We get two reactions for the price of one first we get Dawn reacting to the movie that only happened in her head then reacting to the Hollywood version.
When I realized he was going for Pathfinder, I legitimately cried in the theater. The Sojourner rover has a special place in the hearts of a lot of science students.
_Good Will Hunting_ (1997) was Matt Damon's first starring role. It also stars Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, and Ben Affleck. Damon and Affleck wrote the screenplay, winning the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and Robin Williams won Best Supporting Actor. It's a marvelous film.
@@AFMountaineer2000 He was also one of the co-leads in School Ties with Brendan Frasier prior to Good Will Hunting. He was absolutely tiny, young, compared to GWH
If they hadn't evacuated at the beginning, the rocket would have tipped-over and they'd've had no way to return to Earth. Leaving the habitat module for the rocket was their only choice.
Actually no. That is one of the few scientific inaccuracies of this film. Mars atmosphere is so thin, that the wind there will not pack enough of punch to topple or even shake a multi ton rocket, the rocket simply has too much inertia to be moved by the wind.
Great reaction, and also interesting seeing different perceptions of scenes. For instance, when the commander said "I left him behind." You took that has her being the victim, and I saw it as a commander not allowing her subordinates to accept ANY blame for the outcome. She was accepting ALL of the responsibility for what happened to Watney. Which is usually what people in the military want. A leader, that accepts the responsibility of their decisions and the actions that occur due to them. So while you saw it as a negative, I felt that it was her showing the kind of character you'd want in a leader...accepting fault so that her people wouldn't hold that burden.
Yeah, I was a little surprised to hear her talking like that about the commander. I didn’t take it like that at all. I took it as her not allowing the rest of the crew to feel guilt for what happened, since it was her call. Edit: I think she’s not understanding what’s going on, cause she just said she didn’t like the commander when she brought up them all being in a lot of trouble for mutiny if they return to get Mark. She wasn’t saying it from her point of view, but NASA’s. She wanted to go back & get him, but wanted to make sure everyone was absolutely clear about the possible punishment they could be facing.
You know that scene in _Apollo 13_ where they dump a load of junk on a table and say “You gotta make a thing that does this, using only that!”? _The Martian_ is the movie for the people who wanted the whole movie to be just about those guys making the thing.
This is one of my favorite feel good movies. No politics, no hate, no villians or heros. Just a single man trying to survive alone on another planet and the whole world helping him back on Earth. A lot of people might not like Teddy, the Director. But he is in charge of the entire space agency and he has to be direct and make decisions that not everyone is gonna agree with.
Great reaction. When this book came out, those of us working on concepts for sending people to Mars considered it required reading. It’s incredibly technically accurate (aside from the storm at the beginning) and the combination of problem solving and Watney’s incredibly resilient attitude made it an inspirational story. The movie did a great job of adapting the book and Damon really embodies the character of Mark. Great book, great movie, great reaction.
The book gave me an idea, though you guys working on the subject have probably already thought of it. As part of the prep for a Mars mission, I think it would be a very good idea and probably cost-effective to put a series of probes on an Aldrin cycle around Earth and Mars, spaced 4 months apart, each carrying 4 months' worth of emergency supplies. If a crew should get stranded, they could remotely direct a probe to land on Mars, tiding them over at least until the next probe flies by. That would be very preferable to scrambling to put together and launch a rescue mission.
For me, a great test for the appeal of an actor is how much time you can spend with them in a movie by themselves. Damon really proves here how likable and talented he is. All these great acting scenes and no one for him to act opposite against.
Pathfinder was the first rover we sent to Mars in the 90s. It was pretty big international news when it landed and started sending back pictures, that's why the movie expects most people to know about it. If you fart in a space suit, your fart isn't floating around in space forever, it's floating around in your space suit until you inhale it or take the space suit off inside the ship. lol.
30:20 "How do you know how to make a bomb?" He's a chemist. No doubt, a Ph.D. in chemistry. He knows how to make a thousand bombs out of a thousand different combinations of chemicals.
You were kinda correct when you said the Martian would be a tall (6-foot) human looking Martian but missed the mark when your said Damon would be friends with it. Although, considering he spoke to himself throughout the entire movie, you could say he was friends with himself. You're a genius.
@@DawnMarieXI worked a security detail with both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. I thought Matt would be taller but he’s 5’10” (1.778 meters). Ben on the other hand is definitely tall.
A well made movie based on real science. The Author works at NASA. FYI: the restocking rocket crashed, because the food bars liquefied under the high gravity pressure of liftoff, which caused to slosh around the cargo bay. The habitats rupture was due to a slight flaw in the seam. Because it was the only one of 3 doors he used, the excess wear caused the blowout.
Scientifically, there were two major issue with the movie. The first is the storm at the beginning, while winds can reach the speed described the atmosphere is so thin that the amount of force would be no worse than a gentle breeze on Earth. The second problem is the "Ironman" scene, as it's depicted it drastically perverts the laws of motion, and while theoretically it could be done it would be practically impossible to pull off. That said, "The Martian" is still one of my favorite movies.
The bomb wouldn’t have worked either. Atmospheric pressure isn’t anywhere near enough to produce the necessary thrust to slow down even a small spacecraft.
Yeah, the novel does the ending differently. The movie frames the story beginning with the accident and ending with the commander rescuing Watney because she feels personally responsible for leaving him behind. The novel frames it with Watney beginning alone after the storm, then later showing the storm, then even later Lewis's command decisions are questioned by the powers-that-be, and ends with her being a good commander and directing the crew. The novel even pokes fun at the Hollywood ending which is what we got with the movie.
Opening sequence: The storm was about to tip over the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV). If that happened, then the entire crew would be stuck on Mars. They had to go out into the storm to get to the MAV and get into space. Staying inside would have killed them, because without the MAV, they can't get back to Earth.
I've worked on satellite ground stations and various other satellite electronics/software my whole life and what I really like about this movie is that the problems are mostly real and possible and the solutions are mostly real and possible. They aren't just making up magic science because they plotted themselves into a corner. (mostly; I'm pretty sure there are no storms like that on Mars). There are a lot of good Matt Damon movies: Rounders, Dogma, The Rainmaker, Stuck on You, The Departed, The Green Zone, the new True Grit, Elysium and a bunch more. The dude works a lot.
There are certainly storms on Mars with very high wind velocities, but the air is so thin there, one half of one percent of Earth's atmospheric pressure, that the force of the wind could never blow the rocket over like that.
Most of the science was good, where they diverged massively for dramatic reasons was when they slowed down for the pickup. Changes in speed or direction at closest approach during a slingshot manoeuvre will produce the largest effect on the exit speed and direction, meaning by slowing down to catch him they would not be able to return to earth. But apparently they felt that more drama was needed (never mind what their technical experts told them).
As a professional Astrogator my whole life, I can attest most of this movie is fiction and the physics is lacking for sake of story-telling. It's a fun movie, though.
The only unrealistic thing about this movie is the storm. Because of the thin Mars atmosphere storms can't really get that strong like that. Seriously I lost count on how many times I've watched it, it still good.
A really underrated, if not totally forgotten, Matt Damon movie from way back is The Rainmaker. It's a courtroom drama where Damon plays a rooker trial lawyer. It stars Danny DeVito, John Voigt, Claire Danes, and Roy Scheider who played Chief Brody in Jaws. I really recommend it Dawn.
"Why are you so battered and bruised?" Your body needs protein to rebuild and maintain damage repairs. He's been eating potatoes only for only a year, every bruise, every strained muscle, just builds up.
2001 was definitely revolutionary. The argument could be made, though, that Destination Moon (1950) should hold the honor of initiating modern science fiction filmmaking. No less than Robert A. Heinlein served as a technical advisor, and he also co-wrote the script. Before Destination Moon, there was basically no such thing as serious, science-based science fiction in film.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Before 2001, Destination Moon (& Forbidden Planet) was imo, the metric for Sci Fi/Space filmmaking. In fact, I watched DM again about a week ago. I was a kid when it came out & it still holds up. 2001 just upped the game by a huge leap, much as DM had, so I agree.
2001 is so cerebral though. It's more of an art film. 2010 is much more available to regular audiences but still has a good part of the story involved.
@@LordNelsonkm after seeing some comments about 2010 on some other reaction channels, I watched it again recently. I'm not sure I ever watched it again after it's initial release in the theaters, as I'd been so disappointed. Like now, I'm generally skeptical of sequels, especially when not done by the og director, etc. Sorry, but IMHO it just isn't in the same league as 2001. I will concede that had there never been the Kubrick original, with a little tweaking, 2010 could stand on its own as a decent sci fi flick alongside others of its time, but when stacked next to the og, just doesn't compare.
I think you could trace the modern sci-fi movies to “Forbidden Planet” from 1956. The robot came back in “Lost in Space”. The interaction between the Captain, Science Officer, and the doctor was reprised in “Star Trek”. The plot was cerebral and again foreshadowed the moral question in “Star Trek”. As an aside, Leslie Nielson was performing in this drama. He didn’t enter comedy until 1968 when he starred in “Airplane”.
@@DawnMarieX You should read the book. It's excellent, has more stuff, goes deeper and explains things. All the funny comes from the book, it wasn't just added to the movie.
Kind of reminds me of Robinson Crusoe on Mars. The winds are not that strong on Mars... The 1980 TV series The Martain Chronicles is an interesting series, it details humanity's attempts to settle on Mars. Many would-be colonists are fleeing Earth in search of a better life or business opportunities, whilst others might be seeking something more spiritual. PS...Sean Bean dose not die in this film.
That excellent TV mini series was, of course, based on the classic book of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Most of the episodes were taken almost word for word from stories in the book. The book is not really a novel, but rather a collection of only loosely connected short stories, one of the best ever written though.
Somebody's already recommended 'Good Will Hunting', which is one of my top 5 fave movies ever. He's also superb in 'The Bourne' Franchise (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum) and another fave of mine 'The Talented Mr Ripley!' 😉😘
He ends up living up there for as long as he can so he ends up becoming THE MARTIAN. - In the future it will be a real challenge for any humans from Earth. Good luck to us.
Matt Damon has actually played an Avenger on an Avengers film sort of - he was playing Loki in the play been performed on Asgard in Thor Ragnarok. He was also on Deadpool 2 with Alan Tudyck (Wash from Firefly) they were the guys sat on the truck that Cable asks what year it is then shoots them
Dawn I WISH that i could go into the movies blind like you do. What an experience that must be. Even so you are often more accurate with plot guesses than most. Good job! Hope you have as much eatching these as it seems.
They sell blindfolds. Seriously, though, she gets movies recommended to her. And presumably they show movies on TV where you are or on streaming platforms. Pick stuff to watch on random. If they suck, stop watching and move on.
The best part about this movie to me was the fact that they were willing to throw much money away to safe his life. Something that I feel wouldn't happen in real life. This movie surprised me with the amount of comedy and still managed to be very captivating.
I think it would happen. especially the "first" time. Just like that cave rescue for the boys in Thailand or even the search for the titanic sub, I think/hope world would unite in order to try to save him.
I recall going to a Jet Propulsion Laboratories open house right before Pathfinder launched. They had a full scale mock-up of the lander, that petal thing looking thing, which landed by inflating enormous airbags and then tumbling along like a giant beach ball until it came to rest. They were demonstrating how they would unfold it depending on which way it was orientated. They even had a way to open it if it landed upside down.
Just in case you didn't know Mark isn't the only one that needs food the crew of the ship that would go to get him would also need to be able to eat just saying which is why they would need to resupply from Earth not to mention also needing more fuel for the ship and the gravity assist that comes from swinging around Earth
You were quite correct about your prediction. The Martian was in fact a VERY human-like alien approximately 6ft tall. And all alone and lonely. The Mars daily rotation is actually only about 40mins longer than Earth's. If Teddy is the director of NASA, any money says he is more than a little experienced dealing with eggheads with personality quirks and knows exactly how valuable their ideas can be...
You finally working out that he was the Martian made me laugh. I want to know what the council is firing in the water over in Peterhead for you to come up with the story at the start though.
When you asked if he knew how to fix the oxygen and water machines one detail that's in the book but not in the movie is that in addition to being a botanist Mark is a mechanical engineer, so he *would* know how to fix them, or at least had the technical skill to figure it out. He actually does maintenance on them in the book!
The reason he looked so beat up towards the end was malnutrition and scurvy, without all the nutrients needed to heal every bump caused long bruising, and even wounds that seemed healed would resurface.
My wife sits with the tablet on her lap and feverishly Googles everything while watching a movie. By the end of this movie, she was suddenly an expert in botany, Newtonian physics, and the weather on Mars.
Another great space movie and hardly reacted is "The Right Stuff". Its about the test pilots in the 40s and 50s and the forming of the very first american astronauts for the Mercury program. Highly recommended and so underrated! 👌
Even with the dozen things that violate science and physics, it is still one of my favorite movies. Also check out the Jason Bourne series of movies, The Departed, The incredible Mr. Ripley, and Good Will Hunting.
Taking your idea for a sequel: if there was a return mission with the purpose of building an experimental colony, Damon's character would be onhand explaining how it could be done; even in Mission Control advising. Imagine him being part of the PR campaign drumming up American support! "I proved it could be done...one man, alone, with only the most rudimentary resources. This mission is going to demonstrate what can be done when a fully equipped team has state-of-the-art gear and a lot of old-fashioned knowhow!" (Reporter): "And you on the ground advising them." (He laughs): "With me advising them!"
This is great Dawn , one of my favourite movies of the last 10 years , I have watched this more times than anything Star Trek or Star Wars. I bought the extended edition on 4K Blu Ray and the picture and sound is fantastic. I delighted you are watching this movie, I'm going to watch your reaction right now 👍
I've said it before and I'll say it again Dawn... you should have your own TV show like maybe a talk show or movie critic or something like that. I think you would be a smash!!
* We have a long history of using human poop as fertilizer. It's given the much more pleasant name of "night soil" and we typically use animal poop instead because human poop spreads bacteria that likes to live inside of people if you're not careful. * "How long does it take to get to Mars?" - It depends on where Mars and Earth are in relation to each other. Depending on their relative positions, it may not even be possible to get from one to another because you need more or less rocket fuel to do so. It's mentioned in the book that Hermes can do a constant thrust, so it has more flexibility, but it also means the courses are more complicated. * Pathfinder is a 1990s era Mars lander. It came down with a tiny little rover named Sojourner. * In the book the movie is based on, Mark loses contact a second time with NASA after breaking the Pathfinder rover. For pacing reasons, they removed this from the movie.
According to Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the only serious scientific error is hoe strong the winds would have been during the storm. The atmosphere on Mars is so thin a hurricane would feel like a pleasant spring day because the winds are so weak.
20:50 "Hermes is going to swing around earth, pick up the food. No wait, they don't need food if they are going to pick him up." You're right. But it's not for Mark. It's for everybody on Hermes, which will include Mark on the trip home. They need food, water, oxygen, and fuel. Hermes does not have enough of any of those things to get back to Mars and then back to Earth - they only brought enough food, water, air, and fuel for ONE trip to Mars, not two.
For a movie about friendly (but also unfriendly) Martians, maybe check out John Carter. It was based on the book "A Princess Of Mars" but Disney decided that boys would be turned off by a movie with the word "Princess" in the title. It was changed to the title of a much later sequel to the book, "John Carter Of Mars", but Disney decided to remove "Of Mars" because Disney movies with the word "Mars" in the title have done poorly in the past. Someone then decided that the movie wasn't worth an extensive marketing campaign so a movie called "John Carter" was released and nobody knew anything about it. It's a great movie but, due to executive-level meddling, it was a massive bomb and sequels were never made.
In talking to people and reading things on the internet, my impression is that people who had read the book (sophisticated people like you and me) liked the movie, people who were not familiar with the source material did not.
That's definitely a minority opinion. To be sure, the marketing for John Carter was pretty lazy. But most people who did see it, especially most fans of the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels, disliked what was done with the source material. The film is not well regarded by critics or audiences.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Don't assume that the opinions of your circle of friends and acquaintances represents a wider trend. I honestly don't think I've heard much negative talk about it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's certainly not a bad movie.
Omigosh, Dawn...you are just so dang adorable it's criminal! We need more people with your charming wit & humor, & wonderful laugh! 😄 "& the Martian man will come & save you, & teach you to fish"! 😂 love you to pieces! Such a great film, excellent script, casting & cinematography. The pace keeps you engaged & the science behind it is intriguing. (OK, you mentioned space themed films, I've got a few suggestions; "The Right Stuff", "Oblivion", "Passengers".
Actually a movie with the plot about "an astronaut going to another planet where he finds a friendly alien and they become buddies" is gonna happen soon: Project Hail Mary...
The reason it is all broadcast on TV is that it is a NASA mission, and so taxpayer funded and so the American public has a right to know all about it (since it has no national security implications).
And likewise, there are no copyrights, because anything produced by the government legally belongs to the American people. In theory, at least. Even classified information technically belongs to the American public. We just don't have ready access to it. That's the reasoning behind Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
And so it was back in the 60s with the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. All our launches and flights were broadcast live as they happened, while the USSR only announced a space mission after it was over. IF it succeeded. A number of flights were failures and cosmonauts were killed. We didn't know about it until years later. As a kid I attributed it to America's righteousness and honesty while the Russians were lying cheaters. Whatever. [Add big laugh from Dawn here.]
If something like this happened IRL, there is *_absolutely no way that EVERYONE in the world would not follow EVERY update about that mission_* It would be absolutely all that anyone talked about.
I'd recommend reading the book, but keep in mind that even more goes wrong for poor Mark than the movie shows. I mean I recognize that for a good story you should torment your protagonist, but Weir really took that advice to heart.
I once tried to watch this movie years ago right after it came out. I think I fell asleep watching it. But, Dawn Marie's reactions make movies so much more entertaining. We luv yah Dawn. 🙌🤙
I love how you try and figure out what the movie is going to be about. For those of us who have seen the movie it's more entertaining than the movie itself watching your prediction about the movies plot. Love ya Dawn!
Yes and no. You get times where a reactor absolutely fixates on what they say, and doesn't really fully enjoy the movie, as written, as a result. Like, in this case, waiting over half the movie for a Martian extraterrestrial to show up. lol
A truly excellent movie...compelling drama, hilarious comedy, and a stellar (pun intended) cast. 👍 I "liked" this video despite the threat of showcasing the mind-numbingly boring 2001: A Space Odyssey. 🤨
19:20 "Do they know the supply rocket will land right next to Mark on Mars? Or just anywhere on Mars?" The genius rocket-scientists at NASA can make that rocket land on any exact specific area the size of a mattress. So yeah, they can put it 2 meters away from Mark Watney's front door if they want to. But, they'll probably settle for 100 meters or so. In case of an accident during the landing, they won't want it to fall on Mark or his habitat. Or blow them up. Fortunately, the supply rocket did not have an accident on Mars. Unfortunately...
I know lots of your viewers like it but I can't sit through another video of you being unnecessarily confused by half the movie cause you're speculating about stuff that'll never happen. People don't go into movies totally blind typically. They look at a poster. Read a synopsis. SOMETHING. Giving you a Like still but come on you don't have to interrogate the narrative every time. Don't you wanna just follow a story without being so confused for most of it?
2:40 - *“Aww, there's only gonna be **_one,_** and he's gonna be lonely!”* Well, at least you guessed _that_ part right. 😉 3:33 - *“Going outside?! You're going outside? What a bunch of idiots.”* They had no choice. They _had_ to get to the MAV and take off, before the storm tipped it over, otherwise they'd all be stranded on Mars for the rest of their _very short, miserable, and hungry_ lives! 3:50 - *“This is crazy, if that really happens on Mars.”* It does not. This is one of the admitted scientific inaccuracies of the book this was based on: the atmosphere on Mars is _way_ too thin to create sand storms like this. It can barely lift the very finest dust particles, to form a slight haze. 4:14 - *“Oh yay, 'cause then that means he's gonna see the Martian!”* Yup. Every time he looks in the mirror… 5:48 - *“Can you not communicate back home, for there?”* Unfortunately, of the two radio antennas that were capable of reaching back to Earth, one broke off in the storm and nearly killed him, and the other one was in the MAV and kinda _left the planet._ 6:13 - *“Four years?!”* He's referring to the next planned mission, _Ares Ⅳ_ specifically, which is already budgeted, planned, and partway though its preparation stage at this point. The travel time from Earth to Mars alone is 9-12 months, and you can't do it any time you want - The two planets have to be in the right position, relative to each other (namely Mars being slightly behind Earth, and about to overtake it). This is called the Hohmann Transfer Window, which gets mentioned later in the movie. And even if the time was perfect for launch right now (and they had any clue that there was a _reason_ to launch), there currently only exists one single ship that can _do_ it: the _Hermes,_ which is still _en route_ back to Earth for the next few months. 6:28 - *“How long is a day on Mars?”* Close to an Earth day, actually; about half an hour longer. Which means that Earth days and Mars days constantly shift out of and back into synch on a long, slow cycle. NASA people who have to operate on Mars time (e.g. to operate a rover) rarely get to have a normal sleep cycle that overlaps with everyone else's. To prevent any confusion, Mars days are called "Sols" to distinguish them from Earth days. 7:44 - *“Can human poop be used as fertiliser?”* Yep, just like any other manure. The reason why we don't normally do that is because human poo can contain human diseases that other humans can catch - but all the astronauts have been through rigorous quarantine, so the only bacteria in their poop are the ones that are _supposed_ to be there. Speaking of bacteria, there is one problem with farming on Mars that the movie kinda skips: Mars ground is _dead_ dust, lacking all the vitally necessary soil bacteria that plants require to grow. In the book, Mark had to slowly, laboriously "infect" the dead Martian dust with the bacteria from a sample of living Earth soil. In the planned mission, he was supposed to do that on a small scale, as an experiment to test whether Mars dust could be turned into fertile soil - now he had to do it on an enormous scale, with his life on the line! 12:39 - *“He's the Martian. He's the bloody Martian.”* Yup. We've all been quietly giggling, in anticipation of this realisation, every time you mentioned aliens. 😉 18:24 - *“I've had tatties grow other tatties, like, just sittin' in my cupboard.”* Yeah, but not after they've been frozen to a couple hundred degrees below zero, then thawed out. There are no living, undamaged cells left into those potatoes. 19:20 - *“So, do they know it's going to land, like, right next to him on Mars, or will it just land anywhere on Mars?”* No, they can steer it quite precisely where they want, but because they had no time to design and build a _lander_ for this probe, it's going to fall and tumble-land instead. They don't want that to happen anywhere _near_ Mark's habitat, so they would have sent it to fall in an open area, a couple of kilometres away, where Mark could get to it easily with his rover. 22:46 - _"When this is over, I'll expect your resignation."_ - *“I don't think he cares.”* This movie is so relentlessly positive and optimistic that, even though Sean Bean is in it, only his character's _career_ dies! 23:51 - *“Is this them sending supplies until they pick him up, 'cause they know how to do it better than NASA?”* After the first rocket failed, there was only one single rocket booster on Earth that was ready to launch, or could be _made_ ready within the incredibly tight time window they had, and that was the one that the Chinese were going to use for their Sun probe, Taiyang Shen. The Chinese scientists were basically giving up on ever finishing the project that they had devoted the last decade of their lives to (because they knew that the political leaders would _never_ give them the money to build a _second_ booster for the project). The moment they decided to contact NASA, the Taiyang Shen project was effectively dead forever. And because there was only one booster available in time, they could only do one plan or the other: either launch a food supply directly to Mars, so that Watney could hold out until _Hermes_ could come back for him in several years, _or_ resupply _Hermes_ in flight, so that they could slingshot around Earth and race back to Mars, instead of stopping, resupplying, repairing, and launching with a fresh crew. 27:46 - *“What's happened to you? Why are you so battered and bruised?”* Hundreds of days of backbreaking labour with poor nutrition, and near-starvation, plus for the past months on the road he had no hygiene beyond the occasional sponge-bath. Skin lesions and bruising are the _least_ of his health concerns. 28:14 - *“Like, imagine watching it, and it goes horribly wrong. You'd be gutted that you was watching it.”* Yeah, but imagine that it goes _right_ - one of the most important moments in the history of human space-flight, happening right there - and you're just hanging around at home, pootling about, doing the ironing, and saying, "Meh. I'll watch it later, if it's any good." How will you face your grandkids, when they ask you what it was like to be alive at that moment? I mean, obviously you'd lie about it, but think how that would make you feel! 😁
"I wish I was more Intelligent"... all it takes is a little bit of work and learning, no one has limits, only barriers. And everyone can have moments of genius and revelation, regardless of 'intelligence'. Aaaaand then, comes the 'Imagine farting in space' lol... now a genius wouldn't think of that, and it is a question worth thinking about however.
We got to watch a live NASA disaster in 1986 when the Challenger space shuttle exploded. My grade school arranged for everyone to stay in school for lunch (we normally had to go home for lunch), rented a big projection television for the occasion, only for the space shuttle to explode 73 seconds after lift-off. The janitor ran across the room to rip the plug out of the television because he was horrified by what happened. He got forced to stay and watch us during lunch.
The authors of "The Expanse" series of novels have said that "The Martian" could definitely have taken place in their fictional universe, and so... It's not exactly a sequel, but "The Expanse" has been made into a pretty fantastic TV series, if you're open to reviewing such things.
Someone already beat me to recommending Good Will Hunting, another great role of his (but smaller) is in Ocean's 11 - a GREAT caper movie, ensemble cast with lots of great actors and it's SO cool and so much fun. Great reaction as usual. ❤
The one thing the world comes together for is space exploration. I love it. Maybe not space warfare but that's another conversation for a different day
We get two reactions for the price of one first we get Dawn reacting to the movie that only happened in her head then reacting to the Hollywood version.
The usual then 😅
@@DawnMarieX Lemme know when your rewrite of The Martian comes out ! I'll go see it :P
Well at least the penny has dropped a bit earlier this time than with Daniel Day Lewis, didn't it?
She's a fake guys and a good actress but not good enough to fool me.
Annoying laugh, fak sc ot
The slow burn from your "when do we get to see "The Martian" to realizing he was "The Martian" was great! Top tier reaction funny!
The Martian realization was top notch 😂😂😂
It was also fake.
You are so gullible,she is just acting bud.
Wake up.
I was dying cause I knew what she was about to say as soon as she said omg 😂
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“Oh my God, he’s the Martian, he’s the bloody Martian!”
If I wasn’t already a subscriber, I would’ve been right then. That moment just made my day 😂
She is not he sharpest bowling ball in the alley.
How does a high level chemist know how to make a bomb? Really? Why not just brake in vacuum? Genius!
When I realized he was going for Pathfinder, I legitimately cried in the theater. The Sojourner rover has a special place in the hearts of a lot of science students.
There was a Star Trek movie did something similar but I don’t want to drop any spoilers.
_Good Will Hunting_ (1997) was Matt Damon's first starring role. It also stars Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, and Ben Affleck. Damon and Affleck wrote the screenplay, winning the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and Robin Williams won Best Supporting Actor. It's a marvelous film.
Looking forward to seeing it!
The Rainmaker came out first but we're both ignoring God's iconic rule as baseball fan in Field of Dreams
@@AFMountaineer2000 He was also one of the co-leads in School Ties with Brendan Frasier prior to Good Will Hunting. He was absolutely tiny, young, compared to GWH
It is also one of the very best movies for reactions along with The Green Mile and Forrest Gump.
@@DawnMarieXyou haven’t done good will hunting?????
If they hadn't evacuated at the beginning, the rocket would have tipped-over and they'd've had no way to return to Earth. Leaving the habitat module for the rocket was their only choice.
Actually no. That is one of the few scientific inaccuracies of this film. Mars atmosphere is so thin, that the wind there will not pack enough of punch to topple or even shake a multi ton rocket, the rocket simply has too much inertia to be moved by the wind.
@@akiraunio5227 I know. In real life, the entire accident could never have happened. I was simply speaking about the circumstances shown in the film.
@@akiraunio5227 for that matter, they didn't portray Mars' low gravity.
@@SYLTales Touche. Let's call it Hollywood realistic and not argue about quite good movie.
@@akiraunio5227 absolutely. It is a fantastic film with a stacked cast that remains engaging and moving from beginning to end.
Great reaction, and also interesting seeing different perceptions of scenes. For instance, when the commander said "I left him behind." You took that has her being the victim, and I saw it as a commander not allowing her subordinates to accept ANY blame for the outcome. She was accepting ALL of the responsibility for what happened to Watney. Which is usually what people in the military want. A leader, that accepts the responsibility of their decisions and the actions that occur due to them. So while you saw it as a negative, I felt that it was her showing the kind of character you'd want in a leader...accepting fault so that her people wouldn't hold that burden.
Yeah, I was a little surprised to hear her talking like that about the commander. I didn’t take it like that at all. I took it as her not allowing the rest of the crew to feel guilt for what happened, since it was her call.
Edit: I think she’s not understanding what’s going on, cause she just said she didn’t like the commander when she brought up them all being in a lot of trouble for mutiny if they return to get Mark. She wasn’t saying it from her point of view, but NASA’s. She wanted to go back & get him, but wanted to make sure everyone was absolutely clear about the possible punishment they could be facing.
Not to be 'that guy' ... but often women do not like other women. Especially those in position of power. Just saying.
You know that scene in _Apollo 13_ where they dump a load of junk on a table and say “You gotta make a thing that does this, using only that!”?
_The Martian_ is the movie for the people who wanted the whole movie to be just about those guys making the thing.
Love a good xkcd reference.
This is one of my favorite feel good movies. No politics, no hate, no villians or heros. Just a single man trying to survive alone on another planet and the whole world helping him back on Earth. A lot of people might not like Teddy, the Director. But he is in charge of the entire space agency and he has to be direct and make decisions that not everyone is gonna agree with.
Great reaction. When this book came out, those of us working on concepts for sending people to Mars considered it required reading. It’s incredibly technically accurate (aside from the storm at the beginning) and the combination of problem solving and Watney’s incredibly resilient attitude made it an inspirational story. The movie did a great job of adapting the book and Damon really embodies the character of Mark. Great book, great movie, great reaction.
The book is great and has more technical stuff.... but still amazing. Whenever I see this movie is on TV I HAVE to watch it 8-)
I am going to add this to my playlist 'The Martian collection ' where I have audiobook versions, reaction videos, and author Talks about the story.
The book gave me an idea, though you guys working on the subject have probably already thought of it. As part of the prep for a Mars mission, I think it would be a very good idea and probably cost-effective to put a series of probes on an Aldrin cycle around Earth and Mars, spaced 4 months apart, each carrying 4 months' worth of emergency supplies. If a crew should get stranded, they could remotely direct a probe to land on Mars, tiding them over at least until the next probe flies by. That would be very preferable to scrambling to put together and launch a rescue mission.
For me, a great test for the appeal of an actor is how much time you can spend with them in a movie by themselves. Damon really proves here how likable and talented he is. All these great acting scenes and no one for him to act opposite against.
Like Tom Hanks in Castaway. He needed no one. Except maybe Wilson.
Pathfinder was the first rover we sent to Mars in the 90s. It was pretty big international news when it landed and started sending back pictures, that's why the movie expects most people to know about it. If you fart in a space suit, your fart isn't floating around in space forever, it's floating around in your space suit until you inhale it or take the space suit off inside the ship. lol.
30:20 "How do you know how to make a bomb?"
He's a chemist. No doubt, a Ph.D. in chemistry.
He knows how to make a thousand bombs out of a thousand different combinations of chemicals.
I can't yell if she's trying to imply that he SHOULDN'T be able to make one when she says that.
Matt Damon is part of the cast in the "Oceans" movies. He is also the lead in the " Bourne Identity" movies... All worth the watching!
Mark Wahlberg turned down Oceans to do Planet of the Apes. Matt Damon was cast instead.
@@bluecollartradesman715can't wait for the AI tech to catch up, so i can watch Oceans 11 with Mark in Matt's role
You were kinda correct when you said the Martian would be a tall (6-foot) human looking Martian but missed the mark when your said Damon would be friends with it. Although, considering he spoke to himself throughout the entire movie, you could say he was friends with himself. You're a genius.
Exactly!! 😅
Your assumption about human alien friendship is actually the plot of "Enemy Mine"
For earth girls even the aliens have to be 6-foot 😂
@@DawnMarieXDawn, I really hope that you do react to '2001: A Space Odyssey', it's a really important classic film.
@@DawnMarieXI worked a security detail with both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. I thought Matt would be taller but he’s 5’10” (1.778 meters). Ben on the other hand is definitely tall.
That moment you realise that he is the Martian. Too funny. That's why we love you Dawn. Glad you enjoyed the movie
A well made movie based on real science. The Author works at NASA.
FYI: the restocking rocket crashed, because the food bars liquefied under the high gravity pressure of liftoff, which caused to slosh around the cargo bay.
The habitats rupture was due to a slight flaw in the seam. Because it was the only one of 3 doors he used, the excess wear caused the blowout.
Scientifically, there were two major issue with the movie. The first is the storm at the beginning, while winds can reach the speed described the atmosphere is so thin that the amount of force would be no worse than a gentle breeze on Earth. The second problem is the "Ironman" scene, as it's depicted it drastically perverts the laws of motion, and while theoretically it could be done it would be practically impossible to pull off. That said, "The Martian" is still one of my favorite movies.
The bomb wouldn’t have worked either. Atmospheric pressure isn’t anywhere near enough to produce the necessary thrust to slow down even a small spacecraft.
Yeah, the novel does the ending differently. The movie frames the story beginning with the accident and ending with the commander rescuing Watney because she feels personally responsible for leaving him behind. The novel frames it with Watney beginning alone after the storm, then later showing the storm, then even later Lewis's command decisions are questioned by the powers-that-be, and ends with her being a good commander and directing the crew. The novel even pokes fun at the Hollywood ending which is what we got with the movie.
Opening sequence:
The storm was about to tip over the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV). If that happened, then the entire crew would be stuck on Mars. They had to go out into the storm to get to the MAV and get into space. Staying inside would have killed them, because without the MAV, they can't get back to Earth.
I've worked on satellite ground stations and various other satellite electronics/software my whole life and what I really like about this movie is that the problems are mostly real and possible and the solutions are mostly real and possible. They aren't just making up magic science because they plotted themselves into a corner. (mostly; I'm pretty sure there are no storms like that on Mars).
There are a lot of good Matt Damon movies: Rounders, Dogma, The Rainmaker, Stuck on You, The Departed, The Green Zone, the new True Grit, Elysium and a bunch more. The dude works a lot.
Thank you! I’ll add them to the list ❤
There are certainly storms on Mars with very high wind velocities, but the air is so thin there, one half of one percent of Earth's atmospheric pressure, that the force of the wind could never blow the rocket over like that.
Most of the science was good, where they diverged massively for dramatic reasons was when they slowed down for the pickup.
Changes in speed or direction at closest approach during a slingshot manoeuvre will produce the largest effect on the exit speed and direction, meaning by slowing down to catch him they would not be able to return to earth.
But apparently they felt that more drama was needed (never mind what their technical experts told them).
I'll second The Rainmaker. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on a John Grisham novel; what more could you ask for??!
As a professional Astrogator my whole life, I can attest most of this movie is fiction and the physics is lacking for sake of story-telling. It's a fun movie, though.
The only unrealistic thing about this movie is the storm. Because of the thin Mars atmosphere storms can't really get that strong like that. Seriously I lost count on how many times I've watched it, it still good.
A really underrated, if not totally forgotten, Matt Damon movie from way back is The Rainmaker. It's a courtroom drama where Damon plays a rooker trial lawyer. It stars Danny DeVito, John Voigt, Claire Danes, and Roy Scheider who played Chief Brody in Jaws. I really recommend it Dawn.
"Why are you so battered and bruised?" Your body needs protein to rebuild and maintain damage repairs. He's been eating potatoes only for only a year, every bruise, every strained muscle, just builds up.
2001 is the beginning of modern sci fi/space movies. It redefined the genre & affected the look & feel of movies ever since!❤❤❤
2001 was definitely revolutionary. The argument could be made, though, that Destination Moon (1950) should hold the honor of initiating modern science fiction filmmaking. No less than Robert A. Heinlein served as a technical advisor, and he also co-wrote the script. Before Destination Moon, there was basically no such thing as serious, science-based science fiction in film.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Before 2001, Destination Moon (& Forbidden Planet) was imo, the metric for Sci Fi/Space filmmaking. In fact, I watched DM again about a week ago. I was a kid when it came out & it still holds up. 2001 just upped the game by a huge leap, much as DM had, so I agree.
2001 is so cerebral though. It's more of an art film. 2010 is much more available to regular audiences but still has a good part of the story involved.
@@LordNelsonkm after seeing some comments about 2010 on some other reaction channels, I watched it again recently. I'm not sure I ever watched it again after it's initial release in the theaters, as I'd been so disappointed.
Like now, I'm generally skeptical of sequels, especially when not done by the og director, etc. Sorry, but IMHO it just isn't in the same league as 2001. I will concede that had there never been the Kubrick original, with a little tweaking, 2010 could stand on its own as a decent sci fi flick alongside others of its time, but when stacked next to the og, just doesn't compare.
I think you could trace the modern sci-fi movies to “Forbidden Planet” from 1956. The robot came back in “Lost in Space”. The interaction between the Captain, Science Officer, and the doctor was reprised in “Star Trek”. The plot was cerebral and again foreshadowed the moral question in “Star Trek”. As an aside, Leslie Nielson was performing in this drama. He didn’t enter comedy until 1968 when he starred in “Airplane”.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES THAT THEY HAVE MADE IN THE PAST TEN TO TWENTY YEARS !! AND I HAVE WATCHED A LOT OF MOVIES !!!
What great timing! Literally two minutes ago, I just finished relistening to the audiobook of this novel. I love both the book and the film.
Hope you enjoy!
@@DawnMarieX You should read the book. It's excellent, has more stuff, goes deeper and explains things. All the funny comes from the book, it wasn't just added to the movie.
Dawn's before-viewing predictions are always fun!
Kind of reminds me of Robinson Crusoe on Mars. The winds are not that strong on Mars... The 1980 TV series The Martain Chronicles is an interesting series, it details humanity's attempts to settle on Mars. Many would-be colonists are fleeing Earth in search of a better life or business opportunities, whilst others might be seeking something more spiritual. PS...Sean Bean dose not die in this film.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars was a very good film.
That excellent TV mini series was, of course, based on the classic book of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Most of the episodes were taken almost word for word from stories in the book. The book is not really a novel, but rather a collection of only loosely connected short stories, one of the best ever written though.
Somebody's already recommended 'Good Will Hunting', which is one of my top 5 fave movies ever. He's also superb in 'The Bourne' Franchise (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum) and another fave of mine 'The Talented Mr Ripley!' 😉😘
He ends up living up there for as long as he can so he ends up becoming THE MARTIAN. - In the future it will be a real challenge for any humans from Earth. Good luck to us.
Matt Damon has actually played an Avenger on an Avengers film sort of - he was playing Loki in the play been performed on Asgard in Thor Ragnarok. He was also on Deadpool 2 with Alan Tudyck (Wash from Firefly) they were the guys sat on the truck that Cable asks what year it is then shoots them
You are the type of person who could be adrift at sea in a functioning boat because you're waiting on the rescue boat. You ARE the rescue boat.
Dawn I WISH that i could go into the movies blind like you do. What an experience that must be. Even so you are often more accurate with plot guesses than most. Good job! Hope you have as much eatching these as it seems.
They sell blindfolds.
Seriously, though, she gets movies recommended to her. And presumably they show movies on TV where you are or on streaming platforms. Pick stuff to watch on random. If they suck, stop watching and move on.
Every time she talks about 'the martian' teaching him the ways, I can't help but think of the Paul/Jamis scenes from Dune. LOL
The best part about this movie to me was the fact that they were willing to throw much money away to safe his life. Something that I feel wouldn't happen in real life. This movie surprised me with the amount of comedy and still managed to be very captivating.
I think it would happen. especially the "first" time. Just like that cave rescue for the boys in Thailand or even the search for the titanic sub, I think/hope world would unite in order to try to save him.
I recall going to a Jet Propulsion Laboratories open house right before Pathfinder launched. They had a full scale mock-up of the lander, that petal thing looking thing, which landed by inflating enormous airbags and then tumbling along like a giant beach ball until it came to rest. They were demonstrating how they would unfold it depending on which way it was orientated. They even had a way to open it if it landed upside down.
I'll never get tired of watching reactions to The Martian - that and "The Mummy" with Brendan Fraser
Just in case you didn't know Mark isn't the only one that needs food the crew of the ship that would go to get him would also need to be able to eat just saying which is why they would need to resupply from Earth not to mention also needing more fuel for the ship and the gravity assist that comes from swinging around Earth
Dawn Marie said that she enjoys seeing Earth from a distance. Wait, what!?!? Could she be a Martian?
You were quite correct about your prediction. The Martian was in fact a VERY human-like alien approximately 6ft tall. And all alone and lonely.
The Mars daily rotation is actually only about 40mins longer than Earth's.
If Teddy is the director of NASA, any money says he is more than a little experienced dealing with eggheads with personality quirks and knows exactly how valuable their ideas can be...
I'm pretty sure you got all of your guesses right, some where a little late, but ultimately they were all correct. I'll give you a 100%.
Yay! 🥰
Earth and Mars are closest in their orbits to each other every 26 months. Even then, it still takes about 8 months to get there.
You finally working out that he was the Martian made me laugh.
I want to know what the council is firing in the water over in Peterhead for you to come up with the story at the start though.
When you asked if he knew how to fix the oxygen and water machines one detail that's in the book but not in the movie is that in addition to being a botanist Mark is a mechanical engineer, so he *would* know how to fix them, or at least had the technical skill to figure it out. He actually does maintenance on them in the book!
If you’d like to see Damon at his best, give the Bourne movies a go Dawn.
The reason he looked so beat up towards the end was malnutrition and scurvy, without all the nutrients needed to heal every bump caused long bruising, and even wounds that seemed healed would resurface.
My wife sits with the tablet on her lap and feverishly Googles everything while watching a movie. By the end of this movie, she was suddenly an expert in botany, Newtonian physics, and the weather on Mars.
I love your predictions before the movies. Creative, and not always close but fun anyway!
More Matt Damon movies? Start at the beginning: Good Will Hunting.
”I would really love to go to space”… This really makes me want to see Dawn react to Gravity!
Another great space movie and hardly reacted is "The Right Stuff". Its about the test pilots in the 40s and 50s and the forming of the very first american astronauts for the Mercury program. Highly recommended and so underrated! 👌
That would be way too long for her..
I was touched and amused by your innocent predictions about the movie. It was charming how you could be so wrong but so right at the same time. 😊
Even with the dozen things that violate science and physics, it is still one of my favorite movies.
Also check out the Jason Bourne series of movies, The Departed, The incredible Mr. Ripley, and Good Will Hunting.
Taking your idea for a sequel: if there was a return mission with the purpose of building an experimental colony, Damon's character would be onhand explaining how it could be done; even in Mission Control advising. Imagine him being part of the PR campaign drumming up American support!
"I proved it could be done...one man, alone, with only the most rudimentary resources. This mission is going to demonstrate what can be done when a fully equipped team has state-of-the-art gear and a lot of old-fashioned knowhow!"
(Reporter): "And you on the ground advising them."
(He laughs): "With me advising them!"
This is great Dawn , one of my favourite movies of the last 10 years , I have watched this more times than anything Star Trek or Star Wars. I bought the extended edition on 4K Blu Ray and the picture and sound is fantastic. I delighted you are watching this movie, I'm going to watch your reaction right now 👍
Hope you enjoy!! ❤
Never change dawn, the moment you realised Matt Damon WAS the Martian and there werent going to be any little green men was priceless! :D
I've said it before and I'll say it again Dawn... you should have your own TV show like maybe a talk show or movie critic or something like that. I think you would be a smash!!
* We have a long history of using human poop as fertilizer. It's given the much more pleasant name of "night soil" and we typically use animal poop instead because human poop spreads bacteria that likes to live inside of people if you're not careful.
* "How long does it take to get to Mars?" - It depends on where Mars and Earth are in relation to each other. Depending on their relative positions, it may not even be possible to get from one to another because you need more or less rocket fuel to do so. It's mentioned in the book that Hermes can do a constant thrust, so it has more flexibility, but it also means the courses are more complicated.
* Pathfinder is a 1990s era Mars lander. It came down with a tiny little rover named Sojourner.
* In the book the movie is based on, Mark loses contact a second time with NASA after breaking the Pathfinder rover. For pacing reasons, they removed this from the movie.
According to Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the only serious scientific error is hoe strong the winds would have been during the storm. The atmosphere on Mars is so thin a hurricane would feel like a pleasant spring day because the winds are so weak.
20:50 "Hermes is going to swing around earth, pick up the food. No wait, they don't need food if they are going to pick him up."
You're right.
But it's not for Mark.
It's for everybody on Hermes, which will include Mark on the trip home.
They need food, water, oxygen, and fuel.
Hermes does not have enough of any of those things to get back to Mars and then back to Earth - they only brought enough food, water, air, and fuel for ONE trip to Mars, not two.
They had to go outside to get from the habitat to the ship
For a movie about friendly (but also unfriendly) Martians, maybe check out John Carter. It was based on the book "A Princess Of Mars" but Disney decided that boys would be turned off by a movie with the word "Princess" in the title. It was changed to the title of a much later sequel to the book, "John Carter Of Mars", but Disney decided to remove "Of Mars" because Disney movies with the word "Mars" in the title have done poorly in the past. Someone then decided that the movie wasn't worth an extensive marketing campaign so a movie called "John Carter" was released and nobody knew anything about it. It's a great movie but, due to executive-level meddling, it was a massive bomb and sequels were never made.
In talking to people and reading things on the internet, my impression is that people who had read the book (sophisticated people like you and me) liked the movie, people who were not familiar with the source material did not.
That's definitely a minority opinion. To be sure, the marketing for John Carter was pretty lazy. But most people who did see it, especially most fans of the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels, disliked what was done with the source material. The film is not well regarded by critics or audiences.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8q Don't assume that the opinions of your circle of friends and acquaintances represents a wider trend. I honestly don't think I've heard much negative talk about it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's certainly not a bad movie.
*FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR (1986)*
Oh yes!! Such a wonderful li'l film! I usually link that film to 2002's CLOCKSTOPPERS and then 2008's MINUTEMEN for a fun teen film festival.
Omigosh, Dawn...you are just so dang adorable it's criminal! We need more people with your charming wit & humor, & wonderful laugh! 😄 "& the Martian man will come & save you, & teach you to fish"! 😂 love you to pieces!
Such a great film, excellent script, casting & cinematography. The pace keeps you engaged & the science behind it is intriguing. (OK, you mentioned space themed films, I've got a few suggestions; "The Right Stuff", "Oblivion", "Passengers".
Great science fiction with a sense of humor. Loved this film!
This needs to happen-
New movies need to be made based off of your plot ideas after seeing the actual movie poster.
Yesss!
Actually a movie with the plot about "an astronaut going to another planet where he finds a friendly alien and they become buddies" is gonna happen soon: Project Hail Mary...
@@MorliHolect I mean they never end up on a planet but yeah. I liked that book even more than the martian so I hope it gets a good movie.
He was also in good will hunting, true grit, Oceans 11, school ties, a great poker movie, and he and the female captain were both in Interstellar!
Such a fun movie. Surprisingly enjoyable, given the premise.
Just started the video and....
... I LOVE the prediction in the beginning! Things like this make your reactions so much more fun! (IMO)
The reason it is all broadcast on TV is that it is a NASA mission, and so taxpayer funded and so the American public has a right to know all about it (since it has no national security implications).
And likewise, there are no copyrights, because anything produced by the government legally belongs to the American people. In theory, at least. Even classified information technically belongs to the American public. We just don't have ready access to it. That's the reasoning behind Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
And so it was back in the 60s with the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. All our launches and flights were broadcast live as they happened, while the USSR only announced a space mission after it was over. IF it succeeded. A number of flights were failures and cosmonauts were killed. We didn't know about it until years later. As a kid I attributed it to America's righteousness and honesty while the Russians were lying cheaters. Whatever. [Add big laugh from Dawn here.]
If something like this happened IRL, there is *_absolutely no way that EVERYONE in the world would not follow EVERY update about that mission_*
It would be absolutely all that anyone talked about.
Also NASA is public company or something in this future so every becomes accessible pretty quickly.
Your next Matt Damon-related space film has to be Interstellar.
Your reactions are always superb.🙌
Spoiler! 🤦♂️
I'd recommend reading the book, but keep in mind that even more goes wrong for poor Mark than the movie shows. I mean I recognize that for a good story you should torment your protagonist, but Weir really took that advice to heart.
Thanks, Dawn! 🟠 I love this movie... and it's very true to Andy Weir's novel. #DawnMarie #RidleyScott #TheMartian
My favorite Martian was Ray Walston. My second favorite Martians were Spaced Invaders which is a true classic Halloween movie from 1989.
I once tried to watch this movie years ago right after it came out. I think I fell asleep watching it.
But, Dawn Marie's reactions make movies so much more entertaining. We luv yah Dawn. 🙌🤙
21:05 NASA! Even the public relations and social media person can do the math in her head! LOL
I love how you try and figure out what the movie is going to be about. For those of us who have seen the movie it's more entertaining than the movie itself watching your prediction about the movies plot. Love ya Dawn!
Haha 😅 thank you so much for watching!
Yes and no. You get times where a reactor absolutely fixates on what they say, and doesn't really fully enjoy the movie, as written, as a result. Like, in this case, waiting over half the movie for a Martian extraterrestrial to show up. lol
lmao.... that prediction of what the flick was about was priceless. Matt Damon goes to mars and finds a friendly martian 😆😆
A truly excellent movie...compelling drama, hilarious comedy, and a stellar (pun intended) cast. 👍
I "liked" this video despite the threat of showcasing the mind-numbingly boring 2001: A Space Odyssey. 🤨
19:20 "Do they know the supply rocket will land right next to Mark on Mars? Or just anywhere on Mars?"
The genius rocket-scientists at NASA can make that rocket land on any exact specific area the size of a mattress.
So yeah, they can put it 2 meters away from Mark Watney's front door if they want to.
But, they'll probably settle for 100 meters or so. In case of an accident during the landing, they won't want it to fall on Mark or his habitat. Or blow them up.
Fortunately, the supply rocket did not have an accident on Mars.
Unfortunately...
I know lots of your viewers like it but I can't sit through another video of you being unnecessarily confused by half the movie cause you're speculating about stuff that'll never happen.
People don't go into movies totally blind typically. They look at a poster. Read a synopsis. SOMETHING.
Giving you a Like still but come on you don't have to interrogate the narrative every time. Don't you wanna just follow a story without being so confused for most of it?
If you wonder what he wrote after he was told that the whole world was watching - in the book it was "Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)" 😂😂😂
The Martian day is just 37 minutes longer than Earth's, so for all intents and purposes it can be treated as one of our days.
Thanks for existing. Love your voice
and this movie haha
Love this film, i can just watch it again and again and again. and that line "Mark Whatney: Space Pirate" - greatest line of all time.
2:40 - *“Aww, there's only gonna be **_one,_** and he's gonna be lonely!”*
Well, at least you guessed _that_ part right. 😉
3:33 - *“Going outside?! You're going outside? What a bunch of idiots.”*
They had no choice. They _had_ to get to the MAV and take off, before the storm tipped it over, otherwise they'd all be stranded on Mars for the rest of their _very short, miserable, and hungry_ lives!
3:50 - *“This is crazy, if that really happens on Mars.”*
It does not. This is one of the admitted scientific inaccuracies of the book this was based on: the atmosphere on Mars is _way_ too thin to create sand storms like this. It can barely lift the very finest dust particles, to form a slight haze.
4:14 - *“Oh yay, 'cause then that means he's gonna see the Martian!”*
Yup. Every time he looks in the mirror…
5:48 - *“Can you not communicate back home, for there?”*
Unfortunately, of the two radio antennas that were capable of reaching back to Earth, one broke off in the storm and nearly killed him, and the other one was in the MAV and kinda _left the planet._
6:13 - *“Four years?!”*
He's referring to the next planned mission, _Ares Ⅳ_ specifically, which is already budgeted, planned, and partway though its preparation stage at this point. The travel time from Earth to Mars alone is 9-12 months, and you can't do it any time you want - The two planets have to be in the right position, relative to each other (namely Mars being slightly behind Earth, and about to overtake it). This is called the Hohmann Transfer Window, which gets mentioned later in the movie. And even if the time was perfect for launch right now (and they had any clue that there was a _reason_ to launch), there currently only exists one single ship that can _do_ it: the _Hermes,_ which is still _en route_ back to Earth for the next few months.
6:28 - *“How long is a day on Mars?”*
Close to an Earth day, actually; about half an hour longer. Which means that Earth days and Mars days constantly shift out of and back into synch on a long, slow cycle. NASA people who have to operate on Mars time (e.g. to operate a rover) rarely get to have a normal sleep cycle that overlaps with everyone else's.
To prevent any confusion, Mars days are called "Sols" to distinguish them from Earth days.
7:44 - *“Can human poop be used as fertiliser?”*
Yep, just like any other manure. The reason why we don't normally do that is because human poo can contain human diseases that other humans can catch - but all the astronauts have been through rigorous quarantine, so the only bacteria in their poop are the ones that are _supposed_ to be there.
Speaking of bacteria, there is one problem with farming on Mars that the movie kinda skips: Mars ground is _dead_ dust, lacking all the vitally necessary soil bacteria that plants require to grow. In the book, Mark had to slowly, laboriously "infect" the dead Martian dust with the bacteria from a sample of living Earth soil. In the planned mission, he was supposed to do that on a small scale, as an experiment to test whether Mars dust could be turned into fertile soil - now he had to do it on an enormous scale, with his life on the line!
12:39 - *“He's the Martian. He's the bloody Martian.”*
Yup. We've all been quietly giggling, in anticipation of this realisation, every time you mentioned aliens. 😉
18:24 - *“I've had tatties grow other tatties, like, just sittin' in my cupboard.”*
Yeah, but not after they've been frozen to a couple hundred degrees below zero, then thawed out. There are no living, undamaged cells left into those potatoes.
19:20 - *“So, do they know it's going to land, like, right next to him on Mars, or will it just land anywhere on Mars?”*
No, they can steer it quite precisely where they want, but because they had no time to design and build a _lander_ for this probe, it's going to fall and tumble-land instead. They don't want that to happen anywhere _near_ Mark's habitat, so they would have sent it to fall in an open area, a couple of kilometres away, where Mark could get to it easily with his rover.
22:46 - _"When this is over, I'll expect your resignation."_ - *“I don't think he cares.”*
This movie is so relentlessly positive and optimistic that, even though Sean Bean is in it, only his character's _career_ dies!
23:51 - *“Is this them sending supplies until they pick him up, 'cause they know how to do it better than NASA?”*
After the first rocket failed, there was only one single rocket booster on Earth that was ready to launch, or could be _made_ ready within the incredibly tight time window they had, and that was the one that the Chinese were going to use for their Sun probe, Taiyang Shen. The Chinese scientists were basically giving up on ever finishing the project that they had devoted the last decade of their lives to (because they knew that the political leaders would _never_ give them the money to build a _second_ booster for the project). The moment they decided to contact NASA, the Taiyang Shen project was effectively dead forever.
And because there was only one booster available in time, they could only do one plan or the other: either launch a food supply directly to Mars, so that Watney could hold out until _Hermes_ could come back for him in several years, _or_ resupply _Hermes_ in flight, so that they could slingshot around Earth and race back to Mars, instead of stopping, resupplying, repairing, and launching with a fresh crew.
27:46 - *“What's happened to you? Why are you so battered and bruised?”*
Hundreds of days of backbreaking labour with poor nutrition, and near-starvation, plus for the past months on the road he had no hygiene beyond the occasional sponge-bath. Skin lesions and bruising are the _least_ of his health concerns.
28:14 - *“Like, imagine watching it, and it goes horribly wrong. You'd be gutted that you was watching it.”*
Yeah, but imagine that it goes _right_ - one of the most important moments in the history of human space-flight, happening right there - and you're just hanging around at home, pootling about, doing the ironing, and saying, "Meh. I'll watch it later, if it's any good." How will you face your grandkids, when they ask you what it was like to be alive at that moment? I mean, obviously you'd lie about it, but think how that would make you feel! 😁
This!
Thx for pointing all those out, it's literally every single point i wanted to make. I really liker her reactions but sometimes .... oh well.
She's very blasé about pretty important stuff but I don't think she's as cynical as she let's on. She would watch it.
"I wish I was more Intelligent"... all it takes is a little bit of work and learning, no one has limits, only barriers.
And everyone can have moments of genius and revelation, regardless of 'intelligence'.
Aaaaand then, comes the 'Imagine farting in space' lol... now a genius wouldn't think of that, and it is a question worth thinking about however.
A lonely Alien living on a Mars…remarkable accurate prediction 😊
We got to watch a live NASA disaster in 1986 when the Challenger space shuttle exploded.
My grade school arranged for everyone to stay in school for lunch (we normally had to go home for lunch), rented a big projection television for the occasion, only for the space shuttle to explode 73 seconds after lift-off.
The janitor ran across the room to rip the plug out of the television because he was horrified by what happened. He got forced to stay and watch us during lunch.
I love how, at the beginning, you kept waiting for an alien to pop up LOLLL
He was technically an alien as well, from a Martian perspective.
The authors of "The Expanse" series of novels have said that "The Martian" could definitely have taken place in their fictional universe, and so...
It's not exactly a sequel, but "The Expanse" has been made into a pretty fantastic TV series, if you're open to reviewing such things.
Someone already beat me to recommending Good Will Hunting, another great role of his (but smaller) is in Ocean's 11 - a GREAT caper movie, ensemble cast with lots of great actors and it's SO cool and so much fun. Great reaction as usual. ❤
Now I want to see the movie with a Martian teaching an astronaut how to fish on Mars.
God damn it!!!! He's the martian. 😂
It's stuff like that, that brings me back.
You predicted that "the martian" would be alone and lonely, and you were bloody right about that!!
The book was amazing, and the movie was too. Matt and all the actors were perfect in the role.
The one thing the world comes together for is space exploration. I love it. Maybe not space warfare but that's another conversation for a different day