken when the potato crop was destroyed. And I loved the setup before it happened in the book.
@@christinar7900 The bit in the book that just absolutely *destroyed* me didn't make it into the movie. It's when he's driving the rover down the rim of the crater towards the next MAV, in the final stretch. He can literally see the destination. But the grade is a little too steep and the fucking rover *flips.* like, 2 days from the end. Even though I knew he was going to make it, I had to actually take a break from the audiobook it was just that damn stressful.
In the scene where he hears another human voice for the first time since the accident, they were supposed to shoot that without Jessica Chastain (Matt would just wait a few seconds between each line). Ridley Scott hooked up audio to the helmet without telling Matt, that’s why his surprise was so genuine and real when he heard her voice. Brilliant directing and an amazing film
30:46 The way they describe it in the book is great because it's just narration. Watney's mistake was that he kept using the same exit out of convenience so the fabric was being stretched in and out just a little over and over again causing microscopic tears which eventually broke.
Also regarding the duct tape used, apparently it is just that because as stated by Mark Watney even to this day NASA has not found anything better than Duct Tape.
You're right that the Hermes couldn't turn around get Mark. A lot of reaction channels immediately go there, not realizing that it takes a tremendous amount of fuel to reverse direction when there's no atmosphere. Pretty much the only way to make a sharp turn in space is by using the gravity of a planet, moon, or other large body to propel the craft in the correct direction.
Yeah in Space with no air any acceleration just adds onto itself inifinitely.
So to turn around you'd first have to spend time and fuel to decelerate back to 0, then time and fuel to make a massive turn, then time and fuel to negate your momentum from the turn and finally more time and fuel to accelerate back up.
By that point you won't have the fuel to get back home and you die in space.
Yea, we aren't at the level of any sort of "high speed" turning when it comes to space travel. Like you said, even general turns at those speed require the gravitational aid of a moon or planet, and even then, we aren't exactly turning on rails lol.
Stopping and turning around in open space just is not a thing, and it won't be for a good long while.
I don't believe that's necessarily true.but you will be ripped in half if you try it
@@GamerGrovyleTechnically making a turn or flipping the ship is easy and barely costs fuel. And RCS system can do that. It's the deceleration and then acceleration in the opposite direction that cost tons of fuel. But flipping the ship is easy. It's just that it'll keep going in the direction it was going...
And you can easily do minor course corrections in space then ending up millions of km off of where you were initially going. You just have to think of everything being constantly in relative motion to each other. When a ship/probe leaves earth orbit for example to head out into the solar system, it's already going at 100 000 km/h simply because it left from earth and that is going at 100 000 km/h around the sun. There is no real speed 0 in space. It's also impossible to go in a straight line in space, since gravity of the sun will always bend your path into a curve or orbit around the sun. Only if you're going incredibly fast (were talking a fraction of the speed of light here) would your path approach a straight line.
Changing course is easy in space, but everything is so far apart it takes ages to get anywhere.
@@johanwittens7712Which is why we need to make nuclear fusion powered rocket engines already!
Movie that celebrates smart. So many times during the movie when I saw it in the theater, 'Yep, I would be dead here.' Also really liked the bit between the American and Chinese scientists working together to bypass government/political hiccups. Math and science really showed the practical value. One of my favorite movies.
The international cooperation was so satisfying to see portrayed! I remember being frustrated beyond belief when governments stepped in and cut themselves off during "Arrival" when all the scientists were working together 😡
This movie means so much to me and low key rewired my entire way of thinking and perspective on life.
I went to watch this in cinemas completely oblivious to the plot. It was such an amazing ride, I loved it and I remains one of my favorite movies, thank you guys for reacting to it!!!
no matter how many times i watch this movie, marks reunion with the crew makes me cry every time. such an emotional scene i love this movie so much
For the record, the audio book is fantastic. The narrator does an amazing job. I listen to it about once a year.
Edit: Also, as much as I enjoy this movie, it will forever piss me off that the commander goes out for Watney. Beck is the one who did all of the specialized training for space retrieval. This is literally what he trained to do, but to make the movie more dramatic, they have her do it.
Yes, that bugs me too. She's a good commander. She would never go out to get him when there was someone there who was better trained to do the job.
It's my belief that she saw going out after mark as a kind of redemption - she left him behind, so it was up to her to bring him back.@@lesleybarklay798
THIS. Also, wtf was wrong with Venkat being Venkat?
Pissed me off too.
YES! I was so annoyed. It also took away from her character in a way I did not like.
What a surprisingly feel-good movie from Ridley Scott. Movie just makes you smile so many times.
Shoutout to Diamond Dave! The joy you bring with these videos, well that just makes you the man!
Thank you for you kind words! Much appreciated! Hope you enjoy this one! :)
Andy weir wrote this idea for a story, online edited it with the help of friends. And then sold it to Amazon at 99-cents a download per chapter. Eventually one of the agents at a publishing company read this, liked what they read and offered him a contract. At the same time that publishing House sent this to 20th century Fox, along with other studios the contract to publish and also buy the rights to make the film were received almost simultaneously. And this was his first book, which became a bestseller. It is considered by many in the aerospace community to be one of the most accurate films ever done on a manned mission to Mars
He's made another book "Hail Mary" which is another awesome work. I recently read it and I love it.
It's similar to Martian but a lot bigger scale and intensity.
I've read both Project Hail Mary and Artemis, but I didn't like either as much as The Martian @@GamerGrovyle
One of my favorite sci fi movies, the book was also incredible, definitely recommend reading it
Love this movie so much! Mix between drama, comedy and feel-good vibes 😊
You couldn't make a comedy movie like this today.
I love the Martian and I’m so glad you guys watched it! I read it in high school (by Andy Weir if anyone is interested) and always thought that it was such a great story. Thanks for always putting out great content guys! Keep up the amazing work ❤
"Made by the cheapest vendor they can find." Truer words have never been spoken.
Steve Buscemi did make that comment in Armageddon "...components all made by the lowest bidder".
I love how well balanced the humor in this movie is. Like its not boring at all and really engages u
I always thought it would be hilarious to imagine if NASA somehow never noticed Mark's movements on satellite, the HAB never blew up so Mark could eat potatoes indefinitely, and he figured out how to arrive at the Ares 4 landing site, like he originally planned. An unwitting team of astronauts departs their ship to set up *their* HAB for *their* mission on what they think is an uninhabited planet, and Mark is awkwardly standing there by his rover like, "Hi". Or they notice while landing that the HAB has already been set up and find a space squatter living in it.
Ha ha ha ha that is a great alternate story lol.
“What took you so long, guys?”
Oh I'd love this as an AU story honestly.
Can you imagine?? Whatley would have become a warning story, a legend in his own right about how better prepared they needed to be and then. Boom you find this guy alive!
Man, I want someone to write fanfic now.
@@lesleybarklay798this fanfic exists. I’m coming home, I’m coming home by kearlyn on AO3.
@@ephemeratea thanks! I'm going to read it now!
i got emotional all over again... i just love that scene where johanssen announced that they got watney and the whole world cheered--so many people doing one mission to bring a man home, and they all accomplished it. thank you guys for reacting to this movie and i'm glad you liked it!
Them: DUCT TAPE!
Watney in the book: "Yes, of COURSE Duct tape works in a near vacuum! Duct tape works ANYWHERE. Duct tape is ✨️magic✨️ and should be worshipped."
Lol one of my favorite quotes!
Honestly one of my favourite movies, it's like you guys alluded to, it defies all your initial expectations and is actually surprisingly wholesome and funny despite the setting.
The thing that impressed me most about this is how well they conveyed how astronauts are picked to think and then trained even further to think. You need someone who can remain completely logical under circumstances potentially worse than we were capable of imagining. They may only have seconds to react. It's basically the most intense survival training course you could imagine, because it's not just "woodscraft" but extremely cutting edge high tech woodcraft in a forest that is 100% going to kill you if you let your guard down. As he says at the end. You pick one problem, you solve it, if you do it right, you get to solve the next problem, and the next. That's all it is. You see it when they interview astronauts going to the Space Station, etc. Their extremely calm, collected, logical and reasoned responses to everything. "Well we've trained etc" They also touch on humor as a defense mechanism. It's vital to survival as well in extremely high stress situations. There has to be a pressure outlet of some kind and humor, dark or sarcastic, etc is what it usually is. Astronauts are also all crosstrained. So while he may be a botanist, he has been through engineering courses and learned how to repair equipment and use everything. They all did. It's an intense crazy job.
Good choice! One of my favorite recent films. The book it’s based on is just as fantastic, btw. I highly recommend the original audiobook if you prefer that format-not the one read by Matt Damon, but the other one, that reader really gets into using all of the accents, even distinguishing the two East Indian characters’ voices.
37:27 Boromir explained about Elrond its so funny 😂😂😂and your reaction to this is great
This easily makes my top 10 movie list. Perfect mix of drama, suspense, and comedy.
I watched this in theatres and wasn't expecting too much, I mainly went because my dad wanted to see it after he read the book and it seemed interesting enough so I tagged along. And then WOW, it pulled me in so much. I loved it. I think I might've seen it a second time in theatres, which is very rare for me. Glad you all enjoyed it!
Every time I watch this I remember showing it to my cousin and his question part way through, “Did this actually happen?”
It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard and also shows how good this movie is.
I LOVE this film i so wasn’t expecting it to be this good when i first watched it , now it’s one of my all time favourite astronaut films … Just imagine the sheer will and determination it takes to survive in space after being abandoned. Absolutely mind blowing.
I think you can only really do this movie with comedy, otherwise it's way too desolate. The attitude of a scientist and austronaut really shines- emotionally intelligent, resilient, positive-thinking, problem-solver- and Matt Damon gave such a great performance. Of course it looks gorgeous. And although filled with lots of A-list celebrity, every role actually felt entirely appropriate. Love this movie!
The scenes with Mark sobbing in his convertible is actually Matt last recording with all the actors have wrapped up and leave their recording, those words bring tears to his eyes as he realized he's all alone now.
This movie came out of nowhere and quickly became my favorite film. It’s fantastic. Loved the reaction you guys. 🤘🏻
The one lingering question I have is this.... Did Rich Purnell (played by Donald Glover) get a massive raise? Dude figured out the rescue plan by himself. There are many heroes in this story. But HE should be a legend...
Respect!!
Steely eyed missile man is pretty much the ultimate compliment that can be given at nasa.
@@catprog And somebody find out who the hell Rich Purnell is!
Utterly love this movie and the book. In response to your questions about scientific accuracy, it's extremely good with two major exceptions (that the author even has commented on).
1. That level of wind to tip the MAV is impossible, the atmosphere on Mars is so thin (essentially 1% of Earth) that there would not be any significant force to the wind regardless of how fast it is.
2. The equipment they use is also generally just a bit better than what currently exists, but the spacesuit that is very mobile and perfectly blocks radiation is also currently impossible, or as its phrased in the book: "With no magnetic field, Mars has no defense against harsh solar radiation. If I were exposed to it, I'd get so much cancer, the cancer would have cancer."
Aaah Oak’s face when he googled what Mark typed out. I also loved the way he couldn’t stop giggling after that. 🤣🤣🤣
I still want to know what it meant, but I’m afraid to Google it 😂
I just had to Google it (F-you curiosity) and it literally made me gag. You probably don’t want to know
@@crittertracker I found it hilarious 😂
seeing his performance here after interstellar was a breath of fresh air lmao
hahaha that was brutal in Interstellar. From a Character standpoint. lol
I feel like the Jimmy Kimmel may have spurred him to take on that role in Interstellar. Lol.
@@BaddMedicine lmao interstellar has grown into my fav flick and I didn’t even know Damon was in it to begin with.. let alone be a heel 😅
Fun Fact : A species of tomato from Australia was named "Solanum watneyi " after Mark Watney ..
I had read the book before I saw the movie, so obviously knew the outcome, but was still incredibly stressed out. The movie was amazing. If you enjoyed it, Andy Weir's next book "Project Hail Mary" is just as suspenseful 😅
I quite liked the one set on the moon as well but I’m not sure if it was just because I liked the Martian so much
I'm glad that y'all not only watched the extended edition but also included most of the scenes
This is one of those movies for me, every single time I see it's on I will watch it. Very excited to see your reactions!
To be honest, i watched this every now and then, because of how good it is... all casts fits well and even if they have small roles, they contribute to the story very well! It's great that you enjoyed this film...
Also at first, when i watched this for the first time, i thought it's gonna be a suspense/horror because when we talk about a movie in space, it always somewhat involvea aliens, disasters and stuff and this movie did not disappoint!
Fun Fact: The Martian atmosphere is so thin, it literally could not knock over the return vehicle. The planet-wide dust storms would be much more like what happens later in the movie where he only notices he's in one because the solar panels are getting less power than they should be.
18:42 "I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this." is an actual line from the book.
33:03 Even if they had the supplies to go back and get him at any point, they don't have the fuel to stop, turn around and go back, then do it again. They ahve to slingshot around Earth if they're gonna get back to him.
This movie is so fun, and the novel it's adapted from has plenty of humor as well. Such a fun ride and glad you guys watched this!
This is such an amazing movie and the book it's based on is even better! There's so much more that was left out of the movie. Watney's trip to MAV, the roles each of the Hermes crew takes to help Watney escape Mars at the end (he doesn't do the iron man maneuver by the way that's only in the movie), as well as smaller details like why the HAB malfunctioned. I cannot recommend the book enough!
@J Hoop I did! Wonderful read!
I was literally searching your entire channel for this movie after I watched your Interstellar reaction! Thank youuuu, I love this movie so much!
Love the reference about the Steely-eyed-missile-man which amongst the people working at NASA is about the highest praise you can get. And of course the meta comment from Sean Bean explaing the Lord of the Rings reference when he was actually playing in it. As far as I know the science actually checks out hard except (as the author stated himself) the fact that Mers' atmosphere is so thin, even on the ground, that it would never have so much pressure in a wind to create anything near an issue as the storm that blew them away in the beginning.
"Steely-eyed missileman" is the highest compliment a person can be paid who is involved with NASA.
One example is John Aaron, who saved Apollo 12 by telling the crew to flip one obscure switch. The rocket was struck by lightning shorting out the electronics. The crew were seconds away from aborting.
The fact that Al Bean knew where it was--because they'd accidentally run a similar scenario--is the icing on that cake.
The timing and delivery with “that’s what I was thinking” with the hexadecimals was perfect!!😂😂
At the time of it's release, this movie was commonly referred to as 'the movie that proved that Matt Damon can, in fact, act'. The book that the movie is based off of (same name) is well worth reading. Spectacular book, lots of humor and suspense.
In rocketry and orbital dynamics it is ALL about something called "Delta V" which is engineer speak for how much you can change your current velocity. The only real way to do that is to burn fuel, and any extra fuel you bring in case of needing to do something you didn't plan for will cost fuel to move through the whole mission with no added benefit most of the time, so cutting your margins as close as safely possible is a major part of planning any mission. The mission has to get from the surface to Earth Orbit, escape Earth Orbit to a transfer orbit out to Mars Orbit, slow down to capture in orbit around Mars, some part of the vehicle has to counter its orbital velocity around Mars to descend to the surface, then another vehicle has to ascend back to Mars orbit, then they must escape Mars Orbit to a transfer orbit back to Earth, Capture in Earth Orbit, and then de-orbit at least part of the spacecraft to land on Earth. That's a lot of Delta V. Several legs can be pre-placed such as the Mission Abort Vehicle which was sent long before the people left Earth, but each leg only get the Delta V it strictly needs, plus a little bit. The cost of "turning around" to go back and get Mark Watney(Matt Damon) even very shortly after they leave Mars Orbit would be roughly equal to that ENTIRE Delta V requirement for the entire mission. They really can't just turn around and go back for him. That's not an option.
Thank you! I had a truly sh*tty day and am now looking forward to this movie and your reaction to it. Love the movie so much....the details are clearer in the book, but Matt truly makes Mark come to life 🤣😊
My partner was shocked when I said I never watched the movie, he made sure I watched it that very day …and I enjoyed every bit of it… your reaction was amazing as usual..but the movie wasn’t what I thought …it surprised me amazed me made me emotional…touched every emotions possible….thank you guys so much
Thanks for watching with us🤙
@@BaddMedicine 😍 thank you for your comment
This film was just so well done. Great story, science heavy and realistic, and the human condition laid bare.
Ridley Scott at the helm. Gifted actors armed with a brilliant script.
What's not to love? The first time I watched this I was completely enthralled.
I loved your reaction, and moreover watching y'all watch it was entertaining as well.
Kudos Bad Medicine!👍👍👍
I remember when this came out I had the choice to watch this or the second maze runner movie in theatres with my dad and I really wanted to watch maze runner because I liked the first one but my brother and my dad wanted to watch the Martian, me not know anything about the movie and knowing my little brother I thought it would be an animated children's movie about Martians, I relented and decided to watch this with them and it turned out to be one of the best descions I've ever made, this movie is almost perfect
Loved your commentary - agree, the humour really adds to this. On the theme of lost in space, would love to see you do a comparison to GRAVITY with Sandra Bullock from 2013.
I absolutely love this movie!! Mark Watney is the epitome of the saying “You’ve got to laugh to keep from crying.” 😂
Have to say this: The crew can’t turn just around. This isn’t Star Trek. If they tried, they’d get there _later_ then the next planned mission, even though you’d think they’d be closer. But they’re not, and they can’t move fast. The Hermes - their spaceship - is on a loooong trajectory going to Earth, having slowly accelerated a lot of the way with an ion engine (these exist and offer very little acceleration but over a very long time), and then it’ll have to brake for equally as long to slow down at Earth. And it’s not like they have Mars at their back and Earth in their windshield: they’re aiming for where Earth is going to be when they get there, and behind them, Mars has moved too. So to turn around for Mars, they’d be braking for weeks if not months just to “stop”, and then accelerate for months and months because it’s like swimming away from a boat, then regretting and trying to catch back up. That’s why the Purnell maneuver is clever, because they can keep aiming for Earth, but miss and slingshot toward where Mars will be.
When I saw the title talking about the unexpected amount of comedy I was like “oh, so they haven’t read the book”, cause Mark is even more hilarious in the book, for context, the first line in the book is “I’m pretty much fucked.”
One of my all-time favorite movies! It’s so well done. The audiobook is so good too.
I loved this movie from beginning to end, thwe comedy was on point, the story, the anxiety at the end was real for me, I was not breathing and my eyes watered when he was caught. Amazing movie! and I loved watching you love it as well.
This was very well done. In every aspect. Didn't do too much or too little in all areas.
Great reaction guys! 😊
I've been looking forward to this one all week!
I love this movie so much! And I noticed that this was the extended edition that you all watched. And that made it even better!
This movie was based on the book of the same name by author Andy Weir. One thing that I loved about the book was that it was more detailed. It touched more on Mark Watney, Rick Martinez, and Chris Beck' friendship. And throughout the book Watney kept making sure that the world knew that it wasn't Commander Lewis's fault that he was accidentally left behind. And if the people at NASA stated that it was, that Mark would publicly set the record straight. I highly recommend the to you three.
This is one of my favorite Matt Damon movies. And just a movie that I always have to watch at least twice a week.
Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊
I friggin love this film. Smarts and hearts and impeccable comedy. In a nutshell, what a good rewatchable 🍿 movie should be.
I lost it with "That's what I was thinking" 🤣
You know a movie is great when you catch yourself believing for even half a second that we've actually landed on mars.
Fun fact! Apparently, not even NASA can improve on duct tape, so "space duct tape" is the exact same duct tape you'd buy at a hardware store, or steal from Walmart.
To this day this is the movie I think of when I think of "edge of your seat" 😂 I saw this in the theaters & was audibly groaning & clutching the arm rests when they were doing the interception maneuver & they had to catch Watney. My mom had to lean over & tell me to chill out because I was getting so physically anxious & other ppl were noticing 😅😅 for that reason (and bc the science in it checks out, which I just think is amazing) it's still one of my favorite movies 😂❤
The bit where the crew of the Hermes says, "Be advised that Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man" Is a tribute to Donald Glover's character. Calling someone a "steely eyed missile man" is considered the highest compliment you can give another person within NASA's astronaut culture. And it indicates a person who who quickly devises an ingenious solution to a tough problem while under extreme pressure. The last person to be labeled a steely eyed missile man in real life was a guy named John Aaron. If you ever watched "Apollo 13", he's the engineer who figured out the power rationing required to restart the command module with Mattingly. Before Aaron was Arturo Campos, a NASA engineer who figured out how to jury rig the CO2 scrubbera on Apollo 13. He was the man who said, "We have to figure out how to fit one of these (holds up a square filter) into a hole built for this (holds up a round filter), using nothing but that (points to a pile of stuff consisting of a copy of every loose object present on Apollo 13)"
Purnell comes up with the plan that allows the Hermes to go back to Mars and rescue Watney, hence the crew laying the title "steely eyed missile man" on him.
You guys should do something funny and light-hearted like Bridgerton 😂 And all the other male youtube reaction channels loved it as well!
I really wish they’d put this interaction from the book in the movie: “Mark, a couple of answers to your questions. No, we will not tell the botany team to go fuck themselves. They’re doing their job to try to keep you alive. The Cubs finished at the… bottom of the series. The bit rate is too small for music, even in its compressed form, so your request of ‘Anything, oh god, anything but disco’ is denied. Enjoy your boogie fever.”
I recommend reading or listening to The Martian audio book. The book really shows Watney's humor and cool attitude while being in such a highly stressful situation.. But where the book differs is that they really take the science stuff deep. He REALLY has to science the sh*t out of it. It was both very entertaining and also informative.
Seriously one of if not my favorites movies ever. Always have fun watching this and somehow always tear up at the end when Mark Whatney does and when he gets rescued. The jokes are always great too
I've been waiting for this reaction all week 👍😀
One of the most greatest films ever made!! So uplifting and positive!! The ultimate feel good movie!! Awesomeness at its best 💪🚀👏🙌👍❤🎉
Wasn’t expecting this reaction! The movie is fantastic, after reading the book it’s one of the few instances where I think the movie may be better than the book. Both are still fantastic!
"I'm going to have to science the shit out of this". Basically the premise of the movie... SUCH a GREAT LINE.
The scenes depicting the Martian landscape were filmed in Jordan at a place called Wadi Rum, which is frequently used by movies.
As someone who had to get my appendix removed just over a month ago, I can confirm that even that, a minor surgery, took a huge toll out of me, so hard to function. So glad that they showed how it truly is to have a wound like that
The crazy thing is that 95% of the science in this movie is accurate, and it's not even a fraction of the science that Andy Wier himself did for the book this is adapted from. This is 100% my favorite movie these days.