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You should read "An Astronaut's Guide to Life", really interesting and entertaining. Talks about the mindset they need to have to deal with the issues that always arise. By Chris Hadfield, former Commander of the Int Space Station
I don't know about other folks but I for one can do without the shaky cam guys. I literally thought there was an earthquake at my place and the screen was shaking for a moment.
"That guy right there is Gollum's actor." Hahahahahaha so stinking funny. He plays Boromir who was actual at the counsel of Elrond, which makes it such a funny line in the scene.
He ignored the chain of command, he went behind his boss's back (the director of NASA), and disobeyed his orders. His actions could have led to the death of the entire missions crew. It makes perfect sense that Sean Bean's character got fired after that.
NASA isn't the military. I think chain of command is a bit over-the-top. Yes, he did ignore his boss and go over his head. So he did deserve to be fired, no matter the right reasons for what he did.
@@Oxley016 Having been in the U.S. military and having worked as a federal employee, I can assure you that it is not at all like the military. Just having a management structure like any other company doesn't make it military.
12:33 - "Ah, he threw them in the sh*t" 😂 Spartan being wrong about something is a guarantee, like the sun will rise in the morning. Edit: 37:07 - Oh, for the love of God, Spartan. This is one of your worst ones yet. 😂
Fun fact: When Watney recieves the first verbal communication in years and he begins to cry, that wasn't on the script. Matt Damon did his side of the movie alone, guiding himself with just recordings of other parts already filmed. He expected that during the launch sequence of the rescue he will be hearing recordings through an earpiece in his helmet, so it was a surprise for him when he heard the other actos at the rescue scene. His crying was real.
Actually it was in the script. What happened was Damon and Ridley both felt Damon’s performance was forced. So without telling him Ridley started playing the voice lines from the other actors through the headset during the launch sequence. The combination of hearing his friends voices and the effects which made it feel like a real launch made him cry for real because he was able to really understand what it would have felt like for Mark since it had just been him and Ridley for months
@@TheJjcczz Especially since all the scenes where he interacted with the other actors had been shot weeks ago, so he'd basically been acting completely alone, as a one-man-show, ever since everyone else wrapped. Even though he was obviously always surrounded by the film crew standing just off-camera, he still gained some insight into just how lonely Watney must have felt, and how he'd react to finally hearing another human voice again. Tearing up and crying didn't seem like an overreaction anymore.
@@SebastianWeinberg It wasn’t even a full crew, but a skeleton crew at that point because they kept it down to essential crew only. From what I remember it was Ridley, the DP, 1 AC, 1 boom op, and 1 sound mixer. Everyone else came in as needed. This was to maintain the atmosphere of being alone, limit the foot prints and tracks being created, and it help cut down on overall costs
@@infiad1275 Fun fact, while its true that he didnt die in this movie, he is the only character in the post credits scene shown to have lost their job. So hes the only character whose career died in this movie
@@bradrich2000 They made no mention of relativity or time dilation. The line in the movie is directly referencing the distance it takes for a rescue vessel to reach mars. There is nothing to step up here.
"Oh no! He threw the Potatoes in the shit!" Don't tell Spartan about Farming I guess :'D Also, I love how the Climax of this film is a lesson in Orbital Mechanics, you can brute force an intercept but the velocity will be all wrong.
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Fun Fact about that whole Sean Bean/Boromir explaining Elrond to the other NASA Executive: Ridley Scott didn't want to include that line in the movie, nor for Sean Bean being the one to deliver it (despite the fact that it's in the book), because he felt it might be a bit too much on the nose and people wouldn't find it funny or would think they were being too cute. It turned out to be one of the funniest and most memorable instances in the movie - especially with Sean Bean essentially being self-referential like that and almost breaking the fourth wall in doing that explanation within an explanation. His character in the Martian explaining what the Council of Elrond is - a meeting that his character in The Lord of The Rings was actually AT.
“You just… begin. You solve one problem, and then the next one. And then the next one and then the next one, and if you solve enough problems, you get to come home.” I just love that.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Immediately establishes amazing rapport with the crew. No vague power of belief saving the day. Just competency, knowledge, ignenuity, and resourcefulness. And no real bad guys either just people juggling different priorities but they're professionals so there's no overblown drama. Truely a brilliantly written movie.
The Council of Elrond scene is in the book and I'm really glad it wasn't removed from the film just because Sean Bean ended up being the character to explain it directly - it was almost not in the movie because Ridley Scott thought it seemed weird, but everyone loved that scene. I remember being in the cinema and everyone lost it.
Each astronaut is a specialist but they are all cross-trained in different areas just in case they lose one of them. That's why Mark, was a medic and engineer but mostly I think he was picked because of his problem-solving abilities. And Spartan: "Shame, shame."
What I like about this movie is that nobody is incompetent. Everybody has different viewpoints and different experiences and different levels of risk tolerance, but nobody is incompetent. And even though shit goes bad now and then, things STILL work out. Because when people are smart, act intelligently, and actually care about their fellow human beings, nobody dies.
I’m joining the roasting of “Spartan”. How can you call yourself “Spartan” when you can’t recognize Boromir or Ned Stark? “Weak Sauce” is your new name.
"He threw the potatoes in the shit!" He's a botanist, so he knows that the Martian "soil" lacks the nutrients or minerals necessary for growing food. However, he also knows that ALL those nutrients are found in excrement, the source of all known fertilizers.
Apollo 13 is essentially the real life version of this movie. They made the events of Apollo 13 into a movie with Tom Hanks in 1995. Extremely good and accurate movie based on real events
The funny part of this movie is almost everything could "technically" work. But the one thing farthest from real is the actual cause of the movie.. The storm at the start would not cause that type of damage.
You gotta read the original novel by Andy Weir. It's written like a mission log, really day-by-day. Mark telling what he thinks and how he sometimes just finds out things by trial and error. In the book he has to face even more failures, some he is resposible for himself, because he is winging most of the stuff and using equipment for something completely different than what it was made for. And the book is also even more funny with his (sometimes) very dark humor. One of my favorite parts of the book is when some device has a malfunction and Watney writes NASA that he will dismantle it to see what's wrong with it. NASA (after hours of meetings): NO! Don't do that. It going to fail and you will die! ... and Watney of course just ignores them, fixes the problem and writes back that all is fine. NASA: Asshole!🤣
Another great pick you two! This movie is very underrated imo, one of the best space movies behind Interstellar. I always tear up at the end when he finally hears his crew's voices on the coms for the first time in forever.
Don't know if someone has mentioned this but the force of Martian sandstorms is nothing like you see in the movie. Yes, the sand does get kicked up and it can cover the entire planet but that's not because of the force of the winds that is generated. It's because of the finest of the sand. The Martian atmosphere just isn't thick enough to produce winds of the magnitude now you see in the movie.
The authors of the Martian and the Expanse are friends. Astronaut Mark Watney being the first person to colonize Mars is canon in the Expanse universe.
@@grimscar The TV series actually acknowledges that, too. One scene set on Mars takes place in front of the "Dr. Mark Watney Memorial Botanical Gardens." 😊
This movie is so good feeling and uplifting, a love letter to the desire for living and hold to the feeling of being alive. The fact that Ridley Scott directed that after his younger committed suicide is so meaningful.
A fun note, while Mars does have massive dust storms, the atmosphere is so thin, that the winds have very little force. They writer, Andy Weir did a lot of research into what life would be on Mars for manned mission, and knew that the wind wouldn't be a danger, but decided to use it since it was the fastest way to get Mark alone on Mars
The "Rescue Matt Damon Cinematic Universe" is the best film franchise in Hollywood. Hes in about 10 films where a main plot point is rescuing him from something or somewhere
There's a great part in the book where the crew basically agrees that if the probe resupply goes badly and they can't get the supplies, the crew minus Johansen (Kate Mara's character) would commit suicide so Johansen as the smallest member could survive on the remaining supplies, as well as on canalizing the other crew members' bodies, long enough to reach Mars, rescue Watney, and return to Earth.
I was 24 when Pathfinder landed and Sojourner sended the first images. So breath taking. I knew exactly where Mark Whatney was going when I first watched the film.
@57:07 you talk about how the movie slows down in parts and then "... Slow pace, so, there are moments in there where I think maybe it's not going to be as good; But whenever you'd feel that it would then reconnect you with the emotion, the stakes and boom, I'm back in now" I really like you as a reactor and this doesn't change that at all, but I find this above quote really perplexing in a general sort of way. For me a great story needs moments of quiet in order for the audience to actually think the thoughts that are required to deepen it. If thoughts are just transmitted into your brain via action without ambiguity the story, the film, the poem, the novel, it just can't ever be as deep as something that out of various points of silence causes you to reflect and think your own thoughts, even if they are predictable thoughts. So please, as someone that doesn't understand the other position, could someone explain? It's not that I don't like action movies (grew up on Kung Fu theatre, etc..), but I don't understand the idea Spartan is putting forward here, that a movie should instantly be doubted if it doesn't constantly ram you with force-fed exposition, experience, etc...
One of my favorite movies. My kids are entering high school this September and the science teacher is making them read the novel The Martian, as a fun way to teach them the scientific method. Mark had two superpowers: his dark sense of humor which kept him sane and his application of the scientific method daily to keep him alive.
I just have to say, this cast is STACKED!!! I think I recognized every actor in a speaking role from something they did before, except for the Hermes astronaut with the beard and those two scientists in China.
If you think the movie was funny, read the book. It's flat out hilarious. The opening line: "I'm pretty much fucked. That's my considered opinion. Fucked."
Its crazy cause I remember us landing the Pathfinder on mars... It was absolutely crazy and a monumental feat at the time. It was the first rover we successfully launched onto another planet, in 97. I remember our teacher rolling out the TV to watch the landing. It was our generations moon landing. So when I watched this movie, I instantly knew Pathfinder... But it seems like the younger generation has no idea what the Pathfinder is... lol.
I think that Matt Damon says the most pertinent line in the film at the very end. When things go south you can accept them and say 'this is it- this is how I end'. Or, you can get to work. That is sage advice, and it pertains to people in all walks of life.
Each moment of connection Mark makes is so beautiful thanks in part to Matt's acting. First encounter with the potato plant: gentle connection with something living but not intelligent. First text chat with Nasa: a semi emotional one upon finally talking with an intelligent being through a non-living medium (the computer). First time he hears the crews voices: that's the biggest leap in his connection to someone after so many months with only himself and pre-recorded music to entertain himself.
The funny thing about the whole Council of Elrond thing is that's actually straight out of the book. It's funny there, but having Sean Bean in this scene makes it even better. This whole movie is actually one of the better book adaptations I've ever seen. You can really tell that it was made by people who liked the book.
love this movie, but the BOOK is amazing, Andy Wier gets into the tech of everything, using all real world parts to make it come alive. highly recommend it
Andy wier, the author of this book recently wrote another book called Project Hail Marry. It is also really good. They are beginning filming soon. It has Goslin as the actor. I cannot wait for the eventual movie release
One thing to remember is that it takes a minimum of 20 minutes for a signal travelling at light speed to go from earth to mars when mars is at its closest to earth, that's 40 minutes return communication. This is why they can't remotely control the mars rovers like you would a radio controlled car. They can give it basic commands but then the AI has decide the best course of action. The rover was only supposed to last 90 days. 11 years later and it's still up there doing great work. Now that's engineering.
I tried getting into it. I even watched the first 8 episodes. The storyline is good-ish, but man, the characters are kinda annoying. I don't even care for any of them even after 8 episodes. So, I just left it.
@@neeharikasingh4229the first season is a little weird. The show takes a little while to find its tone…the first season added a lot of drama between the principal characters for the sake of TV that didn’t exist in the books and it feels a little “network TV”. It didn’t work that well and it got dropped pretty quickly. It’s a MUCH better show starting with season 2.
The author asked a NASA member to read his book and tell him what he thought about. He said: "I did not enjoy it." "Why?", asked the author shocked. "Because when i come home, i want to get away from work, not read about it!" In other words it was so close to reality that a NASA member was uncomfortable ^^
Matt Damon has cost a calculated 900 billion dollars rescuing him in this and Interstellar. Quoting Tom Hanks at end of Saving Private Ryan. “Earn this”
Speaking of the actor playing Gollum, Andy Serkis, I recommend watching the Planet of the Apes trilogy where Andy Serkis plays the main character Caesar, that is one of the best trilogies I have watched. That is also Sci-Fi
I had a professor in college who’d escaped a Turkish prison with a spoon. I’m not kidding. The ending of this always reminds me of that, of him. It’s no joke. Being in a room with someone with that kind of experience, and they’re there to teach you; you shut up and listen. Surreal.
I love that almost everything in this movie is based on real science except for the storm at the start which was made worse for the plot to move along. One of my favourite movies of all time.
As you're getting into space things. The show you should check out is The Expanse. It's pretty amazing. Best sci-fi show ever IMO. Boromir FROM LOTR/Ned Stark obviously.. But Andy Serkis plays Golumm and Caesar in the newer planet of the apes movies. Also..Pudgey saying spacetime in relation to the time it will take for them to get him.. Isn't because of relativity like in Interstellar. That's gravity bending space time. In this circumstance it's to do with distance Mars is from Earth. There are small windows to travel to Mars quicker. When planets are close together. And travel time is still significant as well.
Earth orbits around the sun at a speed of 67,100 miles per hour. If the Earth is moving towards Mars this is a big help. If the Earth is moving away from Mars, this is a big problem. Now add the distance you've mentioned and only using those 2 facts, anyone should understand what a 'window of opportunity' is.
I love this movie. It feels so much like a movie inspired by true events. Which obviously it can't be, but it has the same vibe as 127 hours. There's a ton of technical details that go over most people's heads. Like you need to watch the commentary and interviews with the author of the book it's based on. 8:00 You say ''Already?" right here, but he should have been dead way sooner. One of the crew said that he would have less than a minute before he'd die of decompression because of his punctured suit. Waking up to a piece of metal stabbed into your abdomen is shitty, but it's also the only reason he didn't die. The metal and his wet blood were plugging the whole in his suit. Which leads to a useful life saving lesson in the real world. If you end up in a situation where you've been stabbed, and the object is still embedded, DO NOT take it out. It could be the only thing keeping you from bleeding out. Stabilize it as best you can, and if it's possible, go to an ER. If not, call 911.
I'm pretty excited. The author who wrote The Martian also wrote a book called Project Hail Mary, and both are amazing books. They are currently making the movie to Hail Mary and I can't wait.
I didn't know that Project Hail Mary was being made into a movie! That's really exciting! I loved the book, although I'm not sure I'll ever be able to forgive him for the pun of filling the Hail Mary ship with an astronaut called Grace🙈😂😂
Neil deGrasse Tyson said this movie was one of the most scientifically accurate movies he had seen. The only issue he had which he brought up to the author was the strength of the initial storm on Mars. Apparently storms on Mars are barely stronger than a light breeze since there's basically no atmosphere. But Tyson gave it to him since everything else in the movie was scientifically airtight.
@@terrylandess6072 The reason for that was because they had a malfunction in one of the Starliner's manouvering engines and thrusters that they use for automated docking. So they had to manually do it which takes a lot longer - especially if you're missing an engine and you have to compensate.
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Don't be worried about your decision. You'll never have been there anyway 😅
In case any doubt remains, watching "Gravity" should fix that. One of the single scariest films I've ever seen.
You should read "An Astronaut's Guide to Life", really interesting and entertaining. Talks about the mindset they need to have to deal with the issues that always arise. By Chris Hadfield, former Commander of the Int Space Station
I don't know about other folks but I for one can do without the shaky cam guys. I literally thought there was an earthquake at my place and the screen was shaking for a moment.
GOLLUM'S ACTOR BRUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calling Sean Bean "Gollum's Actor" and not recognizing him as Ned Stark or Boromir, Spartan get yourself together :D
Spartan really fell off
I’ve watched this movie like 10 times prob 7 being reactions and only found out now in this that it was Ned stark so i feel worse😅
His brain really cooked up something XD
What!?!? Lmao that's hilarious.
Bro, they literally reference lord of the rings in the movie...@@Kevin.Costner.
The edit of Ned choking Spartan and Pudgey laughing from the window absolutely sent me 😂
Especially if you remember Ned's line during that: "You're a funny man . . ."
Timestamp?
@@homeat103 56:35
The best 😂
I was waiting for the text insert of “ you are a funny man aren’t you “ 😂
56:35 the epic L of missing ned stark was redeemed by the god level edit 😂😂
LOL Pudgey coming out the window "WAHT THE HELL" - thats some funny editing
+10 to the editor for the scene with Ned at the end of the reaction hahah
"That guy right there is Gollum's actor." Hahahahahaha so stinking funny. He plays Boromir who was actual at the counsel of Elrond, which makes it such a funny line in the scene.
It's not mentioned in the movie but it is in the book that each astronaut had two specialties. Mark was a botanist but also an engineer.
Someone should tell Boromir that Winter Is Coming.
Will get on that Sharppe-ish... kerk
Temperature-wise, Winter is there...for Mark
Apparently they should tell Gollum! 🤣🤣
wow did you think that up all by yourself.....
Lmao!! STOP IT ! 😭😭😭😭😭
He ignored the chain of command, he went behind his boss's back (the director of NASA), and disobeyed his orders. His actions could have led to the death of the entire missions crew.
It makes perfect sense that Sean Bean's character got fired after that.
NASA isn't the military. I think chain of command is a bit over-the-top. Yes, he did ignore his boss and go over his head. So he did deserve to be fired, no matter the right reasons for what he did.
@@GeraldH-ln4dv In some ways it is like the military. It is a government agency and it's director answers directly to the President.
@o.b.7217 but his career died
@@Oxley016 that don't make it military. So does the head of the Post Office, but you wouldn't call them a military organization.
@@Oxley016 Having been in the U.S. military and having worked as a federal employee, I can assure you that it is not at all like the military. Just having a management structure like any other company doesn't make it military.
The Pathfinder actually went to Mars in the 90's, it was the first vehicle on the planet until they officially lost contact.
12:33 - "Ah, he threw them in the sh*t" 😂 Spartan being wrong about something is a guarantee, like the sun will rise in the morning. Edit: 37:07 - Oh, for the love of God, Spartan. This is one of your worst ones yet. 😂
37:07 Gollum's actor ? Freaking Boromir, not to mention Ned fucking Stark !
Forever 006!
Sean Bean didn't play Gollum - that was Andy Serkis
Gollum what?
Major Sharpe
@@bobogus7559 Exactly, I was pointing out that he said that.
Fun fact: When Watney recieves the first verbal communication in years and he begins to cry, that wasn't on the script. Matt Damon did his side of the movie alone, guiding himself with just recordings of other parts already filmed. He expected that during the launch sequence of the rescue he will be hearing recordings through an earpiece in his helmet, so it was a surprise for him when he heard the other actos at the rescue scene. His crying was real.
weak....
Actually it was in the script. What happened was Damon and Ridley both felt Damon’s performance was forced. So without telling him Ridley started playing the voice lines from the other actors through the headset during the launch sequence. The combination of hearing his friends voices and the effects which made it feel like a real launch made him cry for real because he was able to really understand what it would have felt like for Mark since it had just been him and Ridley for months
Thats so funny my stomach hurts
@@TheJjcczz Especially since all the scenes where he interacted with the other actors had been shot weeks ago, so he'd basically been acting completely alone, as a one-man-show, ever since everyone else wrapped. Even though he was obviously always surrounded by the film crew standing just off-camera, he still gained some insight into just how lonely Watney must have felt, and how he'd react to finally hearing another human voice again. Tearing up and crying didn't seem like an overreaction anymore.
@@SebastianWeinberg It wasn’t even a full crew, but a skeleton crew at that point because they kept it down to essential crew only. From what I remember it was Ridley, the DP, 1 AC, 1 boom op, and 1 sound mixer. Everyone else came in as needed. This was to maintain the atmosphere of being alone, limit the foot prints and tracks being created, and it help cut down on overall costs
37:06 Can't believe Spartan did Sean Bean dirty like that. 🤣
wrong name but if i was an actor confused with Andy Serkis i wouldn’t be mad about it 😂
Great movie and great reaction. I'd recommend Apollo 13. 100% true story about a true event. Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, and Tom Hanks.
But but but that's not true we never went to the moon 🥴🤣🤣
@@liammurphy2022 lol
Not quite 100%. But very high.
It's so good that no one realized the special effects were not NASA films.
I have never seen Sean Bean disrespected so much in my life! I love how he didn't realise it was Boromir or Ned Stark.
And THIS the ONE MOVIE he DIDN'T DIE!! Absolutely ironic!
@@infiad1275 Lots of movies he didn't die.
OR Major Sharpe in the tv show Sharpe. Or 006 in James Bond - Goldeneye
Tough scene
@@infiad1275 Fun fact, while its true that he didnt die in this movie, he is the only character in the post credits scene shown to have lost their job. So hes the only character whose career died in this movie
Mark: "4 years until a manned mission can reach me."
"ah TRUUU space time"
I mean, it's not wrong. Space is BIG. They didn't say relativity, so the implication of her referring to time dilation isn't necessarily the case.
@@Max10192 space time has everything to do with relativity. Space time isn't just the amount of time you spend in space. step it up, Max
@@bradrich2000 They made no mention of relativity or time dilation. The line in the movie is directly referencing the distance it takes for a rescue vessel to reach mars. There is nothing to step up here.
@@Max10192 Bro, Pudgey says Time Space. which she is wrong about. Just a joke. calm down
"Oh no! He threw the Potatoes in the shit!"
Don't tell Spartan about Farming I guess :'D
Also, I love how the Climax of this film is a lesson in Orbital Mechanics, you can brute force an intercept but the velocity will be all wrong.
Yeah they're not really bright 😂
@@LoiKush420Pudgey is lol
- The first caveman watching his friend start planting stuff, ca 10,000 B.C
Dont tell him about farming in north korea...
@@timnordstrom7383Caveman Spartan is a funny visualization 😂
Omg when the penny dropped about Sean bean and then the edit with both of ur faces popped up I near wet myself 😂
One of the finest science fiction films ever made. Entertaining, mostly accurate, funny and emotional. How could anyone ask for more?
Have you read The Hail Mary Project? It's by the same author and really good!
And Artemis, same author and really good
@@AdamPFarnsworth Read it, loved it. And, they're making a movie of it with Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace.
@@jodonnell64 I know! Can't wait to see it!
Accuracy is a bit fuzzy but he at least put the work in to be consistent.
The secret meeting was called Project Elrond in the book, before the movie was ever conceived. Casting Sean Bean was just a brilliant piece of work.
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Fun Fact about that whole Sean Bean/Boromir explaining Elrond to the other NASA Executive:
Ridley Scott didn't want to include that line in the movie, nor for Sean Bean being the one to deliver it (despite the fact that it's in the book), because he felt it might be a bit too much on the nose and people wouldn't find it funny or would think they were being too cute.
It turned out to be one of the funniest and most memorable instances in the movie - especially with Sean Bean essentially being self-referential like that and almost breaking the fourth wall in doing that explanation within an explanation.
His character in the Martian explaining what the Council of Elrond is - a meeting that his character in The Lord of The Rings was actually AT.
It's definitely on the nose but it works for me! I'm glad they kept it in, it's a fun wink to the audience.
I loved it! Makes me want to go back and re-watch LotR.
If I were in charge I’d have him say “I want to be Boromir!”. But I guess that’s why I’m not a movie director.
“You just… begin. You solve one problem, and then the next one. And then the next one and then the next one, and if you solve enough problems, you get to come home.” I just love that.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Immediately establishes amazing rapport with the crew. No vague power of belief saving the day. Just competency, knowledge, ignenuity, and resourcefulness. And no real bad guys either just people juggling different priorities but they're professionals so there's no overblown drama. Truely a brilliantly written movie.
The Council of Elrond scene is in the book and I'm really glad it wasn't removed from the film just because Sean Bean ended up being the character to explain it directly - it was almost not in the movie because Ridley Scott thought it seemed weird, but everyone loved that scene. I remember being in the cinema and everyone lost it.
Edit at the end of the reaction with choking killed me. Love the reaction guys
Each astronaut is a specialist but they are all cross-trained in different areas just in case they lose one of them. That's why Mark, was a medic and engineer but mostly I think he was picked because of his problem-solving abilities. And Spartan: "Shame, shame."
*botanist and engineer. Beck was the medic.
What I like about this movie is that nobody is incompetent. Everybody has different viewpoints and different experiences and different levels of risk tolerance, but nobody is incompetent. And even though shit goes bad now and then, things STILL work out. Because when people are smart, act intelligently, and actually care about their fellow human beings, nobody dies.
Spartan: "And you know that guy there he is Gollum's Actor"
Boromir: "where is Lurtz when you need one.."
Dude, just how. How did he not know Sean Bean was not only Boromir, but Ned Frickin Stark.
This has to be Spartan's biggest L ever.
I’m joining the roasting of “Spartan”. How can you call yourself “Spartan” when you can’t recognize Boromir or Ned Stark? “Weak Sauce” is your new name.
E's been rottin 'is brain wit TV.
"He threw the potatoes in the shit!" He's a botanist, so he knows that the Martian "soil" lacks the nutrients or minerals necessary for growing food. However, he also knows that ALL those nutrients are found in excrement, the source of all known fertilizers.
Apollo 13 is essentially the real life version of this movie. They made the events of Apollo 13 into a movie with Tom Hanks in 1995. Extremely good and accurate movie based on real events
The funny part of this movie is almost everything could "technically" work. But the one thing farthest from real is the actual cause of the movie.. The storm at the start would not cause that type of damage.
You gotta read the original novel by Andy Weir. It's written like a mission log, really day-by-day. Mark telling what he thinks and how he sometimes just finds out things by trial and error. In the book he has to face even more failures, some he is resposible for himself, because he is winging most of the stuff and using equipment for something completely different than what it was made for. And the book is also even more funny with his (sometimes) very dark humor.
One of my favorite parts of the book is when some device has a malfunction and Watney writes NASA that he will dismantle it to see what's wrong with it.
NASA (after hours of meetings): NO! Don't do that. It going to fail and you will die! ... and Watney of course just ignores them, fixes the problem and writes back that all is fine. NASA: Asshole!🤣
After reading your novel of a comment idk if anyone would be remotely interested 😂
Not recognizing NED FREAKING STARK !? Yall be slackin' 😂
Oh my god the edit of Ned Stark choking out Spartan and then Pudgey just popping out of the second story window had me fucking rolling 😂😂
Oh man, couldn't stop laughing with that Sean Bean choking Spartan 😂😂
Another great pick you two! This movie is very underrated imo, one of the best space movies behind Interstellar. I always tear up at the end when he finally hears his crew's voices on the coms for the first time in forever.
Don't know if someone has mentioned this but the force of Martian sandstorms is nothing like you see in the movie. Yes, the sand does get kicked up and it can cover the entire planet but that's not because of the force of the winds that is generated. It's because of the finest of the sand. The Martian atmosphere just isn't thick enough to produce winds of the magnitude now you see in the movie.
A Sci-Fi series you might try is The Expanse. It starts slow, but, ramps up. Mars is part of it.
Not enough people react to The Expanse, such a good show
The authors of the Martian and the Expanse are friends. Astronaut Mark Watney being the first person to colonize Mars is canon in the Expanse universe.
I loved it immediately, but I usually tell people if they aren't invested by the end of Ep 4...keep watching, anyway. It's so good!
Amazing show. Unfortunately the first season turns off a handful due to its slower pacing.
@@grimscar The TV series actually acknowledges that, too.
One scene set on Mars takes place in front of the "Dr. Mark Watney Memorial Botanical Gardens." 😊
"Way to gaurrrrrrrr" is my new fav catchphrase🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like how the cadets running by him at the end, stops running when they are going by him to show him respect.
This movie is so good feeling and uplifting, a love letter to the desire for living and hold to the feeling of being alive.
The fact that Ridley Scott directed that after his younger committed suicide is so meaningful.
A fun note, while Mars does have massive dust storms, the atmosphere is so thin, that the winds have very little force.
They writer, Andy Weir did a lot of research into what life would be on Mars for manned mission, and knew that the wind wouldn't be a danger, but decided to use it since it was the fastest way to get Mark alone on Mars
@56:34 - @56:37 Y’all had me laughing so hard at that edit. Pudgey popping her head out and laughing at Spartan getting choked out by Ned. 😂😂
The "Rescue Matt Damon Cinematic Universe" is the best film franchise in Hollywood. Hes in about 10 films where a main plot point is rescuing him from something or somewhere
😂 Does Good Will Hunting count? Matt Damon needs emotional saving in that film.
in those years jessica chaystin made just an amazing series of successful roles/films/,and this was one of them.excellent actress!
"It's Gollum! It's Ned Stark!"
It's Boromir, actually. The guy who tried to take the ring and took 3 arrows to the chest.
Probably already suggested, but I think you guys would enjoy the Expanse. One of the best sci-fi shows of the last few years.
Spartan would be ALL IN on a certain character from Baltimore.
@@Cbricklyne They're from Down Under.
There's a certain Martian character they would absolutely love, too.
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She's technically not from Down Under but rather Down Under 'Adjacent'.
(*she's a Kiwi)
Hey guy's - great to see ye doing so well - over 110k subs. I was there for the GOT stuff with you guys - you've not popped up until today. Hmm.
The Martian, Saving Private Ryan & Interstellar, Hollywoods spent a lot of money rescuing Matt Damon
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Yet, Jimmy Kimmel always runs out of time for him to be interviewed. Maybe next time buddy.
Most overused comment on TH-cam.
and it’ll continue to be👹 blame hollywood buddy
in all fairness, since Sean beans character didn't die, I understand how it would be easy to miss him.
Unless you count the death of his career
This entire movie is a love letter to duct tape. Seriously, is there anything duct tape can’t do? 😂
😂 I feel that kind of love for baking soda. But duct tape is a close second.
There's a great part in the book where the crew basically agrees that if the probe resupply goes badly and they can't get the supplies, the crew minus Johansen (Kate Mara's character) would commit suicide so Johansen as the smallest member could survive on the remaining supplies, as well as on canalizing the other crew members' bodies, long enough to reach Mars, rescue Watney, and return to Earth.
I get car sick too Pudgey. Non motion sickness people don’t know our struggle. 😅
Fun Fact. This film was nominated as a comedy at the awards shows 😂
The ascent vehicle was perfectly functional. It was Pathfinder that he had to fix and get online for communication.
25:58 In the Novel, what Watney write includes:
( . )( . ) To bad the movie didn't include it. lol
I was 24 when Pathfinder landed and Sojourner sended the first images. So breath taking. I knew exactly where Mark Whatney was going when I first watched the film.
Storms are never that strong on Mars. This is basically Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
"Really looking forward to not dying"
*pans to Sean Bean*
Great reaction guys. However many times I watch this movie, it always makes me tear up!
Really looking forward to your Arrival reaction...
@57:07 you talk about how the movie slows down in parts and then "... Slow pace, so, there are moments in there where I think maybe it's not going to be as good; But whenever you'd feel that it would then reconnect you with the emotion, the stakes and boom, I'm back in now"
I really like you as a reactor and this doesn't change that at all, but I find this above quote really perplexing in a general sort of way. For me a great story needs moments of quiet in order for the audience to actually think the thoughts that are required to deepen it. If thoughts are just transmitted into your brain via action without ambiguity the story, the film, the poem, the novel, it just can't ever be as deep as something that out of various points of silence causes you to reflect and think your own thoughts, even if they are predictable thoughts.
So please, as someone that doesn't understand the other position, could someone explain? It's not that I don't like action movies (grew up on Kung Fu theatre, etc..), but I don't understand the idea Spartan is putting forward here, that a movie should instantly be doubted if it doesn't constantly ram you with force-fed exposition, experience, etc...
One of my favorite movies. My kids are entering high school this September and the science teacher is making them read the novel The Martian, as a fun way to teach them the scientific method. Mark had two superpowers: his dark sense of humor which kept him sane and his application of the scientific method daily to keep him alive.
I just have to say, this cast is STACKED!!! I think I recognized every actor in a speaking role from something they did before, except for the Hermes astronaut with the beard and those two scientists in China.
Everyone thinks the nasa guy is sean bean but it actually isn't, it just looks like him. The tell tail sign is that he doesn't die lol
Wait what? Sean Bean is the Gollum's actor? AH yes, I think he was also in the Game of Thrones playing a Littlefinger's role 👌 56:27 lol
If you think the movie was funny, read the book. It's flat out hilarious.
The opening line: "I'm pretty much fucked. That's my considered opinion. Fucked."
Dang, I think Spartan has to return his "House Stark" shirt now 😅
Boramir in LOTR-Ned Stark in GOT- Ian Howell in National Treasure
Its crazy cause I remember us landing the Pathfinder on mars... It was absolutely crazy and a monumental feat at the time. It was the first rover we successfully launched onto another planet, in 97. I remember our teacher rolling out the TV to watch the landing. It was our generations moon landing.
So when I watched this movie, I instantly knew Pathfinder... But it seems like the younger generation has no idea what the Pathfinder is... lol.
I think that Matt Damon says the most pertinent line in the film at the very end.
When things go south you can accept them and say 'this is it- this is how I end'. Or, you can get to work.
That is sage advice, and it pertains to people in all walks of life.
Each moment of connection Mark makes is so beautiful thanks in part to Matt's acting.
First encounter with the potato plant: gentle connection with something living but not intelligent.
First text chat with Nasa: a semi emotional one upon finally talking with an intelligent being through a non-living medium (the computer).
First time he hears the crews voices: that's the biggest leap in his connection to someone after so many months with only himself and pre-recorded music to entertain himself.
Take a drink everytime Pudgey says "Fuck" 🤣
Such a brilliant movie. Already watched it multiple times and every time I get emotional.
The funny thing about the whole Council of Elrond thing is that's actually straight out of the book. It's funny there, but having Sean Bean in this scene makes it even better. This whole movie is actually one of the better book adaptations I've ever seen. You can really tell that it was made by people who liked the book.
love this movie, but the BOOK is amazing, Andy Wier gets into the tech of everything, using all real world parts to make it come alive. highly recommend it
Andy wier, the author of this book recently wrote another book called Project Hail Marry. It is also really good. They are beginning filming soon. It has Goslin as the actor. I cannot wait for the eventual movie release
One thing to remember is that it takes a minimum of 20 minutes for a signal travelling at light speed to go from earth to mars when mars is at its closest to earth, that's 40 minutes return communication.
This is why they can't remotely control the mars rovers like you would a radio controlled car.
They can give it basic commands but then the AI has decide the best course of action.
The rover was only supposed to last 90 days.
11 years later and it's still up there doing great work.
Now that's engineering.
That GOT edit they made when they realised it was Sean Bean 💀
If you want space and Sci fi then watch the Expanse TV series some people call it game of thrones in space . . .
I tried getting into it. I even watched the first 8 episodes. The storyline is good-ish, but man, the characters are kinda annoying. I don't even care for any of them even after 8 episodes. So, I just left it.
@@neeharikasingh4229the first season is a little weird. The show takes a little while to find its tone…the first season added a lot of drama between the principal characters for the sake of TV that didn’t exist in the books and it feels a little “network TV”. It didn’t work that well and it got dropped pretty quickly. It’s a MUCH better show starting with season 2.
@@neeharikasingh4229 Seems like you gave it a really solid chance but honestly s2 and onward is wayyy better.
@@chrisb.8758season 3 is some of the greatest tv I’ve ever seen
Quite a rewarding series if you make it through season 1
Another great space movie I’d like to suggest is Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks. It’s based on a true story.
The author asked a NASA member to read his book and tell him what he thought about. He said: "I did not enjoy it."
"Why?", asked the author shocked.
"Because when i come home, i want to get away from work, not read about it!"
In other words it was so close to reality that a NASA member was uncomfortable ^^
i love when Matt says "time to science the shit out of this". makes me grin every time
Matt Damon has cost a calculated 900 billion dollars rescuing him in this and Interstellar. Quoting Tom Hanks at end of Saving Private Ryan. “Earn this”
`Gollum` 😂😂
Speaking of the actor playing Gollum, Andy Serkis, I recommend watching the Planet of the Apes trilogy where Andy Serkis plays the main character Caesar, that is one of the best trilogies I have watched. That is also Sci-Fi
I had a professor in college who’d escaped a Turkish prison with a spoon. I’m not kidding. The ending of this always reminds me of that, of him. It’s no joke. Being in a room with someone with that kind of experience, and they’re there to teach you; you shut up and listen. Surreal.
Such a great movie! I’m super excited for Arrival as well, whenever that happens
The 1996 Film with Charlies Sheen - The Arrival? :P
Should be next wednesday😊
47:25 I'll be honest I think he'd still need the helmet even if the tarp was covering the windows 😂
I love that almost everything in this movie is based on real science except for the storm at the start which was made worse for the plot to move along.
One of my favourite movies of all time.
4:33 "if it went their way, there wouldn't be a movie"
These words built the entire film industry, no one ever watched a movie of things going right🤣
As you're getting into space things. The show you should check out is The Expanse. It's pretty amazing. Best sci-fi show ever IMO.
Boromir FROM LOTR/Ned Stark obviously.. But Andy Serkis plays Golumm and Caesar in the newer planet of the apes movies. Also..Pudgey saying spacetime in relation to the time it will take for them to get him.. Isn't because of relativity like in Interstellar. That's gravity bending space time. In this circumstance it's to do with distance Mars is from Earth. There are small windows to travel to Mars quicker. When planets are close together. And travel time is still significant as well.
Earth orbits around the sun at a speed of 67,100 miles per hour. If the Earth is moving towards Mars this is a big help. If the Earth is moving away from Mars, this is a big problem. Now add the distance you've mentioned and only using those 2 facts, anyone should understand what a 'window of opportunity' is.
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I love this movie. It feels so much like a movie inspired by true events. Which obviously it can't be, but it has the same vibe as 127 hours. There's a ton of technical details that go over most people's heads. Like you need to watch the commentary and interviews with the author of the book it's based on. 8:00 You say ''Already?" right here, but he should have been dead way sooner. One of the crew said that he would have less than a minute before he'd die of decompression because of his punctured suit. Waking up to a piece of metal stabbed into your abdomen is shitty, but it's also the only reason he didn't die. The metal and his wet blood were plugging the whole in his suit.
Which leads to a useful life saving lesson in the real world. If you end up in a situation where you've been stabbed, and the object is still embedded, DO NOT take it out. It could be the only thing keeping you from bleeding out. Stabilize it as best you can, and if it's possible, go to an ER. If not, call 911.
I'm pretty excited. The author who wrote The Martian also wrote a book called Project Hail Mary, and both are amazing books. They are currently making the movie to Hail Mary and I can't wait.
And "Artemis" Which I didnt care for my first time thru it, but 2nd listen liked it more..
I didn't know that Project Hail Mary was being made into a movie! That's really exciting! I loved the book, although I'm not sure I'll ever be able to forgive him for the pun of filling the Hail Mary ship with an astronaut called Grace🙈😂😂
This film is the ultimate feel good movie!! Positive and up lifting film!! Love this movie!!!!💪😊😎❤👌👏🙌🙏👍🎉
Neil deGrasse Tyson said this movie was one of the most scientifically accurate movies he had seen. The only issue he had which he brought up to the author was the strength of the initial storm on Mars. Apparently storms on Mars are barely stronger than a light breeze since there's basically no atmosphere. But Tyson gave it to him since everything else in the movie was scientifically airtight.
Just watched the Starliner dock a few days ago - it took a few hours to do that process while the movie solves it in 15 seconds.
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The reason for that was because they had a malfunction in one of the Starliner's manouvering engines and thrusters that they use for automated docking.
So they had to manually do it which takes a lot longer - especially if you're missing an engine and you have to compensate.
@@Cbricklyne I watched for 2 hours up to docking - I never heard that mentioned once. Not denying, just saying.