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re: Project Hail Mary - Discussion (Spoilers) *Added Deleted Scenes 7/29*

Posted on 7/10/26 at 5:42 pm to
Posted by Esquire
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 5:42 pm to
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think about what that movie really was, 3 hours of ryan gosling acting against green screen. that's as impressive as tom hanks in cast away or matt damon in the martian. he had nobody to react too all rocky's dialogue was added in the editing room.

Very little green screen was used unless he was outside of the ship. They built a giant set for the ship and Rocky was a practical puppet voiced by his puppeteer.

Posted by Esquire
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 5:45 pm to
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can someone explain what exactly they did to be able to communicate like that?


Grace had recorded Rocky’s sounds and assigned words as they were communicating. He got tired of going back to the computer to read what Rocky said, so he assigned a voice to do it. It’s not really mentioned in the movie, but Rocky has perfect memory and can translate Grace’s language naturally after learning a word once.
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 6:11 pm to
so I’m not imagining that they went from one scene using the computer to translate to the next with rocky speaking perfect English?
Posted by Esquire
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 6:39 pm to
The computer is always translating it because Rocky can’t form the sounds to speak English. It’s either off screen or Grace is wearing it on his side on a sling. By the end of the movie on Erid, Grace has learned to understand Eridian language without needing a translator.
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:07 pm to
ok that makes sense. The way they shot it though (for brevity and narrative ease, I get it) made it seem like rocky had learned English and the voice skills to speak it
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 1:08 pm to
Watched it recently. That was a very heartwarming and moving film. Highly recommend
This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 1:10 pm
Posted by Esquire
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:38 am to
Making Of & Deleted Scenes

Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:47 am to
Watched this movie last week and would give it about a 7. I almost feel like there's something wrong for not giving it a 9 or 10 like seems to be the universal consensus. I think my ranking is due to a couple factors, both of which are my fault. First I knew practically nothing about it as I like to go into a new film/show totally blind, so I only knew it was about space. I thought it was going to be a serious dramatic film though which it wasn't really and almost felt more comedic than serious. Seocond was the overwhelming praise it got. Again my fault, but I think I let myself get hyped up into expecting some mind blowing revelation of a movie and then maybe was a bit internally let down when it wasn't. I also wans't a book or audiobook consumer and it appears that people that were had a higher view of the movie.

It felt to me like the overall premise was "let's make a classic buddy cop movie, only instead of cops they're astronauts, and make one of them not human".

It's not like a 7/10 sucks. It was enjoyable and I don't have any regrets for watching it. I am a tiny bit surprised though that so many people are calling it literally perfect, 10/10, one of the best movies that's been out in years, etc.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:53 am to
Yea, I'd say understanding Weir's writing style for his books going into it would probably have helped. If you are expecting the expanse, it is going to be offputting
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:54 am to
My feelings exactly
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:58 am to
This is one of the best movies I have seen in some time. I sure hope we get a directors cut or an extended release of the movie.
Posted by VoxDawg
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:53 pm to
Are the deleted scenes available on Prime Video?

Or was this a leak ahead of the Blu-Ray release in 3 weeks?
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 2:54 pm
Posted by Esquire
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:57 pm to
Dang, I just saw it was removed. I think it’s from the Blu-ray release. Here are the scenes without the behind the scenes footage. Sorry it’s Reddit but it’s all I could find.

Reddit Link
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 2:58 pm
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 6:32 pm to
quote:


Are the deleted scenes available on Prime Video?


I didn't see that option when I watched it.
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