In a good sign that there are likely to be more space movies with realistic-style plots in the coming years, The Martian continues to rack up solid box office numbers – currently at $392,038,124 worldwide. Author Andy Weir has given lots of talks and interviews, many linked from here, but there is always room for another, especially for someone like Weir who gives such entertaining presentations. This video is from a talk this past summer at NASA Ames and was titled, “The Martian: How Science Drove the Plot“
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“The Martian” – reviews, politics, music, RR Martin, and more
The film ‘The Martin” is doing great at the box office. My wife and I really enjoyed it (we both liked the book as well). Marvelous story-telling and a beautiful rendering of a wondrous new world.
I agree, though, with this op-ed: The Martian: Please Don’t Bring Him Home – Greg Autry/Huffington Post. It’s extremely unlikely that humans will go to Mars on Apollo style NASA missions of short duration and stupendous cost. The only way to make Mars trips affordable is with heavy involvement of commercial companies. And people will go to the Red Planet to settle it, not just for quick science excursions.
Here are links to a variety of other items about the movie:
* More on the space policy and politics of the movie: Our view: The politics of “The Martian” – Roanoke Times: Editorials
* The Game of Thrones author George RR Martin writes about growing up on Mars (vicariously): George RR Martin: our long obsession with Mars – The Guardian.
* The music of the film: Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’ Makes Disco the New Soundtrack of Space – The Atlantic
* Views of the region on Mars where the action takes place:
- Andy Weir’s ‘The Martian’ Map
- NASA Orbiter Views Sites of Fiction Film’s Mars Landings – NASA JPL
- HiRISE and ‘The Martian’
- MarsTrek at NASA (Mars mapping app)
* Some items about the science and engineering in the film:
- Here’s the real science behind ‘The Martian’ – MarketWatch
- Just how scientifically accurate is The Martian, anyway? Let’s find out · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
- What happened when a roomful of engineers watched ‘The Martian’ – Public Radio International
* Some reviews you might have missed:
- My Review of the Movie “The Martian” – Dennis Wingo
- The Martian Stands Alone – The Georgetown Voice
- At Last, the Great Martian Movie: More than a century after the first Mars movie, we finally have a really good one – IEEE Spectrum – Sept.30.15
* The trailer is still fun to watch:
Video: “NSPCC – Alfie the astronaut”
Here’s a short but poignant video about a future astronaut:
Videos: “The Martian” movie getting great reviews
“The Martian” – the movie will open nationwide on October 2nd but it had a preview at the Toronto International Film Festival this past week. The initial reviews are very positive:
- ‘The Martian’ review: Matt Damon, and the movie, are stellar – Mashable.com
- The Martian reviews: Matt Damon, Ridley Scott film premieres at TIFF 2015 – EW.com
- The Martian (2015) – Rotten Tomatoes
(See the posts here about the book and the movie.)
Some photos from the premiere: “The Martian” Premiere – Flickr
And a NASA video:
The latest trailer was posted here. Below are three promotional videos that emulate NASA broadcasts before the Mars mission in the movie:
https://youtu.be/-fdKyszL1Zo
https://youtu.be/T5WvVytqHFc
https://youtu.be/CumZP6_9sHU
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Video: New trailer for the movie “The Martian”
A new trailer has been released for the movie, The Martian, which will be in theaters starting October 2nd:
The book was written by Andy Weir. Find interviews with him here and here. See also his entertaining speech at the recent NewSpace 2015 conference.