re: The Martian

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The 2nd half of the movie was really nice in 3D as well.

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The effect of the log entries from inside the screen with the time and date markers was pretty cool

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Same as the tarp over the top of the MAV when he finally leaves Mars.

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It didn't work which is why it was so far away. But the theory is that the lack of Mars atmosphere would make it viable

He has tons of issues on the drive in the book

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I just saw it. I had high expectations going into it. didn't read the book, just thought it would be a good Apollo 13/Castaway type film, and i love those two films. I didn't feel the suspense like i did with Apollo 13

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Exactly how I feel. Didn't really have that edge of your seat feel to it like Apollo 13 or even Interstellar

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It creates a seal.

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no it doesn't. You ever put duct tape over a pressurized air leak? and he would have passed out in less than 10 seconds in reality do to lack of oxygen.

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He had plenty of problems. The storm at the start, no communication, limited food and water, his Rover only drove a short amount of kilometers (I don't remember exact) before needing recharge which couldn't be recharged anywhere but the hub. There were many others too.

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That storm at the start was strong enough to tip over a fricking spaceship (which wind that strong isn't possible on Mars due to the thin atmosphere), but not strong enough to rip that tarp over the hole in the HAB?
I never felt like he didn't didn't have enough food or water.
The Rover problem wasn't a threat to his life, at least it never felt that way, and he had a year to figure it out.
Communication wasn't much of a problem either.

I would have expected problems on the then 3200km rover trip. I expected oxygen problems, which there weren't any, and water problems, which were very minimal and never appeared life threatening.

The only moment that seemed like he would die was the storm at the beginning, which you know he's not dying in that, and then when the air lock room blows up and his helmet has a hole in it. Not sure how he survived being exposed to mars' atmosphere, but i guess if he can survive that then duct tape works.

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They touched on this, something with the atmosphere.

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I know they said that, but doesn't mean there isn't resistance in the air. Mark's suit would routinely show he was at around 5 psi when walking around Mars, which isn't true b/c it's more like .09psi in reality. We are at 14.7. It's not like there was no resistance, it blew the tarp off. If it did that, what was it doing to his body at 12G's, or the rest of the ship? Is there no need for a heat shield leaving the very thin Mars atmosphere? There was very little explanation given, just "Mars has no atmosphere" I'd like to know a little more than that. Remember the oxygen problem on Apollo 13. They explained the why and how they fixed the problem. It was easy to understand it all and the explanations were concise and made sense.

There were just a ton of inconsistencies with mars' atmosphere.

That's an awful lot to bitch about, but most of it is legit if you're purpose is to nitpick the movie to death.

To answer your biggest problems though, in the book he faced trouble all along the way, even pretty bad troubles a few times. But the movie flew by so fast they didn't seem to have time to get into serious problems and have him fix them (one of the main points of the story is how smart he is and how he thinks shite up to fix his problems). I do wish they'd have gotten into more serious problems that he faced on Mars and getting into HOW he fixed them, rather than just sticking duct tape on everything and moving on.

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It creates a seal.


no it doesn't.

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Spoiler I suppose:







It would create an adequate seal for his helmet which had a small leak. The duct tape fail was when the airlock blew off and he sealed the approx. 8 foot diameter opening with plastic sheet and duct tape. At 12.5 psi this is 90,000 lbs of force being held in place by duct tape and plastic sheet.

The Martian storms were pretty awful too. Mars has 0.6% of the atmosphere of earth so the wind will have little force. And the highest recorded speed is 60 mph which would have all the force of a 0.4 MPH gust here.

Good movie though, you have to expect stupid things from Hollywood.

What Watney did to the MAV they did to the book to make a movie.

If Matt Damon were beaten into a coma I'd be ok.

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Like someone said, this is supposed to be Apollo 13 on Mars not fvcking Castaway.

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It's supposed to be both. That's how I described it on here after I read the book earlier this year at least, "Apollo 13 meets Castaway".

I haven't read the book. Thought the movie was excellent. Maybe not an all time great but it was a very good movie. Worthy of owning.