{"id":11573,"date":"2015-10-13T15:14:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11573"},"modified":"2015-10-13T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:14:13","slug":"the-martian-reviews-politics-music-rr-martin-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11573","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Martian&#8221; &#8211; reviews, politics, music, RR Martin, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The film &#8216;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxmovies.com\/movies\/the-martian\" target=\"_blank\">The Martin<\/a><\/em>&#8221; is doing great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=scott2016.htm\" target=\"_blank\">at the box office<\/a>. My wife and I really enjoyed it (we both liked the book as well). Marvelous\u00a0story-telling and a beautiful rendering of a wondrous new world.<\/p>\n<p>I agree, though, with this op-ed:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/greg-autry\/the-martian-please-dont-b_b_8266142.html\" target=\"_d\">The Martian: Please Don&#8217;t Bring Him Home &#8211; Greg Autry\/Huffington Post<\/a>.\u00a0It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Here are links to a variety of other items\u00a0\u00a0about the movie:<\/p>\n<p>* More on the space policy and politics of the movie:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/opinion\/editorials\/our-view-the-politics-of-the-martian\/article_bd082d41-e490-5c48-8c14-a12e37deec47.html\" target=\"_d\">Our view: The politics of &#8220;The Martian&#8221; &#8211; Roanoke Times: Editorials<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* The <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> author George RR Martin writes\u00a0about growing up on Mars (vicariously):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/oct\/01\/george-rr-martin-mars-game-of-thrones-martians\" target=\"_d\">George RR Martin: our long obsession with Mars &#8211;\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* The music of the film:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2015\/10\/the-martian-and-the-new-soundtrack-of-space\/408457\/\" target=\"_d\">Ridley Scott&#8217;s &#8216;The Martian&#8217; Makes Disco the New Soundtrack of Space &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Views of\u00a0the\u00a0region on Mars where the action takes place:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cannonade.net\/mars.php\" target=\"_d\">Andy Weir&#8217;s &#8216;The Martian&#8217; Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=4726\" target=\"_d\">NASA Orbiter Views Sites of Fiction Film&#8217;s Mars Landings &#8211; NASA JPL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uahirise.org\/martian\/\" target=\"_d\">HiRISE and &#8216;The Martian&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marstrek.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">MarsTrek at NASA<\/a> (Mars mapping app)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/you-can-now-plot-the-martians-trek-with-nasas-help\/\" target=\"_d\">You Can Now Plot THE MARTIAN\u2019s Trek with NASA\u2019s Help &#8211;\u00a0Nerdist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Some items about the science and engineering in the film:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/heres-the-real-science-behind-the-martian-2015-10-13\" target=\"_d\">Here\u2019s the real science behind \u2018The Martian\u2019 &#8211; MarketWatch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/just-how-scientifically-accurate-martian-anyway-le-226681\" target=\"_d\">Just how scientifically accurate is The Martian, anyway? Let\u2019s find out \u00b7 Great Job, Internet! \u00b7 The A.V. Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2015-10-13\/what-happened-when-room-full-engineers-watched-martian\" target=\"_d\">What happened when a roomful of engineers watched &#8216;The Martian&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Public Radio International<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*\u00a0Some reviews you might have missed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/denniswingo.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/06\/my-review-of-the-movie-the-martian\/\" target=\"_d\">My Review of the Movie \u201cThe Martian\u201d &#8211; Dennis Wingo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/georgetownvoice.com\/2015\/10\/08\/the-martian-stands-alone\/\" target=\"_d\">The Martian Stands Alone &#8211; The Georgetown Voice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/geek-life\/history\/at-last-the-great-martian-movie\" target=\"_d\">At Last, the Great Martian Movie: More than a century after the first Mars movie, we finally have a really good one &#8211; IEEE Spectrum &#8211; Sept.30.15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* The trailer is still fun to watch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ej3ioOneTy8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film &#8216;The Martin&#8221; is doing great at the box office. My wife and I really enjoyed it (we both liked the book as well). Marvelous\u00a0story-telling and a beautiful rendering of a wondrous new world. I agree, though, with this op-ed:\u00a0The Martian: Please Don&#8217;t Bring Him Home &#8211; Greg Autry\/Huffington Post.\u00a0It&#8217;s extremely unlikely that humans &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11573\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;The Martian&#8221; &#8211; reviews, politics, music, RR Martin, and more<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,39,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-films-and-videos","category-space-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-30F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9877,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9877","url_meta":{"origin":11573,"position":0},"title":"An interview with Andy Weir, author of &#8216;The Martian&#8217;","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A conversation with Andy Weir, author of The Martian: A Novel\u00a0(which will soon be \"A Movie\" as well), about the book and about humans going to Mars\u00a0:\u00a0How Science Fiction Will Help Us Go to Mars: Andy Weir explains the science behind \"The Martian.\" - Mother Jones https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/189715652 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Living in Space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=as2&o=1&a=0804139024","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12843,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12843","url_meta":{"origin":11573,"position":1},"title":"Video: &#8216;The Martian&#8217; soundtrack and echos of Cosmos","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A view\u00a0of the\u00a0Harry\u00a0Gregson-Williams sound track\u00a0for The Martian movie:\u00a0Echoes of Vangelis - Why I love the music from 'The Martian'\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/payNELXYOL0 Here is a collection of Vangelis's music including some from the Cosmos series soundtrack: https:\/\/youtu.be\/aI_ELLZG5bw?list=PL41CFC4363D105196 ====","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=as2&o=1&a=B015U2B4RA","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6458,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6458","url_meta":{"origin":11573,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;The Martian&#8221; &#8211; Andy Weir&#8217;s debut novel becomes a best seller","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Andy Weir's\u00a0book, The Martian: A Novel, has become an unexpected hit and there is already a movie in the works:\u00a0A Survival Guide to Mars: A Computer-Scientist-Turned-Novelist Explores Life on Mars in Debut Thriller - WSJ.com What if you were the last person on Mars? 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