…yeah the share it with others were you have to be completely quiet and not interact at all.
Ill wait for it to get to one of my streamers.
I’ll wait for the 4K UHD disk. Let me watch it without distractions of a-holes with crinkly wrappers.
Saw it in IMAX, felt worth it. Loved the book, loved the movie, super disappointed in the author. Might not of done either of the first two things if I knew he was going on “anti-woke” podcasts bragging how he doesn’t write politics.
Ya know, the one about averting catastrophic climate change.
What!? That’s disappointing.
And doesn’t make sense! His stories are usually about humanity working together to solve major issues. Which is a very woke idea.
Artemis was about a Saudi woman, and her best friend was gay. And i loved that book!
This makes me sad if true :(
One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States…is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, “I’m sorry, this is how it’s going to be,” and then we start sometimes creating what’s called a circular firing squad, where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues, and when that happens, typically the overall effort and movement weakens.
– Barack Obama, 2019
So. An examination of Andy Weir’s works indicate he’s got a head full of progressive ideas. His two biggest works have major themes of setting aside differences to cooperate to solve massive problems using evidence-based science. He writes female characters in positions of authority, in the case of Eva Stratt, he wrote the most powerful person on Earth as a woman. When writing Artemis, he gave drafts to women in his life to read for input on his portrayal of Jazz.
“I never put any politics or messaging in my stories; there’s no deeper meaning, there isn’t even any symbolism.”
Make ready. Take aim. Open fire.
wait really? i hadn’t heard heard about this
Jesse Gender has the best take on it, because there is a bit of nuance since Weir did apologize for some of it, but only for the parts that might affect his ability to write TV or movies. Not for apparently being friends with Critical Drinker, inviting him to premiere, talking up his book and going through anti-woke talking points with him.
Oof, that’s not great. The critical drinker is such a loser shit-heel.
yeah the only thing i’ve found is soundbites and others adding “woke” to what he said, and him apologising for those things. i don’t know what the podcast is but if that’s the only thing people seem to be talking about it doesn’t seem like the other stuff can be worse, right?
i’ll watch jessie’s video, i usually like her stuff even if we disagree on a lot of things.
4+ hr director’s cut: gimmie
I’d definitely watch that.
Even tho its a long movie, it did feel short and fast after reading the book lol
I want to see the courtroom showdown scene between Stratt and the copyright holders.
it was a nice and quiet watch in the theater. nobody said a word for the entire thing and afterwards everyone left silently. that’s how you know it’s good.
See also: funerals, corporate “town hall” meetings, and court cases.
(I’ve not seen it, I’ve only read Weir’s book, so I’m not seriously casting any judgement, I’m just amusing myself – but I was a little dismayed by the huge spoilers in the trailers.)
It’s already in my Plex library.
I’d rather wait than watch a telesync cam rip.
Ikr…already seen in the comfort of home.
Me too. Enjoyed it a lot.
Since it’ll still be in theaters, going to find time to go see it. Worth it.
PM me link pls
I unfortunately don’t have any links available. The movie was automatically pulled and downloaded through my Radarr setup, and I’m pretty sure it sourced it from my Usenet provider. If it’s any consolation, I’m pretty sure most of the rips at this point are going to be telesyncs, anyway. Hard to tell with the copy I have, but the colors seem a bit dim, so I’m pretty sure it was captured off of a screen.
I’m happy to wait. I read the book, I know what happens. Also, I don’t have any “others” to share it with.
(I don’t care how good the telesync version is supposed to be.)
Having read the book will help you enjoy the movie. The plot closely follows the book, but it doesn’t have time to fully explain why they’re doing what they’re doing. The book is mostly the main character’s internal monologue describing his process and reasoning while troubleshooting one problem after another. The movie just shows him doing all that stuff with no explanation.
Anyone else feel like the book moved at kind of a breakneck pace compared to The Martian?
Like, The Martian went through this whole thing about using ASCII instead of the alphabet with the speak and spell…to communicate with people Watney knew personally. Meanwhile Grace and Rocky just…learn each other’s languages. “I wrote a program in about 6 hours.”
There’s a ripoff on Netflix with a title that’s super close, and 1 star
