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Movies Trailers – The Martian (2015)
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Space, Survival, Thriller
Duration: N/A
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Screenplay By: Drew Goddard
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
After Gravity and Interstellar, I am excited for this space movie for reasons of my fascination with space and because I haven’t read the book (even though I voted for this book to win the 2014 Goodreads Science-Fiction award LOL). What’s also interesting is that Andy Weir’s The Martian stars Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain who, if you remember, was in Interstellar LOL. (The events are secretly of a parallel universe–even if it does feel like a prequel of sorts; especially the video logs).
Anyhow, part of me feels like the trailer gives away a lot of plot points of the story (or maybe I’m just overthinking what could happen). For those who follow trailer music companies, the company behind the music used in the first trailer from 1-minute-ish is from Audiomachine (I love them!)
The Martian is slated to be released around November 25, 2015 depending on your region and stars some pretty big names. Including (but not limited to): Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, and Donald Glover.
But yeah the trailer released today so you know how it is with me needing to keep you all in the loop with what I’m interested in watching (i.e. Jurassic World this weekend!)
If you’ve read The Martian, what was your opinion of it?
How do you feel about our fascination with everything space and otherworldly? (Would you sign up to colonize elsewhere?)
Will you be seeing this adaptation or is recent television/film media completely saturated with space flicks?
Cheers,
Joey
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thoughts and afterthoughts. 
Wow I’m excited for this! I need to read the book very soon, putting it on high priority.
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Me too! I didn’t use to like space-y movies but dang I’ve been missing out all these years.
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I am so excited for this movie! The book was a bit dry for me, but I’m positive the movie will be infinitely better. I mean, come on! Ridley Scott?!
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I hope so haha. (I also hope I can unsee Damon/Chastain reprising their alternative space-roles!) But yes–bow down to Ridley Scott!
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I haven’t read the book either, but I’m now even more excited to! The trailer looks awesome and I am so pumped for this movie. That cast is amazing!
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It’s a pretty bomb cast. Though I will say that after watching the trailer, in hindsight, I felt like I shouldn’t have watched it. I thought it could have been less revealing (i.e. Gravity trailer) haha.
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I disliked the Martian a lot lol. It might be more of it’s-not-you-it’s-me situation though. I felt like the characters were unbelievably unrealistic, the dialogue cringeworthy at best, and the writing meh. If anything, the author should have written a book titled How to Survive on Mars 101 because I felt like the author was way too into the technicality than the other stuff that makes up a story.
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All fair points! Here’s to hoping all that exposition is more accessible in the film version instead of the book (because I still doubt I’ll be reading the book at all).
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I haven’t read this book yet (so I’m putting off watching the trailer, even though I really want to!) but I love science fiction so I’m super excited for this movie! And the cast looks awesome- SEBASTIAN STAN! The best part is that it’s coming out right in time for my winter break! 🙂
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It’s actually a good call to not watch the trailer. I’ve watched it twice now and I feel as though it gave away a lot of the plot. (So, I’m an idiot for going through two passes of the trailer haha). But that’s exciting that you can celebrate your break with a chill film (well as chill as being stranded in space can be).
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I am so excited for this!!! AND they just announced today that they are moving UP the release to October 2nd because everyone is really excited about it! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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This is wonderful news!
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