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Project Hail Mary
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To me he's still the man behind Casey and Andy.....
Apart from his Merchant series I'd love to see many of Stross's books brought to the visual media.
Be interesting how they market this movie, the Martian was quite easy "castaway on Mars", this one not so easy.
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JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
But that too has been done.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars - Wikipedia
It's certainly different, but it doesn't venture too far outside standard first-contact and save-the-world tropes. Technology disparity, language, mistaken intentions, existential threat, new alliances, etc. Project Hail Mary doesn't break a whole lot of new thematic ground. But it breaks it in a way that Andy Weir is demonstrably good at. As others have pointed out there are some nonlinear plot elements, and it doesn't look like they're going to opt for the Unreliable Narrator trope from the book. But we'll see. There are many ways to tell an engaging backstory. And others have pointed out pacing issues. That's always easy to fix in an adaptation from a book, which has to condense the source material generally at a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio.
angrysoba
Philosophile
Yes, but those plot points are big reveals in the book. How much do they want to reveal to audiences before they go into the film?But that too has been done.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars - Wikipedia
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It's certainly different, but it doesn't venture too far outside standard first-contact and save-the-world tropes. Technology disparity, language, mistaken intentions, existential threat, new alliances, etc. Project Hail Mary doesn't break a whole lot of new thematic ground. But it breaks it in a way that Andy Weir is demonstrably good at. As others have pointed out there are some nonlinear plot elements, and it doesn't look like they're going to opt for the Unreliable Narrator trope from the book. But we'll see. There are many ways to tell an engaging backstory. And others have pointed out pacing issues. That's always easy to fix in an adaptation from a book, which has to condense the source material generally at a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Easier than doing North Africa and calling it Mars.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
The book is a "building bridges" story, and double the number of "castaways". ;-)
arthwollipot
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You want it to have been filmed on location?
YES!
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
Rumor has it Stanley Kubrick was so obsessed with realism that he insisted on shooting the fake Moon landings on location.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Where did I even imply that?
arthwollipot
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When you implied that filming a film set on Mars in North Africa was somehow inferior.
EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
I’ve not read the book, so was not aware of the story.
From the trailers I’ve seen so far? Don’t think I’ll bother with the movie. It looks cheesy.
I hope for you fans, I’m wrong.
arthwollipot
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I can't guarantee you'll like it, obviously, but I thought the book was excellent and recommend it if you're interested in hard science fiction.
We listened to the audiobook. My wife has no patience for slow stories and she enjoyed the book.
We saw the trailer on a big screen a few nights ago. I know that trailers can be deceptive, but it made me even more excited about seeing the film.
I read the book and it is OK but it ain't hard science fiction!
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Your impression of my post is noted. I found North Africa fascinating. "Post-apocalytic" came to mind repeatedly.
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