1 | ->The Martian, where you learn all the ways that being scientifically literate can save your life.\ |
2 | The Martian, where fluency in science, technology, engineering, and math... rule all decisions of survival.\ |
3 | The Martian, where science, not human emotion, drives the plot's humor, interpersonal relations, tension, and suspense.\ |
4 | The Martian, where you experience love, hate, envy, anxiety, pride and heroism... all through the lens of science.\ |
5 | The Martian, where the protagonist survives not on wit, prayer or hope, but on sciencing the shit out of everything.\ |
6 | The Martian may be the first sci-fi blockbuster ever in which [[spoiler:nobody dies]].\ |
7 | Evidence that The Martian movie is fantasy: All who make important decisions are scientifically literate.\ |
8 | Evidence that The Martian movie is fantasy: The USA and China cooperate with one another in space.\ |
9 | In The Martian movie, they got crucial science right, while enhancing the story by fictionalizing the science that remained. |
10 | -->--'''UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson, WebVideo/CinemaSins''' |
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12 | -> Fuck you Mars. |
13 | -->--'''Mark''', after days of backbreaking work carting Martian soil to build his farm. (In the book, he says this [[spoiler:literally to the planet itself after reaching orbit with the Ares 4 MAV]]). |
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15 | -> In the face overwhelming odds, I'm only left with one option: I'm gonna have to science the shit outta this. |
16 | -->--'''Mark''', when planning to make an 3,200 kilometer overland trip in a rover that can travel only 70 kilometers before needing to recharge and has minimal life support. |
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18 | ->"You know that scene in Film/Apollo13 where the guy says "We have to figure out how to connect ''this'' thing to ''this'' thing using ''this'' table full of parts or the astronauts will all die?""\ |
19 | "Yeah?"\ |
20 | "''Literature/TheMartian'' is for people who wish the whole movie had just been more of that scene."\ |
21 | "How on Earth did ''that'' become a [[Film/TheMartian big-budget thing]] with Creator/MattDamon?"\ |
22 | "No idea..." |
23 | -->--'''WebComic/{{xkcd}}''', [[https://xkcd.com/1536/ #1536]] |
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