First Trailer For Ridley Scott's The Martian

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Watch The First Trailer For Ridley Scott's The Martian

The Martian is a movie that basically started life on Reddit, as a self-published novel by sci-fi writer Andy Weir about a manned mission to Mars that goes horribly wrong. It’s now a massive Hollywood blockbuster, and the first official trailer for the film is finally out.

The printed-word iteration of The Martian is interesting purely because it deals with the hard science of space travel and alien worlds extremely well — Weir has a background in computer science and is the son of a particle physicist, and spent the three years of writing the book mostly on maths calculations and scientific research. Here’s hoping that the movie respects that, and hopefully we’ll get a modern 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[MPS]

The book was fantastic. I hope the movie does it justice.

[ayepatz]

Agreed. Fabulous novel. Trailer looks pretty faithful from what I remember. Excited!

[Mr.T]

Oh, that looks awesome...and a stellar cast

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Matt Damon Has Questions About Aquaman In The New Martian Clip:

We've already seen one pretty solid trailer for director Ridley Scott’s upcoming adaptation of Andy Weir’s The Martian. But as we await the next one, 20th Century Fox has dropped a little treat: this viral teaser showing how the Ares 3 crew handled their isolation training prior to the mission that strands astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) on Mars. Watney, as he is in the book, is the coolest cucumber about his 10 days alone, saying he was able to tackle “some of the more important questions” while he was in there. For example? “How come Aquaman can control whales? I mean, whales are mammals. It doesn’t even make sense.”

Fair enough. We also find out that Michael Peña’s Rick Martinez worked on his onanism techniques (“left handed!” he whispers) and that astronaut Beth Johanssen (Kate Mara) probably has the best insights on everyone. “Watney is everybody’s favorite,” she says. “Martinez really thinks he’s funny. Lewis is pretty badass.” Oh yeah, their fearless leader, Commander Lewis (Jessica Chastain), is definitely tough. Just note her answer when asked if being the first woman to lead a Mars mission stresses her out.

“You know from my file that I graduated top of my class from the Naval Academy,” she says. “Have you ever been in a submarine? You try to sleep but with the creaks and the grinding, it sounds like somebody is slowly and violently crushing a soda can that you’re inside of. I slept like a baby from Day 1. So no, I don’t think the added pressure from being the first woman to command a mission to Mars is going to be too intense.”

[benigma]

Can't wait for this movie, I absolutely loved the book.

[MIKA27]

Here's A New Trailer For The Martian

There’s a new trailer out for The Martian, the Andy Weir sci-fi novel turned Matt Damon summer blockbuster. In it, we learn a lot more about astronaut Mark Watney’s plight on the red planet, and what everyone else in the solar system is doing to help him.

Just a quick note, by the way: to be honest, this is probably where you should stop watching trailers and teasers for this movie if you don’t want it spoiled for you. This particular trailer is pretty plot-heavy. Of course, if you’ve read the book or listened to the audiobook — which I highly recommend, by the way — then feel free to jump straight in.

[Bill Hayes]

Saw this film today. Very much enjoyed it. It's kind of like Gravity meets Interstellar. For those who liked either film I feel you would enjoy The Martian. I didn't really like Gravity all that much but liked Interstellar. I think IMHO it's a touch better.

[MIKA27]

Saw this film today. Very much enjoyed it. It's kind of like Gravity meets Interstellar. For those who liked either film I feel you would enjoy The Martian. I didn't really like Gravity all that much but liked Interstellar. I think IMHO it's a touch better.

Sounds great, I enjoyed both Gravity and Interstellar so this should be brilliant

[MattW]

I'll likely be seeing it this weekend, I'm looking forward to it, expecting good things!