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That was a great hard scifi movie. I hope with that and The Martian, hard sci fi in film becomes very popular.
by IndianAstronaut 10y ago
That was a great hard scifi movie. I hope with that and The Martian, hard sci fi in film becomes very popular.
- m_mueller 10y agoFor some reason I didn't really like The Martian (as in the movie). I guess after having read the book there just wasn't any surprise left, and I felt that this sort of story just works much better in book form. I prefer Europa Report over it. IMO Interstellar is the big popularizer of hard sci-fi though, or wouldn't you put it in that category? For me it took its liberties in just the right places where it's justified due to lack of more knowledge.
- kochthesecond 10y agoI didn't like the movie adaption either. I felt it lost a lot of the suspense. In the book you get more a sense of how long time he is stranded, his thoughts and how meticulous he is with everything he does.
- smadsen 10y agoCoincidentally, I'm watching The Martian right now after reading the book last week. I have to agree, the movie just does not capture the same sense of surprise and careful attention to detail as described in the book. The sets are nice though, and it's pretty cool to see how the production team visualized the scenes and hardware compared to how I had imagined them. Seems like there could be some scientific inaccuracies too (e.g. hab repairs with only hardware store plastic film and duct tape). Overall, I'd say Interstellar works much better in movie form, although perhaps that is partly due to the scale of the concepts it employs compared to The Martian, which is smaller and more technical.
- IndianAstronaut 10y agoI thought Interstellar was fantastic and would fall into the plausible realm. Same goes for 2001. Star Wars...certainly not.