I saw The Martian today. I have not read the book.
I was amazed that I only had small nitpicks.
The gravity on Mars is shown as Earth normal. Nuh-uh. should be about 40% of Earth.
The second one is really minor, and came from the gardener in me. f you are trying to stretch what you have, you only need one potato eye per mound, not a whole small potato.
All said, one only has to scrape residue off the lid of Handwavium to watch.
As usual, I give sound in near-vacuum a pass. I don't need Handwavium to understand the usefulness of it.
Plus? Troy from Community!
Now, we need to get Community back to have a referential, "Troy and Abed watch The Martian!"
The second one is really minor, and came from the gardener in me. f you are trying to stretch what you have, you only need one potato eye per mound, not a whole small potato.
That surprised me, too, because he did it the right way in the book, with explanation for why.
Troy-and-Abed-in-a-Rover!
I loved the movie. Smart people being smart is one of my favorite things to watch, so it hit my sweet spot (same reason I love the Buffistas, come to think of it). Also Matt Damon was hella charming without being smarmy.
Probably my favorite role of Matt Damon's after Good Will Hunting. (And I say that as a HUGE fan of Dogma.)
Last night Anne and I watched
Testament,
an '83 movie about the aftermath of a nuclear war. It was good but very grim, as you can imagine. Reminded us a lot of
On the Beach
with the people in a small California town that wasn't nuked gradually dying of radiation poisoning.
A movie far superior to
The Day After.
I'd rank it above
Fail Safe
too. Also, it was a TV version so it looked like they edited out some of the gross effect of radiation poisoning. It's the kind of movie that sticks in your mind....
Is Testament the one with the radiation-poisoned kid and the sink?
Yes. Although I think they darkened the screen for tv so we wouldn't see all ther grossness. Still, we saw enough.
