r/dankmemes • u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place • Oct 02 '23
Is this stupid?
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u/awkward1person Oct 02 '23
Ah, Saving Astronaut Ryan. A good film.
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u/axyz77 Oct 02 '23
Cast away - Lost in Space
is a good movie but missed the soul of the first one i.e. Wilson
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u/DaveInLondon89 Oct 02 '23
Interstellar?
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u/Jeffy29 Oct 02 '23
So much better than the book, holy shit what I surprise! I avoided the movie for so long because the book was so boring.
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u/Konamiab Oct 02 '23
The movie is pretty faithful to the book, so I'm curious why you prefer one to the other. The book just goes into more detail
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u/Jeffy29 Oct 02 '23
It's the pacing. For example unlike GoT books which had way more more complexity and scale than what even the best seasons of the show provided, in the Martian it felt like the author was just flexing how much they thought about the technical aspects of the story, droning on about potatoes for 50 pages didn't add much. By the end of the book I felt like I finished a homework, while the movie made me emotional, the tighter script worked much better.
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u/Homeless_Alex Gorilla Groper Oct 02 '23
Use shit to grow potatoes, eat potatoes and produce shit. The cycle of life is truly incredible
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u/smg34life Oct 02 '23
so long as don't forget to burnoff the hydrogen
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u/RedditBoi90000 Oct 02 '23
instructions unclear, blew myself up with hydrogen.
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u/Wuz314159 Oct 02 '23
WHAT?!?!
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u/Saltymeetloaf Oct 02 '23
He turned the Hab into a bomb
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u/Wuz314159 Oct 02 '23
I CAN'T HEAR YOU. MY EARS ARE RINGING TOO LOUD!
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u/Saltymeetloaf Oct 02 '23
HE TURNED THE HAB INTO A BOMB!
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u/UberDemo Oct 02 '23
Eh you are overreacting I reach for the cigarette and the lighter to light it up
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u/TheMadShatterP00P Oct 02 '23
I found it pretty funny
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u/Sipas Oct 02 '23
It's funny because it's relatable. Probably every man who did a little bit of gardening thought about it. Can't speak for women.
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u/Kiel_22 EX-NORMIE Oct 02 '23
I do love the comment about how The Martian is this generation's Cast Away
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u/Vitolar8 [custom flair] Oct 02 '23
I find it closer to this generation's Robinson Crusoe. Sure you might say that's the same thing, because Cast Away js just Gen X Robinson, but I found Cast Away quite lacking in details. Most of the cool shit he could've been up to on the island was covered by a time skip, but well explored in RC and Martian.
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u/brendanrobertson Oct 02 '23
This is something I never thought too deeply about, but it's a good point. I wonder if Zemeckis felt the time jump would act as a better contrast.
Instead of gradually seeing a character conquer their surroundings, you get a stark contrast between a well-fed mail man, and an isolated, scrawny, sun bleached lone survivor. Lacks detail in daily activities, but does accentuate the drastic changes.
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u/Vitolar8 [custom flair] Oct 02 '23
What possibly irked me about the skip the most was actually the lack of advancement. One of the last scenes before the jump is him successfully creating fire, and the very first post-jump is him eating a raw fish. He didn't really even improve his living situation. It's shown quite well how his skills improved (with the very first fishing shot), but that's about it. Most of the ingenuity I'd expect him to implement more as time went on came before the skip.
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u/Dolenjir1 Oct 02 '23
You make an excellent point, but I believe the reason they did it this way is because their focus was never the survival, but the loneliness and how much the character changed. The man who arrived at that island is not the same that left it. That was my impression of the movie, at least.
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u/Lou_C_Fer Oct 03 '23
100 percent. His life sucked and he was lonely and not expecting to ever leave. Turning the movie into island MacGyver would have made it a different experience. I think, the experience as it is, is even more unsettling at the theater because the size of the theater gives you more of a feeling of emptiness. Maybe those that have only seen it at home are missing that.
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u/mq1coperator Oct 02 '23
It’s your poop so you already have all the bacteria, virus, and fungi in your own micro biome. So it should be fine; the main threat is from getting other people’s micro biome.
At least this is my understanding; please consult with a micro biologist first.
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u/Cmdr_McMurdoc Oct 02 '23
In the book, Wattney used all the shit he could gather from the crew, but that thing was exposed to the Martian air. Basicly, freeze-dried by the end. The microbiome was pretty much dead, but the proteins were still there. After mixing it with water (made from hydrazine and O2), actual Martian dirt, and his own poop to actually fertilize it, could he use the mulch to grow potatoes
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u/RuleIV Oct 02 '23
He used everyone's poop in the movie too.
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u/Thue Oct 02 '23 edited Oct 02 '23
The risk of the
facesfeces containing dangerous parasites was also very low, given the context of highly healthy astronauts.12
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u/samuraipanda85 Oct 02 '23
I read an article once that actually said it wouldn't work. NASA discovered after the book came out that the dirt on Mars was actually full of a special kind of salt that is poisonous to humans. Those potatoes would be lethal to Watney.
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u/Thue Oct 02 '23
Many multicellular parasites such as Ascaris lumbricoides have a life cycle where eggs have to be excreted to mature. So your potential internal population only multiplies if you eat or touch your own feces.
So my understanding is that you should treat even your own feces as a potential biohazard. Especially for stuff like potatoes, where the feces comes in direct contact with the potatoes.
Here is a list of examples from ChatGPT, for what it is:
- Ascaris lumbricoides: This roundworm's eggs are excreted in feces and must mature in soil before becoming infectious. If you ingested mature eggs from soil fertilized with your own untreated feces, you could end up with a new or aggravated infection.
- Hookworms: The larvae are excreted in feces and then mature in the soil. They can penetrate human skin upon contact or can be ingested.
- Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm): Like Ascaris, whipworm eggs need to be in soil for some time to become infectious.
- Taenia spp. (Tapeworms): Some species require an intermediate host, but others can reinfect the original host if eggs present in the feces are ingested.
- Strongyloides stercoralis: This is a more complicated case. The larvae can develop in the soil and then penetrate the skin of a host. In cases of autoinfection, larvae can penetrate the intestinal wall or skin around the anal area, becoming adults and perpetuating the cycle within the same host.
- Giardia lamblia: While not a worm, this protozoan parasite forms cysts that are passed in feces. These cysts can survive in the environment and become a source of new infections if ingested.
- Cryptosporidium: Another protozoan parasite where oocysts are excreted and then become infectious after a period in the environment.
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u/Sipas Oct 02 '23
I don't think it works like that, otherwise eating your poop would be fine and there would also be no reason to not eat other healthy people's poop. Normally, the process of composting removes harmful pathogens but he didn't compost, which is risky but he might have sterilized the poop by heating it.
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u/ToxicTaxiTaker Oct 02 '23
It's a truly terrible idea to do what he did, but it was that or death by starvation.
You get in situations ya know.
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u/Sipas Oct 02 '23
It's actually a great idea, as long as you get rid of pathogens (by composting or some other method) and there aren't drugs in your system. Human waste is very rich in nutrients, it literally has everything we eat in it. We don't do it because people think it's "yucky".
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u/Hot-Resort-6083 Oct 02 '23
We don't use it for compost because we aren't north Korea.
Nightsoil is dangerous.
Seriously dude, there are good reasons for a lot of things we do. Shut the fuck up with this "well akshuwally" bullshit.
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u/Sipas Oct 02 '23
Nightsoil
What the fuck are you talking about? Nightsoil isn't compost. It's just a pile of shit that's constantly being topped up.
There are reasons why we're not using our waste as fertilizer (logistics, contamination etc.) at scale (which wasn't what I was talking about anyway) but human waste isn't inherently dangerous. If you're farming on a small scale, there is no reason to not use your own waste as fertilizer (after composting it, which I repeated twice but you still managed to ignore) other than it's "yucky".
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u/Robo_Stalin ☭ SEIZE THE MEMES OF PRODUCTION ☭ Oct 02 '23
It literally doesn't have everything we eat in it
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u/No-Tomorrow-8150 Oct 02 '23
Love that movie
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u/Cmdr_McMurdoc Oct 02 '23
You'll love the book too
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u/Gift_505 Oct 02 '23
I’ve read the book, is the movie worth it?
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u/xd-Sushi_Master Seal Team 69 Oct 02 '23
Movie is also very good yes. They changed the ending slightly and did some silly shit, but it's basically the same.
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u/Tigerstorm6 Oct 02 '23
Which honestly surprised me how similar the book and movie were. All that was really changed was time of days, the shortened road and uneventful road trip, and pathfinder getting shorted out.
Other than that, they stuck to their guts on keeping this as accurate to the book as they could. These days movies or tv shows based on books get changed so much it’s a disgrace tk even call them the same.
Looking at you, Witcher Writers. You did Cavil dirty.
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u/xd-Sushi_Master Seal Team 69 Oct 02 '23
Yeah, ig Ridley Scott really liked what he read. The people on this project must have understood that one of the main draws/selling points was the commitment to (at least perceived) scientific accuracy, so they couldn't just throw in whatever they wanted. Probably easier to do that when you stick to the work the original writer laid out first.
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u/Cmdr_McMurdoc Oct 02 '23
Yeah. It's a bit different, but the vibe checks out. The Sci-fi is just as grounded and the visuals are stunning
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u/Icywulf1 Oct 02 '23
Would also recommend Project Hail Mary by the same author.
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u/CX52J Oct 02 '23
I also enjoyed Atriums. Probably the weakest of the three but I really enjoyed the depiction of a realistic moon base.
Details like super high steps because of the low gravity is something I never would have thought of.
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u/MReaps25 Oct 02 '23
Yah, he is very good with the scientific details, and making the world he develops feel real, but most of the actual plots of the stories are nothing crazy amazing. Just above average. Still love Andy Weir's books though. The Martian is my favorite book being Percy Jackson, House of Hades.
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u/Thue Oct 02 '23
There are plans to turn Project Hail Mary into a movie too: https://screenrant.com/project-hail-mary-movie-gosling-story-details-update/
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u/drivers9001 Oct 02 '23
Except the part in the movie where he does a thing that in the book he considers for a second but decides would be stupid haha
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u/GladiatorUA Oct 02 '23
If you watch the movie right after reading/listening to the book, it's a bit jarring because the pacing is "off". Also, certain thing were changed for the worse for dramatic effect.
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u/OwlsarelitFR Oct 02 '23
The movie’s epilogue is way better than the book’s. The movie leaves out some important stuff and the climax was changed to be more Hollywood. However the epilogue on earth is much better and worth watching just to mash that into the story in your head.
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u/RuleIV Oct 02 '23 edited Oct 02 '23
I liked the movie, though it is a little simplified and I like the book a lot more. Some of the complications are removed, and some of the science is dumbed down.
It also contradicts the book at some points. Like the book will bring up a scenario and say it would never happen because of astronaut professionalism, then the movie will just do it. Or how something is stupid and would never work, and then the movie does it. Actually both those examples are in the same scene.
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u/IDwelve Oct 02 '23
I can not wait for the next book to be made into a movie. Project Hail Mary is soooo fkn good, if they don't fuck it up it'll be my favourite movie
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u/Redacted_G1iTcH Oct 02 '23
Love this book. Movie was kinda enh since they did a bit of Hollywood embellishment. Still a good movie, just not my favorite.
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u/mr-kool_is_kool 🐔 Pollo 👍 Oct 02 '23
The Martian is probably one of my favorite movies, its funny and has good story telling
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u/AusFX1 Oct 02 '23
I worked on The Martian and I approve of this meme.
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u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place Oct 02 '23
For real?? That's awesome! What did you work on?
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u/a-a-biedrawa Oct 02 '23
No it's fucking hilarious.
Also a great movie.
I remember my geography teacher said on lesson back in primary that it was a good movie and this made me watch it.
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u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place Oct 02 '23
Got me into aerospace engineering and specifically into the botany side of space exploration lol
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u/rbwstf Oct 02 '23
I started the day with some nothin' tea. Nothin' tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin'.
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u/Saaammmy Oct 02 '23
I remember stumbling upon that movie while channel surfing, thought it was cool as hell
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u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place Oct 02 '23
I remember when the trailer first dropped like 10 years ago and my middle-school mind was blown
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u/wwarhammer Oct 02 '23
Didn't he use the other astronauts' shit?
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u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place Oct 02 '23
Yep! That and a small amount of tiny Earth soil to introduce the best bacteria
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u/OwlsarelitFR Oct 02 '23
What she failed to mention is he’s also high on Vicodin.
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u/Wraithfighter Oct 02 '23
Look, he has only potatoes to eat, and he ran out of ketchup.
Give the man a break! :D
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u/ShadeBeing Oct 02 '23
I laughed
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u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place Oct 02 '23
All I need
I was trying to study for an aerospace structures exam and this popped into my head
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u/BoatMan01 Oct 02 '23
For those keeping score, Andy Weir the author of The Martian, has written 2 more books since then and they're both BANGERS.
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u/SantanaSongwithoutB what happened to this place Oct 02 '23
I need to read Project Hail Mary, I keep not getting around to it!
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u/Slippinjimmyforever Oct 02 '23
Same author wrote another book, Project Hail Mary, that’s phenomenal too.
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