FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Martian!!

🤣 you keep getting mad at Tim, which happens to be Nate from Ted Lasso. Funny parallels

Rico

At one point, you said you would like to go into an anti gravity machine. Just to clarify, that's not a thing that exists. You can go on a plane and fly up and down to replicate anti gravity (see the music video "OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out" for a demo) but otherwise, you cant replicate weightlessness.

Paul Czaban

The book is a bit more dramatic with more incidents happening that had to be cut from the movie due to running time. I´d 100% recommend the book

Also as for the rescue. Beck said he could do it 5M/s (easy) and that 10m/s is like grabbing onto a moving train so it would be difficult to hold on. But he can make 11 work cuz its close enough to 10m/s really. Just increases the difficulty and chances of not being able to hold on. And its not a chair really the commander is using to stay attached to the hermes So much as its a thruster pack to control your flight in space.

Brian E

A lot of swearing? That must mean the people in my life including me must be the most uneducated degenerate tattoed biker/sailors in the world if when watching this movie you're like, "whoa this is a lot of swearing".

Brian E

You might want to check out a Movie called, "Sunshine" (2007).

Darius.

This was also not the type of movie for depressing stuff like death and contemplating about isolation lol. I think it would have been a tone clash if they tried that

RD

I think they used a body double for skinny Matt Damon and CGIed his head on, if not CGIed completely. If he actually lost weight you'd probably see it in the face

RD

Congratulations!!!!!!! ^______^

Daniel Drew

As soon as you said that you wanted something bad to happen, I immediately thought, “Be careful what you wish for.”

Danny Miller

The Martian 👽 was a really fun watch. Some one else recommended Gravity and I totally agree. Stay Golden. 😂

Marcus Powell

I super dug this movie! Your reaction to it was great as well. :)

Logan Kerlee

I second this!

Leon

Nat, Really recommend the TV series MARS it made by National Geographic so it’s half documentary & half Dramatic Drama, it really points out how we do to Mars what we’re do to the earth and how we haven’t really learned anything about respect for the planet. Also I know this is a bit of a marmite movie, but GRAVITY with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is a stressful movie, I know how you like these kinda movies 🤣

RebRox65

Interstellar next please

Myles Hutcherson

If there's time in your future, Ridley Scott: Kingdom of Heaven and Chiwetel Ejiofor: Kinky Boots.

Matthew

I'd like to suggest "Moon" (2009), starring Sam Rockwell in a somewhat similar role. I think you would really enjoy that one, especially going into it blind.

Niklas

"Don't worry, Matt Damon, you just need a volleyball..." "I like how he's becoming a vlogger!" <- this is why I pay to be here.

Andrew T

For Chiwetel Ejiofor movies that would make good reaction videos too, I’d recommend Children of Men and Kinky Boots. Dirty Pretty Things is also a good movie but its theme doesn’t make it a “fun” watch ... much like watching 12 Years a Slave is worth doing but not so much reacting to.

Ian Forbes

https://www.tested.com/podcasts/adam-savage-project/546059-spoilercast-ridley-scotts-martian-1062015/

Byron

I'm coming to this late, so it may have been covered already, but Adam Savage did an excellent podcast episode about the book and the movie (I'll link to the movie ep). The reason why you don't see Mark's dark night of the soul is because Andy Weir wanted to make the story as realistic as possible, and wrote the novel chapter by chapter online, soliciting feedback as he went. What movies get wrong about astronauts is that they are a specific kind of highly disciplined personality, have trained extensively for every imaginable thing that could go wrong, and have "died" in practice so many times that they are far more practiced in compartmentalizing (similar to surgeons, firefighters, and other high stakes professions) than most of us. Adam talks about this point in the podcast (this or the other episode, maybe both). And this was something that Andy (and probably Ridley) wanted to really emphasize, since it is so rarely done right.

Byron

That would be pretty helpful. Up in the top left where nothing's going on.

Joe Blankenship

Some stuff from book was left out due to time constraints, most of which was the heavy stuff.

Shubham Bhardwaj

By the way... fun fact: its actually completely irreal the set up of the movie/novel... Mars atmosphere cannot have storms like the one at the beginning. I suppose the author couldnt think of anything to justify Matt's character being stranded but that.

oscar latorre

came here to say this. at least it's not a soap-opera in space which is the case in other movies/shows. this is how an actual astronaut would react

Adrian Mester

a few points ive seen you may need a clarification natalie: the rashes Matt had where because using the suit too much. Those are designed to use a few hours maximum a day and when he made the final trip had too use it for days. About astronauts composure... thats actually very real. The psychological stability of the candidates is mandatory. Its one of the most important factors that made a good astronaut, like submarine crews. They work in a very stressful environment. They cant affort to be emotional and irrational. As you say its not very good for a movie character but it is as it is.

oscar latorre

True that lol.

Kassandra Jeffery

I completely agree. There are so many times in this movie where she could talk and not miss anything but instead she talks over dialogue. I would never have thought of this movie as having too much cursing, lol. My favourite line of the movie was the “I’m going to have to science the shit out of this”, and she eyerolled it. Gimme a break dude!

Cole Jennett

One of the best comedies/musicals of 2015 😏

RustafanX

The closest Watney came to losing his mind was when he ran out of ketchup and turned to drugs.

Joe Blankenship

I do hate it when reactors rattle of predictions instead of being in the moment. Yes, its a movie about survival and by definition that means the protagonist will face obstacles. I didn't like the hammy writing comment either. The Mark character has to be expressive, he's a blogger who lives on his own for years! I just think this is such a rare movie that uses realistic science but focuses on relatively simple problem solving and teamwork over melodrama and convolution. I struggle with that in Interstellar. Nolan is much better a conceptual storytelling than character. It seems like he only really writes for characters with a similar life to his own; obsessive men who struggle with interpersonal relationships. Sorry, bit of a tangent...

George Baxter

Fun reaction as always. Love how easily you get freaked out or paranoid about things going wrong, aha. The David Bowie part reminded me of another movie you might like: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Also, I don’t think Tim was a jerk, he just had bad timing and came off negatively, aha. Literally 2 mins later, Mark said the same thing – that they both just realized that it’s not the best way to communicate and they needed to be able to communicate complexly to move forward effectively. Lastly, I’m excited for your rewatch of Interstellar if that happens. It’s probably the best space movie I’ve seen, and it’s takes multiple rewatches to fully appreciate everything so I hope you do! Stress, complicated subject material, great visuals and performances!

RationallySassy

I always enjoy how Natalie greets the characters/actors in her videos. It's adorably funny and I don't know anyone who does that.

Matt D

Totally agree. I loved the movie but it’s so rough I would never watch it again. It is amazing, truly, but I’m not a sadist so I don’t need to see that shit again. And yes, not good for reacting.

Jai Nelson

Just gonna have to be that guy, since it was mentioned in the intro: Twelve Years A Slave is NOT a reactor's movie, if that was ever the plan/an idea, for MANY OBVIOUS reasons. A incredibly hard watch, but worth it off camera.

Anyone notice that the starved double never once showed his face?

David Olden

When you were lip synching in perfect lock-step with my copy I KNEW it was a... golden opportunity to confirm my synch. Thank you, Nat!

David Olden

She really thought Matt Damon got near death weight loss for the movie... lol no

Timten

her calling Mark swearing.. and Jeff brdiges being elated with the "YES" when find out have another chance, HAMMY and bad writing... calling it bad acting... I was like wtf are you talking about, seemed oddly smug

Timten

Why'd she seem so smug... "I just know something bad gonna happen soon, it's too happy"... well yeah that's how sotries work, you ain't a genius lol... also somehow Mark swearing is 'Hammy and bad writing'... lol wtf

Timten

i feel like you missed a lot in this movie which was a little disappointing. i think your expectations distracted from what was actually happening. Its about using science, critical thinking, and collaboration to survive the unsurvivable. not a character study about someone abandoned. the book dives more into that but overall the story is more about outlook being key. something goes wrong, take a moment and figure out what needs to be done to fix it.

Vincent Valentin

Andy Weir worked out so many calculations about this book ( and movie) that he even figured out which year the book (and movie) had to take place (2035). It turns out that's the only year in the near future where the orbits of Earth and Mars work out such that the Aries 4 team would be on Mars for Thanksgiving. And if the Aries 4 team wasn't on Mars for Thanksgiving, Andy Weir couldn't justify them having fresh potatoes for Mark Watney to grow into potato plants....

Chris Gronau

"Suddenly, he has a beard out of nowhere!" * points at the '7 months later' caption displayed seconds before *

Thomas Yanez

Love how Sojourner just kind of roves around the hab. Like a little pet. And I think the traverse across Mars is my favorite part of this movie. The scenery is breathtaking.

Texas Anla'Shok

And make sure it’s The Final Cut version!

REDR58

This is one of my all time favorites! I saw the author — yes it did come from a book and it was the author’s first — at a live event here in Santa Fe. It started serialized on his blog basically and it accumulated a following. He was just so excited about the whole thing! One of the things about it is that just about all of it really works at a scientific level. Andy Weir actually did the orbital calculations for the Ares and it works given certain assumptions about a next-gen ion drive. The main thing that doesn’t actually work is the initial storm — you just can’t get winds that powerful with the very thin atmosphere on Mars.

Steve Karmesin

As far as his nutrition, the book makes clear he had more vitamins than he could ever need, and the "astronaut food" was very high in protein, so the only real issue was calorie deficit. And speaking of food... One detail from the book that really hit home for me as far as the risk the other crew were taking to go back for him was that, like always, they had a backup plan - if the resupply launch failed when the Hermes swung around the earth, everyone but Johannsen (the computer chick) would have to die, pretty much immediately, so that she could survive on all of their rations during the trip to Mars and back. And she would also have to eat their bodies to make it... (I think they chose her to survive because she was the smallest.) I guess in that scenario, Mark would die, too, because there's not much chance of her being able to pick him up by herself, even if things had gone more smoothly.

KnittingHaven

If you want to see a movie that shows Mission Control accurately (the way it used to look at least), you should check out Apollo 13. They had former controllers come to visit the set and had them actually start falling into old habits. They'd even leave the set and start to head the elevator that was just outside, only to find themselves on a soundstage.

Texas Anla'Shok

I understand all of your points during the viewing, and during the wrapup. And, as Martin mentioned above, if you read, or listen to the book, you'll get a better understanding. Watney deals with more in the book than in the movie, I'll leave it at that. However, while I understand your desire for the character to 'go dark' so they can climb out, the point of this story was that this was THE member of the crew who was best suited to being stranded because of his personality, AND he was a botanist and engineer. The entire point of the story was to show two things : overcoming disastrous situations through problem solving and that despite how cruel people can be, its part of human nature that we come together to help when people are in dire situations (natural disaster, etc), you see it in just about every culture across the planet.

eric clark

Every time I watch this movie and he ejects the first window from the MAV I'm reminded of the opening to Serenity Did ... was that the primary buffer panel? Did the primary buffer panel just fall off my gorram ship?!

Friendly Trumpet

The basics of astrodynamics are also a lot simpler than most people think. The core principles aren't really any different from stuff a "Rudimentary Physics" course would cover in secondary school in many places; acceleration, (relative) velocity, and both kinetic and potential energy will get one most of the way there for the physics of it at what for my school district at least is like a ninth or tenth grade level. The real issues with "rocket science" are really better described as "rocket engineering".

Friendly Trumpet

Agreed. He even gets into it a little during his speech to the candidates at the end -- it's specifically about NOT being all "doom and gloom" while you're up there, no matter how bad things get. If you truly resign yourself to the idea that "this is it", that you're going to die, you're cementing that as your future. So to avoid that, to have any hope at all of making it through that terrible situation, you have to consciously decide that yes in fact you want to get back alive and will do everything you can to achieve that goal. You identify the problems, you figure out which comes "first", and then you figure out how to solve it. Once that problem is solved, you move onto the next problem. It's entirely possible even if you solve everything as well as you can you still ultimately fail and don't make it back -- but if you don't try to solve those problems you die for certain. Not even "optimism" so much as simple "perseverance" is really the core theme of the movie.

Friendly Trumpet

If you like this, you must do Apollo 13 and Contact. I’d also suggest From the Earth to the Moon, but that’s a series. For future consideration.. As a serious space cadet (I think I never spent a day as a child not wanting to hope a rocket and sail out into the stars), this is chicken soup. A language and world both alien and familiar. Can’t say how much I enjoyed my own first time watch with you. Do I wish for more dark night of the soul? Eh, maybe, but honestly we don’t want to get too down. That’s actually what killed Cast Away for me, the depression. But YMMV. Oh, and Budapest is IN Hungary, but that’s geographic details. Still Golden.

Matthew Periolat

Not sure if you are into reading, but if you are, you should really read the book (The Martian by Andy Weir). It explains the physics and the science much better than the film does, and in my opinion it's quite easy to understand in the book.

Martin Björling

Well played, sir. (I'm hoping it's "sir" and not "ma'am". Tough to tell over the internet....)

Chris Gronau

If you like when things go wrong and when plots have complications, you'd really like the book. There was so much of the book that wasn't included in the movie. As a space aficionado, I absolutely love this movie. So many space movies don't accurately portray astronauts and space travel in general and this movie is super accurate in it's details, the book is even more so. There are a couple of plot points where science is sorta ignored and or more brushed under the rug, but by-and-large it's about as accurate as you can get.

Matt

One minor quibble. Nat doesn't say whether she's watching the theatrical version of the movie or the extended cut. For the record, she's watching the theatrical version, not the extended cut. Just so you can keep things in sync.....

Chris Gronau

The bean didn't die physically, but his career did. That still counts in my book of bean

Ronny Boss

Can we get a reaction to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen? That is a crazy film that you might enjoy. You will either laugh your ass off,or walk away saying wtf did I just do to myself

Ronny Boss

I kinda disagree in some ways, what I love about this film is the light heartedness, its not about it being sad or dark, its about a person deals with problems. Its all doom and gloom. I can totally see why some would prefer more darkness and dramatic moments but I think personally why I like this film is the general upbeat nature of it. Its not about what is going wrong and stress associated with that and creating suspense, its all about that feeling of coming up with solutions to problems

Emperor_O

I love the sci fi channel version of BSG. It'd be cool to see Nat react to that show. Lots of quality production in it that I think she would comment on.

Ivan Oyola Jr

Hey, if possible, can you have a continuous timer on the screen that starts the moment you start the movie..... so that I can re-sync without issues or go to any section I want.

Thomas Monk

It also has a Loki (Damon in Thor Ragnarok), Hobie Brown (Spider-Man Homecoming), Wong, a subpoena-serving US Marshal from Iron Man 2 and the D'Bari warlord/warlady Vuk.

Starromania72

Way to not die Sean Bean

Sir_Dalagad

I'd love to see your reaction to The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension.

G. T. Blackwell

Well, any movie adaptation is going to have to compromise on a few things simply because there's no way they can fit all the details in that a book can. I think they did very well in this case.

Texas Anla'Shok

I love Nat but she has a habit of talking to the camera at just the wrong times. I know others expect her thoughts and feedback but she misses a lot of nuance and details because of how distracted she gets sometimes. She seemed really distracted during this film for some reason. I've seen it many times and I don't think the cursing or dialog is cheesy at all, and the acting all around is superb. IMO, she wasn't in the right mood for this film or something else was breaking her immersion. The movie is sort of a call back to the golden age of NASA and space exploration and I think you might have to be a space nerd to be enveloped by the movie. Yes, the book is better, as they always are, but I was surprised by how frustrated I was by the end of the reaction. She seemed to either take away the wrong things from certain scenes or miss the wit or emotion from some scenes entirely. Matt was robbed of an Oscar for this movie.

Jeff Waite

BLADERUNNER next, PLEASE!

This_Jedi_crafts

Love the "Nat quotes" - from the beginning "Hey WHAT'S UPPPPPPPP......notice anything different?" HA HA HA HA - all the way to "Duct tape fixes EVERYTHING!" Loving it!

This_Jedi_crafts

This movie has: Jason Bourne, Bucky Barnes, Sue Storm, Ant Man's best friend, Baron Mordor, Cheetah, Miles Morales (VO)... Am I missing anyone?

Jon Hoover

Uhm... Nope! I don't notice anything different. Nope, nothing at all.

Jon Hoover

should have kept this in.... https://youtu.be/83IgeCivqEE

Andrew Dickinson

Well, except for the few comments on evidence that the movie is fantasy - like the fact that the people making important decisions in the movie are all scientifically literate.

KnittingHaven

Everything Wrong With The Martian is my fav CinemaSins video on YT - Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson keeps breaking in with everything right with the movie!

KnittingHaven

I don't normally "live-comment" these but I love this goddamn movie and your reaction is great so far so there might be a few. Your reaction to his self-surgery was cathartic.

G. T. Blackwell

it should

BNJ

Ha! "Oh my god, so many people are gonna die!" It's nice to be pleasantly surprised, isn't it?

G. T. Blackwell

I read the book first and was a bit disappointed with the movie afterwards. In the book, for example, his ride in the Rover at the end was much more intense and dangerous. But Matt captured the character of Mark from the book very well.

Timo Paul

Its actually amazing this film is as relatable and enjoyable as it is; a man solving botany and physics problems in space. Genius' discussing mathematics I will literally never understand. I hope there are people in the world like this

George Baxter

This movie just does not connect with me on any emotional level.

Ken

I think its really important to remember the realistic mindset of Astronauts; these people go through years of psychological training and evaluation. If Watney presented signs of cynicism or pessimism even in the training program he would never have been sent to Mars. These are people with fortitude built into them that is within the 0.01% of humanity! So no, Watney doesn't break down; he shouldnt. It still takes incredible strength. That's what I love about this movie; its about problem solving, not heroics or plot armour. Its about dedicated people working together to solve unsolvable problems. There are plenty of movies about rogue space heroes; that's what Guardians of the Galaxy is for. But I think the Martian is uniquely hopeful and as scientific as what we know about physics and economics will allow. I find it really inspiring.

George Baxter

Finally!!

Natalie Gold

Definitely a good point Joshua! And one I hadn’t thought about. It does make sense that he would do his best to stay focused and try to diffuse his fear with humor. I think I just didn’t love how hammy some of his lines (or others were). But ultimately it was a well made and fun movie. I really enjoyed the science aspects as well. And of course all of the music!

Natalie Gold

“Setting people on fire”...well that’s a fun fact I didn’t need to know 😂

Natalie Gold

Yay! Sean Bean didn't die!!

Ben Wheeler

Hey, thanks for reacting to this movie! Its one of the best and based on one of my favorite books of all time. The missing drama and emotional breakdowns were very intentional. This is one of the most scientifically accurate space movies ever done. A lot of the problem solving shown there is based on actual current day technology and science. And one of the main things they wanted to do is portray how actual astronauts deal with situations. Movies often show us gung ho space cowboys - but real life astronauts are screened and trained to be the absolute best. They are scientist. And if you read up on actual scientists and the stuff that went wrong on missions and how great they dealt with high stress situations it makes sense. Mark has been chosen for this mission not only because he was a good astronaut, but also due to his personality that is suited to year long missions and isolation. His funny banter and joking and mental strength. So the little glimpses we get of him breaking down a bit feel very powerful and genuine if you keep that in mind. Its just a different kind of movie compared to the more drama-y space movies we usually get, especially nowadays. I wish you could read the book...it sheds light on a lot of the decisions and thought processes people went through and quite a lot has actually been cut from the movie.

DaMarkiM

Great reaction! Regarding Matt Damon’s “weight loss,” it’s completely CGI. These days any films, especially big budget productions, that require massive weight gain/loss or drastic physical changes for an actor are done with CGI for the actor’s health. I think Christian Bale was really the last big actor to lose a lot of weight for a role because it sets an unhealthy precedent for Hollywood actors to drastically change their bodies for a few scenes in a movie

My Toasty Toast

Speaking of space, it would be great to see a reaction to the newer versions of Stargate Universe and Battlestar Galaxtica

Amanda Sargent

I know this is a five year old movie... But why share that he gets rescued, I haven't seen this movie and I don't know anything about it but if I know he is gonna get rescued where is the drama now? Thanks for the spoilers.

Baron

Your mild criticisms of this just reinforced how much I think you would prefer Bladerunner. No cheese, no comedy; just straight up sci-fi gloriousness...gloriocity? Glory? Whatever lol

Jai Nelson

Yeah this is the comment I was going to make. Astronauts have to be able to hold it together and stay positive. But for the sake of a better character arc and more drama he could have lost it a bit more. It is for entertainment purposes after all

It Hurt A Lot

RE: positivity Part of astronaut screening, especially long term missions, is the ability to mesh well with your team and have the right kind of attitude and personality to manage survival situations. Well established right at the beginning of the movie. The humor shown is just key to keeping one's spirits going. If it's goofy talking to a GoPro and it works, cool, it works. Might be absolutely brilliant, but if a person is a narcissistic jerk and doesn't play well with others, they probably won't make the cut.

Luis Torrefranca

In the audiobook, it "Boobies".

Yep. She reacted to the theatrical version. You can see the time on her player just before it blurs out.

Navjot Singh

RE: experiencing zero gravity They do call it the "vomit comet" for good reason. Also... maybe the archive video can get him a YouTube Play Button award. Would subscribe.

Luis Torrefranca

At 01:02:07 he wrote, look two tits ( . )( . ), in the book :D

Colt 1983

Astrodynamics: how stuff moves in space And now I want to rewatch The Expanse.

Luis Torrefranca

"One does not simply walk to Mars."

Luis Torrefranca

This movie is way too silly for me. I love the science of it, and the idea of the plot. But the corky weird comedy and the ridiculous ending is too much for me. I think the high stakes moments and their resolution have no weight with how the rest of it is handled.

panacamanana

Hahahaha! Have that trashcan, too. Right behind me.

Luis Torrefranca

Hey Natalie, you should check out "Moon", I'm sure you'll discover a new favorite actor (who you may remember from "The Green Mile". Awesome "space movie" with much more emotions and twists.

Just finished it. If you want a movie that deals with similar themes, but keeps up that stress level and excitement, you should check out Gravity.

JediLounger

Duct tape!!!

Luis Torrefranca

Happy Friday, Natalie! 😊 I LOVE this movie! It's one of my go-to favorite movies. The book is EXCELLENT! It's pretty much like the movie with more moments with the rest of the astronaut crew, and there's a minor change in the end. In the extended version we do find out what that last message was that Mark typed to NASA before cutting to Jeff Daniels' character talking to the president. One part that always stresses me out, no matter how many times I've seen this movie, is when Beck(Sebastian Stan's character) is moving from one part of the Hermes to the other in space. It brings back the anxiety of Bucky and Steve on the train in "Captain America: The First Avenger". I love the 70s disco music in this movie. And you can add Kate Mara to the list of Marvel actors in this movie. She played the woman that served Tony the subpoena to appear before the congress in the beginning of "Iron Man 2". Some of these songs need to be added to your wedding playlist. LOL! Glad that you liked this movie. Watching this reaction was a good way for me to spend part of my afternoon. 😊 Have a great day! Stay Golden! 💛

Randee Carreno

I think his health issues at the end were more along the lines of bed soars given he never took his suit off for 50 days.

swoop_13-37

If I'm correct, Sean Bean actually quotes Baromir when he says "It's a secret meeting." Also, it's not what we "think" Mars looks like, it is what Mars looks like. We've had cameras on the surface and in orbit since the 1970's, we littered the surface of that planet with robots, lol.

Patrick W

They're called dust devils. 😁

swoop_13-37

Good to see another engineer I take it? Admittedly I’m not actively an engineer now since I ended up at Med School but the aerospace engineering thinking sticks with you. The movie def stretches some of the science but does a pretty great job of making plausible science and engineering feel exciting, whether you have the background or not. I’d call it a love story for engineering. 😃

RocktSurgeon

Sean Bean may not die like usual, but his career does! Also, the corniness of the jokes... yeah at least my experience from engineering school, some of the physicists I’ve known and being around other scientists in medicine I feel like it’s only a bit exaggerated! Really, I think some of it is also a defense mechanism against the sheer terror of that kind of isolation and how complex everything is/very thin margin of error. Sure he probably would have had moments of slipping, but to survive something like that he had to do what he explains at the end- put his head down and focus on the most immediate problem. And then the one after that. Focus on the immediate issue and not dwell (actively) on the part he can’t fix and if anything exaggerated joking is a defense mechanism. There’s a reason trauma docs are known for a dark sense of humor joking in pretty rough situations, if you don’t have that relief valve... Besides, I like messy too, a lot, but it’s so great to see something that brings some of the wonder and the power of science.

RocktSurgeon

There is H20 on Mars. Unfortunately for Mark, it's in the form of ice at the poles.

Luis Torrefranca

so ready for this one of my most watched movies :)

E Keys

Hi, and thank you for your reaction! 😄 I had already seen this movie, but I had completely forgotten that there were a lot of mcu actors 😆 And if you want a little idea of the Martian climate, the average temperature is -63°C (-81.4°F), it's pretty cold 🥶, even for me haha I hope you're fine, be safe and stay golden! 💛

Calo Grsf

To a lesser extent of things to forgive: gravity

Luis Torrefranca

20% oxygen is normal for Earth atmosphere. So, that's normal. Our atmosphere is like 70% nitrogen and other stuff. CO2 and random other gasses.

Luis Torrefranca

Oh god, this is going to be fun:) need to see the deleted scene where they discuss sleeping arrangements..

Andrew Dickinson

Things not to allow near airlocks: Xenomorphs Matt Damon Ridley Scott

Luis Torrefranca

to that intro...... **in Captain Malcolm Reynolds voice "SHINY"

TrackHoodie

A few notes for anyone who is interested and doesn't know yet. For those who know, it might be boring, but Nat raised the questions and made comments about most of them. -) Mars atmosphere on the surface is as thin as Earths atmosphere at about 30 to 35km altitude, so even the most powerful storm on mars could not produce enough kinetic energy to tip something as heavy as the MAV, despite huge wind speeds -) We have found water on Mars - quite a lot actually, but it is not accessible for a simple mission which brought everything to survive along or before (as the habitat and the MAV were brought in separately and the hab-modules just needed to be assembled by the crew) -) The oxygen stays at 20,5 to 21 percent, because that's the ratio of oxygen in the atmosphere, the rest is mainly nitrogen (which is good, otherwise the atmosphere would burn away the second a spark was lit) -) Creating oxygen on Mars is actually quite easy with a MOXIE (being tested with the current rover now in situ) -) All the necessary basic elements are on Mars for his endeavour. N2H4 from the landing unit and CO2 in the local atmosphere. A little chemistry and you can make oxygen, water and nitrogen. -) Andy Weir, an engineer himself, when writing the book, gave his scripts to a bunch of astro-scientists (including astro botanists) beforehand and asked them about the science he imagined and made the necessary corrections they imagined. -) The Iron Man scene at the end of the movie was completely made up for dramatic purposes and does not happen in the book. -) Some say they ignored gravity in the movie as Mars gravity is only 34% that of Earths. But while he was moving like under 1g (costs money to make everything appear 1/3 of its actual weight including Matt Damons movements), he lifted 50kg of Mars dirt with some ease and was able to strip the MAV for Ares IV all alone, including the 400kg nose. -) He had to use the shit of his crewmates (and his own) not only as a fretilizer, but to even create fertile soil in the first place, as Mars dirt is sterile and has no bacteria.

Ulrich Unterbrunner

The engineer in me I don’t exercise enough these days- The plants froze so fast because of the decompression. When pressure drops/gas expands, temperature drops (the reason things like those compressed gas cans get so cold) so when the pressure dropped from around earth pressure (14.7psi) to Mars pressure (0.095psi) everything flash froze. Debris any launch that fails- all (US) launches are done so the flight path takes them immediately over the ocean so any debris will end up at sea. Checklists- yep, other industries including medicine learned how important they are from aircraft safety improvements. Having a plan, standardizing process, and not relying on people to remember every little key step makes a huge difference. It’s revolutionized the risk in anesthesia and surgery. We used to have pretty wildly high rates of uh.. setting patients on fire because of a wrong anesthesia hose connection ... checklists!

RocktSurgeon

What version of the movie is this? I have to guess theatrical? I must have some extended one (2:31:21) because it got desynchronized pretty soon... I'm gonna try with another one with 2:21:38 total time. I'll report how it goes...

Valar Dohaeris

Congrats on the Youtube milestone! Glad to see you go for the Martian, it’s one of my favorite movies and I think I’d put it beside Arrival for best (mostly) plausible science sci-fi movie. Granted with an aerospace engineering degree and having worked briefly on improving Mars weather models it’s got an advantage there! I think part of why I love it is the portrayal of Watney as heroic in his sciencing and engineering skills. Something that stood out a bit more this time (having seen it... a few times... The communications engineer that first noticed the movement on the satellite and the one that comes up with the trajectory solution are both very junior engineers thrown into the deep end with a lot of responsibility... ending up in meetings with the heads of NASA and being relied on. Not huge roles but it’s nice to see solid engineering from very competent people rising to a need.

RocktSurgeon

Congratulations! And yay! The Martian!

Luis Torrefranca

Showing the whole thing risks a copyright strike. You might get away with it, but especially since the videos are hosted on YouTube (but hidden without the link from patreon) it would likely be caught by algorithms and be automatically taken down. I’d guess the ones you’ve seen that include the unblurred images are uploading a video you have to download or to some other file host vs being on YouTube and I’d bet even then if someone reported it patreon would take action. Unfortunate but it’s how it works right now.

RocktSurgeon

Congratulations! You deserve it... Now, it is your destiny to get the "Golden" one

Valar Dohaeris

Just a note: they went outside to get to the rocket, not to collect data.

Rime Pendragon

Ugh... I have to wait till after work to watch this, but I LOVE this movie 🎥! The book was amazing too. I'm so glad it was chosen. I've never seen anybody else react to it.

Jon Hoover

IKR! I read this book at the beach, when I heard the movie was coming out. I finished the book at the beach, and I loved it so much, I was worried that my next book, which arrived while I was at the beach, would be disappointing. My next book ended up being Ready Player One. These are now 2 of my most favorite books ever!

Jon Hoover

The one thing about this film that is REALLY not accurate is the storm at the start. Mars' atmosphere is only about 1% as dense as Earth's, so even the strongest wind on Mars would only feel like a light breeze. Definitely not going to be able to blow things around or push over their ship!

Adam Barry

Ahaha, the intro is great!

Axel Dietze

Natalie, I LOVED that intro, I'm laughing so hard.

Armchair Wizard

you deserve it nat. I dont subscribe to alot of patrion reactions. Most seem shallow. You have a genuine reaction that keeps us around. It sounds cheezy but some things in life do.

Cripkie

Great Book Adaption and Matt Damon in bestform.

Curaitis

I have a question?, why not show the movie with us, instead of a blurry version, i mean a lot of other patreon people does show the imagery with us, it's easier as well.

Anouar

Ugh. Getting this notification means the rest of my day is going to go by *so slowly* while I wait to go home and watch!

G. T. Blackwell

That was most definitely a Nattie intro. Very funny, and so great to finally see your YT Play Button in it's rightful place. It is now official. Fantastic Nat 💛 This is definitely a movie that was made for you with all those characters, and all that anxiety! "I'm ready for shit to get real" You had to say it Nat !! 😂 and as for your " He's Beaning ", your Dad jokes are coming along nicely. 😊 They filmed most of the Mars exteriors in the deserts of Jordan, obviously with a few CG enhancements. Thanks as always for another week of great movie and Thrones reactions. You're the best Nat. Have a great weekend 💛

Darryl Low

Gotta save this one for weekend but that's ok gives me time to sort some excellent snacks 😛 have a wonderful weekend Nat 💛

Ian

I love this book/movie. I find the messages of maintaining your sense of self in the face of extreme adversity and isolation, while also keeping your sense of humor, extremely relevant in the world we currently find ourselves in. The Martian also showed that Ridley Scott was still on his game, which made me very happy. This was the perfect movie for you to watch Natalie. Also congrats on your play button! Wooooo!

JediLounger