Wait till SpaceX`s Star Ship and it`s 30+ engines fire up for the 1st time.... i`d say mid next year... and Humans Mars 2024-25... :):) Them engines though that mush raw power/thrust/sound it may be felt around the world on the Seismographs, and heard for 1000`s of miles.... :):)
Fun easter egg for The Expanse fans: There are many ships built from Earth, Mars, and the Belt, but one of the ships from Mars was named the Mark Watney. =-)
@@indade I don't think it is in the show (maybe it is, they have put a lot of detail in the info on screens and such) but I just recently read it in one of the books.
@@PsychoMuffinSDM That is an awesome detail! I love the show, and I just started reading the books recently, so I look forward to catching that one! :) Duaffy, if you ever want to react to a GREAT sci-fi tv series, take a look at "The Expanse"!
@@Icypenguigo I second the request for Daufy to watch. Don't worry to much about the line. It was just a quick mention in a listing of ships in a fairly throw-away line. It just serves as confirmation they share the same universe! Actually, the authors are probably fans of each other or friends or something. The two stories are similar as far as trying to be realistic (except for the important mcguffins of the story, duh)
@@PsychoMuffinSDM Also the show "For All Mankind" presents an alternative history where the Soviets landed a man on the moon before the USA, and that leads to a different timeline where the space race between the USA and USSR never ended. This show features a bunch of people behind the camera that were involved with The Expanse(including Naren Shankar, the executive producer) and I kind of feel like it's actually a stealth prequel to The Expanse. :P Probably not, but that's just my own headcanon!
It is a known fact at this point that people in extreme circumstances form a very strong bond. As strong as family/best friends/lovers. It happens in War. It happens in extreme exploration. It even happens in hostage situations. So the fact that the whole crew was willing to risk their lives and never see their families again is not uncommon or even a surprise.
And the fact that they would feel personally responsible for leaving him behind, even though it definitely wasn't their fault, would strengthen that willingness to go back and rescue him.
ALSO, you have to remember, Astronauts with NASA are actually psychologically tested for compatibility, not just individually, but as a crew. Crews are LITERALLY psychologically chosen to bond. One of the things Watney was chosen for (This is from the book), was his sense of humor as a grounding and bonding element for everyone else, as well as his general optimism being useful to survival (We see so much evidence of this throughout the movie). So losing a crew member for astronauts isn't just like losing a battle-buddy, it's literally like losing a major appendage.
It would still have been a good idea to make it an anonymous vote to remove the peer pressure aspect of it. Chances are extremely high that they would all have voted to go, yes, but that scene still leaves a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth...
9:32 - the hab failure was not from the hydrogen, it was due to that part of the hab getting constantly stressed (specifically the cloth around the airlock), and the fabric ripped far enough that it all failed
If you watch carefully in one of the early scenes where Watney is coming to grips with having been stranded, there's a diagnostic screen in the background showing an outline of the #2 airlock inside a blinking red field. That airlock was always going to fail. It was just waiting for some damn fool somewhere to say, out loud, "... assuming nothing else goes wrong." Thanks a *lot,* Teddy.
@@Сайтамен Earth pressure inside the Hab, and Mars pressure outside the Hab. Like a balloon popping because part of the balloon was stretched over and over
@@TheDetailsMatter Yeah, it goes back to what he said, "A hab designed to last 31 days". He was in that hab for over a year, more than 10 times longer than it was designed for, doing daily EVAs, especially once he got Pathfinder working.
Surgical Stapling is a real thing...I got stapled after a minor surgery, they are fast to heal, less chance of infection, but bit painfull though when being removed. Normally done in areas where there is minimal skin stretching while doing regular tasks.
When my staples were removed it felt great to me! They were a bit itchy from healing, and when they took them out, it was like scratching that itch I never could. It was definitely worth the little bit of pain.
In the book, Watney is doing some calculations on how many solar panels he needs to charge the Rover... He ends up having to invent a unit of measure to make his calculations easier, the "Pirate Ninja". A pirate-ninja is defined as . After the book came out, the Mars Pathfinder team at JPL started using "Milli-Pirate-Ninja's" for their calculations... because it DID make the calculations easier!
Just for completeness: a pirate ninja is equal to one kilowatt-hour (3.6 MJ) per Martian day, or sol (~40.55 W). It of course follows that a milli-pirate-ninja is equal to 3.6 kJ per sol.
Someone figured out the cost that the US government would have spent finding the multiple characters Matt Damon has played that have had to bee Rescued(this film, interstellar, Saving Private Ryan) or found for other reasons(the Bourne films) and its higher than the GDP of several countries.
Love this movie! "The Martian" gets me every single time, especially when he breaks down hearing everyone's voice coming to rescue him. I don't know if watched through the credits but they show what happened to the characters after the mission during the next mission launch. There were no fights between people, but this was definitely a man vs. nature conflict. "I am going to have to science the sh*t out of this" became one of my favorite expressions after this movie. :)
But the most unbelieveable thing about this movie is the fact that Sean Bean survives it... I was literally waiting for the post credit scene where he walks into traffic.
[9:20] It's official. Duaffy hates when your habitat gets blown by a lack of atmospheric pressure and you are forced to tape your helmet with duct tape in order to avoid dying from asphyxiation. So it's a common occurance for her. I always knew she was not from this planet.
At the start of the movie the storm is threatening to blow over their MAV which would leave them all stranded, that's why they leave the Hab in the storm.
At the scene where they talk about Project Elrond [referencing the Council of Elrond from LoTR] the actor Sean Bean was the Flight Director of Hermes, the guy who said that they should go rescue Mark Watney and who forcefully disagreed with the Head of NASA. The same Sean Bean played the role of Boromir [in the LoTR movies] who was at the Council of Elrond. 😁😁 Also, Mat Damon in the Bourne movies was awesome.
My favorite scene is an unlikely one. The scene with Teddy Sanders (Jeff Daniels) and Mitch Henderson (Sean Bean) where Teddy asks for Mitch's resignation struck me as so real and I wondered why. I'd say it was two top tier actors playing parts that they believed in. Lesser actors would not have been as convincing.
Good film, but you should watch Apollo 13 if you haven't already, because that sh*t actually happened. And, for once, other than a bit of dramatisation to keep the story moving, it is actually pretty accurate to the real-world events.
Great reaction Duaffy! To answer your question. Martinez was military as was the commander...being military vet myself you have to understand leaving a man/woman behind is something you just don't do. If there is chance to save him/her, you do it. I like that the whole crew even civilian, and military understood this and agreed. Nobody wants to go home and tell parents or spouse that he was left there to die. That is unacceptable and I know I for one couldn't live with that.
A steely eyed missile man is an astronaut or engineer who quickly devises an ingenious solution to a tough problem while under extreme pressure. This term/phrase is a reference to Engineer John Aaron who was the one who devised the recovery of the power systems on Apollo 12 when it got struck by lightning during launch and they prevented the mission abort of the whole mission. His actions rewarded him with the nickname of "Steely-eyed Missile Man." He was also there at Apollo 13 to oversee the rationing of the spacecraft's power during the return trip and helped devise the power-up sequence which helped those astronauts re-enter Earth's atmosphere with limited power. Speaking of which, Apollo 13 is another good movie recommendation I would like to suggest.
It wasn't the hydrogen that caused the airlock to explode - it was simple wear and tear. In the book, it's explained that there were 3 airlocks but he kept using the same one. And he was using it way beyond its natural lifetime. So material kept stretching and eventually gave and tore. And that caused the explosion. Also, the reason they were out in the storm at the beginning was that it was strong enough to blow over their rocket. And if that happened, they'd all be stranded. I'd recommend the audio book narrated by Wil Weaton (Wesley from ST:TNG). There are lots more things that go wrong for Watney!
Apollo 13. 1995 starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon. It's directed by Ron Howard and he had his parents and wife cameo as well giving as his brother Clint Howard a prominent role in Mission Control.
That's Boromir(Sean Bean) from Lord of the Rings, at 10:23, saying "because it's a secret meeting, talking about Lotr, inside another movie. Quite fun.
Schindler's List?!? Did you watch Duaffy review Avengers Infinity War and Endgame? She'd need a whole carton of tissues for SL. I mean, yeah, it's a great movie, one of my favorites. But for a Reaction video? That would be rough.
I thought about what you did, that they didn't show Mark's family, or him communicating with anyone on a personal level on earth... but, what the author and Director were trying to emphasize was that he is ALONE on Mars. Not just the farthest man from home, but the furthest human in the history of our species. For most of his problems surviving - there is no help, there is no rescue, and there is NO ONE. They wanted you to feel the full power of that. The full weight on his shoulders when he was breaking down in the MAV just before launch. In the book (which I cannot recommend highly enough!) His communication with Earth is cut off when the Pathfinder probe shorts out - he got just enough help to make the trip to the Ares 4 site, but, was then cut off again. He made that journey across Mars ALONE, in every sense of the word.
I'm not sure if the short-out of Pathfinder DIDN'T happen in the movie version. A lot of that whole sequence is montage with little or no dialogue. So... we the audience may be left with the impression that he has communication with NASA all the way to the MAV. When perhaps he doesn't? I mean - why leave the "Space Pirate" dialogue in if he still has comms? Doesn't make sense.
Awesome movie. I had forgotten or only just realised now in hindsight how many of these actors have had scenes or major roles in the MCU. Heck Spider-Man even tried to escape one guy to give him into by sticking his hand to his car 😜
9:30 technically it's not because of the hydrogen he was burning..but because the temperature inside the Hab and outside martian climate..since mars has a thin atmosphere it cannot support a dense atmosphere Hab had. As the explosion occured, all the air emptied out in the martian atmosphere and the soil sterilized, thus killing the crops instantly.
The potatoes are still made of carbohydrates, and can still be eaten. But the bacteria in the soil is what makes everything work. With it killed by flash freezing, there isn't enough fertilizer left to start over.
In case it hasn't been addressed yet: they were out in the storm because, at first, they entered the Hab to take refuge from the storm. Then, the winds threatened to tip the MAV over; if that happened, they couldn't get off of Mars. So, they were leaving the Hab to get to the MAV and lift off while they still could.
To be fair, his parents don't show up in the original novel, either. I get what you're saying, of course, but I'm guessing that the screenwriters didn't want to create another couple of characters that would have to be written and fleshed out and casted and filmed and edited in, when there was already a rather large and complex supporting cast to deal with. Logically, I agree with you - logistically, I can see why they weren't added.
When I first watched this movie, I was happy that finally, Botany, was recognized. As a Botanist that studied at The University of Maryland, this movie brought to light how precious this field of expertise is. Cachai
@@philproffitt8363 I'm sorry if my comments are random. When I see a part of your reaction after seeing a scene, I tend to pause from your reaction video and make a comment to include the time stamp in your video to address what I am talking about.. If I ever have the time to consolidate my multiple comments into one compilation of comments, I will do that to make it easy for you. For now, I hope that you enjoy, that I am actually interacting with your video. :) Cachai
I don't know if you watched all the way through the end credits, but Sean Bean's character did resign. Sidenote- Sean Bean was in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Don't forget: That contact from the crew is literally the first live human voice he's heard or been able to interact with in over a year. Y'all thought Lockdown was bad.
A few comments. Firstly, as noted, the Martian atmosphere is only one percent of Earth's so even a huge gale would feel like a light breeze, and would not threaten anybody's life, nor could it tip over a spacecraft. Amusingly, the author of the novel, Andy Weir, acknowledges this, forthrightly, and says NASA works so hard to keep astronauts safe that he couldn't think of any other scenario that would get Watney stranded, so he fudged that bit. After that, though, all the science is pretty rock-solid. Weir took part in some science discussion threads, and at one point posed the, "How to survive if stranded on Mars," question. The idea caught the imagination of the participants, which included a bunch of actual science and engineering types. They promptly got to work on the problem, and much of the science included in this story came from that, and some NASA guys say a lot of it passes reality-checks. As an engineering-type, yourself, I figured you might appreciate that. :) Since you liked this, you'd probably like the film, "Moon," as well as "Gravity," with Sandra Bullock. You'd probably also appreciate the TV show, The Expanse, which is available on Amazon Prime. :)
I love how this was a story about one man and his survival against astronomical odds with only fleeting moments at NASA Matt Damon did an amazing job from the tension the emotion the humour especially when he did the Fonz.
Iirc it was the first voice he heard of someone else. He could talk to himself and other people via video, but he could only receive written voiceless messages from others until this point.
@@callmeshaggy5166 I was talking about the scene where he was getting emotional upon hearing Commander Lewis' voice before launching into space. Even Matt Damon admitted that it was genuine. The other actors had wrapped and gone home, and their pre-recorded voices were actually being played to. Matt Damon from inside his spacesuit. When he began to think about how his character had been all alone on Mars for two years, alongside how he was only hearing pre-recorded voices of his co-stars who had already finished their scenes, he began to tear up. Ridley Scott the director, was so impressed with Damon's performance, that he only did one take of the scene, which was used in the film.
"Nobody's Fool" (1994) with Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and many other big names. Characters that you'll recognize from your own life. "John Q" (2002) with Denzel Washington, James Woods Anne Heche and more. A heart wrenching story of how far a father will go, to save his child. "My Life" (1993) with Michael Keaton and Nichol Kidman. Touching tear jerker, about creating messages to help in preparing your child for life ahead, knowing you won't be there yourself to give that help. "Batteries Not Included" (1987) with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Comedy Sci-Fi with a heart that everyone in the family can(and should) watch. "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) with Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, and many others in this huge ensemble cast. Under-rated wartime caper comedy/drama. "Little Shop Of Horrors" (1986) another ensemble with Rick Moranis, Steve Martin and John Candy. A dark comedy/horror/musical, about a nerdy florist who finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. (the 1960 original isn't bad, but I personally prefer this version) *a couple animated suggestions;* "Heavy Metal" (1981) huge ensemble voice cast of movie stars and well known voice actors including John Candy, Eugene Levy and Harold Ramis. Interconnected stories separated in chapters by differing art/animation styles, made famous by the magazine the movie gets its title from.(and a soundtrack that makes the watch, that much more worthwhile) "Ferngully: The Last Rain Forest" (1992) Tim Curry and Robin Williams, (and Christian Slater), need I say more? :-) *And just a personal suggestion. Not a movie, per se. More of a documentary concert film.* "The Last Waltz" (1978) directed by Martin Scorsese, The Last Waltz is a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearance", (and includes candid video/interview segments). The concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including their previous employers Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan as well as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young. *A must watch for for anyone that is a fan of music. No matter the genre.* I will always recommend this video.
My DVD starts with clear weather , then a warning from US and storm comes, both before the starting point on this video. ?? You seem to say it the flick started in mid storm....
1:57 I can conceive of _two_ sets of circumstances under which a man will perform surgery on _himself._ One, he's got a _serious,_ clearly unhealthy macho kick, or _two,_ it's necessary but no one else is _available._
There are only two flaws that really jump out with this film. One, that Watney plants a dozen Yukon Gold potatoes and ends up harvesting a crop of hundreds of reds, purples, and russets, can be put down to mutation owing to alien soil. The other is a bit more fundamental. Given Mars' light gravity and thin atmosphere, a class 5 hurricane there would cause zero visibility, but that's about all. The winds wouldn't have the strength to knock Earth-born humans off their feet, let alone send equipment flying. However, it would pose a significant risk of lightning damage, to the hab, to people, and, as the tallest thing on the horizon, the MAV. So, if we close our eyes and pretend Watney was knocked cold and his suit monitor fried by a lightning strike, then fell down and impaled himself on the base antenna, the whole rest of the film still works as is.
@@unicyclist97no he might of done one I'll have to look up the guys name.. Last time I searched for it, Wass after the film came out and it was hard to find because a bunch of other ones came out
Another fantastic movie directed by Ridley Scott was "Bladerunner," but be sure to watch "the directors cut" or "the ultimate cut." It's an amazing movie, and Rutger Hauer is absolutely incredible in that movie!
In the beginning, the storm was going to be too strong for their rocket ship to stay upright. That's why they had to leave the planet, otherwise they would have all been trapped there. They stuck with the book mostly, Watney's parents only had a couple small scenes in the book. They weren't all that important.
This movie was unforgettable, I took advantage of the release, on the day I watched 2 movies in different theaters. I liked everything I saw on The Martian. (sorry for possible online translation errors)
Going to mars? They can't even recreate going to the moon.. and you think anyone's going to go to mars? You don't need to be a genius to understand they're lying about something.
8:00 In the book, Whitney wrote "Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.).” It doesn't sound so rude. One can assume it was worse in the film, but that's in the book. lol
Great reaction, cheers for watching what a lot of us consider as a modern masterpiece from the great director that is Ridley Scott. This may come off as nit-picky or negative in nature but please take it with a grain of salt and just something to think. I noticed how in this reaction and in your Prestige reaction that you really want to see parents involved in these movies. Understandable for wanting to learn more about characters and I completely get that but it's important to mention that in theatre, most information is typically only going to be present that will be relevant. So sometimes that means if there is no parents scene, there may be no parents as that question is never answered as it may not be something important to the story or movie. As someone who has lost a parent at a young age, and for the many of us who may have had to live with one parent or even with none past teenage-hood that the assumption of everyone having parents living and present can be hard us for to take in every movie as the question is in real life, and that leaving those things up to interpretation can be something we seek refuge in as not every person will have their parents in their life, and that is okay. It's in the same way that most people will respect the process that is having lived and died when they lose grandparents we who have lost those who raised us move on knowing those loved will be with us, in their impact on how we grow and have grown as a person, in our thoughts and in our heart. Just food for thought, not offended by any means just thought I'd pipe up for those who may be hurt by that assumption as the internet can be a place for those that are hurting to find refuge. Glad you liked The Martian and keep up the good work
Given that the Martian atmosphere is less than 1% (around 0.6%) as dense as that of the Earth, the hurricane-force windstorm that stranded him on Mars is probably the least accurate thing in the film. (Flying "like Iron Man" is a close second...he'd have been in an uncontrolled spin trying that, not flying in a straight line. In the book that suggestion was never taken seriously...it was just a joke.)
Great movie! Quite accurate, with a couple of "Hollywood exceptions" (ex: the storm; the atmospheric pressure on the surface of Mars isn't even close to Earth; the strongest, fastest winds on Mars would top out around 60mph...and that's just speed; Mars's actual 'air pressure' is about 10% of earth's at sea level, I believe). .. Really enjoyed it myself. Easily one of the top 10 space movies I've seen in 20 years.
I really enjoyed the book by Andy Weir, the book was lauded for its scientific/technical accuracy. Admittedly, the initial problem from the storm is actually one of the major flaws, as the wind in the VERY thin Martian atmosphere would have to blow RIDICULOUSLY hard (several hundred mph) to have enough force to tip over the MAV. Still, that's just one point, and the movie does a pretty good job too - until the end. I absolutely HATE the whole "Iron Man" thing, it is such crap!!! They have an MMU (Man Maneuvering Unit) that is designed to facilitate astronauts moving about in space, but instead of the relatively small risk of untethering it, the guy punctures his space suit!? NO WAY! Also not what happened in the book. Stupid Hollywood.
One of the things I really appreciated about the book is that at the end, Commander Lewis very much did not go down and take over the EVA herself, no matter how much she may have wanted to. Her responsibility is to the entire ship, and she let the EVA specialist do that specific task, while she supervised. It was very much a subversion of fiction tropes, and it really made the ending ring more truly for me.
@@joshgreiner2599 I actually really like the ending because in the book Mark says that that's exactly what would have happened if it was a movie, but it wasn't.
“Not sure why Martinez would have gone back up.” I don’t have a definitive answer for that, I’m currently about 4/5ths through the novel - when Martinez contacts his family about the rescue plan, she’s rightfully pissed and it seems to cause a rift in their marriage. So, maybe there’s a separation - or another motive
Once you've tasted space, it captures you and doesn't let go. Also, Martinez being a pilot suggests he was likely a Test Pilot before being selected for NASA. And they are a very special breed of flight junkies. Always happiest going higher, farther, and faster, and all the while thinking,... feeling,.... KNOWING they are better than every other pilot out there. Wouldn't be a good Test Pilot if you weren't sure of that.
Consider this. They left out almost a third of the book. It is a brilliant read by Andy Weir! Your reactions were right on. It is difficult to deal with made to look so real. Ridley Scott, what can you say.
@@J4ME5_ Yeah, I found the results head-scratching as well, considering the likes of "Casablanca," "Close Encounters," "1917," "An American Werewolf in London," "Unforgiven," and "Ex Machina" (which tied for third with "Apollo 13") were also included. I mean, we just came off a poll where "The Terminator," "The Green Mile," and "The Martian" all won... 🤷♂️
Love the book and think they did a really good job bringing it to the big screen, though I think Lewis shouldn't have gone out at the end instead of Beck as is the book her personal story arc worked around the fact that she needed to believe in procedure. She left Mark behind in the first place to save her crew, which was the correct choice, but learning he survived threw this into doubt. During the finale everybody had their own job to do that they were the right person for, procedure was followed and the rescue mission was a success. BTW I don't know what the message Mark sent that upset the President was in the movie but in the book it was just "Look boobs (.Y.)" Also love that "Boromir" being in the Council of Elrond was a complete fluke. They didn't even think about that scene when they cast Sean Bean.
Thumbs up for the botanical astronaut, Mark Watney!
Thumbs up for his loving unseen mother you represented!
Don’t forget Mark Watney, Space Pirate!
Love this movie!
Wait till SpaceX`s Star Ship and it`s 30+ engines fire up for the 1st time.... i`d say mid next year... and Humans Mars 2024-25... :):)
Them engines though that mush raw power/thrust/sound it may be felt around the world on the Seismographs, and heard for 1000`s of miles.... :):)
Thumbs up for a great reaction from Duaffy! It's always so gratifying to see someone who genuinely cares about the people they're watching.
Fun easter egg for The Expanse fans: There are many ships built from Earth, Mars, and the Belt, but one of the ships from Mars was named the Mark Watney. =-)
I did not catch that, belta.
@@indade I don't think it is in the show (maybe it is, they have put a lot of detail in the info on screens and such) but I just recently read it in one of the books.
@@PsychoMuffinSDM That is an awesome detail! I love the show, and I just started reading the books recently, so I look forward to catching that one! :) Duaffy, if you ever want to react to a GREAT sci-fi tv series, take a look at "The Expanse"!
@@Icypenguigo I second the request for Daufy to watch. Don't worry to much about the line. It was just a quick mention in a listing of ships in a fairly throw-away line. It just serves as confirmation they share the same universe! Actually, the authors are probably fans of each other or friends or something. The two stories are similar as far as trying to be realistic (except for the important mcguffins of the story, duh)
@@PsychoMuffinSDM Also the show "For All Mankind" presents an alternative history where the Soviets landed a man on the moon before the USA, and that leads to a different timeline where the space race between the USA and USSR never ended. This show features a bunch of people behind the camera that were involved with The Expanse(including Naren Shankar, the executive producer) and I kind of feel like it's actually a stealth prequel to The Expanse. :P Probably not, but that's just my own headcanon!
It is a known fact at this point that people in extreme circumstances form a very strong bond. As strong as family/best friends/lovers. It happens in War. It happens in extreme exploration. It even happens in hostage situations. So the fact that the whole crew was willing to risk their lives and never see their families again is not uncommon or even a surprise.
And the fact that they would feel personally responsible for leaving him behind, even though it definitely wasn't their fault, would strengthen that willingness to go back and rescue him.
ALSO, you have to remember, Astronauts with NASA are actually psychologically tested for compatibility, not just individually, but as a crew. Crews are LITERALLY psychologically chosen to bond. One of the things Watney was chosen for (This is from the book), was his sense of humor as a grounding and bonding element for everyone else, as well as his general optimism being useful to survival (We see so much evidence of this throughout the movie). So losing a crew member for astronauts isn't just like losing a battle-buddy, it's literally like losing a major appendage.
It would still have been a good idea to make it an anonymous vote to remove the peer pressure aspect of it. Chances are extremely high that they would all have voted to go, yes, but that scene still leaves a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth...
9:32 - the hab failure was not from the hydrogen, it was due to that part of the hab getting constantly stressed (specifically the cloth around the airlock), and the fabric ripped far enough that it all failed
If you watch carefully in one of the early scenes where Watney is coming to grips with having been stranded, there's a diagnostic screen in the background showing an outline of the #2 airlock inside a blinking red field. That airlock was always going to fail. It was just waiting for some damn fool somewhere to say, out loud, "... assuming nothing else goes wrong."
Thanks a *lot,* Teddy.
But why did it explode?
@@Сайтамен Earth pressure inside the Hab, and Mars pressure outside the Hab. Like a balloon popping because part of the balloon was stretched over and over
@@TheDetailsMatter Yeah, it goes back to what he said, "A hab designed to last 31 days". He was in that hab for over a year, more than 10 times longer than it was designed for, doing daily EVAs, especially once he got Pathfinder working.
Surgical Stapling is a real thing...I got stapled after a minor surgery, they are fast to heal, less chance of infection, but bit painfull though when being removed. Normally done in areas where there is minimal skin stretching while doing regular tasks.
When my staples were removed it felt great to me! They were a bit itchy from healing, and when they took them out, it was like scratching that itch I never could. It was definitely worth the little bit of pain.
I'm glad Duaffy is an engineer because she gets a lot of the engineer humor.
She’s an engineer?
@@michaelsegriff3362 used to be mentioned on her IG
@@hettbeans Oh ok. Didn’t know that. Impressive.
Everything can be solved by duct tape
The Lord of the Rings talk with Boromir (Sean Bean) in the room was one of the unintentionally funniest (it IS in the book) scenes of all time.
8:57 His pose was referencing the character The Fonz from the 80s sitcom Happy Days when NASA wanted a serious photo.
In the book, Watney is doing some calculations on how many solar panels he needs to charge the Rover... He ends up having to invent a unit of measure to make his calculations easier, the "Pirate Ninja". A pirate-ninja is defined as . After the book came out, the Mars Pathfinder team at JPL started using "Milli-Pirate-Ninja's" for their calculations... because it DID make the calculations easier!
Just for completeness: a pirate ninja is equal to one kilowatt-hour (3.6 MJ) per Martian day, or sol (~40.55 W). It of course follows that a milli-pirate-ninja is equal to 3.6 kJ per sol.
Someone figured out the cost that the US government would have spent finding the multiple characters Matt Damon has played that have had to bee Rescued(this film, interstellar, Saving Private Ryan) or found for other reasons(the Bourne films) and its higher than the GDP of several countries.
Matt Damon should’ve won the Oscar that year for two reasons: this role right here and we wouldn’t have to retire Leonardo DiCaprio memes
Love this movie! "The Martian" gets me every single time, especially when he breaks down hearing everyone's voice coming to rescue him. I don't know if watched through the credits but they show what happened to the characters after the mission during the next mission launch. There were no fights between people, but this was definitely a man vs. nature conflict. "I am going to have to science the sh*t out of this" became one of my favorite expressions after this movie. :)
I swear the amount of money and resources we've put into rescuing Matt Damon throughout his career is ridiculous.
But the most unbelieveable thing about this movie is the fact that Sean Bean survives it... I was literally waiting for the post credit scene where he walks into traffic.
@@mikek9297 He got fired tho
[9:20] It's official. Duaffy hates when your habitat gets blown by a lack of atmospheric pressure and you are forced to tape your helmet with duct tape in order to avoid dying from asphyxiation. So it's a common occurance for her.
I always knew she was not from this planet.
Duaffy - "Damn this guy is good!"
Mars - BOOM!
At the start of the movie the storm is threatening to blow over their MAV which would leave them all stranded, that's why they leave the Hab in the storm.
At the scene where they talk about Project Elrond [referencing the Council of Elrond from LoTR] the actor Sean Bean was the Flight Director of Hermes, the guy who said that they should go rescue Mark Watney and who forcefully disagreed with the Head of NASA. The same Sean Bean played the role of Boromir [in the LoTR movies] who was at the Council of Elrond. 😁😁
Also, Mat Damon in the Bourne movies was awesome.
Also the Powerful Glorfindel was one of the Tolkien characters NOT included in Fellowship of the Ring film
@@James_Loveless Pity about that. Glorfindel was one of my fav characters from the books.
Lady: How do you know about Project Elrond?
Sean Bean: Because I was there.
@@James_Loveless I believe he was actually given an anonymous cameo at Aragorn's coronation, just before Arwen is revealed.
@@susah135 *boss music playing*
My favorite scene is an unlikely one. The scene with Teddy Sanders (Jeff Daniels) and Mitch Henderson (Sean Bean) where Teddy asks for Mitch's resignation struck me as so real and I wondered why. I'd say it was two top tier actors playing parts that they believed in. Lesser actors would not have been as convincing.
4:15 MacKenzie Davis! From the great show Halt & Catch Fire.
I think I had this movie on repeat for a month
Another good choice, Duaffy. Thanks for the upload of the greatest botanist on all of Mars.
Good film, but you should watch Apollo 13 if you haven't already, because that sh*t actually happened. And, for once, other than a bit of dramatisation to keep the story moving, it is actually pretty accurate to the real-world events.
such a great suggestion
I absolutely, wholeheartedly support this idea. Apollo 13 occupies a permanent #1 spot on my all-time favorite movies list
More of these reactor channels need to see Apollo 13.
Great reaction Duaffy! To answer your question. Martinez was military as was the commander...being military vet myself you have to understand leaving a man/woman behind is something you just don't do. If there is chance to save him/her, you do it. I like that the whole crew even civilian, and military understood this and agreed. Nobody wants to go home and tell parents or spouse that he was left there to die. That is unacceptable and I know I for one couldn't live with that.
A steely eyed missile man is an astronaut or engineer who quickly devises an ingenious solution to a tough problem while under extreme pressure.
This term/phrase is a reference to Engineer John Aaron who was the one who devised the recovery of the power systems on Apollo 12 when it got struck by lightning during launch and they prevented the mission abort of the whole mission. His actions rewarded him with the nickname of "Steely-eyed Missile Man."
He was also there at Apollo 13 to oversee the rationing of the spacecraft's power during the return trip and helped devise the power-up sequence which helped those astronauts re-enter Earth's atmosphere with limited power. Speaking of which, Apollo 13 is another good movie recommendation I would like to suggest.
SCE to Aux.
Thanks Duaffy! LOVE your comments and channel!!!!
It wasn't the hydrogen that caused the airlock to explode - it was simple wear and tear. In the book, it's explained that there were 3 airlocks but he kept using the same one. And he was using it way beyond its natural lifetime. So material kept stretching and eventually gave and tore. And that caused the explosion. Also, the reason they were out in the storm at the beginning was that it was strong enough to blow over their rocket. And if that happened, they'd all be stranded.
I'd recommend the audio book narrated by Wil Weaton (Wesley from ST:TNG). There are lots more things that go wrong for Watney!
Apollo 13. 1995 starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon. It's directed by Ron Howard and he had his parents and wife cameo as well giving as his brother Clint Howard a prominent role in Mission Control.
That's Boromir(Sean Bean) from Lord of the Rings, at 10:23, saying "because it's a secret meeting, talking about Lotr, inside another movie.
Quite fun.
Great reaction, thanks from Sweden.
Well Bean should know about secret meetings.
Only reaction I've seen so far with the "Steely-eyed missile man." comment left in. Thank you for that.
Please watch Schindler’s List…7 Oscars 🍿
Schindler's List?!? Did you watch Duaffy review Avengers Infinity War and Endgame? She'd need a whole carton of tissues for SL. I mean, yeah, it's a great movie, one of my favorites. But for a Reaction video? That would be rough.
I thought about what you did, that they didn't show Mark's family, or him communicating with anyone on a personal level on earth... but, what the author and Director were trying to emphasize was that he is ALONE on Mars. Not just the farthest man from home, but the furthest human in the history of our species. For most of his problems surviving - there is no help, there is no rescue, and there is NO ONE. They wanted you to feel the full power of that. The full weight on his shoulders when he was breaking down in the MAV just before launch.
In the book (which I cannot recommend highly enough!) His communication with Earth is cut off when the Pathfinder probe shorts out - he got just enough help to make the trip to the Ares 4 site, but, was then cut off again. He made that journey across Mars ALONE, in every sense of the word.
I'm not sure if the short-out of Pathfinder DIDN'T happen in the movie version. A lot of that whole sequence is montage with little or no dialogue. So... we the audience may be left with the impression that he has communication with NASA all the way to the MAV. When perhaps he doesn't? I mean - why leave the "Space Pirate" dialogue in if he still has comms? Doesn't make sense.
Awesome movie. I had forgotten or only just realised now in hindsight how many of these actors have had scenes or major roles in the MCU. Heck Spider-Man even tried to escape one guy to give him into by sticking his hand to his car 😜
If you like this movie you must watch Apollo 13! A Ron Howard film starring Tom Hanks. Based on a real space rescue.
The Apollo 13 mission was full of extra complications aside of the ones shown in the movie.
@@aquarius5719 yes. However the movie does as good a job as you hope for as both enlightenment and entertainment.
@@garybrockie6327 Just imagine the real deal. A few days trying not to die in the most dangerous place you could ever be.
9:30 technically it's not because of the hydrogen he was burning..but because the temperature inside the Hab and outside martian climate..since mars has a thin atmosphere it cannot support a dense atmosphere Hab had. As the explosion occured, all the air emptied out in the martian atmosphere and the soil sterilized, thus killing the crops instantly.
The potatoes are still made of carbohydrates, and can still be eaten. But the bacteria in the soil is what makes everything work. With it killed by flash freezing, there isn't enough fertilizer left to start over.
Saving Martian Ryan?
In case it hasn't been addressed yet: they were out in the storm because, at first, they entered the Hab to take refuge from the storm. Then, the winds threatened to tip the MAV over; if that happened, they couldn't get off of Mars. So, they were leaving the Hab to get to the MAV and lift off while they still could.
"He did an awesome job - he didn't die this time"
9:06 It is a camera from 1996. :P
It was the most advanced camera they had at the time in comparison to nowadays.
To be fair, his parents don't show up in the original novel, either. I get what you're saying, of course, but I'm guessing that the screenwriters didn't want to create another couple of characters that would have to be written and fleshed out and casted and filmed and edited in, when there was already a rather large and complex supporting cast to deal with. Logically, I agree with you - logistically, I can see why they weren't added.
Great work. Thanks for sharing!
When I first watched this movie, I was happy that finally, Botany, was recognized. As a Botanist that studied at The University of Maryland, this movie brought to light how precious this field of expertise is. Cachai
The Day Of The Triffids...?
@@philproffitt8363 I'm sorry if my comments are random. When I see a part of your reaction after seeing a scene, I tend to pause from your reaction video and make a comment to include the time stamp in your video to address what I am talking about.. If I ever have the time to consolidate my multiple comments into one compilation of comments, I will do that to make it easy for you. For now, I hope that you enjoy, that I am actually interacting with your video. :) Cachai
@@cachaisnafu1010 erm...not my video (my comment was just fun)
With some of the questions you were asking at the end makes me wonder if you watched the credits or not.
10:24 >Character wants to take the ring to use for himself
>Character is called Borrow-mir
Bravo Tolkien 👌
I don't know if you watched all the way through the end credits, but Sean Bean's character did resign.
Sidenote- Sean Bean was in the Lord of the Rings movies.
9:00 If you look closely at the JPL group, the girl with the cap is Naomi Scott (Princess Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin).
Don't forget: That contact from the crew is literally the first live human voice he's heard or been able to interact with in over a year. Y'all thought Lockdown was bad.
A few comments.
Firstly, as noted, the Martian atmosphere is only one percent of Earth's so even a huge gale would feel like a light breeze, and would not threaten anybody's life, nor could it tip over a spacecraft.
Amusingly, the author of the novel, Andy Weir, acknowledges this, forthrightly, and says NASA works so hard to keep astronauts safe that he couldn't think of any other scenario that would get Watney stranded, so he fudged that bit.
After that, though, all the science is pretty rock-solid.
Weir took part in some science discussion threads, and at one point posed the, "How to survive if stranded on Mars," question.
The idea caught the imagination of the participants, which included a bunch of actual science and engineering types.
They promptly got to work on the problem, and much of the science included in this story came from that, and some NASA guys say a lot of it passes reality-checks.
As an engineering-type, yourself, I figured you might appreciate that. :)
Since you liked this, you'd probably like the film, "Moon," as well as "Gravity," with Sandra Bullock.
You'd probably also appreciate the TV show, The Expanse, which is available on Amazon Prime. :)
I love how this was a story about one man and his survival against astronomical odds with only fleeting moments at NASA Matt Damon did an amazing job from the tension the emotion the humour especially when he did the Fonz.
Those emotions he showed when he first heard the crews voices was 100% genuine. He separated himself from everyone else..
Iirc it was the first voice he heard of someone else. He could talk to himself and other people via video, but he could only receive written voiceless messages from others until this point.
@@callmeshaggy5166 I was talking about the scene where he was getting emotional upon hearing Commander Lewis' voice before launching into space. Even Matt Damon admitted that it was genuine. The other actors had wrapped and gone home, and their pre-recorded voices were actually being played to. Matt Damon from inside his spacesuit. When he began to think about how his character had been all alone on Mars for two years, alongside how he was only hearing pre-recorded voices of his co-stars who had already finished their scenes, he began to tear up. Ridley Scott the director, was so impressed with Damon's performance, that he only did one take of the scene, which was used in the film.
Another Ridley Scott film that you could watch is Matchstick Men. Such an underrated film. Or maybe Kingdom of Heaven.
“Are you guys making a bomb without me?”
Potatoes are a life saver for mark .
The Power of Positivity! Great reaction as usual Duaffy! This was a fun film! Looking forward to your next movie reaction!
hi duaffy thanks for the upload
Lol your expressions on the gross stuff is hilarious
The 4 essentials of life, food, fire, shelter and duct tape.
"Nobody's Fool" (1994) with Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and many other big names. Characters that you'll recognize from your own life.
"John Q" (2002) with Denzel Washington, James Woods Anne Heche and more. A heart wrenching story of how far a father will go, to save his child.
"My Life" (1993) with Michael Keaton and Nichol Kidman. Touching tear jerker, about creating messages to help in preparing your child for life ahead, knowing you won't be there yourself to give that help.
"Batteries Not Included" (1987) with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Comedy Sci-Fi with a heart that everyone in the family can(and should) watch.
"Kelly's Heroes" (1970) with Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, and many others in this huge ensemble cast. Under-rated wartime caper comedy/drama.
"Little Shop Of Horrors" (1986) another ensemble with Rick Moranis, Steve Martin and John Candy. A dark comedy/horror/musical, about a nerdy florist who finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. (the 1960 original isn't bad, but I personally prefer this version)
*a couple animated suggestions;*
"Heavy Metal" (1981) huge ensemble voice cast of movie stars and well known voice actors including John Candy, Eugene Levy and Harold Ramis. Interconnected stories separated in chapters by differing art/animation styles, made famous by the magazine the movie gets its title from.(and a soundtrack that makes the watch, that much more worthwhile)
"Ferngully: The Last Rain Forest" (1992) Tim Curry and Robin Williams, (and Christian Slater), need I say more? :-)
*And just a personal suggestion. Not a movie, per se. More of a documentary concert film.*
"The Last Waltz" (1978) directed by Martin Scorsese, The Last Waltz is a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearance", (and includes candid video/interview segments).
The concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including their previous employers Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan as well as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young.
*A must watch for for anyone that is a fan of music. No matter the genre.*
I will always recommend this video.
One of the best Film i have ever seen! But 17 min is to short for this Masterpiece.
I get to fly like Ironman. Says Play Loki to the winter soldier, Luis, Wong and Mordo.
The Last Samurai next?
One of my favourite movies. :)
The reason the crew was out in the storm was because of the threat of it to topple their ship preventing them from leaving.
The sandstorms in Mars wouldn't be that strong because of the very little atmosphere Mars has.
My DVD starts with clear weather , then a warning from US and storm comes, both before the starting point on this video. ?? You seem to say it the flick started in mid storm....
1:57 I can conceive of _two_ sets of circumstances under which a man will perform surgery on _himself._ One, he's got a _serious,_ clearly unhealthy macho kick, or _two,_ it's necessary but no one else is _available._
There are only two flaws that really jump out with this film. One, that Watney plants a dozen Yukon Gold potatoes and ends up harvesting a crop of hundreds of reds, purples, and russets, can be put down to mutation owing to alien soil.
The other is a bit more fundamental. Given Mars' light gravity and thin atmosphere, a class 5 hurricane there would cause zero visibility, but that's about all. The winds wouldn't have the strength to knock Earth-born humans off their feet, let alone send equipment flying. However, it would pose a significant risk of lightning damage, to the hab, to people, and, as the tallest thing on the horizon, the MAV. So, if we close our eyes and pretend Watney was knocked cold and his suit monitor fried by a lightning strike, then fell down and impaled himself on the base antenna, the whole rest of the film still works as is.
There is a great guy who reads the audio book would recommend the book has alot more nerdy details
Wasn't it Wil Wheaton? I love that guy!
@@unicyclist97no he might of done one I'll have to look up the guys name.. Last time I searched for it, Wass after the film came out and it was hard to find because a bunch of other ones came out
Another fantastic movie directed by Ridley Scott was "Bladerunner," but be sure to watch "the directors cut" or "the ultimate cut." It's an amazing movie, and Rutger Hauer is absolutely incredible in that movie!
In the beginning, the storm was going to be too strong for their rocket ship to stay upright. That's why they had to leave the planet, otherwise they would have all been trapped there.
They stuck with the book mostly, Watney's parents only had a couple small scenes in the book. They weren't all that important.
This movie was unforgettable, I took advantage of the release, on the day I watched 2 movies in different theaters. I liked everything I saw on The Martian.
(sorry for possible online translation errors)
Going to mars?
They can't even recreate going to the moon.. and you think anyone's going to go to mars?
You don't need to be a genius to understand they're lying about something.
8:00 In the book, Whitney wrote "Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.).”
It doesn't sound so rude. One can assume it was worse in the film, but that's in the book. lol
🖤🖤Interesting as always
Anyone else find Duaffy's laugh infectious?? Lol
“How is any of this possible?” - it was in the script.
This movie was nominated for a golden globe as "best comedy" I think
Great reaction, cheers for watching what a lot of us consider as a modern masterpiece from the great director that is Ridley Scott. This may come off as nit-picky or negative in nature but please take it with a grain of salt and just something to think.
I noticed how in this reaction and in your Prestige reaction that you really want to see parents involved in these movies. Understandable for wanting to learn more about characters and I completely get that but it's important to mention that in theatre, most information is typically only going to be present that will be relevant. So sometimes that means if there is no parents scene, there may be no parents as that question is never answered as it may not be something important to the story or movie. As someone who has lost a parent at a young age, and for the many of us who may have had to live with one parent or even with none past teenage-hood that the assumption of everyone having parents living and present can be hard us for to take in every movie as the question is in real life, and that leaving those things up to interpretation can be something we seek refuge in as not every person will have their parents in their life, and that is okay. It's in the same way that most people will respect the process that is having lived and died when they lose grandparents we who have lost those who raised us move on knowing those loved will be with us, in their impact on how we grow and have grown as a person, in our thoughts and in our heart. Just food for thought, not offended by any means just thought I'd pipe up for those who may be hurt by that assumption as the internet can be a place for those that are hurting to find refuge. Glad you liked The Martian and keep up the good work
The moral of this story is that Matt Damon MUST be protected at all cost...even if it means sending a suicide mission to Mars.
Read the book, it has the best opening sentence I've ever read.
Given that the Martian atmosphere is less than 1% (around 0.6%) as dense as that of the Earth, the hurricane-force windstorm that stranded him on Mars is probably the least accurate thing in the film. (Flying "like Iron Man" is a close second...he'd have been in an uncontrolled spin trying that, not flying in a straight line. In the book that suggestion was never taken seriously...it was just a joke.)
Great movie! Quite accurate, with a couple of "Hollywood exceptions" (ex: the storm; the atmospheric pressure on the surface of Mars isn't even close to Earth; the strongest, fastest winds on Mars would top out around 60mph...and that's just speed; Mars's actual 'air pressure' is about 10% of earth's at sea level, I believe).
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Really enjoyed it myself. Easily one of the top 10 space movies I've seen in 20 years.
Very cool and good video reaction Duaffy❤❤
I really enjoyed the book by Andy Weir, the book was lauded for its scientific/technical accuracy. Admittedly, the initial problem from the storm is actually one of the major flaws, as the wind in the VERY thin Martian atmosphere would have to blow RIDICULOUSLY hard (several hundred mph) to have enough force to tip over the MAV. Still, that's just one point, and the movie does a pretty good job too - until the end. I absolutely HATE the whole "Iron Man" thing, it is such crap!!! They have an MMU (Man Maneuvering Unit) that is designed to facilitate astronauts moving about in space, but instead of the relatively small risk of untethering it, the guy punctures his space suit!? NO WAY! Also not what happened in the book. Stupid Hollywood.
One of the things I really appreciated about the book is that at the end, Commander Lewis very much did not go down and take over the EVA herself, no matter how much she may have wanted to. Her responsibility is to the entire ship, and she let the EVA specialist do that specific task, while she supervised. It was very much a subversion of fiction tropes, and it really made the ending ring more truly for me.
@@joshgreiner2599 Agree 100%.
It was mentioned in the book, but yeah it would have been impossible to control.
There is an interesting EVA story in Love Death and Robots, though.
@@joshgreiner2599 I actually really like the ending because in the book Mark says that that's exactly what would have happened if it was a movie, but it wasn't.
Science and engineering for the win! "Hot stuff" playing on the speakers and he looks back at a radioactivity hot plutonium reactor pile... lol
Marvel saves Matt Damon, plus funny part when Sean Bean talks about the Secret Meeting from Lord of the Rings, which he was in.
I was about 2 minutes in, and then I thought: "Wait a minute, he makes food! Duaffy´s gonna LOVE this!"
Did you do something different with your lighting or editing? Colors (especially your eyes) really pop in this video
“Not sure why Martinez would have gone back up.”
I don’t have a definitive answer for that, I’m currently about 4/5ths through the novel - when Martinez contacts his family about the rescue plan, she’s rightfully pissed and it seems to cause a rift in their marriage. So, maybe there’s a separation - or another motive
Once you've tasted space, it captures you and doesn't let go.
Also, Martinez being a pilot suggests he was likely a Test Pilot before being selected for NASA. And they are a very special breed of flight junkies. Always happiest going higher, farther, and faster, and all the while thinking,... feeling,.... KNOWING they are better than every other pilot out there. Wouldn't be a good Test Pilot if you weren't sure of that.
Consider this. They left out almost a third of the book. It is a brilliant read by Andy Weir! Your reactions were right on. It is difficult to deal with made to look so real. Ridley Scott, what can you say.
Please react to Superman The Movie 1978. It's a beautiful movie and U will love it!! 🙏
Sean Bean is finally in a movie where he survives, but they kill his character’s career by forcing his resignation.
Haven't watched the Sharpe's series of movies have you? LOL
if you haven't seen Apollo 13, I highly suggest it.
She included it in her most recent poll, but it didn't win -- "Zombieland" and "Alita: Battle Angel" did. 🤨
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy WHAT? wow thats is a terrible indicator of humanity in general.. like we needed more reminders
@@J4ME5_ Yeah, I found the results head-scratching as well, considering the likes of "Casablanca," "Close Encounters," "1917," "An American Werewolf in London," "Unforgiven," and "Ex Machina" (which tied for third with "Apollo 13") were also included. I mean, we just came off a poll where "The Terminator," "The Green Mile," and "The Martian" all won... 🤷♂️
You always make my day better! Great reaction and great movie!
Great reaction.
You should check out "The Abyss" (1989).
unrelated but i really like your eyes. wish i had half of it
You absolutely must do a reaction to the movie "True Lies".
Love the book and think they did a really good job bringing it to the big screen, though I think Lewis shouldn't have gone out at the end instead of Beck as is the book her personal story arc worked around the fact that she needed to believe in procedure.
She left Mark behind in the first place to save her crew, which was the correct choice, but learning he survived threw this into doubt. During the finale everybody had their own job to do that they were the right person for, procedure was followed and the rescue mission was a success.
BTW I don't know what the message Mark sent that upset the President was in the movie but in the book it was just "Look boobs (.Y.)"
Also love that "Boromir" being in the Council of Elrond was a complete fluke. They didn't even think about that scene when they cast Sean Bean.
Duaffy your eyes make me smile. I do have similar eyes to you. Its fun watching you watch the movies. Try watching the overwatch shorts