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Looks incredible. After reading the book, I’ve never been so excited. It looks like they nailed it. Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2 |
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Originally Posted By Emoto: Cliff Notes? General overview on what this is about? (I am not always in a place where I can watch videos)Click To View Spoiler |
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Originally Posted By Ex_GI: Close Encounters, 2026🤔 The book is a positive, feel good, family friendly masterpiece. I think it will resonate far better than Close Encounters. I think it is way better than The Martian too. If you only read one book this year, this would be it. Hopefully the movie delivers even a fraction of the greatness. It’s incredibly well written. |
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Looks like a fun movie Woah, I just read the book  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hail_Mary |
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Originally Posted By Emoto: Cliff Notes? General overview on what this is about? (I am not always in a place where I can watch videos) Bugs are eating the sun Look around the galaxy, bugs are eating other stars, but not one star Use the bugs as fuel, send a spaceship to that one star to see what's up One thing leads to another and that guy is the sole survivor on the space ship Meet an alien who's got the exact same problem |
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Originally Posted By wvfarrier: The book was very good I thought it was a weak effort, using the same formula as The Martian, but with a plucky little alien throw in. Take a science specialist who is only a supporting member of his space crew, strand him alone in space, and then present him with a series of technical challenges he must overcome in turn, which he does, using his keen intellect and MacGyver-like skills. Which book am I describing?  On the positive side, the movie looks visually stunning. |
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Originally Posted By scuba_steve: I thought it was a weak effort, using the same formula as The Martian, but with a plucky little alien throw in. Take a science specialist who is only a supporting member of his space crew, strand him alone in space, and then present him with a series of technical challenges he must overcome in turn, which he does, using his keen intellect and MacGyver-like skills. Which book am I describing? On the positive side, the movie looks visually stunning. I think the book has so much heart, and the way it unfolds is constant discovery. The Martian is about endurance, coupled with brilliance, in personal survival. Project Hail Mary is a classic hero's journey, certainly, with some macguffins, that shows that despite biological extremes, and impossible odds, friendship saves worlds. |
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Originally Posted By scuba_steve: I thought it was a weak effort, using the same formula as The Martian, but with a plucky little alien throw in. Take a science specialist who is only a supporting member of his space crew, strand him alone in space, and then present him with a series of technical challenges he must overcome in turn, which he does, using his keen intellect and MacGyver-like skills. Which book am I describing? On the positive side, the movie looks visually stunning. Completely glossing over the monumental task of building communication to a level technical enough to do complex space shit, as well as otherworldly customs and outlooks. 
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Originally Posted By wvfarrier: The book was very good Yes, and Rocky was a very compelling character........I was glad Ryland went back to save him |
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Originally Posted By cyclone: Yes, and Rocky was a very compelling character.......Click To View Spoiler dang with the spoiler |
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I like some SciFi movies. I'll probably take the wife, our son and his wife to dinner and a show and see it. Originally Posted By nightstalker: Either Ryan Gosling saves us or Bad Bunny |
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Originally Posted By Emoto: Cliff Notes? General overview on what this is about? (I am not always in a place where I can watch videos) Click To View Spoiler |
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I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. - Churchill
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Originally Posted By wvfarrier: Basically space algae is eating the Sun (and other stars). They can be triggered to move at the speed of light and are used as true instellar space fuel. Two lone astronauts, one human and one...well, not, both figure a way to communicate and to figure out how to save both planets. Really good book Astrophage |
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Originally Posted By tifosi: Added to my calendar. March, 20th Don't know anything about this story. I love to go into movies completely blind. @tifosi Generally agree with watching a movie with no pre existing expectations. But, on this one, I think it might be a better experience to have the book under your belt in case some of the details don't get fleshed out in the film. Just my .02. The audio book was done extremely well. |
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Never heard of it, but I am curious. Sounds sort of like the movie Sunshine, which was incredible visually. That being said, Sunshine was a about as stupid a fucking movie as you can get. The sun has hypothermia, and it's going to die if we don't do somthing. We have a special bomb that will fix it. More powerful than uranium, it's made from a special metal called stupidium. The thing that most impresses me is the budgets some of these movies have, with such stupid a premise. |
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Originally Posted By sq40: I pictured him a little more segmented bug like with a stone carapace. I think the movie version is way better.  Aliens - It's a Bug Hunt |
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