Went and saw this at the movies a few days ago.

I really enjoyed it and the author of the story clearly spent a lot of time trying to ground the plot in actual science... sure there are bits the stray into the 'science fiction' space (and that's fine) but there were clear efforts to make the script scientifically credible which I think is to be commended..

This movie is by the same team that did The Martian a number of years ago.

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On 28 Mar 2026, Avon said the following...

Went and saw this at the movies a few days ago.

We somehow scored early access tickets and got to see it the Monday before it was officially released. Thought it was a great movie, so much so that we're going to see it again later today, this time in IMAX 70mm.

I really enjoyed it and the author of the story clearly spent a lot of time trying to ground the plot in actual science... sure there are bits the stray into the 'science fiction' space (and that's fine) but there were clear efforts to make the script scientifically credible which I think is to be commended..

This movie is by the same team that did The Martian a number of years
ago.

I loved The Martian as well. It also received a lot of praise for sticking close to the science.

I've listened to the audiobook for The Martian and am now going to start on the Project Hail Mary audiobook.


Jay

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Re: Project Hail Mary
By: Avon to All on Sat Mar 28 2026 12:18 pm

I really enjoyed it and the author of the story clearly spent a lot of time trying to ground the plot in actual science... sure there are bits

I felt that way about The Martian, too. Even if it weren't well grounded, the writing seems believable enough to 'be there'.

Certainly entertaining - it's not too often I see a 2.5 hour movie and don't feel like I've sat through a 2.5 hour movie! :-)
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On 28 Mar 2026 at 04:55a, Warpslide pondered and said...

We somehow scored early access tickets and got to see it the Monday
before it was officially released. Thought it was a great movie, so
much so that we're going to see it again later today, this time in IMAX 70mm.

cool, I've never seen an IMAX screening but here it's amazing..

have spent some time watching a ton of post movie interviews with cast and writers etc. Adam Savage from Myth Busters has a cool behind the scenes video out of the spaceship set... most of it was real, little CGI :)

I loved The Martian as well. It also received a lot of praise for sticking close to the science.

I've listened to the audiobook for The Martian and am now going to start on the Project Hail Mary audiobook.

Nice one :)

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On 28 Mar 2026 at 08:10a, The Wanderer pondered and said...

I felt that way about The Martian, too. Even if it weren't well
grounded, the writing seems believable enough to 'be there'.

Certainly entertaining - it's not too often I see a 2.5 hour movie and don't feel like I've sat through a 2.5 hour movie! :-)

I was the same I looked at the length before going into the film and gulped :)

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I really enjoyed it and the author of the story clearly spent a lot of time trying to ground the plot in actual science... sure there are bits

I saw the film today (Sunday). I found it interesting but nothing extraordinary... It's true that it doesn't feel like it lasts 2h30.

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On 29 Mar 2026, Avon said the following...

cool, I've never seen an IMAX screening but here it's amazing..

It was an interesting experience. The first time I saw it was in Laser Ultra which is a larger wide-screen.

The IMAX experience was an "extra tall" screen. All of the "present tense" scenes filled the whole screen top-to-bottom and the "flashback" scenes were only wide-screen leaving only the middle of the screen filled. It was an interesting experience.


Jay

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Re: Re: Project Hail Mary
By: Avon to The Wanderer on Sun Mar 29 2026 16:07:32

it's not too often I see a 2.5 hour movie and don't feel like I've sat through a 2.5 hour movie! :-)

I was the same I looked at the length before going into the film and gulped

I find 2.5 hours the longest I like movies before they seem to drag on. I remember seeing the LotR movies and they were three hours each, and those were the edited versions! They just seemed too long. Last night I watch Avatar: Fire & Ash, which was 3h17m; too long...too long.
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Hello Warpslide!

** On Saturday 28.03.26 - 04:55, Warpslide wrote to Avon:

We somehow scored early access tickets and got to see it the Monday before it was officially released. Thought it was a great movie, so much so that we're going to see it again later today, this time in IMAX 70mm.

The last time I went to an IMAX movie was in Ottawa/Hull, at the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, well over 20yrs ago now. I don't remember what I saw, but I remember there was a typical long lineup, and a mad dash to get "the best" seats, which I think are near the center (or focal point) of the seating area - since the screen is curved.


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I'm looking forward to seeing this movie, just haven't found the time yet. I'm sure there are compromises from the book, but I'm just happy to see it got a movie.

The book is one of my favorites. If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend it.

The audio book is very good as well

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waffle.lord wrote to Avon <=-

The audio book is very good as well

That made me think about how cool having "The Martian" audiobook
narrated by Matt Damon would be - and an interesting tie in to movies
and audiobooks I don't think I've heard of before.

FYI, Wil Wheaton reads the Audible audiobook. Wil has a podcast where he
reads stories from emerging artists as a means of increasing their
exposure, very cool. Didn't realize he was such a popular narrator.

I'd love to hear Johnny Depp read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as
HST.



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Re: Re: Project Hail Mary
By: waffle.lord to Avon on Thu Apr 02 2026 12:06:45

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie, just haven't found the time yet.

When I first heard of this, I thought it was about football, something like the story of an aging football player's last chance to be a star, stuff like that.
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Re: Re: Project Hail Mary
By: poindexter FORTRAN to waffle.lord on Mon Apr 06 2026 07:37:54

I'd love to hear Johnny Depp read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as
HST.

My favorite type of audio-books are the ones where the author reads it, especially if it's a celeb. I have such books by Betty White, Steve Martin and Dan Rather. All good books in their own rite.
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My favorite type of audio-books are the ones where the author reads it, especially if it's a celeb. I have such books by Betty White, Steve

I listened to several Stephen Hawking books read by Stephen Hawking.
The hardest part was expecting certain parts to be funny like Douglas Adams, but they weren't ;).

Currently holding off watching Project Hail Mary until I finish the book. So far, I'm unimpressed with the technical/science terms they try to use there. For instance, some frequency was mentioned in 'microns'.. I mean, you COULD measure wavelength that way, but I don't think that's usually how it's done :).


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Re: Re: Project Hail Mary
By: phigan to Mortar M. on Tue May 12 2026 04:56:23

I listened to several Stephen Hawking books read by Stephen Hawking.
The hardest part was expecting certain parts to be funny like Douglas Adams, but they weren't ;).

I have a couple of his audio books: "A Brief History of Time" (of course) and "The Cambridge Lectures". The latter was a little heady, but he still made it interesting.
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p,

Currently holding off watching Project Hail Mary until I finish the
book. So far, I'm unimpressed with the technical/science terms they try
to use there. For instance, some frequency was mentioned in 'microns'..

Are you listening or reading? Audible rendition was epic, made the movie very enjoyable too having really fallen in love w/ the way Rocky talks in Audible version.

Amaze... Amaze...

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On 12 May 2026, CloudDancer said the following...

Are you listening or reading? Audible rendition was epic, made the movie very enjoyable too having really fallen in love w/ the way Rocky talks
in Audible version.

Amaze... Amaze...

After watching the movie I really wanted to get into the book, so bought the Audible version. I have to agree, that narrator absolutely nailed it. You know an audiobook is good when you get home and spend 10 minutes sitting
in your driveway just so you can get to the end of a chapter.

The book filled in so many blanks in the movie. One example, in the movie
they show melting a metric tonne of steel, in the book they explain why.


Jay

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Jay,

it. You know an audiobook is good when you get home and spend 10
minutes sitting in your driveway just so you can get to the end of a chapter.

Ahh, yes ;)

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