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Matt Damon, Martian ecologist
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| 10-6-2015
Posted on 10/07/2015 9:25:26 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
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I thought the movie sucked and mainly due to the suspension of disbelief necessary to believe any of the science on screen is remotely possible.
Power to the Fecal!
To: Citizen Zed
Power to the Fecal!They already have it!
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:29:12 AM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Historians will refer to this administration as "The Half-Black Plague.")
To: Citizen Zed
Matt...just shut up and start working on the next Bourne movie.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:30:46 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(I will not worship at the alter of Diversity.)
To: Citizen Zed
I see Damon is promoting GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE on a huge scale.
On Mars, its OK. On Earth, not so much.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:35:23 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:35:51 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
To: Citizen Zed
As is usually the case, the book went into much more detail and was probably better. I haven’t seen the movie yet.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:36:19 AM PDT
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: Artemis Webb
The Bourne Walker, Bourne Wheelchair, Bourne Geritol...
To: Citizen Zed
I have a friend who’s a sci-fi nerd. He didn’t dislike the movie, but thought the novel it’s based upon is much better.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:37:53 AM PDT
by
OddLane
To: Resolute Conservative
You left off The Bourne Enema
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:38:40 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: Citizen Zed
Thanks for watching it so I don’t have to. It’s still a shame that some of your money is going to the produces and actors of this propaganda.
To: Citizen Zed
Science SCIENCE!!!
That’s a big NASA word during their press conferences.
“We gotta go , we have SCIENCE to do!”
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:47:20 AM PDT
by
mowowie
(`)
To: Citizen Zed
In the book it was explained that he could use his own excrement because his bacteria was the only bacteria in the environment. That meant that his body had already created defenses against it.
I found the science in the book to be logical, explained, and plausible. There was no dues ex machina to come save the day.
If they stuck to the book, it was “doable.” The book took place over a couple years, so the timeline is probably compressed.
To: Citizen Zed
The problem I'm having with movies, these days, is that I can't get past the political butt-wipe pretending to be a emotionally sensitive superhero genius or incredibly witty raconteur who's being fed all his quips by some off-camera troll of some indeterminate gender, who couldn't get laid in a woman's prison.
When I can figure out whodunnit 20 minutes in, and I didn't read the book, why bother? Once you see how airplanes are actually built, to watch one slide a half mile through the trees and stop intact transcends silly.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:52:26 AM PDT
by
jonascord
(It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
To: Citizen Zed
I thought the movie sucked and mainly due to the suspension of disbelief necessary to believe any of the science on screen is remotely possible. Haven't seen the movie yet but read the book twice. The author is a science/space geek and the science in the book is accurate...sometimes bordering on tedious. But it's very authentic.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:57:06 AM PDT
by
DouglasKC
(I'm pro-choice when it comes to lion killing....)
To: discostu
I haven't seen the movie but I read the book “The Martian.” The book explains the science in great detail. The whole narrative jumps from one problem—minor or major—to the next problem and how a solution is arrived at using very limited resources. It incorporates biology, chemistry, various fields of engineering, metallurgy, topographical navigation, etc.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:57:36 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Citizen Zed
I prefer the Aliens franchise much better.
Or Robinson Caruso on Mars.
There was just something about this movie... Maybe it’s the actor? I don’t know. I’ll have to just science the crap out of this sh*t.
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posted on
10/07/2015 9:59:04 AM PDT
by
Dogbert41
(All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
To: Brad from Tennessee
That’s pretty much the movie. Less detailed of course, but it works pretty hard to at least make it sound right, it’s not the usual SF “reverse the polarity” junk.
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posted on
10/07/2015 10:02:35 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
10/07/2015 10:08:56 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Citizen Zed
"I'm Matt Damon!"
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posted on
10/07/2015 10:26:51 AM PDT
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: Vermont Lt
“The book took place over a couple years, so the timeline is probably compressed.”
In the movie he was alone for ~550(?) days...
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posted on
10/07/2015 10:29:46 AM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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