From a Doylist/marketing perspective, though, I honestly think most people gave the novel a chance because Andy Weir made a name for himself with The Martian. In Sci-Fi publishing, he’s the brand, so the publishers can indulge a surprise plot point. For a mainstream movie, “from the author of that one Mars movie that didn’t suck and did quite well ten years ago…” doesn’t really move the needle, but "Ryan Gosling is a…
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funny reluctant astronaut who meets a fuckin’ alien"…
oh god yeah I did completely forget that, and you’re right the trailer just kinda says it outright. I guess we don’t get the “mystery” of discovering how it happened… can’t trust the viewer that much…
Right? It’s the perfect surprise, that’s why the book keeps it under wraps. They basically spoiled the whole movie right there.
From a Doylist/marketing perspective, though, I honestly think most people gave the novel a chance because Andy Weir made a name for himself with The Martian. In Sci-Fi publishing, he’s the brand, so the publishers can indulge a surprise plot point. For a mainstream movie, “from the author of that one Mars movie that didn’t suck and did quite well ten years ago…” doesn’t really move the needle, but "Ryan Gosling is a…
trailer spoiler
funny reluctant astronaut who meets a fuckin’ alien"…
Well, that just might.
Not just Rocky… I won’t spoil it here, but there are scenes in the trailer that are a REALLY late revelation in the book.
It also looks very Earth centric I wonder if they’re going to avoid the whole flashback sequences by just doing everything chronologically.
I’ve read the book so don’t worry, throw a spoil tag I’m curious to see what you saw that was even later. I didn’t notice anything else… huge
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The whole bit where it turns out Grace didn’t actually volunteer, that they forced him on to the mission. Those scenes are given away in the trailer.
oh god yeah I did completely forget that, and you’re right the trailer just kinda says it outright. I guess we don’t get the “mystery” of discovering how it happened… can’t trust the viewer that much…
Not the whole movie. But a big fun surprise yeah.