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re: Project Hail Mary on Prime
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:57 pm to Alyosha
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:57 pm to Alyosha
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Never read the book.
If you liked the movie, you should definitely give the book a shot. It's well worth it.
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I understand wanting to protect the integrity of art by not running straight to symbolism, but I don’t know what else to tell you pertaining to the film’s representation.
Yea I mean I just personally take the word of the author of the story over fan theory. I'm a Christian, this isn't me not wanting a Christian allegory, I just choose to believe the author.
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Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:02 pm to iwyLSUiwy
quote:That’s nonsense in today’s world. Don’t read the source material but have an undeniable claim to its origin even though the author of said source material flatly denies any such claims.
Yea I mean I just personally take the word of the author of the story over fan theory. I'm a Christian, this isn't me not wanting a Christian allegory, I just choose to believe the author.
Welcome to Earth, 2026.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:23 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Yea I mean I just personally take the word of the author of the story over fan theory
Especially when Weir is agnostic, which rules out any hidden, religious meaning.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:32 pm to iwyLSUiwy
That’s fine with me. Whether intended or not, as I’ve stated it has Catholic symbolism and Biblical themes including some mythology in the film. I don’t read “Christ under every rock” allegory per se, but it’s undeniable. Such as if the every character or object had Mahayana, I’d say it has Buddhist symbolism.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:37 pm to CocomoLSU
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Disagree that he wasn't happy on Earth. He definitely was. Sure, he wasn't married or dating anyone, but he loved teaching kids at his school. And in a rewatch of the movie it seems as if they were ALMOST hinting at some subtle feelings between him and Stratt (and I don't remember that being hinted at at all in the book). But it was also home to literally everything he's ever known.
I go back and forth on whether or not I think he tries to go home. I do think eventually he'd attempt to go home as he'd get tired of life on Erid despite having found one of the things that makes him happy (teaching the Erid kids about science).
I think the cool thing is that I'm good either way. If he decided to stay there forever, that would be cool too.
Excellent, excellent movie.
he has a woman friend in the book and they were not together but hinted at a relationship.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:39 pm to LSUPERMAN
You can write Christian symbolism into art without being Christian. I’m not conflating the symbolism with Weir’s belief system. Look at the history of art and literature for plenty of agnostics depicting biblical/Jewish/mythological themes.
Am I perceived as Christianizing Weir or the book or the movie?
Am I perceived as Christianizing Weir or the book or the movie?
Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:54 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Just because you can make these comparisons doesn't mean that's what they were written as. Because the author has told us they weren't.
I would not argue that he intended symbolism, but I think we underestimate the Christian worldview's influence on those raised in the West. The themes often emerge whether the author intended them or not, and I don't think there is anything wrong with finding such themes. Look at Harry Potter. The author is agnostic, but it is hard to deny the Christian themes throughout, whether intended or not.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 3:12 pm to Decatur
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It was too cheesy for me. Turned off with half hour left.
I'm in the middle. I liked the audiobook and thought it was great - as an audiobook. I thought the story was merely good, although I think Weir's writing is really good. And I thought the movie was entertaining, but not that memorable.
Both Martian and PHM are very "procedural" (not sure how to say it) in the books, with lots of internal narrative of how to figure something out, trial and error, etc. and that gets flattened in both movies. There is a lot of substance/rigor that gets lost in the movies.
But I can appreciate them being fun movies.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 3:38 pm to Alyosha
We get it bro god damn
Posted on 7/13/26 at 3:53 pm to Alyosha
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Am I perceived as Christianizing Weir or the book or the movie?
Everything, honestly. It's the only lens through which you are apparently able to view anything.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 5:06 pm to CocomoLSU
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Disagree that he wasn't happy on Earth
I need to reread it. I read it when it first came out, and I thought he was basically like "There is nothing on Earth for me to go back to." Maybe unhappy is the wrong word, but more so he found his people with Rocky and he never found his people on Earth.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 5:41 pm to udtiger
I watched it the first day it was on Prime, and really enjoyed it. I wish now I'd have seen it in the theaters.
Question- I had problems with it stopping, and going back to the home page. When I looked it up, there were some reddit comments about that happening to others.
I haven't had that issue appear with anything else, on Prime or otherwise. Did anyone else have it occur?
Question- I had problems with it stopping, and going back to the home page. When I looked it up, there were some reddit comments about that happening to others.
I haven't had that issue appear with anything else, on Prime or otherwise. Did anyone else have it occur?
Posted on 7/13/26 at 5:53 pm to Scoob
Didn't for me, but I only watched it once.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 6:00 pm to udtiger
quote:thanks.
Didn't for me, but I only watched it once.
I haven't rewatched it yet.
There were folks saying it was also happening to them. Some folks were saying to clear the firestick cache (how i watched), but i was scared it would lose my spot... I resumed it after it happened each time.
I guess now I could clear the cache and rewatch it now.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 6:28 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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Not to mention he sacrificed himself for Rocky at the end - something he was unwilling to do for humanity at one point.
I didn't read the book, just watched the movie.
I took that as- he was terrified of the mission and didn't think he would be able to figure out what needed to be done, so he'd rather die at home anonymously, then out in space after failing to save humanity.
The Rocky thing is different. He and Rocky collaborated, figured out the riddle and got the solution. Earth was saved. But due to that little technicality, Rocky (his newfound friend) AND his entire civilization would die. Unless...
and that's an entirely different choice. The work is already done, and he could prevent the extinction of an entire civilization simply by choosing to give himself up (something he'd basically come to terms with already, prior to this choice being forced on him). And it wasn't actually to die alone in space, it was to travel to that other civilization and see it himself. And Rocky alone was able to make things safe for him to live in, certainly that entire world could make him comfortable enough.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:10 pm to Scoob
In the scene where he’s gathering the Astrophage on the spaceship and is “having a moment.”
There no doubt it would be amazing, but then the patrova line lights up all red and shiny.
Cool scene, but it couldn’t actually happen like that for him to experience unless he has some fancy petrova scope glasses they didn’t tell us about, right?
(Just trying to nerd this up and get away from the weird debate taking over the thread)
There no doubt it would be amazing, but then the patrova line lights up all red and shiny.
Cool scene, but it couldn’t actually happen like that for him to experience unless he has some fancy petrova scope glasses they didn’t tell us about, right?
(Just trying to nerd this up and get away from the weird debate taking over the thread)
This post was edited on 7/13/26 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:12 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Watched it last night. Very fun and entertaining movie. Had some pretty funny scenes as well. Enjoyed it a lot.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:15 pm to JetsetNuggs
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Impressive that they made a friendship with a rock deeply emotional
Rocky was awesome. They actually made it to where the audience cared about him.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:44 pm to Sus-Scrofa
quote:The science and Grace’s figuring out the how and why he’s there is so much better in the book, but movie audiences are very unlikely to have that patience.
(Just trying to nerd this up and get away from the weird debate taking over the thread)
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:52 pm to drizztiger
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The science and Grace’s figuring out the how and why he’s there is so much better in the book, but movie audiences are very unlikely to have that patience.
In the book, the ship had a petrova scope, but the EVA suit didn’t.
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