For the record, I’m looking forward to seeing this, but was just expressing surprise at seeing Wiig in the preview. (I know her only from SNL.)
Absolutely loved the book, now one of my all time faves. When I heard Scott was making this into a feature film, I was only slightly skeptical, because IMHO he has a better track record directing science fiction than epic dramas.
I figured as long as they stuck as close as possible to the book, and have Damon do video diary entries, there’s a good shot it’ll be one of his best films.
After seeing the trailer, it might have a good shot at being one of the best films period. fingers crossed
Not to the plant.
The purpose of photosynthesis is to produce food; the purpose of respiration is to be alive. The plant doesn’t give a hoot about how it nets out (and indeed it doesn’t necessarily net out as simply as that in all cases).
The statement ‘plants only respire in darkness’ is a false one.
XKCD is excited about it.
Perhaps, but you won’t impress any life support engineers that way. From the perspective of an astronaut stuck on Mars, this detail is irrelevant to his or her survival.
The release date has been bumped up from a Thanksgiving release to October 2nd - so we don’t have to wait as long! Yea!
Sounds like a smart move - movies perform well in October and there’s a bit less competition so they can capitalize on that.
One thing that’s missing from the trailer; the sarcasm. Mark’s dark (and dorky) humour is so essential to the character, and I’m really hoping Matt Damon can pull that off.
Please disregard my last message; it’s there, just not as pronounced as I remember it from the book.
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He takes a device apart and cleans it while NASA is working on a solution.
Astronaut: I was right, it was just dirty.
NASA: You’re a dick.
Matt Damon wasn’t in Interstellar.
But point being, it would be nice to see a movie that didn’t have one of the Hollywood standards in it. That is all.
I haven’t read the book, but I saw an interview with the author and he admitted that the character was largely based on himself. Judging by that, Matt Damon seems like pretty good casting as the idealized form of the author.
Did you see Interstaller?
According to a blog entry by a Tucker Max, when they were making the indie film I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell, they were told they could have a 15 million budget if they had a “bankable” movie star in it, but only a 3-4 million budget with no-names. (obviously, even after paying said star to appear, this would be a massive budget increase)
Yes he was
Then that proves my point even more strongly. He’s in movies that he’s not even supposed to be in!!
You can’t argue with that.
Ridley Scott (in the link) says the story reminds him of a “21st Century Robinson Crusoe”, but nobody seems to have made the obvious connection to Robinson Crusoe on Mars (a darn good flick).
I suck at math… can someone convert this to sols remaining until it’s release?
I’m a little busy growing potatoes and watching Three’s Company to figure out your math problems
'nother trailer just out. It looks very 2001-y.