tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post6628229814099485462..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : LAURIE AND DONNA TAKE ON THE MARTIANUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-74357867134201322482015-10-28T15:01:27.059-06:002015-10-28T15:01:27.059-06:00Let me know when you do! I'd love to discuss i...Let me know when you do! I'd love to discuss it. I agree, the title doesn't do much for its appeal. Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-6696719324297605772015-10-26T18:15:13.819-06:002015-10-26T18:15:13.819-06:00Sharon, I've heard Sunshine recommended a coup...Sharon, I've heard Sunshine recommended a couple of times and also heard it was SciFi, but the title sounded so ordinary I never gave it a look. Your description sounds intriguing! I'll have to check it out.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-83885154817596672802015-10-26T13:09:00.538-06:002015-10-26T13:09:00.538-06:00One of my favorite space films was the Danny Boyle...One of my favorite space films was the Danny Boyle film SUNSHINE. That film -- about a group of scientists on a mission to reignite the sun after an impact dims its light/warmth -- does a fabulous job (in my view!) of conveying the psychological aspects of a snafu in space. I felt there was a bit of a copout in the end, where a typical villain was brought into the story, but up to that point the film was thick with tension and a sense of peril. But that film feels a lot heavier than this one. It lacks the humorous aspect I really enjoyed in THE MARTIAN. Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-17388977796696236862015-10-26T12:37:21.629-06:002015-10-26T12:37:21.629-06:00But yeah, it's hard to convey crisis when the ...But yeah, it's hard to convey crisis when the character is the calm and collected sort, as astronauts tend to be. L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-74212573720020668642015-10-26T12:30:05.626-06:002015-10-26T12:30:05.626-06:00I think the airlock blow out scene probably hammer...I think the airlock blow out scene probably hammered home the danger more than his predicament overall, where he would "simply" die of lack of oxygen or lack of food. Not as exciting as having the explosion/cracked faceplate and being moments away for death if it weren't for the quick thinking application of duct tape. L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-23147667033524281012015-10-26T11:51:21.352-06:002015-10-26T11:51:21.352-06:00I agree, Sharon, that somehow I never got the true...I agree, Sharon, that somehow I never got the true sense of the danger Watney was in. I mean, intellectually I knew he could die at any moment, but I didn't really feel it. Laurie may see it differently, though. :-)Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-25121411459390565012015-10-26T10:44:24.110-06:002015-10-26T10:44:24.110-06:00My fella and I saw this a couple weekends ago and ...My fella and I saw this a couple weekends ago and I enjoyed reading each of your takes on it. We very much enjoyed the movie. Loved the humor, and the fact that the only weapons and armor the hero had were (was?) science. <br /><br />We too had a sense that the film wasn't all we expected it to be, but couldn't put our finger on why. One thing that occurred to me was that all the people involved acted as reasonably as you'd hope and expect any humans to act. Clearly in this film they wanted to focus on the environmental adversary. The feeling of everyone working together (and almost always being on the same page) was refreshing and enjoyable, and yet left me with a feeling of the film being on the light side. Maybe I'm too used to stories with big villains! <br /><br />But the same could be said of Apollo 13, if I remember correctly. So it may have had more to do with what you call out, Donna -- absence of depth and complexity in the characters' emotions. Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.com