# What are the odds that the movie adaptation of The Martian will succeed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546 "2015-04-01T21:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/21 "2015-04-03T18:29:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I still don’t get it. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCfJJerHiE) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/22 "2015-04-03T18:33:33Z")
Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/23 "2015-04-03T23:58:48Z")
You know, Sean Bean has played a lead that didn’t die once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/24 "2015-04-04T00:17:35Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > You know, Sean Bean has played a lead that didn’t die once or twice. How does one die twice? Well, I guess they are _movies_, after all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/25 "2015-06-04T22:18:22Z")
Some good-looking [images](http://thefilmstage.com/news/matt-damon-gets-stranded-in-first-images-from-ridley-scotts-the-martian/) have been released. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/26 "2015-06-05T00:06:40Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Some good-looking [images](http://thefilmstage.com/news/matt-damon-gets-stranded-in-first-images-from-ridley-scotts-the-martian/) have been released. Now if the movie is half as good as Mars looks… I picked up the book last year after hearing about it on NPR. Literally could not put it down (except for sleep and work) and finished it in tow days. Liked it so much I bought another copy and donated it to my local HS library. I agree…no aliens, and I wonder if they’ll mention the ‘fertilizer’… Damn, I have to get the book back out and read it again now. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/27 "2015-06-05T02:13:22Z")
Cool, Teela, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/28 "2015-06-05T02:13:37Z")
“Kristin Wiig”? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/29 "2015-06-05T20:19:36Z")
A couple of trailers are up on youtube, as well. Here’s the [longer one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-duq1iMkWU). ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/30 "2015-06-05T20:28:19Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > A couple of trailers are up on youtube, as well. > > Here’s the [longer one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-duq1iMkWU). That’s a fake trailer - I don’t think any real trailers for this film have been released yet. The ones that are out there are hodge podge from other movies and video games. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/31 "2015-06-05T20:59:38Z")
I love the design of the space suit. Better than I’d pictured it. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/32 "2015-06-05T21:08:49Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > I love the design of the space suit. Better than I’d pictured it. Agreed - they look great! I notice the images have blue skies while Mars should be more of a salmon color. The outdoor pictures must be production stills, or just not quite finished with sfx yet. I’m impressed with the look so far though - really looking forward to it! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/33 "2015-06-05T21:24:47Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > I can think of a few failures, but in those, the script of the movie had no resemblance whatsoever to the events in the book they were based on. The characters had the same names, but pretty much everything else was different. (such as the Eragon film) You really think it was lack of fidelity that made the Eragon film a flop? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/34 "2015-06-08T14:15:40Z")
[Trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4PCI0NamI) Really looking forward to this fi!m. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/35 "2015-06-08T15:19:46Z")
I’m so very excited for this film, and the marketing leading up to it. Yesterday the film released a “video diary” of the [Aries 3 crew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CumZP6_9sHU) saying their farewell, as they were about to embark on their 150 day trip. Yesterday was 150 days out from the release of the film, so it seems as if they’ll be doing some real time stuff, which I think is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/36 "2015-06-08T15:36:26Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > “Kristin Wiig”? WTF? What’s the problem? She was quite good in Walter Mitty. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/37 "2015-06-08T15:47:41Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > “Kristin Wiig”? WTF? In more than one film now she has proven herself to have considerable dramatic chops. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/38 "2015-06-08T16:17:37Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > [Trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4PCI0NamI) > > Really looking forward to this fi!m. That looks awesome. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/39 "2015-06-08T17:11:33Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > [Trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4PCI0NamI) > > Really looking forward to this fi!m. Oh my. My very first thought when I heard they were making this movie was “please Hollywood, don’t F\*\*\* this up.” From the trailer, it looks like they just might (might I say) have gotten it right. T-150 days and counting… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546/40 "2015-06-08T17:54:00Z")
To me, the half-second of WTF didn’t come from seeing Kristen Wiig but Donald Glover. The trailer does, indeed, look great. However, like too many trailers, it’s too spoilery for my taste. Not an issue for me personally, since I’ve read (well, listened to) the book; but I’m glad I went into the book knowing less about what was going to happen than that trailer reveals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-the-movie-adaptation-of-the-martian-will-succeed/716546.md?page=3)