The Martian - MOVIE REACTION!!

[@BlindWave]

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[@sonicboomkj]

The one time I remember something about NASA and it was the pathfinder before they even said it in the movie.

[@DarthKilaj85]

The friendship they had where they were willing to be court marshalled for disobeying orders just to save their friend says so much especially for Martinez.

[@void888]

Blind wave can you plz react to (mars needs moms 2011) (planet 51 2009) (escape from planet earth 2013) (lightyear 2022) and (meet the robinsons 2007) they are all animation movies. If not all at least one of them plz. Thanks for this movie and you all have a good day.

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

The International space station was supposed to be about humanity over individual nations ... until Russia invaded Ukraine and threatened to leave an American Astronaut in space.

[@notablezero8793]

Your full length reactions don't synch up

[@inarar5334]

My favorite gag has to be that in the book, Mark comments "if this were a movie, they'd all have met me in the airlock, but this is real life and they have duties to perform." So, they made it a movie and they all met him at the airlock.

[@NoPowerintheVerse]

That part makes me chuckle. I absolutely hate that the commander is the one who recovers him though. The doctor is the one with all the specialized training, it should have been him.

[@inarar5334]

@@NoPowerintheVerse yeah, that kinda rankled me, too, but not as much as Chastain ad libbing a line 100% out of character right before they had Lewis decide to take over to assuage her guilt: "I should have left this guy on Mars." Uh, YOU DID. And are absolutely wracked with guilt about it, and absolutely would not make that joke IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESCUE.

[@vianneyb.8776]

Me when Mark went Iron Man in the movie, a thing he mentioned in the book but which was rejected by Lewis because it was utterly stupid.

[@inarar5334]

@@vianneyb.8776 well, she still rejected it as utterly stupid in the movie too, Mark just doesn't listen and it's not like she's in a position to physically restrain him. It actually felt way truer to Mark's character to do that, it's just that it really is a terrible, terrible idea.

[@riculfriculfson7243]

... and the film decides to go with a plan that the book rightfully mocked as being silly.

[@heesoo18]

One last Martian trivia: in “The Expanse” books one of the ships is named the “mark watney” placing the Martian and the expanse in the same universe (confirmed jokingly by the authors)

[@GreyMagee74]

I started freaking out when I read that because The Martian and then the first Expanse book got me into reading books regularly.

[@heesoo18]

@@GreyMagee74 I’ve read he book at least a dozen times

[@RainBow-gn7sl]

That is so cool!

[@neutchain7838]

A whole lot of other scifi stuff are also in the same universe. In the finale when they drop onto the the station a screen shows the names of the assault teams and that screen had quite a lot of easter eggs on it. Just search for this in google: the expanse drop pod names ( links getting deleted in the comments ) but here is a few Ripley, Vasquez, Hicks, ( Aliens ) Sheppard C ( Mass Effect ) Connor S ( Terminator ) Flynn K ( Tron ) Cooper J ( Interstellar ) Ackbar G ( Star Wars ) O'Neill ( Stargate ) Rico J. ( Starship Troopers ) Thrace K ( BSG ) This is all I can recall but there are also names from Dune, Arrival, Star Trek, 2001, Spaceballs, Gravity, etc... It's a really cool nod to some of the best sci fi movies/shows out there.

[@gjf992]

When I was reading the expanse and got to this point I put the book down and scoured the internet to find out if it was supposed to be cannon. Unfortunately it isn’t. But it’s just a pretty cool ode to a fellow sci fi author! SA Corey and Andy Weir are sooo damn good!

[@9709Nick]

''if you don't have David Bowie in your space movie, you did something wrong'' Man, Rick that's a great quote

[@VoidVintage]

Amen 👏🏻

[@dwilborn1257]

And let's applaud that they didn't use "Life on Mars", which would have been a bit too much on the nose.

[@ashscott6068]

Yeah. That's what Alien was lacking...

[@NationalHooeyLeague]

​@@ashscott6068 yeah you want xenomorphs? Cause that's how you get xenomorphs 😂

[@shect1]

David Bowie's son made a space movie (Moon) and didn't have his dad in it either...

[@gamergeek322]

It's not mentioned in the movie, but in the book, each member of the crew had a secondary role. Mark was the back-up mechanical engineer, which is why he had the knowledge to do what he did

[@cortesacrawford]

Of the things they cut from the story to make it fit into a movie. This detail is on the top of my list for things I wish the movie had kept/emphasized. Because one of the most common points of confusion I see across people that watch this movie is how can the designated botanist do all that Watney did.

[@heesoo18]

@@gamergeek322 this is true even now for nasa most astronauts are cross trained

[@tylerstokes4124]

I've said it before, but I'll say it again, I love that these big guys with beards just cry when they get overwhelmed with emotion. It's such a good example of men not bottling up "weakness" or whats perceived as such. Just good friends handing each other tissues and fully taking in the emotions Matt Damon so wonderfully acted out. It shows these guys are really watching and grasping the movies intent, instead of how some reactors just watch things on a surface level.

[@heesoo18]

The book started out as a weekly blog where he’d write a chapter at a time as if he was Watney writing entries and then people at nasa and other rocket scientists and astronomers would submit notes on what to improve so he’d edit as he goes and then compiled the blogs into a book

[@edwinsuijkerbuijk5106]

And sometimes Andy Weir who wrote the Martian would keep his mistake in. This is what the explosion while making water from Hydrozine comes from. Initially he just succeeded on creating the water by burning the Hydrozine , But then somebody showed that there was excess oxygen in the Hab that the author had not taken into account. The calculations showed that this extra oxygen would lead to a explosion. But instead of rewriting it so that Mark did it right the first time he ket in that Mark made the same error as he did.

[@asdasasdas3476]

Where can I find the blog

[@heesoo18]

@@asdasasdas3476 i don’t know if it’s up anymore after the publishers got the rights to print it

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

"Duct tape is magical and should be worshipped" - Mark Watney

[@wasitum]

My favorite quote in the entire book !

[@zodiark93]

The only problem is that duck tape is terrible in low atmosphere/vacuum. That's why we use kapton tape in Space.

[@bongzilla4172]

The MacGyver of space.

[@joelpabalinas7457]

Mythbusters confirmed

[@Tao_Tology]

@@zodiark93 Boooooo.

[@inarar5334]

You guys are correct about things missing in Martian soil, something else they cut from the book, and why Mark couldn't rebuild the potato farm. They had actually brought soil from Earth for his experiments, which held all the stuff needed for growth. He used a kind of mixture so the soil could be capable for growing, but he had to use it all. So when the flash freeze kills the crops, it kills all the useful bacteria and such, making it impossible to grow more.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

A lot of people don't get this unless they garden. But there's a difference between "dirt" and "soil" . Soil is alive . There are billions of microbes in a few feet of soil and plants can't survive with out them . That was also the use of the astronauts waste since our bodies and our waste carries alot of microbes and nutrients as well. Once that door blew and everything froze, that was it. I saw this in the cinema and it was a very impactful scene. What the hell is he going to do now?

[@inarar5334]

@@catherinesanchez1185 thanks for the clarification, I'll try to remember that in the future.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@catherinesanchez1185 Ultimately, The Martian is a lesson in "Always keep/store a secondary collection of earthworms and bacteria"

[@EMTedroni]

I figured it was because he was out of flammable material and couldn't make any more water from the hydrazine.

[@thedarkknight2221]

When Ridley Scott asked the people at NASA what the spacesuits for future Mars astronauts would look like NASA said to them that since they actually get their inspiration for how they design their suits from movies that they should come up with the designs themselves.😂

[@Taygon45]

That's great! Like how we based the first cell phones off of star trek

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

4:41 the alarm is for his oxygen, but not what you might assume. In the novel, it goes into detail about how these suits would work. They have an air supply, and use CO2 absorbers to scrub the air for as long as possible. Over time, those sponges reach saturation, and so to avoid suffocation, the suit bleeds old air out, and backfills with the nitrogen mix. Eventually though, that nitrogen runs out, and oxygen is all the suit has left to use. For a man being stranded on an airless planet, Mark Watney was at risk of dying from oxygen poisoning.

[@caggles]

There's an INCREDIBLY cool game called Stationeers that is about building a base on another planet, and the draw of this particular game is that it's aiming to be INCREDIBLY realistic. So you have to generate your own breathable air for your base and stuff, and you have to make sure it has the right mix of nitrogen and oxygen or else you'll die of oxygen poisoning. It's also a risk if the atmosphere in your base is too high pressure. But you can also do stuff like dump your carbon dioxide into your greenhouse, which makes it unbreathable in exchange for making the plants grow even better, etc. It's just a super cool game that reminds me a lot of this movie :D

[@TectonicTechnomancer]

Is funny how we dont have to worry about that on earth but anywhere else in the universe you can get poisoned for not using oxygen the right way.

[@JOK120]

@@caggles That sounds like an even more hardcore version of Oxygen not Included. I need to try it.

[@edmunddantes7097]

​@@cagglesBut do you grow your potatoes in your own poop in the game?

[@tracy4290]

@@TectonicTechnomancer Deep-sea divers also have to deal with oxygen toxicity.

[@thedarkknight2221]

This is a movie that NEEDS to be shown in schools across the world. To show kids that with nearly any problem you can solve it by doing what Mark says, “Science the shit out of it.” Also I freaking love that Sean Bean aka Boromir was in this movie for the “Council of Elrond” scene.🤣🤣

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

I'd be surprised if this wasn't shown in high school science classes. At the very least when there's a sub lol. I remember watching a ton of classic sci-fi movies during those classes, even AP ones. I think I saw Gattaca at least 3 times in class alone.

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

Not only that; I think one of the best things to take of the film is what Mark says in his class, near the end: many times things don't cooperate and it seems the world (in his case, space) seems won't cooperate and it's out to kill you. You have just two options: accept fate and die, or solve one problem first, and then another, and another... if you solve enough, you might eventually get home. In a world where seems we (in general, specially newer generations) handle frustration worse and worse, that's not only a testament of why science has a place in our lives, but also that it's normal things go south (that's just life), and feeling horrible when that happens is ok... but it doesn't have to be "the end of the world".

[@RealBLAlley]

Not even science. Engineering, fabrication, maintenance, repair. Those of us who specialize in troubleshooting follow the most fundamental axiom "Work the problem".

[@Teddy-zr8yv]

The elrond joke is great, Immediately Jeff Daniels says he wants to be Glorfindel (that character could not be adapted due to lack of time) they are talking about the books since the movies were never made in this timeline... is consistent with sean bean acting here

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

@@Teddy-zr8yv Well... not exactly. That they don't reference the filims doesn't mean they were not made in this Universe; it just means they were not using the films when they thought of the code name to make the meeting (and not even that, it just means Jeff Daniels' character is flexing he loves the books more than the movies).

[@eternalposer1955]

"Either my suit is leaking or there are snakes in here. Either way I'm in trouble." The book is just as good as the movie. One of my all-time favorites

[@TheJjcczz]

Mark crying was actually in the script, however both Ridley and Damon thought Damon’s performance felt forced. So without telling him Ridley started playing the lines from the cast through the headset. Damon hearing the voices of his friends and the special effects of the launch allowed him to really understand how Mark would have felt and he started crying

[@athens_1psvr31]

Also, he was acting alone and hadn’t heard any other actors voices in months. That’s one of my favorite stories from the movie. 👍🏾

[@HskHeroReborn]

Oh man was going to share this fun fact awesome foot note

[@RSFGman22]

11:29 The habitat did have a communications dish, but thats actually what broke off during the storm and impaled Mark. The thing that he has to pull out of his body is the dish antenna, which is also why it still has an electrical cable anchoring him to the rest of the equipment.

[@Dexausmelmac]

And even if he managed to fix and reconnect the dish, IIRC it was relaying through the Hermes which was in orbit. Without the Hermes it wasnt designed to contact earth directly

[@JKSSubstandard]

Yeah. The primary dish was the one that broke and impaled mark. The secondary was the MAV which flew off into space. A note that doesnt get picked up, is that mark is not shown communicating on his trip between the HAB and Hermes 4 MAV. This is because he would have been out of range of pathfinders antenna he likely would have left behind for weight, until he reached the MAV and could relay to its systems. Thats why hes monologuing and they are satellite monitoring. It was a several month radio blackout

[@Dexausmelmac]

@@JKSSubstandard i’ve rewatched this movie so many times and i’ve somehow never picked up on that

[@MagsonDare]

@@JKSSubstandard IIRC, in the book he shorted out Pathfinder on accident prior to the long trip anyway, so he was in a much longer comms blackout due to that. In the movie, I thought it looked like he had Pathfinder strapped on to the cart he was pulling with all the solar panels, implying he never lost comms, but they mostly glossed over the whole trip and never brought up comms, so... eh, could be he left it behind and I'm not seeing what I thought I saw.

[@VeteranGaming_GamingUnited]

@ 26:17 in the books, it's hinted at by Beth's dialogue that the Hermes crew decided that if they messed up the resupply, all but Beth would k*ll themselves immediately so that she (being the lightest and needing the least amount of food) could cannibalize their corpses to survive the trip to Mars and back. One of the only really really dark moments of the book. Everything else was mostly accurate science and d*ck jokes lmao

[@dwrdwlsn5]

Any competent space agency will have contingency plans for anything, even the worst cases

[@VeteranGaming_GamingUnited]

@@dwrdwlsn5 iirc, it wasn't NASA's plan but the crews (being that they already conducted a mutiny). but yeah, they should have had contingencies in place as well but the book never touched on them

[@dwrdwlsn5]

@@VeteranGaming_GamingUnited don't bet on NASA not having such a plan. Absolute worst case scenario planning sucks, but it has saved lives in other situations

[@blacksheep_edge1412]

23:02 So glad you knew that tidbit, but here's another. The way he looks at the trash can after spitting the cold coffee into it at 22:51 is because there was supposed to be a trash bag in it and they forgot to put it in. He slipped because it leaked on the floor and that led to this whole scene being kept in just that way. It added just that extra bit of comedy and character to the film.

[@OriionCygnus]

The scene where he gets Pathfinder up and running moves me to tears every time. Probably because it was the first major space endeavor that I was alive for, so it was such an important moment in my childhood and seeing him getting it working again is just incredible.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

I remember watching the launches !! It's weird getting emotional for a space craft isn't it? LOL!

[@ZariDV]

Matt Damon did an incredibly job carrying the weight of the Mars scenes acting all alone for most of it. It had to be touch to not have a scene partner but delivering so many lines just as powerfully. His character was so funny and likable that seeing him cry by the end really had me crying too (and I don't usually cry in movies). It took me by surprise to realize how much I'd grown invested in his character by the end. Seeing him older and seemingly content by the end was beautiful and earned.

[@thedarkknight2221]

Ridley Scot actually came up with the idea to have Mark talk to the GoPro cameras as a way to narrate the story, because in the book he’s only talking to himself.

[@EvelyntMild]

"It GLOWS when I hit it!" 😂 the childlike joy in Rick's face is to die for!

[@hashslingingslasher97]

Difference between book and movie: Mark doesn't puncture his suit's glove to propel himself during the rescue mission in the book. He jokes about it, but the other astronauts all tell him it would be a stupid thing to do.

[@ajcoopa]

I still hate they made that change. Undermines the whole message of teamwork and everyone doing their speciality to complete the mission.

[@Windupchronic]

That’s the part of the movie that I hate. I hate that entire rescue sequence, with him doing an Iron Man. The movie is smart the entire way, then gets to the end and suddenly turns dumb.

[@PotterBrony82]

Mark made a joke in the book about how “if it was a movie” upon being rescued the crew would be in the airlock all hugging when in reality he was rushed to medical and examined, and cleaned before the rest of the crew got to see him face to face. And what did they do in the movie?

[@heesoo18]

I sat in a panel with Andy weir (author), bill nye, and other science fiction writers and Andy said that the only unrealistic part is a storm of that size in Martian gravity would be a gentle breeze… also Andy weir is a computer programmer and wrote a program to calculate mars orbit in the correct year and the distances

[@trygswyrmwoodside3229]

It doesn't really show Mars gravity properly ever. Nothing he touches or moves feels like 1/3 earth gravity. Also he'd probably die eating straight out of the soil, and there's no mention of him cleansing it of perchlorates.

[@ShawnPattonC]

​@@trygswyrmwoodside3229 I believe the perchlorates were discovered after the book and movie.

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

@@ShawnPattonC I think Andy Weir said at one point that the news of the perchlorates being so prevalent in the Martian soil came as the book was going to print and it was too late to change it.

[@gavinrad1]

I believe the atmospheric density/pressure being too low is why the storm wouldn't be that violent, not the gravity.

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

@@gavinrad1 Correct. Sea-level air pressure on Earth is 1013 millibars. On Mars, it is around 7 millibars (standard ground level is set for Mars since it has no seas). That's 144 times less, less than 1%. Mars winds top out at less than 100 mph even in the strongest storms, but compared to a 100 mph storm on Earth would feel more like just 1 mph.

[@UncleMilo]

Glad Eric reacted on his own to the line about Glorfindel - I always thought that was a great little one-liner.

[@SMJ495]

I read this entire book in one night on a long watch overseas. It was fantastic! What a memory. I was glued to every page and it’s also absolutely hilarious. Matt Daemon was perfectly cast here.

[@scarlettmi]

The book and the movie are both great. The book works particularly well as an audio book as well, since so much comes in the form of Mark’s logs.

[@brayden6900]

Love this movie and book too I’m currently rereading it right now so this came out almost perfectly

[@엘제-k9u]

The first sentence is one of my favorite book quotes of all time

[@bmriverrat11]

I actually prefer the ending on Earth then the ending in book his personality when definitely changed and was kinda salty which I understand, the movie kept it light hearted

[@Tao_Tology]

I honestly can't remember if this line is in the book but actually _seeing_ the vista of mars from the point of view of someone standing on it and "I'm the first human to be alone on a planet" Chills. ❤

[@laceybird5151]

The Martian book is one of the best books I have ever read, and although the movie is not perfect it's a far better adaptation then many (including me) believed it could be. I recommend the book 100%.

[@grandmoffjake6871]

The author also has another book, project Hail Mary, which is also awesome

[@Hoop_23]

@@grandmoffjake6871 can't wait for the movie

[@ajcoopa]

It's a good movie, but it's an outstanding book.

[@cortesacrawford]

For the type of cutting that has to occur to fit a book into a movie. This movie is a fantastic adaptation and I love both versions of the story.

[@pokeloon15]

The only reason I'd say the book is better than the movie is because a lot of the stuff Mark says in the book is something I would have said in that situation and those lines were cut out of the movie.

[@texasrattlesnake31637]

The 9 year wait for a reaction is worth it! One of Matt's best! That scene of him releasing his emotions is heart-rending - and the Wave Crew really showed it on this one, anyway, looking forward to the next movie reaction! The Whale?

[@robinandrews3792]

The most incredible shots of Mars featuring tall crimson cliffs is actually a real place on Earth: Wadi Rum, in Jordan. It also featured in John Wick 4, Rise of Skywalker, Lawrence of Arabia and - most importantly - it was where I got engaged two years ago. I just got married a few days ago, and seeing those shots again in the Martian warmed my heart. One day, please visit Wadi Rum-it’s a glorious, beautiful, starlit place.

[@Thunk787]

9:59 Mark brought Earth soil samples with him for experiments blending it with Mars soil. The book goes into a lot of detail about scientific stuff that the movie just skips over (and sometimes gets completely wrong).

[@inarar5334]

The space pirate bit lands weird because they cut a mishap. He says they can't give him permission until he boards the MAV. But he's still talking to them, so they absolutely could. They cut Mark accidentally frying Pathfinder and losing all communication. Which is why they couldn't give permission until he was in the MAV.

[@nathanvalley7269]

Read the book Eric, it remains my favorite book I’ve ever been assigned. And one of my favorites overall.

[@caggles]

Yo! So you guys were talking about how there didn't seem to be any communications with Earth and suggested that was because all the comms came from the lander, but actually they DID have comms with Earth from the base, originally. The problem is that the satellite dish that broke and spiked Mark at the beginning of the movie? That was the comms dish. So he LOST comms in the process of getting stranded. Otherwise, he would have had comms with Earth the whole time. Also, the script actually DID originally call for Mark to start crying when he first heard the voices of the NASA crew. During rehearsals, Matt Damon and Ridley Scott felt that it seemed forced and that Mark didn't seem like a character who would cry in that situation, so they decided to remove it. But they filmed everything with the rest of the NASA crew first and then Matt Damon spent a huge span of the filming process acting alone. Obviously there was a film crew with him, but I understand that it can feel profoundly lonely to act alone, even with film crew present. So when they started feeding the voices of his fellow actors, he legit started crying, which obviously felt very genuine and not forced at all, so they kept it :)

[@theadamabrams]

3:27 In fact, storms on Mars _shouldn't_ be bad at all due to thin atmosphere and low gravity. Author Andy Weir has admitted while he tried to make most of the story scientifically accurate he had to fudge that part in order for the story to happen in the first place. 25:00 Since I didn't know about Mars' atmosphere, that inaccuracy doesn’t bother me, but the idea that top-level people at NASA wouldn't have immediately thought of a slingshot maneuver themselves is the one moment that totally breaks my immersion in an otherwise fantastic movie.

[@Yewtewba]

The bit about the storms is interesting, I was unaware he knowingly put in an inaccuracy. I can't begrudge him that, it's a good story.

[@karlfleming7182]

@@Yewtewba yeah I mean without that storm there wouldn't be a film so it's fogivable for the most part I feel

[@collecter343]

I think it had more to do with how the slingshot would have required risking the rest of the crew to do it. No one considered it because getting them back under normal circumstances would have been risky enough but proposing this before running the calculations would have been rejected.

[@vert2552]

I am bad at math but i like my space games and i played Kerbal Space Program and using gravity (eg. sligshot maneuver) are literally basics of space flight (and used in real life space missions as well)

[@AnnaCsuzda]

@@vert2552 That's right. I am an astronomy graduate and had a course where we went through how NASA or any kind of space agency desing their missions. The slingshot is the messiah of space flight because it saves all the fuel it can, which means lowers the mass we have to eject, which lowers the amount of fuel necessary and ultimately lowers the costs. But it also one of the hardest things to do. For example, the JUICE which was launched earlier this year will arrive to Jupiter in 2031 (7 years of flight and it hasn't even begun its mission which is observing the icy moons of Jupiter), because they have to gather enough momentum from Venus, which means it will flyby four times before making the final launch. And even that has to be timed perfectly because they need additional momentum from Mars, all the while conserving as much fuel as possible for occasional direction modifications. All the while they had to calculate the additional gravitational effects of other planets and asteroids - before they even got to building the spacecraft -, and pay attention midflight to always have the antenna facing towards Earth (Voyager 1 turned away its own after a wrong command and was lost to us for months before it rotated such way that they could correct it), so the telemetry could work fluently.

[@PassiveSmoking]

The probe that Mark goes to retrieve is Pathfinder, it's a real probe that NASA sent to Mars in the 90s

[@taiwandxt6493]

And the little rover Sojourner

[@pavelsterlin6414]

Depicts episode from the Odyssey in which Odysseus, after his long wanderings around the world, returns to Ithaca where he confirms his identity by shooting with a bow and arrow through 12 rings of axes planted into the ground.

[@doctorduskofficial]

The Martian is my favorite book of all time, it's so satifying how smart and witty it is! The movie definitely did it justice, that's rare!

[@bethgoldman2560]

I really love the ending in movie that shows Mark as a professor.

[@OrionInSpace]

As more time goes by, I am fully convinced that we are going to see this movie wind up as one of the Top 5 best Science Fiction films ever, at least for me anyway. I adore this movie. It is one of the most re-watchable films I have ever seen. I don’t know how Ridley Scott managed to pull it off here, but he did something incredible.🙏

[@vijayanand6650]

The iron man scene at the end is the only thing that could make it miss out on that title

[@OrionInSpace]

@@vijayanand6650 that’s completely fair honestly given at that point, you are very much watching realism be thrown out the window more than 100 times but hey, there’s not a whole whole lot of realism in the movie anyway

[@goblin505]

@@OrionInSpace "there’s not a whole whole lot of realism in the movie anyway" Neil Degrasse Tyson literally described this as "the most scientifically accurate movie I've ever witnessed.”

[@OrionInSpace]

@@goblin505 I rest my case then

[@CraigKostelecky]

40:23 I think this part of the discussion is what makes this movie so great. In Armageddon, they kept doing a worst case scenario over and over. Here, the disasters are much more believable, and if they had to overcome even more, then there’s no way he gets home.

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

I mean, sometimes life does line up some worst case things on top of others (check the story of United Airlines Flight 232); but yeah, Armageddon just upped its game to the point it would have been an unsolvable problem in the given circumstances of the film (but we mostly accept the exaggeration for the fun of it); while The Martian feels more like a real unfolding crisis, as if it was reported live.

[@Scav3nger53]

The only excluded issue from the book that should have been included was the drill shorting out the connection with Earth. Since Watney could still communicate in the movie he could ask permission to board the MAV. The space pirate line only makes sense in the book because the drill accidentally shorts pathfinder and kills the connection with NASA.

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

"I am the greatest botanist on this planet" As Futurama taught us... Technically correct is the best kind of correct :D

[@Matthewrents]

One of my favorite movies of the last 15 years

[@christinar7900]

I read this book for a book club and it had discussion questions at the end. My favorite question was about Watney’s positive attitude and why it is important to have for an astronaut. Great book that read like a movie. I loved the lead up to the HAB explosion.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

The one thing that always bugged me about the "Apollo 13" movie was the depiction of the astronauts as volatile, over-emotional people. Real astronauts don't get over-emotional, they get shit done!

[@vianneyb.8776]

IIRC in the book, a psychologist was interviewed on Earth to talk about Mark's mental fortitude. Apparently, he was chosen in this mission because of his qualifications, but also because of his humorous side. This was that much more of a hard blow to the team when they thought they lost him. Then the interview moved on to how his positive attitude will help him greatly in surviving, because as soon as he gives up, it is over. The interview had to be cut short right after when the psychologist mentioned the meds he had available to end it painlessly in the worst case scenario.

[@dwilborn1257]

This is one of my sick-day movies, where I pop in something (a DVD!!) to occupy my time as I recover. Love it and love the book.

[@jonmoore873]

I think all of you would enjoy the book. You’re correct that only so much could fit in the movie. The book delves into the science in a way that makes it all feel even more like it’s in the slight future rather than a fictional thing. The bacteria in the soil, the workings of Hermes, the water production etc. all good geek worthy stuff!

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

Highly recommend the book. That's where most of the humour in this movie comes from

[@LukeLemonart]

I rewatched this movie multiple time and it always moves me to tears. Thank you guys for your reaction! (yep, crying again)

[@gjf992]

The book is amazing! I’ve read it several times, and listened to the audiobook a million times! RC Bray is such a great narrator! Highly recommend reading this book!

[@Tao_Tology]

The original audiobook recordings with Bray are like gold dust. Nothing against the later Wheat-on version but Bray just has so much character.

[@gjf992]

@@Tao_Tology agreed! Audiobook goat! Along with Andy Serkis and Stephen Fry 🙌

[@The10thManRules]

[9:15] "...it ain't called The Earthling." Hilarious!

[@wiebki]

9:57 missed opportunity to say: got no earthworms, only got marsworms 😅

[@trekkiexb5]

better than sandworms.

[@Yewtewba]

I wonder how people feel about the one notable change I remember from the book, where originally he thought about jetting around like Ironman near the end, but realized it was a dumb idea and didn't do it. I guess it's more cinematic to add more risk.

[@collecter343]

I was surprised when I got to that part and they said that, I guess the writer wanted one last climatic bit.

[@vijayanand6650]

It was so stupid though. The force is off center. He should just be spinning wildly. Not in a straight line as if it was through his center of mass.

[@Yewtewba]

@@vijayanand6650 let's just pretend he was delirious and it never really happened.

[@ajcoopa]

I hate the change. Undermines the rest of the story about everyone pulling together to do their job that contributes to the rescue. All so they could do "super-woman" with Lewis stepping over everyone to do the rescue herself, and Watney having been so careful for years being so reckless right at the end. The way book ending is written is perfect imo.

[@kumanight]

One of my favourite movies, and one I go back to often! Love this one

[@jakegittes1864]

Such a great movie! The scene where he’s crying as he’s finally taking off from Mars always gets me.

[@MitchellFace]

So Andy Weir wrote another pretty good book that’s about to become a movie called Project Hail Mary and I hope to God if it’s any near this movie’s quality, it’s gonna be a good watch.

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

I hope for it to be good, but if you look at the movies previously done by the two guys directing it, the results may not be as good as we wish. I hope that they will prove me wrong and step up to the task.

[@Tao_Tology]

Omg, I really enjoyed that book (although you can definitely see it as 'lone man "sciences the shit out of disaster" and is heroic' sister novel to The Martian) . Honestly I think Artemis would make a better film adaption.

[@williamconway2686]

It's got Ryan Gosling starring so I have high hopes!!

[@vijayanand6650]

I like Hail Mary almost as much as The Martian. Looking forward to what else Andy Weir does, even if Artemis was not on the same level as the other two.

[@gjf992]

Good good good! Fist my bump!

[@inerdify]

favorite fact about The Martian was that it was written as a serial novel, so people got to see it being written out chapter by chapter like a show, instead of all at once as most know the book now.

[@kalancosta7650]

One thing the movie didn’t mention is that the crew brought up soil from earth with the microbes needed…. He had to literally grow and propagate the microbes before he panned the potatoes (per the book)

[@MitchellFace]

Aaron was on one with the questions this reaction. lol It's like he thinks the movie will just stop everything and respond. That's what happens when he's the only one that hasn't seen it I guess.

[@JesseShadows37]

Read Project Hail Mary. It’s by the same author of The Martian, Andy Weir. It’s SO good!!! And they’re filming the movie right now.

[@pyrofan80]

Came here to say this

[@Scyth0r]

Personally I really, really hated the 'twist' in that book. It felt so petty and illogical. To the point i couldn't read much past that. Maybe I'm just incredibly subborn and hate being forced into things, but I'd have told them to go screw themselves, let them kmow exactly who was responsible and let the world burn.

[@grandmoffjake6871]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Scyth0r Vague Spoilers for any other comment goer, please don’t read forward because the best way to go into this book is knowing nothing. I thought you were talking about rocky and was not sure how you could hate him. I kinda get that but it wasn’t hard to get over. The rest of the book was great, and he wasn’t going to doom humanity because that one lady was an ahole. He continued on because of his kids (students) and because he didnt want them growing up on a doomed world.

[@grandmoffjake6871]

So glad we are getting a movie, can’t wait!

[@Tao_Tology]

​@@Scyth0rIn terms of the book it does follow the 'logic' of the pretty utilitarian and pragmatic organising of the work on earth. Plus it gives the main character a genuine crossroads: do they continue, now that they _know_ ?

[@SkillsLoading]

The thing about the MAV being there in storms etc. Three points. 1. NASA constantly monitors the MAV while it's there, if there was anything (unfixable) wrong with it, the mission would be cancelled, and the crew wouldn't land. 2. In the book it explains how the MAV can use the Mars atmosphere to help create fuel, so sending it early lets it fuel up earlier. Also it allows the previous missions crew to land it manuelly from orbit without time delays you'd get from Earth. 3. The sandstorm itself is a plot device the author has admitted is highly unlikely. Essentially, a storm like that on Mars is almost impossible, but without it there is no book or film so...

[@Insomnia1029]

So many big names from Marvel movies,Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover and Benedict Wong. Even Kristen Wiig, but she's from DC.

[@Tao_Tology]

So many big names that were later on in Marvel.

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

If you wanna know what Mark said at 18:53 read the book lol

[@pockypimp]

I felt there was a missed opportunity not using the opening line of the book. "I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked." The story starts with Watney's logs. Also there was a better line than the disco one where Kapoor wonders what Watney is thinking. Rather than the disco comment, in the book it's "How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense."

[@phoen1xsong]

This is one of the last full movies I got to watch with my mom before she passed away, so it means a lot to me. It is such an emotional rollercoaster but it is amazing and the actors all did such a good job. I’ll admit, the main Matt Damon movies I’ve seen are the Bourne movies, so seeing his serious acting chops in this really elevated my admiration.

[@newsiesmario2242]

One of my all time favorite movies! And this is awesome timing because I just finished the book for the first time a few days ago! Excited to watch this with my fav reaction crew.

[@danieljenkins1758]

All of Andy Weir’s books are great - excited for them to adapt Project Hail Mary

[@jacobcenter7374]

11:30 they had very strong communication. The thing Mark got hit with at the beginning was the primary communication antennae, which is kind of needed for communication

[@vianneyb.8776]

If you guys are interested in your own time, there are two extra scenes which were made available as promotional material before the movie released: "Ares 3 Farewell" and "Ares 3 The Right Stuff". The former is a vlog by Mark Watney the day before launch on Earth, with all the other astronauts. The latter is an interview of all the crew right after isolation training. It is just as funny as the movie.

[@ajcoopa]

I STILL hate that they changed the book ending for the "movie" ending, with Watney and Lewis doing that crazy Iron Man manouver and Lewis leaving the bridge. The thing that bothers me the most, is the characters mentioned the possibility in the book, and they dismissed it out of hand because it was so stupid. In the book, everyone had a task to save Watney, and everyone did the job they were best qualified for. It was an incredible example of teamwork and mission planning, and instead they had to do the ridiculous hollywood ending.

[@fakecubed]

This is one of the movies I can watch back-to-back in the same day and be just as entertained every time. Edge of Tomorrow is another one.

[@astrowebs410]

It's funny to me that they call him Iron Man at the end because the scene where he's working on water and it blows up is incredibly reminiscent of when Tony is working on his propulsion system and gets thrown into the wall.

[@vijayanand6650]

There was a communications array but it broke in the storm and stabbed him. The backups all had to go through the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) which the rest of the crew used to leave the planet.

[@caggles]

OH MY GOD! I can't believe you guys hadn't reacted to this movie already! I'M SO EXCITED!

[@StoryTimewithMissAnna]

Sean Bean is great in Equilibrium with Christian Bale, if you haven't seen it yet, you MUST!

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

A Martian day is about a half-hour longer than Earth. A Martian year is about 2 Earth years. Mars also doesn't have "months" (moons) like Earth does, since it has two little potato-moons that orbit so close and so fast that they go around about once a day or so. In the Mars trilogy novels by Kim Stanley Robinson, the calendar system they use is one where they essentially measure the degrees of Mars' orbit around the sun. And they measured the hours the same as Earth...but started a tradition of letting that extra half-hour just be "free time". Like, during that half-hour, nobody works, and it's all just a moment for everyone to just fuckin chill, no matter what (barring emergencies, of course).

[@Charlie-ts6hq]

I love Aarons takes, exactly how i felt when i first saw the movie.

[@dim9907]

I really want a new series with Erik and Rick like you guys did for Lost! Fringe is my suggestion.

[@EShelby2127]

Original RC Bray narration of the audio book is the best! A 10 hour movie for the mind. Many more obstacles to overcome.BTW, I love Wil Wheaton's other narrations, but for this one, RC Bray OWNS it!

[@Bookmaster34]

So glad you guys did this! One of my favorite Sci-Fi movies and an absolute blast too see you guys enjoyed it

[@daepappy]

15:52 Aaron: "What?! Why does he need to get on an airplane?!?!" I DON'T KNOW AARON MAYBE JUST WATCH THE MOVIE AND YOU'LL FIND OUT GAH

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

It bugs the hell out of me when people ask questions that will be answered just by... watching the movie.

[@daepappy]

@@noneofyourbeeswax01 that is kind of his shtick on the channel

[@Aureilia]

This is unequivocally my favourite movie, I have it on DVD and the book too 😅 I put it on whenever I need a reminder that the world is good It's smart and funny and believes in people and their ability to help each other and get through difficult situations :)

[@abaddonarts1129]

I love that at the end of the movie, it says Day 1. It's both him finally being home and you can understand he's never going to be off-planet again, but also maybe he was on Mars so long that it was his home, and Earth is the foreign stay for him.

[@nightnite6517]

One of my all time favorite movies ever. Can’t believe you guys haven’t reacted to this already!

[@samisososo]

The book is fantastic, and you should also give Project Hail Mary a read. It’s another lost in space story, but it is so different and is also excellent.

[@blitzgirl6522]

Such an enjoyable movie, I'm glad you guys watched this for the channel!

[@Avarice_Alt]

I always refer back to this movie when I a lot on my plate. Solving one problem then moving on to the next will really get you home.

[@neabby]

This movie is nearly perfection. Perfect mix of comedy and drama.

[@ThatBonsaipanda]

31:20 - Don't think about it, storms on Mars is like having a desktop fan on full. Also, stuff weights a fraction, just like on the Moon. : D Awesome reaction to an awesome film \o/

[@alexkramerblogs]

Weir wrote what they knew at the time. I believe somewhere in between him writing the book in serial online, and when it was picked up for publication as a book, that we definitively learned how violent Martian storms could be.

[@ThatBonsaipanda]

IIRC it was a conscious choice for narrative purposes and he was aware that it wouldn't work in real life (and it's not serious, the storm makes for an epic intro for the movie, it's just not realistic).

[@janvi.suresh]

this is literally my favourite movie of all-time i am sO HYPED

[@earth2saka]

I'm pretty sure vacuum-sealing the poop isn't for transport back to Earth so their health condition can be checked. It takes quite a few resources to transport matter through space. If anything, it's for storage until it can be analyzed on location. At the very least, they would gather all necessary data on the spot which can be analyzed later. Much easier to carry the data back home. :)

[@Tao_Tology]

More pragmatically, it also helps limit the contamination of Mars.

[@dianneel]

I constantly re-watch this movie and love the book too. So excited to see this

[@Torron79]

Matt Damon really does an awesome job in this movie. He is uplifting in the most dangerous environment and in the end it was all done by the character to survive and losing his mind. The cries when he talks to the crew at 32:50 ish shows the acting skills of MD imho

[@Kairamek]

Great book, and a great film. One of the closest adaptations I've ever seen. And what a cast! The balloon thing was explained in the book. He needed the water and air reclamation equipment and it was too big without the balloon.

[@__Sauron_]

Yes! I’m so happy you guys made a reaction video to this movie. This movie is so good.

[@christopherplummer1299]

"What did he say?" Mark types back "Boobies!"

[@theascendunt9960]

37:30 I always say this. I'm no hippie who says "stop all the fighting, man. Let's all be one" typa things but imagine if we all put aside our squabbles and work towards a common goal like conquering the space, the final frontier. I've been a huge Halo fan since I was little and when they say Earth and all her colonies in Halo, it makes me long for a day that becomes a reality. Sad that I won't be around to see it.

[@RiverRockRecords]

You have no clue how long ive been waiting for you guys to watch this... YEARS. LETS GOOOO

[@freyjanj]

The movie is great, but the book is brilliant. And when you start reading Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary is a must read.

[@floatyredballoon]

One of the most rewatchable movies of all time

[@bereasonable8018]

I love that you’ve recognized “Nate” and “Wong”! You probably already recognized Ned Stark and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier too. Not to mention the guy who confronted Spider-Man while he had ice cream in his trunk