[Citizen Zed]

I thought the movie sucked and mainly due to the suspension of disbelief necessary to believe any of the science on screen is remotely possible.

Power to the Fecal!

[Aevery_Freeman]

Power to the Fecal!

They already have it!

[Artemis Webb]

Matt...just shut up and start working on the next Bourne movie.

[PGR88]

I see Damon is promoting GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE on a huge scale.

On Mars, its OK. On Earth, not so much.

[discostu]

Actually the dork community says the science was pretty good.
http://space.io9.com/science-of-the-martian-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fasc-1734726471

And I enjoyed it. It’s nice to get some movies where none of the characters are @#$holes.

[bubbacluck]

As is usually the case, the book went into much more detail and was probably better. I haven’t seen the movie yet.

[OddLane]

I have a friend who’s a sci-fi nerd. He didn’t dislike the movie, but thought the novel it’s based upon is much better.

[winner3000]

Thanks for watching it so I don’t have to. It’s still a shame that some of your money is going to the produces and actors of this propaganda.

[mowowie]

Science SCIENCE!!!
That’s a big NASA word during their press conferences.

“We gotta go , we have SCIENCE to do!”

[Vermont Lt]

In the book it was explained that he could use his own excrement because his bacteria was the only bacteria in the environment. That meant that his body had already created defenses against it.

I found the science in the book to be logical, explained, and plausible. There was no dues ex machina to come save the day.

If they stuck to the book, it was “doable.” The book took place over a couple years, so the timeline is probably compressed.

[jonascord]

The problem I'm having with movies, these days, is that I can't get past the political butt-wipe pretending to be a emotionally sensitive superhero genius or incredibly witty raconteur who's being fed all his quips by some off-camera troll of some indeterminate gender, who couldn't get laid in a woman's prison.

When I can figure out whodunnit 20 minutes in, and I didn't read the book, why bother? Once you see how airplanes are actually built, to watch one slide a half mile through the trees and stop intact transcends silly.

[DouglasKC]

I thought the movie sucked and mainly due to the suspension of disbelief necessary to believe any of the science on screen is remotely possible.

Haven't seen the movie yet but read the book twice. The author is a science/space geek and the science in the book is accurate...sometimes bordering on tedious. But it's very authentic.

[Dogbert41]

I prefer the Aliens franchise much better.

Or Robinson Caruso on Mars.

There was just something about this movie... Maybe it’s the actor? I don’t know. I’ll have to just science the crap out of this sh*t.

[tumblindice]

Mmmmmmmm! Turdtatoes

[anymouse]

"I'm Matt Damon!"

[D_Idaho]

You have to love an article that begins with a quote from Karl Marx.

[usurper]

The Martian, Damon is inadvertently left behind on Mars by his NASA crew mates.

LOL inadvertently hell, who wouldn't leave Damon behind.

[EveningStar]

ping

[Zman516]

Why the hell was Matt Damon cast in that movie? Leading guy should have been Will Smith, Denzel Washington or Wesley Snipes...with Morgan Freeman cast as the brains of the Mission and Mission-leader, of course.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

A variety of actors could have played Damon’s role but despite that it was an excellent flick! On a side note, pay the extra few bucks and watch it in 3D.........pretty awesome.